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Derek Bailey

Class: Senior Hometown: Lawrence, Kan. High School: Lawrence HS

Height / Weight: 6-1 / 179 Position: OF B/T: R/R

2004 (Freshman) Appeared off the bench in 24 games ... Collected four hits in 16 at bats to post a .250 batting average ... Hit one home run and drove in four runs.

2003 Redshirted

High School A 2002 graduate of Lawrence High School... Earned two varsity letters in both football and baseball ... Named second team All-Sunflower League after his junior and senior seasons ... Batted .374 as a senior with 16 stolen bases and 38 runs batted in ... Helped the Lions and head coach David Petry to a third-place finish at the 6A state tournament in 2000 and 2001 ... Saw the Lions finish 18-7 in 2002 and 16-9 in 2001 ... Held a 4.0 grade point average throughout high school and was the class valedictorian.

Personal Born March 24, 1984 in Topeka, Kan... Parents are Rick and Jane Bailey... A business major.