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March 17, 2010
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  Jordan Etier

Jordan Etier

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Austin, Texas

High School:
Westlake

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 175

Position:
IF

Experience:
So.-SQ

SOPHOMORE(2010)
2010 HIGHLIGHTS
(Updated March 8, 2010)
•Logged two runs and two walks in the season- opener series versus New Mexico (2/19-21).
•Hit 2-for-4 with two runs in series opener versus No. 18 Stanford (2/26).
•Had one RBI, two walks, one sacrifice squeeze bunt and one run in the second game of the series against No. 18 Stanford (2/27).
•Named to the Houston College Classic All-Tournament team (3/5-7), going 3-for-8 with three runs, one home run, 3 RBI, one walk and one hit-by-pitch.
•Went 2-for-2 with his first career home run, one walk, one hit-by-pitch, three runs and three RBI against Missouri at the Houston College Classic (3/7).

FRESHMAN (2009)
2009 HONORS
•Fall 2008 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2009 SEASON
•Appeared in 14 games, including two starts at second base. Appeared in five games at second base, two games in the outfield and seven games as a pinch-runner.
• Batted .267 with six runs, four hits and two RBI.
• Went 2-for-3 as a pinch-hitter on the season.
• Played in five Big 12 games, with two runs.

2009 HIGHLIGHTS
•Logged his first career hit as a substitute for an injured Travis Tucker at Stanford (3/6).
•Made his first collegiate start at second base against Stanford (3/7), tallying his first career run.
•Went 1-for-4 with one walk, one run and two RBI in Stanford series finale (3/8).
•Logged a pinch-hit and scored a run against Texas State (4/28).
• Played in 17 games for the Beatrice Bruins of the M.I.N.K. League over the summer, batting .269 with seven runs, three doubles and three RBI.

HIGH SCHOOL
· A three-year varsity letterwinner and one-year captain as a shortstop and third baseman for Coach Jim Darilek at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas.
· Garnered All-District 25-5A on three separate occasions, including once as a third baseman (2006) and twice as a shortstop (2007 & 2008).
· Hit six home runs during the season and batted .568 in the state playoffs as a senior.
· Played for Team Texas at the 32nd Annual All-Star Senior Sunbelt Baseball Series in Norman,Okla., in the summer of 2008.
· Ranked as the No. 11 recruit on the 2008 Inside Prep Baseball Texas Top 25 list.
· Batted .407 with four home runs as a junior.
· Member of the 2007 Texas Rangers Area Code Team.
· Batted .310 with three home runs and was named district newcomer of the year aas a sophomore.
· Also earned two varsity letters as a wide receiver and running back in football and a shooting guard in basketball.

PERSONAL
Born Jordan Mark Etier in Tyler, Texas ... parents are Mark Etier and Zanglin Platt ... has a younger half-sister, Corie Platt ... father, Mark played baseball at TCU ... majoring in education.

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