University of San Francisco Athletics

Major: Communications
Hometown: Redwood City, CA                                   
Career Highlights: Two-time letter winner for Baseball

Biography: Urban was a two-time letter winner for the Dons baseball team. He played mostly at pitcher, and following graduation has continued to support USF athletics. He often attends USF basketball games with his dad Hal who played USF basketball and graduated in 1962. 

Why Urban Chose USF: “My dad taught at USF, and I had always dreamed of going to USF.”

Favorite USF Memories: “I always loved going to basketball games on the Hilltop. My dad, Hal, played basketball at USF. I'm still a big basketball fan.”

Did You Know?: Urban holds the All-Time USF single season batting average record, albeit based on a small sample size. In 1986, he batted one time, and hit a routine ground ball to the second baseman and it hit a rock and went over his head for a base hit. Since that was his ONLY at bat all season, Urban ended the year 1-1 at the plate with a 1.000 batting average.

Life After USF: Urban currently works in Food Service Management. He's a former chef, and a golf fanatic. Urban resides in the East Bay.