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Honors and Awards Summer 2009: Played for the Palm Springs Power of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League ... Batted .333 with three doubles, three triples and 27 runs scored in 27 games ... Posted a .448 on-base percentage. 2009 (RS-Sophomore): Named All-Big 12 Second Team and to the NCAA Chapel Hill Region All-Tournament team ... Batted .364 with 12 doubles, four triples, five homers and 55 runs scored in 62 games ... Made 55 starts in the outfield ... Drew 39 walks for a team-best .459 on-base percentage ... Fourth on the team with 23 multi-hit games ... Collected two hits against North Dakota (March 4) ... Hit first home run of the season against Northwestern (March 7) in a pinch-hitting role ... Hit safely in nine straight games (March 13-March 25) ... Also had an 11-game hitting streak (April 1-April 17) ... Recorded a career-high five hits at Iowa (April 7) ... Went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, including a double and a home run against No. 17 Oklahoma State (April 11) ... Collected three hits and three RBIs in series finale at Texas Tech (April 19) ... Recorded three runs scored and three RBIs against Nebraska (April 26) ... Homered at Wichita State and drove in three runs (May 6) ... Also hit a three-run homer at Missouri (May 9), in KU's only win of the series ... Hit safely in 14 of KU's final 16 games ... Went 6-for-16 with a double, triple and three RBIs in four games at the NCAA Tournament. Summer 2008: Played for the Kitsap Blue Jackets of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League ... Hit .256 with eight doubles, 12 RBIs and a .385 on-base percentage. 2008 (RS-Freshman): Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Made 21 appearances for the Jayhawks, including two starts in right field ... Batted .238 with seven runs scored and two RBIs ... Went 1-for-3 with three runs scored in Big 12 contests ... Went 2-for-4 in pinch hitting duties ... Reached three of five times when leading off an inning ... Went 1-for-4 with a double in his first collegiate start, at Hawaii-Hilo (2/23) ... Went 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBIs against Saint Mary (4/2) ... Collected a pinch-hit single at Baylor (4/6) and came around to score ... Scored runs in six-straight appearances as a pinch runner. Summer 2007: Hit .294 with two doubles and two triples for the Watertown Wizards of the New York Collegiate Baseball League ... Scored 18 runs and reached base at a .429 clip ... Teammate of current Jayhawk Nick Faunce. 2007 (Freshman): Took a redshirt year. Lawrence HS: Lettered three times for head coach Brad Stoll ... A second team all-state selection in 2006 ... Also named Second Team All-Sunflower League and Sunflower League Honorable Mention in his career ... Helped lead the Lawrence Raiders to back-to-back summer league state championships and a Central Plains Region championship in 2006 ... Participated in the Greater KC Metro All-Star game as well as the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches All-Star game in 2006 ... Also played two years of football at Lawrence High ... Earned Sunflower League Honorable Mention twice as the team's quarterback. Personal: Son of Rick and Ginger Heere ... Uncle, David Peter, played baseball at KU from 1974-75 ... Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 48th round of the 2009 MLB Amateur Draft ... A sports science major. |
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