AS A JUNIOR IN 2009: Drafted in the 7th Round(231 overall) of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft by theAnaheim Angels ... was one of four Broncos to start in every gamehe appeared ... saw action in 51 of 53 games, missing two at thebegnning of May due to a minor shoulder injury ... named All-WCCFirst Team ... led the Broncos with 22 doubles and eight stolebases, and was second on the team with 37 runs and 68 hits ... waswalked a team-high 24 times, while being hit by a pitch on 11occasions ... ranked No. 6 all-time hit by pitch (26), tied No. 6all-time doubles (48) had his first stolen base of the year againstXavier (Feb. 20) ... registered his first double of the seasonagainst NC State (Feb. 22) ... hit an RBI double against Cal (Feb.25) ... was 3-for-4 at bat with one run, one RBI and one doubleagainst SJSU (Feb. 27) ... had two doubles, one run and one RBIagainst SJSU (Feb. 28) ... drove in one run in a career-high six atbats against Oregon (Mar. 6) ... scored a game-high three runsagainst UC Davis (Mar. 11) ... scored two runs in game two againstCornell (Mar. 14) ... walked twice, was hit-by-a-pitch twice andscored two runs against Dartmouth (Mar. 22) ... had a season-hightwo RBIs against Long Beach State (Mar. 31) ... scored three runsand hit his first home run of the season against Portland (Apr. 9)... scored two runs and was walked twice against then-No. 18 CalPoly (Apr. 14) ... scored two runs and was hit by a pitch twiceagainst USF (Apr. 19) ... hit a career-high three doubles and tiedhis career-high four hits against Gonzaga (Apr. 25) ... had acareer-high five hits against San Diego State (May 2) ...registered his 20th career double against the Aztecs (May 2)toclimb into the SCU All-Time and Single-Season record books ...drove in the game-winning runs against SMC (May 8) ... scored thegame-tying run against SMC (May 9) ... returned to the Broncos'line-up against Pepperdine (May 15) after missing two games due toa minor shoulder injury, posting his 21st double of the season andscoring a run ... hit homer No. 2 of the season against Pepperdine(May 17) ... registered double No. 22 against then-No. 18 Cal Poly(May 18).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2008: Started all 55 games asshortstop ... compiled a solid sophomore campaign leading theBroncos in slugging percentage (.591), RBIs (51) and home runs (12)... earned unanimous All-WCC honors after finishing 11th inbatting, fifth in home runs and slugging percentage .... opened theseason with a run in both games against Utah Valley (Feb. 22) ...registered a career-high five RBIs and had a three-run homeragainst Pacific (Feb. 27) ... went 5-for-12 in the series againstSan Jose State (Feb. 29-Mar. 2) with three runs, one home run andtwo doubles ... tied his career-high three hits against No. 11 SanDiego (Mar. 6) ... went 2-for-4 against SDSU (Mar. 7) with one runand one RBI ... drove in two runs against then-No. 12 Oregon State(Mar. 9) ... tallied his third home run of the season and postedthree RBIs against UC Davis (Mar. 16) ... drove in the Broncosfirst run on a walk against then-No. 11 Cal (Mar. 25) ... had aseason-high two walks against then-No. 14 San Diego (Mar. 29) ...launched a two-run homer, his four HR of the season, againstPacific (Apr. 2) ... went 3-for-4 against Portland (Apr. 5),scoring a career-high four runs, his fifth homer of the season andbatting in three runs ... tallied a career-high 2 home runs againstGonzaga (Apr. 13) ... also went 3-for-4 with three runs and threeRBIs ... went 4-for-4 in game one against USF (Apr. 18), scoringtwo runs and tallying a career-high four hits ... went 3-for-5 withtwo runs and four RBIs against then-No. 3 Stanford (Apr. 29)...also registered his 10th homer of the season against theCardinal ... went 5-for-3 with two runs in game two against SaintMary's (May 10) ... posted home run No. 11 in game three againstSaint Mary's (May 11) ... tallied homer No. 12, a two-run shot,against Pepperdine (May 16)
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Started all 54 games inwhich he appeared ... hit 12 doubles and four home runs with 30RBIs on the year ... went 1-for-2 with home run, two RBIs, threewalks, and three runs scored Feb. 6 against UC Davis ... went2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs March 4 at San Jose State ...had a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in a pair of runsApr. 7 at San Francisco ... went 3-for-4 with a double and RBIagainst Gonzaga on Apr. 13 ... hit a two-run homer against theBulldogs on Apr. 14 ... hit a three-run homer May 6 at Saint Mary's... went 3-for-4 with two doubles against San Diego on May 12 ...hit fourth home run May 15 against Stanford ... doubled twice anddrove in three runs at Sacramento State on May 19.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Junipero SerraHigh School in San Mateo, Calif. ... played for Coaches PeteJensen, Joe Kmak, and Rich Jefferies ... in 2005 was namedfirst-team All-WCAL, first-team All-San Mateo County, and receivedAll-CCS Honorable Mention ... in 2006 named first-team Co-Player ofthe Year in the WCAL, San Francisco Chronicle Player of the Year,San Mateo Times Player of the Year, was named first-team All-CCS,and first-team All-State ... team honors included WCAL PlayoffChampions, reached CCS Semi-Finals, team ranked number two in thestate ... also played on the San Jose Vipers ... named to the 2004AAU All-Tournament Team.
PERSONAL: Born in Burlingame, Calif. ... son ofAlan and Diana Karcich ... has three older siblings, Ryan, Kristenand Justin ... enjoys playing cards and basketball ...grandfatherplayed in baseball in the minor leagues.
CAREER STATS:
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2007.... .228 54-54 171 28 39 12 0 4 30 63 .368 17 9 32 1 .328 1 9 2-4 100 122 12 .9492008.... .351 55-55 208 44 73 14 0 12 51 123 .591 22 6 32 3 .421 4 1 3-4 83 155 16 .9372009.... .354 51-51 192 37 68 22 0 2 22 96 .500 24 11 33 6 .454 0 0 8-14 74 152 15 .938TOTAL... .315 160-160 571 109 180 48 0 18 103 282 .494 63 26 97 10 .405 5 10 13-22 257 429 43 .941