2010 Collegiate Baseball All-American
The top Bronco selected in the 2010 MLB Draft, 14th Round (424Overall) by the San Diego Padres
The 29th catcher taken overall and San Diego's 14th pick as anorganization
2010 First team All-WCC
Career .361 hitter, 3rd-best in SCU history
2008 All-WCC First Team
2008 All-Cape Cod League
29-game hitting streak (April 5-May 20, 2008)
USA National Team member (2007 Pan-American Games)
Baseball America Freshman All-American (2007)
Collegiate Baseball 'Louisville Slugger' FreshmanAll-American (2007)
2007 WCC Batting Champion (.373 BA)
2007 All-WCC First Team and All-WCC Freshman Team
RS JUNIOR (2010): Started in all 54 games, 50of them in right or left field … was a unanimous All-WCCFirst Team selection … finished the year batting .386 with13 homeruns and 21 doubles, firmly establishing himself as one ofthe most accomplished players in Santa Clara history …Medica’s career batting average (.369) ranks second all-timeat Santa Clara, and is 6th all-time in hits (329)… his 2010 totals rank among the best single-season numbersin SCU’s 125-year baseball history: 67 RBI (T4th), 88 hits(T5th), 60 runs (T6th), 21 doubles (T6th), 152 total bases(6th), 13 homers (T8th) and .667 slugging percentage(10th) … led the West Coast Conference in RBIs(67) and total bases (152) … was named a third-team‘Louisville Slugger’ NCAA Division 1 All-American byCollegiate Baseball … led the team in total plateappearances (263) … named the WCC ‘Player of theMonth’ for March after hitting .403 (31-for-77), reachingsafely in all 17 games (10 wins), collecting 12 extra-base hits,including 5 homers and 6 doubles … had a 21-game hittingstreak from March 6 through April 9—the second longest streakin the nation at the time … earned WCC ‘Player of theWeek’ honors the first week of May … led the team instolen bases (15), multiple-hit games (27), and multiple-RBI games(20).
JUNIOR (2009): Made nine appearances on theseason before redshirting the remainder of the year due to ashoulder injury ... was batting .429 with nine runs, seven doublesand one home run prior to his injury ... scored one run with adouble and a stolen base against URI (Feb. 21) ... had two runs,two RBIs, a double and the Broncos' first homer of the seasonagainst NC State (Feb. 22) ... hit his third double of the seasonagainst Cal (Feb. 25) ... had two runs against SJSU (Feb. 27) ...went 4-for-4 at bat with two runs against SJSU (Feb. 28) ... tiedhis career-high two doubles against Oregon (Mar. 6) ... was injuredin game three of the series against Oregon (Mar. 7) ... finishedthe year 3rd all-time at SCU in batting average (.361) and 7th inslugging percentage (.522).
SUMMER (2008): Played for the Harwich Marinersin the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League where he finished thirdin the Cape in hitting with a .352 average, totaling 16 RBI in 32games ...he was honored by the CCBL as a member of the 2008All-League team ... Harwich won the league title ... named a top-50player nationally by The College Baseball Blog.
SOPHOMORE (2008): Earned his second All-WCCFirst Team honor as a unanimous selection ... named to the JohnnyBench Award and Brooks Wallace Award watch lists ... started in all55 games - 51 as catcher, 2 in left field and 2 as the DH ...produced a career-high and team best 29 game hitting streak (Apr.5-May 20) that included 27 multi-hit games, four home runs and sixdoubles ... led SCU in on base percentage (.438), fourth in battingaverage (.342), tied for second in doubles (15) and tied for thirdin RBIs (44) ... ranked 15th in the WCC in batting average, 10th inhits and 8th in on base percentage ... is ranked in three careerrecord categories - fifth in batting average, tied for sixth in hitby pitch, tied for eighth in slugging percentage ... had acareer-high six at bats in game one against Utah Valley (Feb. 22),registering two runs, two hits and two RBIs ... had one RBI and onewalk in game two against Utah Valley (Feb. 22) ... tallied twohits, one run and one RBI against Kansas State (Feb. 23) ... was4-for-6 and tallied his first double of the season against Pacific(Feb. 27) ... went 5-for-12 in the series against SJSU (Feb.29-Mar. 2), with two RBIs and three doubles ... started in leftfield for the Broncos against Fresno State (Mar. 4) before resumingduties behind the plate ... tallied two runs against the Bulldogs... hit his first home run of the season against then-No. 11 SanDiego (Mar. 6) ... went 2-for-4 in game two of the doubleheaderagainst UC Davis (Mar. 15) with his second home run of the season... registered a two-run double that registered the win overthen-No. 14 San Diego (Mar. 29) ... posted his first triple of theseason against LMU (May 2) ... was a double shy of hitting for thecycle against LMU (May 3) as he registered his second triple of theseason and his fourth homer of the season ... posted home run No.5, a 3 RBI shot, against Pacific (May 7) ... drove in three runsand scored two in game one against Saint Mary's (May. 9) ... drovein two runs against Pepperdine (May 16) ... posted home run No. 6against Pepperdine (May 17) ... tied season high three hits againstPepperdine (May 18).
