As a Junior in 2002: Started all 55 games for Santa Clara, sharing time between second base and centerfield... raised batting average by 125 points over the last month of the season... went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two stolen base against Fresno State on Feb. 2... went 2-for-5, including one home run, three RBI and one stolen base against Pepperdine on March 29... recorded four RBI and a double against Stanford on Feb. 23... went 3-for-5 with three runs batted in and two runs scored in the Broncos 18-1 win at Sac State... ended the year on a seven-game hitting streak in which he batted .276 during those game... led the team and the West Coast Conference with 21 stolen bases on 25 attempts... led the team with eight sacrafice fly balls during 2002.
As a Sophomore in 2001: Earned first team All-WCC honors... started in 53 of the 54 games in which he appeared... finished second on the team with 74 hits in 217 at bats... recorded a .341 batting average with one home run, 15 doubles and 25 runs batted in... had a .987 fielding percentage, committing only two errors in 159 chances... was second on the team in on base percentage at .406... stole a team-high 16 bases on 22 attempts...scored a team-high 53 runs... earned 18 walks at the plate while striking out only 19 times... finished season with a .442 slugging percentage... had a tremendous series at Loyola Marymount, finished the three-game set by going 9-14 with four runs batted in and seven runs scored... registered a season-high nine game hitting streak from April 21 through May 5 in which he went 20-for-41, lifting his batting average 31 points during that stretch.
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2000: Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team... WCC Freshman of the Year...a second-team all-WCC selection... the only freshman on either the first or second-team all-WCC... one of only two Bronco freshmen to record 40 RBI since 1994... hit safely in 27 of the final 28 games of the season, including a streak of 11 games to end the season... longest hitting streak of the year was 16 games... started 55 games at second base... one of only six players in the WCC with nine games with at least three hits... finished third in the league in batting average at .380 and tied for third in hits with 82... 82 hits ties for the 10th-most in a single season at Santa Clara... team-high .551 slugging percentage and .451 on-base percentage... fourth in the WCC in on base percentage at .451... five triples was third-best in the league... 175 assisted putouts was second in the league... went 5-for-5 against Portland with two RBI... also went 4-for-4 against San Diego and went 10-for-13 in the series... registered two games with three RBI, at Hawaii and at Pepperdine... hit .425 and registered 14 RBI with two outs... named the most valuable player of the Cape Cod Championship as a member of the Brewster Whitecaps during the summer... team won the Arnold Mycock Cape League Championship... hit .312 with 25 RBI for the Whitecaps.
As a Freshman in 2000: Redshirted the season as a true freshman.
High School Information: Attended Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, Calif... second baseman under head coach Gary Cunningham... hit .477 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI as a senior, and set a Bellarmine and West Catholic Athletic League record for most triples in a season... was a first team All-WCAL, All-Central Coast Section and All-State performer... honorable mention USA Today All-America selection... also was a first-team All-WCAC athlete in football... graduated with a 3.40 grade point average.
Personal Data: Born December 19, 1979 in Gilroy, Calif... son of Doug and Kittie Headley... business major at Santa Clara.
Headley's Career Batting Statistics
YearG-GSAvg.ABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSB-A200055-55.3802164082155440171711-17200154-53.3412175374152125181916-222002 55-55 .254 209 30 53 7 2 1 37 26 15 21-25Total164-163.3606421232093796102615148-64