2009 WCC First Team Selection
2007 WCC Honorable Mention and All-Freshman TeamSelection
MISCELLANEOUS: Drafted by the Cincinnati Redsin the 23rd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball AmateurDraft.
2009 SEASON: Started 55 and played in 56 gamesas a junior... batted .352 (77-for-219) with 15 doubles, threetriples, one homerun, 52 RBI, 41 runs, 24 walks, and 16 stolenbases... led the team in RBI and triples, second in doubles andwalks, third in steals... among the Top 10 in conference in sixoffensive categories... tripled in the second game of the seasonand drove in two at the University of Texas - San Antonio (2/21)...doubled on a 4-for-5 day at UC Riverside (2/26)... in the nextgame, doubled twice on a 3-for-5 day (2/27)... had two hits with adouble and two RBI versus Oregon State at the Palm SpringsTournament (3/5)... had a big weekend at Washington going 7-for-13with a homerun, three RBI, five runs scored, and four stolen bases,three of which came in one game (3/13-15)... bated .500 with adouble, and RBI, and five runs scored at New Mexico State(3/20-22)... had three hits with a double and three RBI versusSaint Mary's (4/5)... drove in three runs at Pacific (4/7)... hadan 11 game hit streak spanning from April 14 through May 2, batting.489 (22-for-45) with six doubles, 17 RBI, nine runs scored, andtwo steals... batted .545 (6-for-11) versus Santa Clara with twodoubles, and five RBI (4/17-19)... went 4-for-4 with two RBI and adouble versus Pepperdine (4/24)... finished the weekend going3-for-7 with a double and three RBI (4/25-26)... had three hits andhelped the Dons to a program high 12 stolen bases with two of hisown versus Pacific (5/5)... tripled in consecutive games at SanDiego: first on a three-hit, two RBI day (5/9), and second on afour RBI day (5/10)... drove in three at Portland (5/16) and closedout the season with two hits the next day (5/17).
2008 SUMMER: Played for the Brewster Whitecapsof the Cape Cod League... started 43 of 44 games... batted .277 andled the team in stolen bases.
2008 SEASON: Started 36 of 40 games played as asophomore... batted .226 with nine doubles, one triple, one homerunand 21 RBI... had a double and a triple, two runs scored and oneRBI versus Fairleigh Dickinson (3/22)... doubled and scored twiceat Santa Clara (4/20)... doubled, scored twice and batted in threeversus Portland (4/25)... homered and batted in three at Gonzaga(5/4)... went 3-for-5 with a double in final game of the seasonagainst Dallas Baptist (5/17).
2007 SEASON: Played in 47 games with 30 startsas a freshman... hit .297 in 118 at-bats, collecting 20 RBI on 35hits... as a pinch hitter, collected first collegiate hit and twoRBI versus Fresno State (2/3/07)... was 2-for-2 and scored twice inUSF's 15-6 win over Cal (2/13/07)... had two hits in four plateappearances versus Oregon State (3/17/07)... collected one RBI in3-2 loss to Beavers (3/18/07)... went 1-for-3 and hit in two runsin win over Southern Utah (3/22/07)... against Portland (4/20/07)hit 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI... was 2-for-5 with two RBI in8-0 win over Portland (4/22/07)... finished 3-for-5 with one RBIagainst San Diego (5/5/07)... had two RBI against Saint Mary's(5/11/07).
PREP CAREER: Played three years of Varsitybaseball... three-time All-League... All-Contra Costa Times senioryear... team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year junior and seniorseasons... batted .402 with nine doubles, two homeruns and 15 RBIas a junior... batted .456 with 11 doubles, two homeruns and 27 RBIas a senior.
PERSONAL: Born in July of 1988 in Walnut Creek,CA... son of Dale Poppert and Lise DeTonnancourt... goal for theseason is to contribute as much as possible... chose USF for thecoaching staff... feels the best thing about being a studentathlete is the relationships you make with your teammates... wouldlike to be Derek Jeter for a day... favorite movie is Dumb andDumber... favorite quote is "The ultimate measure of a man is notwhere he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where hestands in times of challenge and controversy... favorite book isWay of the Peaceful Warrior... favorite musical artist is JackJohnson... favorite food is prime rib or Thai... hobbies includeskiing and playing the guitar... majoring in InternationalStudies.
