22 Cal Poly Baseball Player Profiles
Evan Busby Infielder
MVP, All-Valley Player of the Year and second-team AllRiverside County selection ... played in Inland Empire Baseball Classic (Riverside County vs. San Bernardino County) ... fouryear varsity letterman in baseball ... earned second-team allleague honors as a junior, hitting .381 with eight doubles, two triples and pair of home runs with 18 RBI and 12 steals … also 0.69 ERA on the mound ... first-team All-Sun Belt League and All-Valley honors and named team's defensive player of the year as a junior ... struck out just once in 103 at-bats ... graduated with highest honors ... senior class president ... recruited by Air Force, Baylor, Notre Dame and UC Riverside, choosing Cal Poly because "I fell in love with the campus, they have a great coaching staff, they are in a great conference and Cal Poly is one of the best engineering schools anywhere." Personal: Son of Frank and Laura Bruno … one brother, Frank, and one sister, Samantha … wants to be a civil engineer …lists ping-pong as a hobby ... born October 5, 1993, in Foster City, Calif. … majors in civil engineering.
11 Taylor Chris
Evan Busby INF • 5-9 • 185 • S/R • Junior
Chico, CA / Pleasant Valley High School
Pitcher
Cal Poly's every day third baseman in 2011, Busby could be a starter at second base as a junior in 2012. 2011: Started 37 games, all but the last four at third base … finished the year with four starts at second base … hit .223 with five doubles, knocking in 14 runs … a quartet of two-hit games and trio of two-RBI contests … a .333 hitter four weeks into season … went 4-for-10 in Cal State Fullerton series ... among Big West leaders with 14 sacrifice bunts … reached base 47.1 percent of the time as leadoff hitter ... eight RBI in nine opportunities with runner on third and less than two outs ... hit .281 at home and .159 on the road ... played summer ball for Kitsap BlueJackets in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League … among his six hits were a double and home run. 2010: After starting two games in the season-opening USC series at first base, was moved to third base and provided solid defense at the hot corner ... hit .286 as a redshirt freshman with seven doubles, two triples, a pair of home runs and 27 RBI ... stole four of five bases ... played in 50 games with 46 starts ... nine multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI contests ... ended the season going 5-for-6 with six RBI and five runs scored against Cal State Bakersfield ... one double and two home runs -- his only two homers of the season -- among his five hits, becoming the ninth player in Cal Poly s 17-year Division I history to collect five or more hits in a game ... went 3-for-5 with one run scored against UC Irvine on May 9 ... doubled twice against Fresno State on March 23 ... triples were against Loyola Marymount and Cal State Bakersfield in final week of season ... went 13-for-29 in final nine games of season ... hit .318 against right-handed pitchers, .365 with runners on base, .356 with runners in scoring position and drove in eight runs in 12 opportunities with a runner on third and less than two outs ... earned team s John Orton Golden Glove Award ... played summer ball for Bend Elks in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, hitting .230 with two doubles, three triples, a pair of home runs, 14 RBI and four stolen bases ... went 4-for-9 in WCCBL championship series. 2009: Redshirt ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Rattlers and hit .264 with four doubles, eight RBI and three steals. High School: A four-year letterman in baseball, football and track at Pleasant Valley High ... a career .410 hitter with 132 hits, 26 doubles, eight triples, five home runs, 75 RBIs, 131 runs scored and 66 stolen bases under head coach Ron Souza ... hit .440 as a senior with two home runs, 13 RBIs and was 15 of 16 in stolen bases ... struck out just 19 times in 337 career at-bats ...
led Vikings to 22-6 record overall, 13-1 mark for Eastern League title and berth in second round of CIF-Northern Section playoffs ... earned all-league honors four times and twice was league MVP ... Vikings won CIF-Northern Section title in 2006 and secondround playoff berth in 2007 ... played on 2006 gold medal-winning Junior Olympic team ... visited UCLA, Cal, Long Beach State, Stanford, Pepperdine, Arizona and UC Santa Barbara before choosing Cal Poly ... was a running back in football, twice earning all-league and defensive MVP honors ... four-year honor roll member ... played guitar in band ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Rattlers in 2008, hitting .266 with 10 doubles and 24 RBIs. Personal: Son of Britt and Bari Busby ... one brother, Ryan ... aspires to be a spokesperson ... hobbies include surfing, working out, snowboarding, hunting and fishing ... born October 8, 1989, in Chico, Calif. ... majors in communication studies. Year 2009 2010 2011 Totals
Cal Poly Statistics GP-GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BBSO SB-A Redshirt 50-46 .286 147 36 42 7 2 2 27 26 29 4-5 42-37 .223 112 26 25 5 0 0 14 18 26 1-3 92-83 .259 259 62 67 12 2 2 41 44 55 5-8
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Taylor Chris P • 6-0 • 175 • L/L • Sophomore Gilroy, CA / Gilroy High School
Expected to provide much-needed relief out of the bullpen. 2011: Made 11 appearances on the mound, all out of the bullpen, as a true freshman … allowed six earned runs in 13 innings for a 4.15 ERA … no decisions and no saves … struck out 15 batters … allowed only two extra base-hits, both doubles … longest outing was 2.2 innings against Loyola Marymount, allowing one run and two hits … tossed two scoreless innings against Santa Clara and one scoreless frame against UCLA … did not allow an earned run in four appearances on the road (5.0 innings) compared to 6.75 ERA at home (six earned runs in 8.0 innings) ... earned team's Robin Baggett Scholar-Athlete Award … played summer ball for Bend Elks in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, compiling 2-1 record and 3.57 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 22.2 innings. He started one game and made 11 relief appearances. High School: A four-year varsity letterman in baseball under head coach Clint Wheeler at Gilroy High School ... compiled 42 record and 2.52 ERA in senior season, striking out 71 batters in 50 innings ... earned first-team All-Tri-County Athletic League honors for the third straight year ... also played in the outfield and hit .420 with five doubles, three triples, two home runs, 26 RBI and 40 runs scored ... stole 41 of 47 bases ... led Mustangs to 1810-1 record, second-place finish in TCAL and a spot in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Central Coast Section Division I playoffs ... as a junior was 5-2 with a 1.14 ERA on the mound, helping Gilroy to 16-12-1 record ... hit .385 with 12 doubles and 27 RBI in 2009 ... team MVP three years in a row and team s scholar-athlete four times ... a California Baseball Coaches Associa-
NCAA Championships Southern California . . . .12 Louisiana State . . . . . . . .6 Arizona State . . . . . . . . . .5 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Miami (Florida) . . . . . . . . .4 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Cal State Fullerton . . . . . .3
Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 California . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Oregon State . . . . . . . . . .2 South Carolina . . . . . . . . .2 -----Nine with . . . . . . . . . . . . .1