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Senior
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| Hometown:
Miami, FL
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| High School:
Gulliver Prep
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| Last College:
U. Tampa
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| Height / Weight:
5-9 / 180
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| Position:
OF
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| Birthdate:
08/03/1982
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| Bats/Throws:
L/L
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At Miami
A second-year Hurricane after transferring from the University of Tampa in 2001...entered the final weekend of the regular season with 38 starts in 43 games played...the majority of his 2002 starts have been in left field (26)...had a career and season long hit streak at 14 games from 3/9 to 4/5...nearing a degree in Finance...had the second-most game-winning hits on the season (4)...had the game-winners vs. UCLA (3/25), Northwestern (3/26), North Carolina (4/27) and Bethune-Cookman (5/3)...hit a two-RBI triple in the 8th to defeat Northwestern...had a RBI single in the 9th to win at North Carolina...lone career Division I home run was a grand slam at Florida State (4/7)...played baseball at Gulliver Prep with UM teammate Javy Rodriguez.
As a Senior in 2002
Enters the final weekend of the regular season among the team leaders in RBI (34, #4), doubles (16, #3), triples (2, #1), total bases (70, #5), sac bunts (5, #3), sac flies (3, #1) and stolen bases (11, #2)...had 13 multi-RBI games, including two three-hit games vs. Florida State (4/14) and at Georgia Tech (5/12)...had six multi-RBI games, including a four-RBI game at Florida State (4/7)...drew a career-high three walks in game No. 3 vs. Jacksonville...batted a season-high .400 at Georgia Tech...went 3-for-5 in game No. 3 at GT with two runs scored, one RBI and one double...went 2-for-5 with two RBI in game No . 1 at GT...had a hit in each Bethune-Cookman game...went 2-for-4 vs. FIU (5/2) with two runs scored, three RBI, one double and one triple...lone hit in game No. 2 at UNC was the game-winning RBI single in the 9th...went 2-for-4 in game No. 1 at UNC with two runs scored, two RBI, two doubles, a walk and a stolen base...had a hit in each Long Beach State game, including two hits in game No. 2 and 3 each...went 3-for-6 in game No. 3 vs. FSU (4/14) with three RBI and two doubles...went 2-for-5 in game No. 1 vs. FSU (4/12) with a run scored and a stolen base...went 2-for-5 in game No. 3 at FSU (4/7) with a grand slam, a run scored, four RBI and a double...hit safely in all three Elon games...went 2-for-5 vs. Northwestern with three RBI, a triple and two stolen bases...had at least one hit and one RBI in each of the UCLA and Rutgers games...batted 2-for-4 vs. Kansas State with two runs scored and a RBI in his first start of the season.
As a Junior in 2001
Appeared in all three games against New York Tech, going 1-for-1 in game No. 1 with a run scored and a triple...appeared in the first two games against Florida Southern, going 1-for-2 with a run scored in game No. 1 and getting an RBI in game No. 2...appeared in all three games against Jacksonville...
was intentionally-walked to load the bases in the decisive bottom of the ninth inning victory over Stetson...had three plate appearances in two games against ACC schools Virginia and Florida State...appeared in the first and final game against Savannah State, going 1-for-2 in game No. 3...went 1-for-1 with a run scored in game No. 3 vs. Cal State Fullerton...went 1-for-1 in game No. 1 vs. Cal State Fullerton...was a defensive replacement in his appearances against Northeastern and East Carolina...went 1-for-3 with a run scored, a walk and a stolen base in game No. 2 at South Florida...appeared twice late in two games vs. Rutgers...went 1-for-2 with an RBI vs. Pittsburgh...
walked and scored vs. Albany ...played in all four games vs. Florida International...walked in his two plate appearances vs. Elon College...scored as a pinch-runner in his first two appearances vs. Florida Atlantic. At the 2001 Coral Gables Regional: Made one pinch-hit appearance in the regional and recorded a hit against Stetson in the title game.
University of Tampa
Coached by Terry Rupp...
played his first two seasons at the University of Tampa...batted .351 in 2000 with 59 runs scored, 74 hits, nine doubles, six triples, eight home runs and 37 RBI...
was successful on 30-of-34 stolen base attempts...his .882 stolen base percentage led the team.
Gulliver Prep
Coached by George Robles...
earned the teams' Gold Glove award all four years...four-year letterman...also played basketball. Senior year, 1999: Played centerfield...batted .330 with three home runs, six triples, 10 doubles and 15 stolen bases...
named third-team All-Conference...assisted team to the District and Conference championships, as well as a runner-up finish in the state final. Junior year, 1998: Batted .345 with four homeruns, five triples and 12 doubles and 18 stolen bases...assisted team to the District and Conference championships.
Personal
Born August 8, 1979...full name is Brad Scott Safchik...son of Jeff Safchik and Marlynn Schneider...has two brothers, Matt (19) and Brett (18), and one sister, Caitlin (9)...enrolled in the School of Business with a major in Finance.
Highs
Hits: 1 (8 times), last vs. Stetson, 5/27/01
Runs: 1 (8 times), last vs. New York Tech, 5/20/01
RBI: 1 (2 times), last vs. Florida Southern, 5/12/01
Walks: 1 (6 times), last vs. Stetson, 4/30/01
Strikeouts: 1 (6 times), last vs. New York Tech, 5/20/01
Stolen Bases: 1 at South Florida, 3/14/01
Career Statistics
Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2001.... .296 32-2 27 8 8 0 1 0 2 10 .370 6 0 7 0 .424 0 2 1-3 7 2 0 1.000
2002.... .303 43-38 155 28 47 16 2 1 34 70 .452 13 2 32 0 .358 3 5 11-17 67 0 2 .971
TOTALS.. .302 75-40 182 36 55 16 3 1 36 80 .440 19 2 39 0 .369 3 7 12-20 74 2 2 .974
