GENERAL CAPSULE - Quintessential team leader...enters the seasonas the starting catcher for USF... a key reason the Dons pitchingstaff posted their best team ERA since the 1975 season in 2001... atalented hitter, capable of hitting for average and power.
AT USF (2001) - Enjoyed a terrific season in his first year atUSF... made his presence felt immediately at the plate and workingwith a young pitching staff... hit over .400 from 3/4/01 through4/16/01 before finishing with a .327 average to rate fourth on theteam, first among returning players... also ranked third on theteam in hits (56), fifth in RBI (24) and was second in walks(24)... turned in 17 multi-hit games and five games with three basehits... four multi-RBI games last season... hit homeruns inback-to-back games against Saint Mary's (4/13 - 4/14)... went3-for-6 with a double, RBI and scored four runs in a win againstBYU (2/6)... doubled in three consecutive games vs. San Jose State(2/21), UC Riverside (2/23) and at Fresno State (2/28)... went2-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI in a West Coast Conferencevictory against Saint Mary's (4/13) and followed it up with another2-for-4 homerun and two RBI the next day against the Gaels...played outstanding defense behind the dish and threw out 20baserunners.
OTHER BASEBALL EXPERIENCE - Played on the 2000 wood bat leaguechampionship team in Danville, IL. AT WEST VALLEY CC - Earned apair of varsity baseball letters at West Valley.
PREP CAREER - Lettered in baseball four years at Willow GlenHigh School... also played three years of volleyball and one yearof basketball for the Rams... featured student-athlete in the SanJose Mercury.
PERSONAL - Steven Walter Booth... goal for the season is to stayconsistent... the best thing about being a student-athlete isrepresenting your area... if he could go to any sporting event itwould be the Grand National Rodeo... favorite food is Togos #24...favorite book is Calvin and Hobbes... plans to be a firefighterafter graduation... parents are Rick and Peggy Booth... born August14, 1979 in San Jose, CA.
COACH GIARRATANO ON BOOTH - "Steve is capable of becoming aforce as one of the best catchers in the WCC, not only defensivelybut also offensively and as a leader."
