One of the Tigers top athletes who should step up and have a big season ... Coming off of a very good off-season and a solid summer in the Cape Cod League ... Will be Missouris starting center fielder ... Combines excellent speed with power.
SOPHOMORE (1999)
Played in 47 of the Tigers 56 games.
Hit .320 with 4 HR and 15 RBI in his final 21 regular season games of the season.
Went 2-for-2 with 2 HR and four runs scored on opening day vs. Lincoln.
Enjoyed a 4-for-11 series vs. Iowa State with a grand slam and 6 RBI.
FRESHMAN (1998)
Saw action in 39 games and started 36,
In his first career three-game series, went 5-for-14 with 3 RBI and four runs scored at Arkansas State.
Went 2-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBI in his Big 12 debut vs. Kansas State on Feb. 28.
Collected a bases-loaded triple and a home run in consecutive games vs. Kansas.
First Team Academic All-Big 12.
HIGH SCHOOL (FRANCIS HOWELL)
The 1997 GAC Conference Player-of-the-Year.
All-Metro and All-State selection.
1997 Collegiate Baseball Blue Chip.
Holds Francis Howell school records for career batting average (.440), hits (75) and RBI (62).
Holds single-season school records for RBI, runs, triples and doubles.
Francis Howell finished runner-up in the state in 1997.
An accomplished basketball player as he earned honorable mention all-conference in 1995-96.
Graduated with a 3.8 GPA and was Vice President of his class all four years.
PERSONAL:
Majoring in Marketing
Parents Herman and Rebecca Wilfong
Born Nov. 6, 1978 in St. Louis, Mo.