SUMMER (2007) - USA NATIONAL TEAM: Played forthe USA National Team the summer after freshman season, joining thetop freshman and sophomore collegiate baseball players in thecountry in competing in the Pan-American Games in Brazil and theWorld Port Tournament in the Netherlands ... also played in the36th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championship Series in Durham,NC, where Medica enjoyed a great deal of success againstinternational pitching, launching his first home run of the summerover the famed Durham Bull ... helped Team USA go 11-5 in itspre-Pan-American Games schedule, which included series' againstChinese Taipei and Japan ... at the Pan-American Games, Medica andthe Americans reached the Gold Medal Game before losing to Cuba,Medica went 1-for-3 with a run scored in the semifinal win overBrazil.
FRESHMAN (2007): Turned in a spectacular rookiecampaign in 2007, capturing the West Coast Conference batting titlewith a .373 average en route to being named to both the All-WCCFirst Team and All-Freshman Team ... Collegiate Baseball'Louisville Slugger' Freshman All-American ... BaseballAmerica Freshman All-American ... All-Ping! BaseballFreshman Team ... despite missing 11 games and parts of threeothers due to a hand injury that shelved him for a month early inthe season, Medica managed to hammer out 60 hits on the year,including nine doubles, four triples, and a home run ... he alsodrove in 23 runs while scoring 32 ... appeared in 44 games,starting 41 ... had multi-hit games at Hawaii on Jan. 28, andagainst Utah on Feb. 2 and 4 ... suffered a hand injury Feb. 9 atSan Diego State that forced him to miss 11 games and serve inpinch-hit capacity for three others ... returned to lineupfull-time on March 10 at Fresno State ... began a 13-game hittingstreak at Portland on March 30 with a 3-for-4 effort that includedtwo doubles and three runs scored ... streak last from March30-April 21, in which he batted .518 (29-for-56) with six doubles,three triples, six RBIs, and 13 runs scored ... batted .706 with adouble and two triples in four games over the week of Apr. 2-8,including a 5-for-5 effort at San Francisco on Apr. 7, and earnedWCC Player of the Week and Collegiate Baseball NewsNational Honor Roll recognition ... hit safely in 22 of 23 gamesfrom March 30-May 8 ... went 3-for-4 with a double and career-highsix RBIs against Fresno State on Apr. 24 ... tripled and drove inthree runs against Loyola Marymount Apr. 29 ... went 3-for-4 with apair of RBIs and runs scored at Stanford May 1 ... went 2-for-2with a two-run homer, his first at the collegiate level, in theseason finale against Sacramento State on May 20.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of BellarmineCollege Preparatory in San Jose, Calif. ... West Catholic AthleticLeague (WCAL) MVP leading Bellarmine to the Central Coast Section(CCS) title as a senior ... also named a All-WCAL First Teamplayer, Bellarmine's team MVP, and was honored by The Mercury Newson its All-CCS First Team ... in 2005 Bellermine ranked No. 1 inthe WCAL and went to the playoffs ... named All-WCAL First Teamplayer in 2005 ... 2004 All-WCAL Honorable Mention ... played forCoaches Gary Cunningham, Tom Medica, Al Bacosa and alongsidecurrent Santa Clara teammate Nate Garcia while at Bellarmine ...participated in the 2004 AAU Junior Olympics and USA BaseballJunior Olympics ... 2005 Summer Series Wood Bat Tournament player... in 2006 invited to USA Baseball Junior National TeamTrials.
PERSONAL: Born in San Jose, Calif. ... son ofTom and Carole Medica ... has one older sister, Kim ... enjoysplaying golf, cars, and hanging out with friends ... aspires toplay professional baseball and own a successful business.
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.... .373 44-41 161 32 60 9 4 1 23 80 .497 6 13 15 5 .436 1 5 5-7 258 39 5 .9832008.... .342 55-55 222 43 76 15 2 6 44 113 .509 29 11 17 6 .438 3 1 1-2 432 51 4 .9922009.... .429 9-9 35 9 15 7 0 1 4 25 .714 1 1 6 3 .459 0 0 1-1 62 11 2 .973TOTAL... .361 108-105 418 84 151 31 6 8 71 218 .522 36 25 38 14 .439 4 6 7-10 752 101 11 .987
