11  Lale Esquivel Class: Senior Hometown: Arlington, TX High School: Lamar Last College: NE Texas CC Height / Weight: 6-3 / 210 Position: 3B Birthdate: 11/04/1977 Bats/Throws: R/R

Returns as the Hurricanes starting third baseman...a power-hitter who will bat in the middle of the line-up...has good control with the bat...talented defensive skills at third...has had success with diving plays...spent 1999 as the starting third baseman...returned to the University of Miami after lettering the school as a freshman...spent sophomore season at N.E.Texas C.C....enters the 2000 season on a three-game hit streak... batted .400 in last year's postseason, while tying the school-record for home runs in a game (3) against Bethune-Cookman...broke the postseason record for RBI with seven in that game with the Wildcats...earned NCAA Regional MVP honors and to the College World Series All-Tournament team...also named to the Division I Baseball All-Independent First Team.

AS A JUNIOR IN 1999
Started 59 of 62 games primarily at third base...also saw action as the designated hitter...finished in the top five in every hitting category...team went 19-3 when hit in the clean-up spot and had a 37-8 record when starting at third...batted .354 with 81 hits in 229 at bats...led the team in doubles (16) and multiple hit games (25)...scored 52 runs and hit in 58 RBI...totaled 13 home runs...successful on six of eight stolen base attempts... had 35 put-outs and 76 assists...had a .941 fielding percentage...in his return to the Miami line-up, scored two RBI and had one double against Barry (1/26)...a clutch-hitter who bat .377 with runners on base...had a team-high 17 two-hit games and second with seven three-hit games...had five hits, four RBI and five total runs in 12 at bats against James Madison...named to the All-Tournament team at the BELLSOUTH/Hurricane Diamond Classic...had three hits, including a home run and a double, against East Carolina (3/6)...later that day against Ohio State, had three hits, one home run and four RBI...was the lone Hurricanes on the season with a five-hit game (against New York Tech)...had five hits and three RBI in 11 at bats against N.C. State...in the three FSU games in Coral Gables, totaled four hits, one home run and two RBI in 12 at bats. At the 1999 Coral Gables Regional: Started all three games at third base...had a .462 batting average and had a team-high 1.308 slugging percentage...totaled nine RBI on six hits...no errors and seven assists with a 1.000 fielding percentage...had a team season-best seven-RBI game against Bethune-Cookman, including three home runs...had two hits, one RBI against FIU...had a hit and an RBI against FAU. At the 1999 Coral Gables Super Regional: Started both games against Wake Forest at third base...batted .286 with two hits and two RBI...committed no errors and had a 1.000 fielding percentage...totaled three put-outs and five assists...had two walks, one hit and one RBI in game No. 1. At the 1999 College World Series: Started all four games at third base...batted .400 with six hits, two walks and four RBI...had three put-outs and four assists...came out strong against Alabama...in game's 2 and 3 against the Crimson Tide, had five hits, four RBI and two doubles in eight at bats...had three RBI alone in game No. 2 against UA...in the championship game against FSU, had one hit, one walk and scored once in three at bats...had two put-outs and one assist against the Seminoles.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT NE TEXAS CC
Coached by Ty Harrington...hit .390 with 17 home runs and 62 RBI...helped lead team to state championship game...named All-Conference.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 1997
Started 32 of 52 games...batted .279 in with seven home runs and 36 hits... also had 33 RBI and six doubles...in his first-ever appearance against FSU, went 3-of-5 with two home runs and three RBI... went 2-of-3 with one home run and three RBI against Coastal Carolina.

LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Willie Maxwell...Four-year letterman...played third...named to the All-State team three times...Ft. Worth Player of the Year as a senior...an All-State, All-Area and All-District selection by the Dallas Morning News...recorded the highest single-season batting average in school history (.510) during final season...led team to a No. 3 national ranking as a junior. Senior, 1996: batted .510 with eight home runs, 47 RBI and had 11 stolen bases. Junior year, 1995: Batted .420 with five home runs, 41 RBI and eight stolen bases...helped lead team to the state playoff final.

PERSONAL
Major is Secondary Education...born November 4, 1978...son of Rhonda and Lale Esquivel...has one sister, Ericka (19)... an avid fisherman...attended the same high school as Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood and Toronto Blue Jays' Vernon Wells...grew up just blocks from the Texas Rangers' ballpark in Arlington.

ESQUIVEL'S HIGHS

Hits: 5 vs. New York Tech, 3/27/99
Runs: 4 vs. New York Tech, 3/27/99
RBI: 7 vs. Bethune-Cookman, 5/28/99
Walks: 2 three times, last time vs. Wake Forest, 6/4/99
Strikeouts: 3 vs. Florida State, 4/17/99
Stolen Bases: 1 six times, last time vs. Wake Forest, 6/5/99
Longest Hit Streak: 7 games (3/14-27)

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