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Jamie Drinkard Season 2008

#36

Jamie Drinkard Season 2008

PositionOF
Weight175 lbs
Height5-11
ClassJunior
HometownAuburn, Ala.

2008 (JUNIOR): Saw action in three games, going 0-for-2 at the plate ... Entered as a pinch-runner in the ninth inning of an 8-7 win over Davidson on March 5, scoring the game-tying run as Auburn rallied from two runs down ... Also stole first base of career in 9th vs. Davidson, swiping third as part of a double-steal ... Entered for Trent Mummey in the top of the eighth on February 25 vs. East Tennessee State.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played for David Langston and Northwest Shoals CC ... Played on back-to-back AJCCC Northern Division Championship teams ... Hit .335 over his two years ... As a sophomore, led team with a .732 on-base percentage, 32 steals in 32 attempts and scored 61 runs ... 202 at-bats in 2007 set a NWSCC record ... AJCCC Northern Division All-Conference First Team ... All-Region Second Team ... Dean[apos]s List and President[apos]s List.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Matt Cimo at Auburn High School ... Hit ..335 as a senior with 27 stolen bases and was named second-team all-area ... As a junior, hit .450 with 43 steals ... Named first-team all-area after junior season.

PERSONAL: Jamie Drinkard ... Son of Tim Drinkard and Cydney Padgett .... Has a sister, Madison Drinkard ... Father played football at Auburn in 1981-82 ... Major: Building Science with a minor in business ... Was a bat-boy at Auburn for two years when he was 10 and 11 years old.