Temple University Athletics

2007 Baseball Roster

Roster

1

Matt Heltz

3B/2B
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3

Richie Gargel

P
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4

Ryan Weber

SS/P
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5

Dan Brady

1B/3B
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10

Mike Click

P
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11

Tom Bingham

P
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11

Rafael Cordero

SS
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14

Tom Dolan

P/OF
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15

Kyle Monahan

P
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17

Mike Kelch

INF
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19

Kyle Obal

C
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20

Jabair Khan

OF
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21

Rob Licata

P
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22

Devon Swope

OF/1B
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23

Arshwin Asjes

P
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24

Sean Barksdale

OF
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26

Eric Fritz

P
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28

Steve Mury

C
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42

John Coyle

P/1B
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Sean Barksdale
Jersey Number 24

Sean Barksdale

  • Position:
    OF
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Glenolden, PA
  • High School:
    Cardinal O'Hara
Team co-captain...Needs 49 RBI to become all-time leader at Temple in just three seasons...Second all-time for RBI in consecutive seasons (106) at TU, two short of John Marzano[apos]s mark of 108...Needs 33 steals to break school record. 2008: Appeared and started in 55 games in rightfield...Batted .307 (66-for-215) with 12 doubles, five home runs and 47 RBI...His 27 steals led the Big 5, were fifth in the Atlantic 10, and sixth in a single season at TU ...Most steals by a Temple player since Mike Palys swiped 40 in 1988...His 47 RBI were third in the Big 5 and tied for seventh in the A-10...Batted .377 (43-for-114) over his final 30 games, driving in 30 runs...Hit safely in final 15 games, batting .417 (25-for-60) over that span...Hit .324 with runners in scoring position and led team with 22 two-out RBI...Batted .298 with three home runs and 23 RBI in Atlantic 10 games...Drove in four runs a total of four times...Had three hits and two RBI at Rutgers (3/5)...Was 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBI vs. La Salle (3/25)...Hit first grand slam at Saint Joseph[apos]s (3/28)...Named Big 5 Player of the Week on April 1 after batting .333 with two homers and eight RBI...Was 3-for-3 vs. Duquesne (4/18)...Batted 9-for-14 (.643) over three game stretch from May 11-16. 2007: First Team All-Atlantic 10 and Philadelphia Big 5 Co-Player of the Year...Also First Team All-Big 5...Batted .359 (78-for-217) with 13 doubles, seven home runs and 59 RBI...Led team with 14 steals...His 59 RBI are fourth all-time at TU and the most by a Temple player since Jeff Manto drove in 60 in 1985...Led the city in RBI and was fifth in the A-10...Had five games with at least four RBI, including three in his final six games...Also eighth in the conference in batting average...Batted .382 with four home runs and 36 RBI in conference play (25 games)...Batted .432 with runners in scoring position and .429 with two outs...Had a 19-game hitting streak, six short of tying a school record, from March 23-April 22, batting .457 over that span...Named Atlantic 10 and Big 5 Player of the Week (5/21) after batting .550 (11-for-20) with 11 RBI in four games...First two Division I base-hits were solo home runs at UNC Wilmington (2/16)...Went 4-for-4 with three RBI vs. Buffalo (3/11)...Set career-high with five RBI and was 3-for-6 at Duquesne (5/12)...Was 4-for-5 with four RBI against St. Bonaventure (5/18) and 4-for-7 with five RBI at SBU (5/19). 2006 (at Gloucester CC): Batted .298 with two homers and a team-high 44 RBI...Scored 42 runs and had six doubles and a triple...Helped lead team to runner-up finish at the NJCAA Division III World Series.

High School: Philadelphia Catholic League MVP and Delaware County Times Player of the Year as a senior...Batted .536 with nine homers and 44 RBI...Philadelphia Daily News First Team All-City pick and Philadelphia Inquirer All-Southeastern Pennsylvania selection...Also First Team All-Catholic League and All-City in football and First-Team All-Catholic in track.

Personal: Majoring in history...Played summer baseball for the St. Cloud Riverbats in the Northwoods League.

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.... .359 53-53 217 36 78 13 3 7 59 118 .544 18 9 37 7 .422 5 0 14-15 127 9 2 .986
2008.... .307 55-55 215 38 66 12 3 5 47 99 .460 24 5 25 4 .383 4 0 27-34 102 4 4 .964
TOTAL... .333 108-108 432 74 144 25 6 12 106 217 .502 42 14 62 11 .402 9 0 41-49 229 13 6 .976

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