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2008
Should start the season at third base.
2007
Third on the team with a .312 batting average...Started 42 of 50 games with 170 at bats...Finished within the top five on the team in six categories: batting average (.312), hits (53), doubles (8), triples (1), homeruns (2), and total bases (69)...Amassed six three-hit games...Ended with a .369 OBP with seven sacrifices...Third on the team with five steals in seven attempts...Fielded .939 in 148 chances with only nine errors...Went one-for-three with a homerun and a walk against Westmont on February 20...Went three-for-four with three runs scored against Pacific on April 13...Drove in two runs and scored one in a three-for-five effort against UC Davis on May 20...Went two-for-five against Cal Poly on May 25 with three RBI.
2006
Played in 34 games, 20 off the bench and 14 as a starter...His 20 games as a sub were tops on the squad...Had a season-high three RBI and a double in his debut as a Gaucho against Westmont on Feb. 7...Finished the year hitting .224 with two doubles, a triple, 11 walks, six RBI and 11 runs scored...Collected a season-high three hits (three-for-four) against TCU on March 19...Had two two-hit games, first against Cal Poly on March 11 and then again against UC Irvine on April 22...Also earned his only triple of the year in that game against the Anteaters.
University of New Orleans
Played in 28 games and started 21...Hit .211 with two doubles, a triple and nine RBI...Was a perfect 4-4 in stolen base attempts...Posted two multiple RBI games...The first was a 3-for-4 performance in which he scored two runs and drove in four against Massachusetts on Feb. 26...The second came against Tulane on March 1 when Rose scored twice and knocked in two...Strung together five consecutive games with at least one hit from February 20-March 1.
Summer Ball
Played in the Hawaii Collegiate League for the Brainerd Blue Thunder in 2007. Played for the Paniolos of the Hawaiian Collegiate Baseball League in 2006.
High School
Played for Summer McCartney and Craig Hansen at Aliso Niguel High School...Took the field at both the middle infield positions for the Wolverines...Batted .390 with 15 stolen bases and three homeruns his senior year...Was named Second Team All-Seaview League and Team MVP in 2004...Was also voted Most Inspirational Player that year...Ranks second in school history with his 15 stolen bases in a season...Helped lead the Wolverines to the 2004 League Championship and a spot in the Second Round of the CIF Playoffs...Was awarded First Team All-League his junior season and was also the recipient of the Coach's Award that same year...Played soccer in high school as well...A three-time scholar-athlete award winner...Also recruited by Santa Clara, University of New Orleans, Xavier and Central Arizona.
Personal
Born October 2, 1985 in Long Beach, Calif....Majoring in sociology with a minor in coaching...If he wasn't playing baseball he would probably be playing soccer as a goalkeeper...Roots for the Seattle Mariners...Favorite athletes are Chase Utley and Jose Reyes...Enjoys watching "Invincible" and "The Natural" on the big screen and "Man vs. Wild" on the small screen...Favorite book is All Quiet on the Western Front...Claims to be too superstitious to be superstitious...Lists the overall atmosphere and the clean air as his favorite aspects about Santa Barbara...Subscribes to Sports Illustrated...Would like Matt Damon to play him in a Hollywood movie about his life...Best advice about baseball is "Fly low, fly straight"...Would invite Jose Reyes, Chase Utley and Jim Leyland to dinner if he could...Proclaims that he is one to enjoy the game and he plays it hard...Aspires to become a top Division-I coach someday...Has one sister, Christine...Son of Rob and Andrea Rose.
