Hokie Club35 - Wyatt ToregasPosition: Catcher
Class: Junior
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 195 lbs.
High School: South Lakes
Hometown: Ashburn, Va.
A key player for the Hokies, both offensively and defensively ... Led the team and finished second in the BIG EAST in runs batted in last season with 60 ... Has a quick bat and short, compact swing that generates good power ... Also has good skills behind the plate ... His strong arm was a big reason Tech was the toughest team in the BIG EAST to steal against in 2003, having allowed just 36 steals in 64 attempts ... Was named first-team All-BIG EAST catcher ... Got the coaches' preseason votes for the same honor this spring ... Sprained his elbow the week before the 2003 season opened ... Was limited to designated hitting duties early in the season ... Moved to full-time catching duties shortly after starter Jed English was lost for the season with a shoulder injury ... Will likely share the duties with English this season, but will be in the everyday lineup as the DH when not catching ... Is not expected to see action in the outfield where he has been used at times the past two seasons ... Will be counted on to drive in runs and to work closely with the Hokies' pitchers ... Was named honorable mention freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball in 2002 ... Has the potential to be an all-star candidate again this year ...2002-03: Suffered a sprained elbow the week before the season opener ... Opened the season with two starts in right field before being limited to the designated hitter duties ... Started 13 games at DH before making his first start behind the plate in mid-March ... Went on to start 41 games as Tech's catcher, winning all-conference honors in the process ... Batted .319 for the season and led the team with 60 runs batted in ... Was second on the squad with 10 homers and also contributed 14 doubles and a pair of triples ... Collected three hits, including a double and home run, during the opener at Campbell ... Drove in six runs with a single, double and home run against Kent State ... Posted 11 RBIs during one four-game stretch, with four coming in a win at James Madison ... Had a double, triple and home run during a four-RBI performance at Liberty ... Was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, two runs scored, two doubles and a home run during a game against Virginia in Salem ... Went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two runs batted in during a win over St. John's ... Registered five RBIs in a game at Pittsburgh and four at home against VCU ... Was 4-for-4 at the plate versus the Rams ...Batted .337 in league games ...
2001-02: Saw playing time in 58 of Tech's 59 games ... Started 26 games as the designated hitter, 13 games in right field and 12 games behind the plate ... Earned all-conference honors as a utility player ... Hit .347 for the season and carried a .378 average in BIG EAST games ... Drove in 51 runs and scored 38 ... Registered 15 doubles, four triples and eight home runs ... Led the team in multiple-RBI games with 16 ... Smacked two doubles against Western Carolina in his first collegiate game ... Went 6-for-11 (.545) in a three-game series with Western Michigan ... Had a triple and four runs batted in during a win over Rutgers ... Was hitting just .239 at the end of March ... Opened April with a seven-game hitting streak that included four-hit, three-RBI games against Charlotte and Villanova ... Drove in the winning run against Villanova with a 10th-inning double ... Went on to hit .400 (58-145) over the final two months of the season ... Had a school-record nine at bats in a game against Georgetown ... Collected seven hits in that game, including three doubles ... Also scored five runs and drove in two ... Was 4-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored during a win over VMI ... Turned in three hits, three RBIs and two runs in game three against UConn ... Knocked in five runs against Richmond with two home runs and a single ... Won league player of the week honors the final week of the regular season when he went 10-for-18 (.556) with four home runs, 10 runs batted in and five runs scored ... Led Tech to a three-game sweep of West Virginia with eight hits in 12 at bats ... Batted .378 with runners in scoring position and .571 with the bases loaded ...
High School: Lettered four seasons as a catcher for Coach Galvin Morris at South Lakes High ... Batted .609 as a senior with three home runs, 12 doubles and 15 runs batted in ... Earned all-district, all-region and first-team Group AAA all-state honors ... Named the MVP of the Virginia High School League All-Star Game ... During the summer, he set a new Connie Mack World Series record for batting average, hitting .765 (13-for-17) to help his team finish second ... Selected second-team Washington Post All-Metro ... Hit .418 with two homers his junior year and .491 with a pair of homers his sophomore season ... Earned all-county and all-district honors both years ... Also lettered four years as a wrestler and three as a member of the golf team ...
Personal: Wyatt Reeder Toregas ... Born 12/2/82 in Fairfax, VA ... Son of William and Laura Toregas ... Enrolled in residential property management.
| Year | G | AB | R | H | RBI | BAvg | BB | SO | 2b | 3b | HR | TB | SB-SBA |
| 2002 | 58 | 216 | 38 | 75 | 51 | .347 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 122 | 0-3 |
| 2003 | 56 | 216 | 41 | 69 | 60 | .319 | 22 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 117 | 5-6 |
| Totals | 114 | 432 | 79 | 144 | 111 | .333 | 37 | 61 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 239 | 5-8 |
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