AS A SENIOR IN 2009: Drafted in the 30th Round(921 overall) of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft by theAnaheim Angels ... was one of three Broncos to start in all 53games ... all in centerfield ... named All-WCC honorable mention... led the team with 43 runs, six triples, five home runs, fivesac flies and six sac hits ... was third on the team with 63 hitsand was 5-for-7 in stolen bases ... finished his career ranked: No.2 in career at bats (875) and triples (14), No. 3 in career hits(269) and total bases (393), No. 4 in career runs (160), No. 9 inwalks (100) and extra base hits (72), tied for No. 7 insingle-season triples (6 in 2009), and tied for No. 10 insingle-season sacrifice flies (5 in 2009) ... went 4-for- 6 withtwo runs and three RBIs against URI (Feb. 21) ... hit his firsthome run of the season against Cal (Feb. 25) ... walked twiceagainst Oregon (Mar. 6) ... registered home run No. 2 in game twoagainst Oregon (Mar. 7) ... hit his first double of the season ingame three against Oregon (Mar. 7) ... drove in two runs with hisfirst triple of the season against UC Davis (Mar. 11) ... stole hisfirst base of the year against Cornell (Mar. 14) ... went 3-for-4at bat with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base in game two againstCornell (Mar. 14) ... hit his second triple of the season in gamethree against Cornell (Mar. 15) and scored two runs ... drove in agame-high four runs against Dartmouth (Mar. 21) ... scored agame-high two runs in game two against Dartmouth (Mar. 21) ... wasa home run shy of hitting for the cycle and scored a game-highthree runs against Dartmouth (Mar. 22) ... tied the game-high threehits and drove in two runs at Cal (Mar. 25) ... hit his third homerun of the season against LMU (Mar. 29) ... scored a game-high tworuns against Stanford (Apr. 4) ... tallied triple No. 5 againstPortland (Apr. 11) ... hit his fourth home run of the season at SanJose State (Apr. 29) ... nearly hit for the cycle on Senior Dayagainst San Diego State (May 2), was a home run shy ... scored tworuns against Stanford (May 6) ... hit his fifth homer of the yearand scored the game-winning run against SMC (May 8) ... scoredthree runs and had two RBIs against SMC (May 10) ... named WCCPlayer of the Week (May 11) ... scored a run against Pepperdine(May 15) ... swiped his last collegiate bag against Pepperdine (May17).
AS A JUNIOR IN 2008: Started in all 55 games inright field ... led the Broncos in walks (36), triples (5) and runs(54) ... ranked second in slugging percentage (.539) and home runs(11) ... earned All-WCC honorable mention after ranking third intriples and walks, and seventh in home runs ... selected by theArizona Diamondbacks in the 23rd Round (708 overall pick) of the2008 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft ... launched his firsthome run of the season against San Jose State (Feb. 29) ... hit hisfirst home run of the season in game one against San Jose State(Feb. 29) ... had three runs and three walks against SJSU (Mar. 1)... notched his second HR of the season in game three against SJSU(Mar 2) and posted two RBIs ... tallied two runs, two RBIs and onetriple against then-No. 12 Oregon State (Mar. 9) registered firststolen base of the season in game one of the doubleheader againstUC Davis (Mar. 15) ... posted his third home run of the season tolift the Broncos to victory over then-No. 11 Cal (Mar. 25) anddrove in a career-high three RBIs ... hit a solo home run the firstat bat of the game against then-No. 14 San Diego (Mar. 30) ... went2-for-4 with two runs and a stole base against Pacific (Apr. 2) ...tied his career-high four RBIs and four hits against Portland (Apr.5) ... registered his fifth homer of the season against then-No. 10Stanford (Apr. 14) ... tallied his seventh home run of the seasonas he hit for the cycle against UHH (Apr. 26) ... recorded hiseighth home run against UHH (Apr. 27) ... regsitered a home run andtied his career-high four RBIs against Sac State (Apr. 29) ...scored two runs for the Broncos against Pacific (May 7) ... hithomer No. 10 against Pepperdine (May 16) ... drove in three runsand recorded home run No. 11 against Pepperdine (May 18)
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Was the only Bronco tostart all 56 games in 2007 ... batted .304 with 66 hits, 10doubles, three home runs, 25 RBIs, and a team-leading total of 15stolen bases ... went 3-for-4 with a double and scored twiceagainst Utah on Feb. 2 ... turned in another three-hit game Feb. 6against UC Davis ... put together a 12-game hitting streak fromFeb. 6-28 in which he batted .364 (16-for-44) ... from March 4-16batted .545 (12-for-22) with eight RBIs ... hit first collegiatehome run at Fresno State on March 11 ... went 3-for-5 at Portlandon March 31 ... went 2-for-4 with a solo home run against LoyolaMarymount on Apr. 29 ... doubled and drove in four runs at Stanfordon May 1 ... went 3-for-6 with two doubles and a homer and drove inthree runs May 8 at Nevada.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006: Named to the LouisvilleSlugger Freshman All-America team by Collegiate BaseballNews ... earned West Coast Conference All-Freshman team honors... started 51 of the 53 games in which he appeared ... led all WCCfreshman with a .336 batting average ... second on the team with 71hits and three triples ... also doubled nine times and knocked in23 runs ... put together a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 5-24... batted .419 (13-for-31) in that stretch with two doubles, atriple and seven RBIs ... triple came in a 2-for-3, three RBIperformance against Sacramento State on Feb. 21 ... had a pair ofhits and RBIs three days late at No. 22 Cal Poly ... batted .571(12-for-21) in a five-game stretch from March 5-11 ... went 3-for-4with a double against San Jose State March 5 ... tripled and drovein a pair of runs March 10 at Washington ... reached base safely inall six plate appearances the next day against the Huskies ... went4-for-4 with a double, two walks and two RBIs ... had consecutivethree-hit games at Gonzaga on April 8 & 10 ... went 4-for-6 atLoyola Marymount, coming only a home run short of the cycle andscoring and driving in a pair of runs ... that performance cameduring an eight-game hitting streak ... had three mulit-hit gamesin the final six contests of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of St. FrancisHigh School in Mountain View, Calif. ... played baseball for ChrisBradford ... Named to the West Catholic Athletic League'sfirst-team as a senior in '05 ... named to WCAL's second-team in'04 and honorable mention in '03 ... 2004 team put together a26-game winning streak and was ranked no. 1 in the nation for twoweeks ... batted .398 with two homers and 28 runs batted in as asenior ... batted .412 with three home runs and 28 RBIs as a junioron '04.
PERSONAL: Born in Mountain View, Calif. ...parents are Tim and Claranne Long ... has one older sister, Jenna,and a younger brother, Chris ... major is undeclared.
Long's Career Statistics
Year | Avg. | GP/GS | AB | R | H | 2B/3B/HR | RBI | BB/K | SB/SBA |
2006 | .336 | 53/51 | 211 | 30 | 71 | 9/3/0 | 23 | 21/27 | 7/9 |
2007 | .304 | 56/56 | 217 | 33 | 66 | 10/0/3 | 25 | 25/38 | 15/22 |
2008 | .303 | 55/55 | 228 | 54 | 69 | 11/5/11 | 40 | 36/24 | 7/14 |
2009 | .288 | 53/53 | 219 | 43 | 63 | 9/6/5 | 31 | 18/23 | 5/7 |
Career | .307 | 217/215 | 875 | 160 | 269 | 39/14/19 | 119 | 100/112 | 34/52 |