PERSONAL

the son of Anthony and Sandra DiReda was born in Worcester, MA... has sister Stefanie (22)... played for Assumption head coach George Reidy at Saint John's High School (Shrewsbury, MA)... Telegram & Gazette Super team, Telegram and Gazette Division I all-star, two-time Central Mass. Conference all-star... hit .487 with 6 home runs as junior and .435 with 6 home runs as senior... also hockey... team was 2003-04 state champions... two-time Central Mass Conference all-star, two-time Telegram and Gazette all-star... team captain as senior... transferred from Wheaton College (Easton, MA)... team was 2006 Division III National runner-up...

STATISTICS

2007: 44 games (44 starts), 171 at bats (led team), 21 runs, 44 hits, 8 runs, 7 triples (led team), 3 home runs (tied team lead), 2 stolen bases, 1 sacrifice fly, 18 walks (led team), 52 strike outs (led team), 25 RBI (led team), .257 average, 75 total bases, .439 slugging percentage... 40 put outs, 88 assists, 6 errors, .955 fielding percentage... ONLY Greyhound to start all 44 games... set a school record for most triples in a season (7)...

2008: 47 games (45 starts), 180 at bats, 32 runs (tied team lead), 64 hits, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 7 home runs (led team), 2 multi-home run games, 2 stolen bases, 1 sacrifice fly, 15 walks, 50 strike outs (led team), 36 RBI (led team), .356 average (second on team), 96 total bases, .533 slugging percentage... 49 put outs, 74 assists, 15 errors, .891 fielding percentage... one of two players (Mike Baillargeon) to play in all 47 games... Northeast-10 Conference Player-of-the-Week once, weekly honor roll twice... Northeast-10 Conference second-team all-star...

2007 Game-By-Game Statistics for Mike DiReda