Player Bio: A.J. Spitaleri - University of New Mexico Official Athletic Site

A.J. Spitaleri

	Class: RS Senior
	Hometown: Raytown, Mo.
	High School: Raytown South

	Height / Weight: 5-10 / 200
	Position: CATCHER
	Experience: 2L

Preseason All-Mountain West selection...after playing in six games, he sat out the rest of the season with a shoulder injury, will be ready for the 2006 season...batted .438 (7-for-16) with a homer and four RBI in six games of action.

Junior: Batted .556 (5-for-9) in the home New Mexico State series (2/12-13)...went 3-for-5 with two runs in first game of the series (2/12)...2-for-4 with a homer in second game of the series (2/13).

Sophomore: Third on the team with a .361 average...played in 37 games, starting 30 at catcher...hit five homers and drove in 17 runs...collected a .403 on-base percentage...five doubles...scored 27 runs and produced 43 hits...batted .382 with four homers in conference play...hit .714 (5-for-7) in the UCSB series with three runs and an RBI single...went 2-for-3 with an RBI at TCU (3/14)...2-for-3 with two runs in win over BYU (4/3)...went 7-for-9 (.778) in the first Air Force series (4/16-18)...had a career-high four hits, four runs and two homers in the April 18 victory...batted 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs at UNLV (4/25)...hit .500 in the second San Diego State series (4/30-5/2), going 5-for-10 with four RBI...tied a career-high with four hits and also hit two homers and drove in three in series finale on May 2...3-for-4 with an RBI vs. UNLV (5/20)...2-for-4 with a homer vs. Utah (5/28) in the MWC Tournament.

Freshman: Batted .339 in his first year as a Lobo in 115 at-bats...started 27 games and played in 38...scored 20 runs, collected 39 hits, and hit six doubles...drove in 20 runs...had a .461 slugging percentage...put together a .984 fielding percentage with only three errors in 187 chances...seven-game hitting streak (2/28-3/17)...in second game as a Lobo, went 3-for-6 with a double, two RBI and three runs vs. N.M. Highlands (2/9)...hit first career homer and drove in four runs vs. Northern Colorado (3/17)...doubled and homered against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (3/29), finishing 3-for-5 with three RBI...in one seven-game stretch (4/12-29) he went 12-for-24 with six RBI, seven runs and three doubles...four hits vs. Texas Tech (4/15)...3-for-4 with three RBI vs. New Mexico State (4/22)...collected three hits in six different games...Academic All-MWC honoree.

High School: Attended Raytown South HS where he lettered in baseball four years...was all-conference, all-metro, all-area and all-state...also his team's MVP as a senior...batted .512 his senior year when Raytown was conference champions.

Personal: Born July 7, 1983, in Kansas City, Mo...son of Joe and Jodi Spitaleri...hobbies are cars, music and playing PlayStation 2...favorite athlete is George Brett...favorite food is pasta...has a sister, Angela...University Studies major.