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Senior
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| Hometown:
Coral Gables
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| High School:
St. Brendan
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| Last College:
Miami-Dade CC
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| Height / Weight:
5-10 / 190
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| Position:
3B
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| Experience:
1L
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At Miami
Hit .286 in his first season at Miami in 2006 ... hit four doubles with a home run and 12 RBI ... player who has made his work ethic pay off ... is the leading candidate to start at third base ... hit .286 for the North Adams Steeplecats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League last summer and made the League all-star game ... gap hitter with occasional power ... much-improved hitter from last yea ... came to Miami after decorated careers at St. Brendan HS and Miami-Dade Community College ... played at South Alabama as a freshman in 2004.
Junior (2006)
Started 14 games and hit .286 with a home run, four doubles and 12 RBI ... hit .333 in the NCAA Regional and Super Regional play ... played solid defense in the infield with a .941 fielding percentage ... was 1-for-2 with a single and sac fly RBI against the Florida Marlins on 3/1. College World Series (6/17, 19-20): Saw action in all three CWS games, starting as the DH against Rice on 6/19 ... 1-2 off the bench in Miami's 8-1 loss to Oregon State ... started and went 0-for-3 against Rice ... pinch-hit in the eight inning of MIami's 12-1 win against Oregon State and grounded out to first. Oxford Super Regional (6/10-11): Started Game 2 as the DH and went 1-for-4 with a single ... delivered a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning of the Game 1 loss. Lincoln Regional (6/2-3): Pinch-hit against Manhattan in the second game of the Regional and flied out to right field ... started the Regional opener against San Francisco and went 1-for-3 with a run scored and was hit by a pitch. ACC Tournament (5/26): Pinch-hit in the eighth inning and hit a drive to right field that was caught near the warning track against Georgia Tech. at Georgia Tech (5/19): Came off the bench and went 1-for-2 with a strikeout and made a diving play in the field at second base. vs. Wake Forest (5/12): Entered the game in the eighth inning of the series opener at second base and drove in a run on a sac fly. vs. Wright State (5/5-7): Played in all three games, starting the first at third base ... came off the bench to go 1-for-3 with a single in the series finale win ... went 2-for-2 off the bench with two runs scored in Miami's 14-1 win ... started and went 1-for-4 with a run scored and his first stolen base of the season in the series opener. vs. Virginia (4/21-22): Went 0-for-2, pinch-hitting in both games. at Florida State (4/15): Pinch-hit in the ninth inning and struck out. vs. North Carolina (4/7): Was hit by a pitch in his only plate appearance of the series. vs. Clemson (4/2): Played second and pinch-hit in the series finale, grounding out to short in the eighth inning. at Maryland (3/24-26): Started the opener and the finale as the DH and went 1-for-5 with a RBI ... went 0-for-2 in the finale and was 0-for-1 in a pinch-hit attempt in the second game of the seris ... was 0-for-2 with a sac fly RBI in the series opener and a run scored. at Duke (3/19): Started as the DH and went 1-for-4 with a run scored. vs. Manhattan (3/15): Doubled and walked. vs. Virginia Tech (3/10-11): Drove in four runs in four plate appearances in the series ... started at third and went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in the second game of the series ... hit a pinch-hit, two-run single in the series opener. vs. Michigan State (3/8): Started at third base and went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and run scored. vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/25-26): Made two appearances off the bench and went a combined 0-for-3 with a walk. vs. Florida (2/19): 2-for-4 as the starting DH ... hit a game-tying two-run double in the fifth inning of the series finale and scored the go-ahead run on Eddy Rodriguez's double ... scored two runs and walked once. vs. Louisville (2/15): 0-for-1 as a defensive replacement at second base. at UCLA (2/10-11): Played in the second game of the series as a defensive replacement, filling in for Roger Tomas at shortstop in the eighth inning ... entered the series opener as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and finished the game 0-for-2. vs. Winthrop (2/3-5): Came off the bench and went 0-for-1 with a walk in the series opener ... started as the DH in the second game and went 1-for-4 with an RBI double ... made his first career start at second base in the series finale and went 0-for-2. vs. FIU (1/28-1/29): 3-for-5 in the series with a home run and three runs scored ... made his UM debut as a pinch runner in the fifth inning of the season opener ... hit a home run in his first at-bat at Miami in the seventh inning of the opener ... earned his first Miami start the next day as the designated hitter and went 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Miami-Dade (2005)
Played for Steve Huetz at Miami-Dade College ... selected to the all-conference, all-state and all-region first teams by NJCAA.org ... hit .380 with a home run, 36 RBIs, 13 stolen bases and 44 runs.
South Alabama (2004)
Started 24 of the 28 games as a freshman at South Alabama ... hit .167 with five doubles and 10 RBIs.
St. Brendan
Menendez played for Hal Knowles at St. Brendan High School ... three-time All-Dade selection ... Senior (2003): Third Team All-Dade pick ... hit .390 with three home runs, 34 RBIs and 14 stolen bases. Junior (2002): Second Team All-Dade selection ... hit .427 with two home runs, 36 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. Sophomore (2001): Batted .402 with 22 RBIs and 10 stolen bases ... All-Dade second team selection.
Personal
Son of Ana and Gus Menendez ... has one brother, Daniel ... majoring in management.
