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Multi-sport prep athlete who became SDSU’s starting shortstop as a sophomore last year...Competed for the Torrington Twisters of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) the past two summers...Last summer hit .321 with 22 runs scored and 14 stolen bases...Led the team in average, hits, runs and steals...Named to the NECBL all-league team...Honored the league’s Top Pro Prospect at the end of the season...During summer 2000 at Torrington, hit .300 and was the starting shortstop for the West team in the league all-star contest. 2001: One of the top shortstops in the Mountain West Conference...Earned all-MWC first teams honors...Had 25 multiple-hit and seven multiple-RBI games during the season...Named to the all-tournament team at the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic in Minneapolis after going 7-for-15 with four runs batted in, two doubles, two stolen bases and two runs scored in three games against Miami, Arkansas and Minnesota...Batting average never dipped under .320 after Feb. 17...Hit .714 (5-for-7) with the bases loaded...Had a 15-game hitting streak and a 13-game hitting streak during the season...The 15-game streak was the longest for an Aztec...Had another streak of 10 consecutive games in which he recorded two or more hits dating from April 20-May 4...Drove in a season-high five runs against UC Riverside on Feb. 18...Banged out a season-high four hits against Oklahoma on Feb. 16...Ranked among the conference leaders in stolen bases all year...Swiped four bases against Houston on Feb. 10...Committed only one error over a span of 16 games from March 25-May 5...During that time, tallied 26 putouts and had 37 assists (.984 fielding percentage). 2000: Showed the ability to make the spectacular play...Went 2-for-3 with a double and five RBI in SDSU’s 13-2 win over Hawaii Hilo on Jan. 29...Went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI in the Aztecs’ 12-1 win over Air Force at Tony Gwynn Stadium on March 26...Came off the bench to steal a base and then drive in two runs with a single against perennial power Cal State Fullerton on which he came around to score after a pair of Titan errors...Batted .156 with three doubles and 11 runs batted in. High School: Three-year varsity baseball letterman at Capital High School in Olympia, Wash., under head coach Michael Spencer...Earned all-state honors at shortstop as a senior...Named Most Valuable Player of the Rivers League as a senior in 1999...First-team all-Rivers League selection as a junior and senior...Led Capital HS in hitting in 1999 with a .510 average...Also team’s top hitter as a junior when he batted .435...Team won 3A state title in 1998...Also played three years of varsity football (quarterback)...Led Cougars to 3A state championship as a senior in 1998...Broke school single-season passing mark with 1,367 yards...First-team all-Rivers League quarterback...Won two varsity letters in basketball (point guard)...Cumulative grade-point average of 3.6 during his high school career. Personal: Taber Robert Lee was born Oct. 18, 1980, in Glendale, Calif...Son of Gary and Valene Lee...Brother of former Aztec and current Philadelphia Phillie Travis Lee...Enjoys ping pong, playing all sports, and lifting weights...Lists favorite athlete as Oakland A’s shortstop Miguel Tejada...Criminal justice major at San Diego State.
Lee’s SDSU Career Statistics Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-A AVG 2000 29-10 45 9 7 3 0 0 11 4 9 3-6 .156 2001 52-52 221 41 76 9 1 0 30 15 23 24-3 .344 Totals 81-62 266 50 83 12 1 0 41 19 32 27-4 .312 |
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