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2009 WEST COAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM 2009 SEASON: Started 56 games as a senior... finished the season batting .353 (79-for-224) with 17 doubles, three triples, two homeruns, 30 RBI, 32 walks, 52 runs... led the team, West Coast Conference, and was third in the nation with 42 stolen bases... led the team in four other categories including hits, doubles, walks, and triples... had two major hit streaks, an 11-gamer (3/6-3/21) batting .420 and a 10-gamer (4/11-4/26) batting .417... started the season with two steals at University of Texas - San Antonio (2/20)... tripled and drove in two the next day (2/21)... doubled on a two-hit day at UTSA (2/22)... doubled twice on a 3-for-4 day at UC Davis (2/24)... went 3-for-5 with a career high four steals at UC Riverside (2/27)... doubled at Cal (3/4)... homered versus Texas Tech at the Palm Springs Tournament (3/6)... doubled and drove in two the next day versus Oklahoma State (3/7)... in final game of the tournament, went 3-for-4 and scored twice against Gonzaga (3/8)... had a 3-for-4 day with two steals at Washington (3/15)... had career high five hits with a double, a homerun, and four RBI at New Mexico State (3/21)... tripled on a 2-for-4 day versus Saint Mary's (4/3)... doubled and drove in a run on two hits the following day (4/4)... doubled, drove in a run, and stole two bases on a 3-for-5 day at Pacific (4/7)... had two hits and two steals versus Santa Clara (4/17)... the next day had three hits and two steals (4/19)... walked three times and stole two bases against then No. 13 Cal Poly (5/2)... stole four bases and had two hits against Pacific (5/5)... drove in two on two hits at San Diego (5/9)... stole eight bags in a four game streak (5/10-5/16) including three each at San Diego State (5/11) and Portland (5/16)... doubled in three consecutive games; at San Diego State (5/11) and twice at Portland (5/15-16). 2008 SEASON: Started 48 of 57 games played as a junior... batted .303 with 13 doubles, one triple, and two homeruns... was 11-for-15 in stolen bases, good for a first place tie on the team... in Dons second game of the year, smacked two doubles at Hawai'I (2/23)... had a double and homerun with two runs scored and two RBI at Houston (3/15)... went 3-for-5 with a double versus Fresno State (3/18)... had two hits, two runs scored, and two RBI against Fairleigh Dickinson (3/20)... smacked a double at Saint Mary's (3/29)... went 4-for-9 (.444) with a double in a home series against Loyola Marymount (4/4-6)... had two hits and an RBI at Pepperdine (4/13)... went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run scored and three RBI at Stanford (4/16)... had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI versus Sacramento State... had a double in four consecutive games (4/23-27)... smoked a homerun at Gonzaga (5/3)... went 3-for-5 with a triple against San Diego (5/11)... ended the season with an eight game hit streak, batting .440 (11-for-25) with a triple, five runs scored and two RBI. 2007 SEASON: Played in 46 games, making 20 starts... connected on 28 hits in 78 at-bats for a team high .359 batting average... hit in three runs while going 2-for-3 in USF's 15-6 win over Cal (2/13)... hit a pinch hit homerun off Mississippi State's Josh Johnson (3/11)... collected three hits in a 10-6 loss to San Jose State (3/13)... went 1-for-1 with one RBI in 13-5 win over Southern Utah (3/24)... went 1-for-3 with one RBI in 8-1 victory versus Sacramento State (4/10)... was 4-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored against Gonzaga (4/29)... finished 2-for-3 with one run scored against San Diego (5/5)... knocked in two RBI in USF's 11-1 win over Saint Mary's (5/11). 2006 SEASON: Appeared in 45 games with 32 starts as a red-shirt freshman... collected first career hit against Sacramento State (2/11)... went 6-for-12 with four RBI, two runs scored, a walk and a stolen base in a series at Southern Utah (2/17-18)... was 1-for-3 with an RBI, a walk and two stolen bases against Georgetown (3/11)... hit first career home run (3/18) and first career triple (3/19) at New Mexico... went 1-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base against Utah Valley State (3/22)... doubled and scored at Oral Roberts (3/25) and the next day had two hits and an RBI (3/26)... went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI, and a run scored at Santa Clara (4/2). 2005 SEASON: Redshirted PREP CAREER: Played three years of varsity baseball at Castro Valley High School... named All-Alameda Newspaper Group second team and named All-Hayward Area Athletic League twice. PERSONAL: Born on May 10, 1986 in San Mateo, CA... nickname is `Z'... son of Mitchell Kim and Marjorie Kimme... both parents are USF alums and Mitchell played baseball for the Dons... goal for the season is to lead by example and push the team to its full potential... chose USF for the education, location, and coaching staff... thinks the best thing about being a student athlete is the personal relationships between the students and staff... would like to be Stephen Spielberg for a day... would like to earn his Business MBA after graduation... favorite movie is The Usual Suspects... favorite book is Deception Point by Dan Brown... majoring in Business Administration. GIARRATANO ON KIM: "Zach is a wonderful player. He has had such a great career here at USF. I'm so proud of him and look forward to seeing him play in his final season." |
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