Jason Haniger Class: Senior Hometown: Santa Clara, Calif. High School: Archbishop Mitty Height / Weight: 6-3 / 216 Position: C Birthdate: 06/10/1987 B-T: R-R

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2008 NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team
2008 CoSIDA Academic All-District Third Team
2008 Bobby Dodd Scholarship
2006, 2007 ACC Honor Roll

Talented, hard-working catcher that has spent three years in the Georgia Tech program ... Spent his first two years playing behind All-American Matt Wieters, but had a breakthrough year in 2008 as the Yellow Jackets' top backstop ... Has an excellent throwing arm and is a line-drive hitter with a compact swing ... Showed power potential in his third year at Georgia Tech.

Selected in the 19th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Tabbed to the CoSIDA Academic All-District third team in 2008 ... One of two Yellow Jackets to be named to the 2008 NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team ... Recipient of the prestigious Bobby Dodd Scholarship at Georgia Tech in 2008 ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2006 and 2007.

2008: Hit .329 in his first season as Tech's top catcher ... Started 43 games during the season and played in 52 games total ... One of five Yellow Jackets to eclipse 10 home runs on the season ... Hit .462 with two home runs and six RBI in four NCAA Tournament games to end the season with 10 home runs and 34 RBI ... Had 15 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games on the season ... Hit .403 with six home runs and six doubles over his last 18 games of the season ... Went 2-for-5 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored in the season opener vs. Youngstown State (2/22) ... Singled and scored the winning run in Tech's 1-0, 10-inning win against Georgia Southern (2/27) ... Went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs against Western Carolina (3/4) ... Hit a two-run home run in Tech's 6-4 win over Virginia Tech (3/8) ... Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and a triple at Boston College (3/29) ... Collected two hits and a pair of stolen bases against Georgia (4/9) ... Hit .667 in the series against Wake Forest (4/25-4/27) ... Five of his six hits against the Demon Deacons went for extra bases ... Collected three hits - two home runs and a double - in the series opener against Wake Forest (4/25) ... Had two hits, including a solo home run, while driving in three runs in the series opener against Coastal Carolina (5/2) ... Drove in the winning run in the top of the ninth inning of Tech's 10-9 ACC Championship win over NC State (5/21) ... Went 4-for-5 with a double and and three runs scored against Miami at the ACC Championships (5/22) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored in Tech's NCAA Tournament win over Louisville.

2007: Played in 18 games, making eight starts behind the plate and one as the designated hitter ... Finished the season on a hot streak, hitting .533 with a double, home run, four RBI and seven runs scored in his last six games ... Doubled against Illinois-Chicago (2/18) in his first start of the season ... Doubled and scored a run in Tech's 6-2 win over Georgia Southern (3/28) ... Went 3-for-4 with a two-run double and three runs scored at USF (5/7) ... Hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, in a 2-for-3 performance against NC State (5/26) in the Yellow Jackets' final ACC Tournament game.

2006: Had four hits and five RBI in 10 games ... Drove in a run with every hit he had ... Had an RBI single and scored a run in his first appearance of the season vs. Rutgers (3/3) ... Drove in a run with a base hit against Mississippi Valley State (3/15) ... Had a pinch-hit RBI single against Clemson (4/16) ... Drove in a run with a pinch-hit single against Duke (5/14).

High School: A four-year letterwinner for coach Bill Hutton at Archbishop Mitty High School ... Rated as the No. 38 prospect in California and the No. 249 prospect in the nation ... Hit .333 as a senior with four home runs and 35 RBI, and earned first-team all-league honors ... Hit .333 as a junior ... Earned all-league honors as a junior and helped his team win a sectional championship as a sophomore ... Named first-team all-league and second-team all-state as a senior ... Selected to play in the Area Code Games and the California North-South game ... Also played two years of basketball and a year of football at Archbishop Mitty.

Personal: Full name is Jason Thomas Haniger ... Born June 10, 1987 ... Son of Walt and Judy Haniger ... Dean's List student majoring in Management.

Career Statistics
Year	Avg	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB-ATT	PO	A	E	FLD%
2006	.444	10-0	9	2	4	0	0	0	5	4	.444	0	0	0	1	.444	0	0	0-0	17	0	0	1.000
2007	.303	18-9	33	9	10	3	0	1	5	16	.485	3	0	9	0	.361	0	2	0-0	66	7	0	1.000
2008	.329	52-43	152	35	50	13	2	10	34	97	.638	13	10	41	2	.415	1	4	4-5	313	43	7	.981
TOTAL	.330	80-52	194	46	64	16	2	11	44	117	.603	16	10	50	3	.407	1	6	4-5	396	50	7	.985