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A veteran player who will again be a key performer for the Bears...owns a .292 career batting average with 33 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 72 RBI...was named first-team shortstop on Baseball America's 2005 College Summer All-America Team, excelling for the Alexandria (Minn.) Beetles of the Northwoods League, batting .362 (72-for-199) with 12 home runs and 40 RBI...also had nine stolen bases and finished with a .416 on-base percentage and a .628 slugging percentage...
AS A JUNIOR (2005): Was named honorable mention All-Pac-10, batting .307 (65-for-214) with a .358 average versus Pac-10 competition...added 14 doubles, eight home runs and 35 RBI, and three times led-off a game with a home run...started 38 games in left field, 14 games as designated hitter and four games at shortstop...was 3-for-3 with a double, home run and two RBI at San Jose State May 10...went 5-for-14 with three doubles and three RBI versus Stanford May 6-9...was 6-for-15 with two doubles, a home run and four RBI at UCLA Apr. 29-May 2...went 7-for-10 with three RBI versus USC Apr. 22-24, including 3-for-3 Apr. 22 and 4-for-4 Apr. 24...was 5-for-13 (.385) with a double, home run and three RBI versus Arizona State Apr. 9-10...had a nine-game hitting streak from Mar. 15-29 (15-for-37, .405, 2-2B, 2-HR, 8 RBI)...went 7-for-13 (.538) with a home run and four RBI versus Washington State Mar. 24-26...was 4-for-11 (.364) with three doubles and an RBI at Long Beach State Feb. 18-20...hit .338 (24-for-71) with runners in scoring position...was honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic...
AS A SOPHOMORE (2004): Had 26 starts at first base, nine starts at third base, six starts at shortstop and four starts at second base...batted .285 (55-for-193, .268 versus Pac-10) with 12 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 21 RBI...also had a team-leading 29 walks and was second on the team with 19 multiple hit games...was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI versus Arizona May 2...went 5-for-12 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI at USC Apr. 8-10...was 5-for-14 with two doubles and two RBI versus Washington Apr. 2-4...went 4-for-12 with two RBI at North Carolina Mar. 12-14...was 3-for-6 with a home run versus Nevada Mar. 9...went 7-for-12 with a double, home run and two RBI at Fresno State Feb. 20-22 and 2-for-4 with a home run versus San Francisco Feb. 24...was 3-for-9 with a triple and three RBI at UC Irvine Feb. 13-15...went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer versus BYU Jan. 31...was honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic...
AS A FRESHMAN (2003): Started 23 games at shortstop, batting .285 with seven doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI...began the season with a 12-game hitting streak (19-for-49, .388, 4-2B, 2-HR, 14 RBI) from Jan. 31-Feb. 18...missed 17 games from Mar. 23-Apr. 22 after injuring his left wrist and hand in a collision at first base versus Washington State Mar. 22...went 3-for-5 with a RBI versus UC Irvine Mar. 15...was 3-for-4 with a double and a career-high four RBI versus Texas-Pan American Feb. 14...was the Pac-10 Player of the Week for Feb. 4-10 after going 7-for-17 (.412) with two doubles, a grand slam and five RBI at San Francisco Feb. 4 and versus Loyola Marymount Feb. 7-9...hit a home run in his first collegiate at-bat, Jan. 31 versus UNLV...went 4-for-9 with a home run and two RBI versus the Rebels Jan. 31-Feb. 2...batted .353 (12-for-34) with runners in scoring position...
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Chaparral High School was All-CIF Southern Section, first-team all-county, Southwestern League MVP and MVP of the Riverside All-Star Game as a senior...helped his team to the 2002 Southwestern League title as well, batting .585 with eight home runs...in the summer of 2002 played for the USA Junior National Team, batting .485 with 11 runs, three doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI at the IBAF World Junior Championship in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, helping Team USA to a bronze medal...also played varsity basketball, earning first team all-league and all-valley honors as a senior while making a school-record 94 three-pointers...in 1998 played for the 14 and under USA National Baseball Team that competed in Venezuela...majoring in social welfare...parents are Ron and Kim Craig...born July 18, 1984 in Mission Viejo, Calif.
Craig's Career Statistics
YEAR AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB
2003 .285 32 123 27 35 16 7 0 2 11 19 6
2004 .285 52 193 39 55 21 12 1 6 29 31 3
2005 .304 57 214 40 65 35 14 0 8 23 28 13
Total .292 141 530 106 155 72 33 1 16 63 78 22
Career vs. the Pac-10
AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB TB SLUG
vs. UA .250 5 20 2 5 4 0 0 2 2 4 1 11 .550
vs. ASU .333 6 24 7 8 4 1 0 1 3 7 1 12 .500
vs. OSU .158 6 19 3 3 2 1 0 1 6 6 1 7 .368
vs. STAN .257 9 35 4 9 3 3 0 0 2 6 1 12 .343
vs. UCLA .308 6 26 5 8 4 3 0 1 1 2 0 14 .538
vs. USC .545 6 22 5 12 5 2 0 1 5 1 3 17 .773
vs. UW .187 9 32 4 6 3 2 0 0 0 7 0 8 .250
vs. WSU .400 6 25 7 10 4 0 0 1 1 3 3 13 .520
Career Bests
Most Hits: 3, seven times, last time Apr. 3, 2004 vs. Washington (3-for-5, 2B, RBI)
Most Runs: 3, three times, last time Apr. 10, 2004 at USC
Most RBI: 4, twice, last time Feb. 14, 2003 vs. Texas-Pan American (3-for-4, 2B)
Career Grand Slams: 1, Feb. 8, 2003 vs. Loyola Marymount
Longest Hitting Streak: 12, Jan. 31-Feb. 18, 2003 (19-for-49, .388, 4-2B, 14 RBI)
