2008 SUMMER: Earned 2008 Humbolt CrabsDefensive Player of the Year
2008 SEASON: Started 29 of 51 games played as asophomore... batted .266 with seven doubles, one triple, and onehomerun... was 9-for-13 in stolen bases... tripled and had threeRBI in the first game of the season at Hawai'I (2/22)... had twohits each in three consecutive games (2/23-26)... doubled, scored arun and had an RBI versus Pacific (3/12)... doubled in a run atHouston (3/14)... smacked a double and batted in three on a 2-for-4day against Fairleigh Dickinson (3/22)... went 2-for-3 with adouble, two runs scored, and two RBI versus Loyola Marymount(4/6)... doubled at Fresno State (4/23)... hit a homerun at Gonzaga(5/3).
2007 SEASON: Played in 32 games, making sevenstarts... collected .276 batting average in 29 at-bats... earnedhis first hit as a Don, a pinch hit single up the middle in theseventh of USF's 15-6 win over Cal (2/13)... went 1-for-1 andscored a run in 6-4 victory over Sacramento State (3/21)...finished 2-for-5 with a homerun, two RBI and two runs scored in winover Southern Utah (3/22)... homered and went 2-for-2 againstSacramento State (4/10).
2006 SEASON: Redshirted
PREP CAREER: Played four years at MountainPointe... 2005 Team MVP, Second Team All-State, All-Tribune,All-City, Kajikawa Award finalist... batted .466 and hit seven homeruns his senior year... had a 4.0 GPA... made Dean's List all fouryears.
PERSONAL: Born on May 12, 1987 in Broken Arrow,OK... son on Doug and Cindy Ethel... father, Doug played two yearsof baseball at Oklahoma... goal for the season is to earn an NCAARegional berth... chose USF for its great blend of athletics andacademics... biggest sports thrill was attending Diamondbacks WorldSeries game three... sports hero is Mickey Mantle... would like tobe Tom Brady for a day... favorite quote is "Never give up"... mostimpressive person he's met is his dad... favorite book is Dune...majoring in Chemistry.
GIARRATANO ON ETHEL: "I can't say enough aboutBobby on and off the field. He continues to get better each andevery year. He's going to emerge as one of the best outfielders inDivision I baseball this year."
