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  Andy Hawranick

Andy Hawranick

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Akron, Ohio

High School:
Uniontown Lake

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 216

Position:
Catcher

Veteran catcher who started 130 games behind the plate over a four-year span ... Excellent defensive catcher who handled the pitching staff very well ... Has a quick release and a strong, accurate arm ... Has good line drive power with the bat ... Was a mainstay in the lineup, splitting time behind the plate with Matt Wieters his senior year and Mike Nickeas his freshman and sophomore seasons ... Selected in the 48th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago Cubs, but elected to return to Tech for his senior season.

2006: The regular starter behind the plate for the second-straight season, making 30 starts on the year ... Went 2-for-3 with a career-high four runs scored against Rutgers (3/3) ... Also had two hits, two RBI and two runs vs. Western Carolina (3/28) ... Went 2-for-4 at Maryland (4/1) ... Drove in two runs at Virginia Tech (4/9) ... Had a season-high three hits in Tech's 8-7 win at No. 5 Florida State (4/23) ... Went 2-for-4 at Georgia (4/26) ... Had two hits and five RBI in Tech's doubleheader sweep of South Florida (5/6) ... Went 4-for-12 with a double and three RBI in four starts in the ACC Tournament (5/25-5/27) vs. No. 19 Miami and second-ranked Clemson.

2005: Tech's regular starting catcher, making 49 starts ... Went 8-for-23 with five RBI in the final two regular season series against Virginia Tech and North Carolina ... Was 4-for-14 with two RBI in the ACC Tournament ... Named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA Atlanta Regional, batting 5-for-17 with two RBI ... Excelled behind the plate, and throwing out 15 of 43 attempted base stealers (35%) ... Went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the opener of the Iona series (2/18) ... Went 4-for-10 with a home run in the Duke series (3/4-3/6) ... Was 5-for-12 with three RBI in Tech's sweep of NC State (3/18-3/20) ... Homered in Tech's 11-10 win at Miami (3/27) ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored in Tech's 24-4 win over Maryland (4/3) ... Went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the series finale vs. Winthrop (4/10) ... Went 3-for-6 with a home run in Tech's sweep of Florida State (4/15-4/17) ... Went 5-for-10 with two RBI at Clemson (4/29-5/1).

2004: Generally started one game a weekend to spell regular catched Mike Nickeas ... Went 3-for-6 in three appearances in the ACC Tournament ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and a career best 4 RBI against Villanova (2/21) ... Went 3-for-5 with a RBI against Purdue (3/17)...Went 2-for-3 against Miami (4/4) in the series finale ... Went 3-for-7, including a double, triple and home run at Georgia State (4/6) and drove in three runs ... Went 2-for-3 in Tech's 7-3 win at NC State (5/2) ... Was 1-for-1 in Tech's 12-5 win over Georgia at Turner Field (5/11) ... Went 1-for-3 with three RBI in Tech's 11-3 win over Clemson (5/16) ... Was 3-for-5 with two RBI in Tech's win over Georgia State ... Played with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League during the summer.

2003: Rookie catcher who started 25 games behind the plate and played in 32 games overall ... Had 10 multi-hit and three multiple-RBI games ... Tech's No. 2 catcher who would often start one or two games a week ... Was 2-for-3 with a run, RBI, and stolen base in his first start against Georgia Southern (2/15) ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored as a late inning substitute against Maryland (3/23) ... Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored against Winthrop (4/2) ... Had two hits, a walk, a run, and an RBI against North Carolina (4/6) ... Drove in two runs on two hits and a sacrifice fly against Duke on 4/12 ... Had two hits, including a double, an RBI, and two runs scored against Georgia Southern (4/16) ... Went 2-for-3, including a double, with two runs, two RBI, and a walk vs. Wake Forest (4/19) ... Drove in two runs against Georgia State (5/6) ... Hit .375 (3-for-8) in the series vs. NC State (5/15-5/17), with a run and an RBI ... Went 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI against Duke (5/24) in the ACC Tournament ... ACC Tournament: .375 avg. in two games, three runs, one RBI, one walk ... Spent the summer with Delaware of the Great Lakes League ... Hit .241 in 25 games and drove in 11 runs.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Lake High School as a catcher ... Helped Lake HS win the Federal League championship and sectional championship ... Named first-team all-Ohio as a senior by Mizuno and Buckeye Scout ... Named all-league and all-region as a junior and senior ... Also lettered as a small forward in basketball.

Personal: Full name is Andrew Hawranick ... Born August 14, 1983 ... Son of Mark and Cathy Hawranick ...Mother Cathy played softball at Youngstown State ... Majoring in Management.

Career Statistics
Year	G-GS	AB	R	H	Avg.	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	SO	SB-A	Fld%
2003	32-25	78	15	25	.321	4	0	0	13	29	.372	8	21	1-1	.994
2004	37-26	103	24	34	.330	7	1	2	18	49	.476	8	19	1-2	.990
2005	51-49	188	40	55	.293	11	0	4	36	78	.415	16	36	4-6	.984
2006	38-30	108	19	28	.259	3	0	0	18	31	.287	16	25	3-5	.971
Totals	158-130	477	98	142	.298	25	1	6	85	187	.392	48.	101	9-14	984
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