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2008: Earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in his first season as a Cowboy ... ranked fourth on the team with a .349 batting average ... led OSU with a .370 batting average in Big 12 play ... that average ranked fifth in the conference in league games ... led OSU and ranked fifth in the conference with a .628 slugging percentage ... singled in his first-career at bat against Gonzaga (2/23) ... was 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the game ... was 3-for-6 with a career-high six RBIs and four runs scored against UAPB (3/19) ... went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs in a win over Nebraska (4/12) ...named the Big 12 Player of the Week on April 21 after leading the Cowboys to a sweep of Texas in Austin ... was 6-for-13 with a double, homer and three RBIs in UT series ... in the series-clinching second game against the Longhorns, was 3-for-4 with a three-run home run ... named to the NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team ... drafted in the 33rd round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets.
2006-07: Named NJCAA All-American and won the Rawlings Big Stick Silver Slugger Award as a redshirt freshman at Chandler-Gilbert CC in 2007 ... was school's first-ever baseball All-American ... hit .452 and also had 36 stolen bases in lone JUCO season ... redshirted due to injury as a freshman ... chose OSU over Arizona State, Arkansas, South Carolina, Oral Roberts and Nebraska.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in baseball and basketball at Lake Orion High School ... named first-team All-State as senior in 2005 after hitting .380 with 10 home runs ... also first-team all-state dream team and all-region ... drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 30th round in 2005.
PERSONAL: Majoring in economics ... son of Dudley and Jan Medchill ... born June 25, 1987 ... has two sisters, Michelle and Julie ... favorite athlete is Joe Mauer ... favorite team is the Minnesota Twins ... favorite baseball moment is winning the NBC World Series ... enjoys collecting sports memorabilia and watching movies.
