Biography
2006: Played in 54 games and started 53...batted .291 (64-for-220) with 23 RBIs... started the season on a career-long 22-game hitting streak that ended in game two of a doubleheader against ETSU on March 18 ... led UNF with 13 stolen bases on 17 attempts...tied for third on the team with 64 hits ... had a career-high three stolen bases in the Ospreys[apos] 8-2 win over Florida A&M on April 18... batted .343 (46-for-134) against right-handed pitching... finished the season with a .991 fielding percentage...tallied 106 putouts, two outfield-assists and committed just one error.
2005: Played in 63 games and started 62 ... earned All-Peach Belt Conference honors as a designated hitter ... also named to the All-South Atlantic Region squad ... batted .339 (80-for-236) with five doubles, four triples, four home runs and 33 RBIs ... his .339 average was fourth best on the team ... was 23-for-34 in stolen base attempts, which ranked second on the team ... was third on the team in hits (80) and second in walks (26) ... had 25 multiple hit games as a junior, including six three-hit games ... had five hits, including a double, in an 8-7 win over No. 18 USC Upstate on April 16 ... had seven multiple RBI games, including four RBI performances against Division I Michigan State in a 12-4 win on March 5 and against No. 8 Kennesaw State in a 14-9 win on March 13 ... had a 10-game hitting streak that spanned from March 2 to March 13 and included games with six different Division I opponents ... his 10-game hitting streak was the third longest on the team ... helped lead UNF to a 39-11 record when batting in the leadoff position ... hit .318 (7-for-22) with a home run and six RBIs while scoring four runs and drawing two walks in the South Atlantic Regional.
2004 (Notre Dame): Played in only 11 games for Irish in 2004, starting six ... batted .290 (9-for-31) with a double, a triple, a home run and seven RBIs ... posted a .484 slugging percentage despite limited time ... Irish finished 51-12 and 20-6 in the BIG EAST, advancing to the NCAA Regionals.
2003 (Notre Dame): As a freshman, appeared in 56 games while making most starts (50) among first-year players, platooning in left field ... seventh on team with .299 batting average, sharing team lead in triples (5, second among BIG EAST players), plus team-best 12 sacrifice bunts ... second on team in stolen bases (15-of-21; 11th BIG EAST) and third in runs (43), plus 25 RBIs and 17 walks (3 2B, 2 HBP, .363 on-base, .370 slugging) ... made just one error in 68 chances (.985; 2 assists) ... totaled 12 multi-hit games, six with multiple RBIs ... led BIG EAST with four triples in conference play (.295, 12 RBIs, 19 R, 2B, 10 BB, 6 SAC, 7 SB) ... had two hits in 3-1, 10-inning win over Vanderbilt in Jacksonville at Kennel Club Classic ... drilled first-pitch offering from reliever Jensen Lewis into right-center gap for decisive triple in that game, plating Steve Sollmann for go-ahead run before scoring on Matt Macri[apos]s first-pitch single (helping end duel between ND[apos]s Chris Niesel and Vanderbilt LHP Jeremy Sowers).
High School: All-state as senior at Benjamin School, with his 29 SBs ranking second in county (.434, 30 RBI, 3 HR, .671 slugging) ... posted .445 career batting average, reaching base every game of career ... did not play as junior (hand injury) ... all-county, all-area as sophomore (.455, 22 RBI, 25 SB) ... 5-for-5 in 2000 district playoff vs. John Carroll ... played in Dick Howser All-Star Game ... hit over .400 for [apos]01 Jupiter Legion Post 271 state-title team (coached by former White Sox pitcher Bob Shaw) ... ranked No. 2 prospect at [apos]01 Team One Midwest Showcase (at Notre Dame) ... ranked by Team One as nation[apos]s 12th-best center fielder, No. 157 among all prep players ... listed as a top prospect at Perfect Game Wood Bat Championships ... MVP of JV basketball team ...
Personal: Grandfather Robert Grogan competed in football, basketball, golf and track at Knox College and played baseball at Indiana State ... born Nov. 28, 1983, in Rota, Spain ... son of Bob and Sean Coulter ... full name is Brennan Eugene Grogan.
