Jose Guzman

Jose Guzman

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
El Monte, Calif.

High School:
Mountain View

Last College:
East LA C.C.

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 180

Position:
SS/2B

B/T:
L/R

2004: Started 49 games at short stop ... Hit two home runs, one at Illinois State (4/3), another against Iowa (4/28) ... Recorded 161 assists, 81 putouts and fielded 32 double plays ... Led the team in sacrifice bunts with six.

At East LA JC: As a junior, he hit .281 in 37 games ...Finished with 10 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 21 RBI's ...Stole 20 bases, ranking him first in the league. High School: Named first team all-conference twice and second team as a sophomore ...As a senior, earned first team all-CIF and was given the Silver Slugger Award.

Personal: Full name Jose Guzman ...Son of Jose and Irma Guzman ...Has three siblings - Miguel, Hector and Cesar ...Born 11/2/82 ...Majoring in Accounting ...Chose UNI because of the coaching staff and being able to compete with great college players ...Favorite movie is Gladiator and favorite actor is Denzel Washington ...Favorite baseball player is Eric Chavez and favorite team the LA Dodgers ... Best advice is "Never give up" ... Most admires his dad for helping him so much ... Best sports memory was scoring the winning run to advance to the quarterfinals ... Summer 2003 played for the East LA Dodgers and in 2004 the Alexandria Beetles.

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