PLAYER PROFILES
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California Region All-American Honorable Mention … played for the Kansas City Royals at the 2014 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. … 2014 Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American Honorable Mention … as a senior at Huntington Beach HS, batted .394 with 34 runs, leading his team to the CIF-SS Division I championship … as a junior, batted .406 with one homerun, six doubles, 15 RBIs and 15 runs in 25 games, leading his team to the second round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs … father Rich and brother Beau played baseball and sister Jessica currently plays softball at UCLA.
daniel
AMARAL
OF • Freshman • 5-11 • 180 • R/R Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS)
2015 (Summer) – Played for the Wenatchee AppleSox in the West Coast League ... batted .231 with 17 runs and six RBI over 23 games … totaled six extra-base hits and stole eight bases … racked up six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … helped lead Wenatchee to a 24-30 overall record and a third place finish in the West Coast League East Division. High School – Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Huntington Beach High School (Huntington Beach, Calif.) under head coach Benji Medure … 2015 Division I All-CIF Southern Section Player of the Year … 2015 Division I first team All-CIF-SS selection … 2015 MaxPreps All-State first team selection … 2015 Orange County Register All-County team selection … 2015 LA Times All-Area team selection … 2015 Perfect Game USA
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Personal – Full name: Daniel James Amaral … born in Long Beach, Calif. … parents are Richard and Michele Amaral … his father played baseball at UCLA and his mother attended UCLA … has an older brother Beau (24) who played baseball at UCLA and an older sister Jessica (22) who played softball at UCLA … also has another older brother Jojo (21) … decided to attend UCLA to carry on his family’s athletic legacy at the University … lists his biggest athletic thrill as winning the CIF title at Huntington Beach High School in 2015 … admires his father former utility player for the Seattle Mariners Rich Amaral … lists his hobby outside of baseball as surfing … undeclared major.
in seven innings pitched over eight games in the WCL … posted a 2.15 ERA with 53 strikeouts in 55.1 innings pitched for Laguna Hills High School during his senior season.
garrett
BARKER
Personal – Full name: Garrett Robert Barker…Born in Huntington Beach, Calif….parents are Gary and Sandy Barker…has a younger sister Kendall (16)…decided to attend UCLA for the phenomenal academic and athletic history…admires Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw…lists his hobby as going to the beach…majoring in Economics.
LHP • RS Freshman • 6-3 • 190 • R/L Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Laguna Hills HS)
2015 – Redshirted. 2014 (Summer) – Played for the Walla Walla Sweets in the West Coast League... surrendered 14 runs (12 earned) and 11 hits in 7.0 innings … pitched in eight games for Walla Walla, which concluded the summer going 28-26 with a third place finish in the West Coast League’s East Division. High School – Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Laguna Hills High School (Laguna Hills, Calif.) under head coach Tim Ellis … 2014 Perfect Game All-Region honorable mention selection … 2014 All-Sea View League first team selection … played for the Walla Walla Sweets in the West Coast League in 2014 … recorded four strikeouts
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jake
BIRD
RHP • Sophomore • 6-3 • 205 • R/R Valencia, Calif. (West Ranch HS) 2015 (Summer) – Made three appearances (one start) for the Yakima Valley Pippins in the West Coast League … allowed seven earned runs over 5.2 innings pitched … struck out four batters, while conceding two walks … helped lead Yakima Valley to a 29-25 overall record and a second place finish in the West Coast League East Division. 2015 – Appeared in nine games, posting a 1-1 record with a 1.38 ERA…struck out five and walked five over 13 innings pitched…allowed just two runs and two extra-base hits…struck out a season-high two batters in his first appearance against Hofstra on February 14…earned his first win after throwing 2.1 scoreless innings of relief against UC Irvine on April 21…gave the Bruins at least two innings of relief in four-straight appearances from April 21 to May 19… made one appearance in postseason play, throwing 1.1 scoreless innings against Maryland on May 31. High School – Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at West Ranch High School (Valencia, Calif.) under head coach Casey Burrill … 2014 Perfect Game All-Region honorable mention selection … 2014 All-State third team selection … 2014 All-Foothill League first team selection … West Ranch HS Pitcher of the Year and team captain … as a senior, led West Ranch High School to the wild card round of the CIF SS Division I playoffs … posted a 4-3 record with a 1.55 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 58.2 innings. Personal – Full name: Jacob Timothy Bird … Born in Newhall, Calif. … parents are Joel and Heidi Bird … has three brothers, Josh (21), Travis (16) and Trent (13) … decided to attend UCLA for the prestigious academics and athletics … father Joel Bird attended UCLA … undeclared major. Career Highs Innings - 2.1 vs. UC Irvine (4/21/15) Strikeouts - 2 vs. Hofstra (2/14/15)
Jake Bird
Jake Bird’s Career Stats YEAR 2015 (Fr.) TOTALS
ERA 1.38 1.38
W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV 1-1 9 0 0 0/0 0 1-1 9 0 0 0/0 0
IP 13.0 13.0
H 10 10
R 3 3
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ER BB SO 2B 3B HR 2 5 5 2 0 0 2 5 5 2 0 0
BF OAV WP HBP SFA SHA BK 45 .222 0 0 1 2 0 45 .222 0 0 1 2 0