Sam Pepper Class: Senior Hometown: Yuma, Ariz. High School: Cibola Height / Weight: 5-11 / 185 Position: INF Birthdate: 10/29/1982 Experience: 2V B-T: R-R

Utility infielder who has the ability to play second, third and short as well as in the outfield...Returned as a player in 2004 after serving as a student assistant coach during the 2003 season...Arrived at SDSU as a true freshman for the 2002 season...Played for the Yuma Braves during the summer of 2001...Hit .463 for that club...Also had 23 stolen bases, 31 runs scored, and 20 RBIs in 43 games.

SAN DIEGO STATE 2005
Saw action at both second base (24 games) and third base (five games) during his junior season...Best day at the plate came vs. New Mexico on April 9 when he went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI...also went 4-for-4 vs. New Mexico at the conference tournament...Career high 2 RBI vs. Air Force on Apr. 23...Batted .357 in the 16 Mountain West Conference games in which he appeared...Had a .440 on-base percentage in league play as well...Had a double in the extra-inning loss to UNLV on May 1 as he went 2-for-2 off the bench in that contest.

SAN DIEGO STATE 2004
Played in 19 contests, making three starts...Played second base in a dozen contests and appeared at third base on two occasions...Had an RBI single in his first collegiate at bat in SDSU's game at Hawai'i-Hilo on Jan. 25...Had two-hit games vs. Sacramento State on Jan. 31 and at New Mexico on Mar. 28...Fielded .973 with just one error as a second baseman...Went 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position...Appeared as a pinch runner six times, scoring three runs.

SAN DIEGO STATE 2003
Took the year off from competitive ball and served as a student assistant coach for the Aztecs.

SAN DIEGO STATE 2002
Redshirted at San Diego State...Did not appear in any contests.

HIGH SCHOOL
Won a pair of varsity letters at Cibola High School in Yuma...Played there for coach Duane Evans...Named to the all-region first team as both a junior and senior...Selected to the Yuma all-area squad in his final season...Team was 5A state runner-up in his final year (2001)...A two-year football letterwinner as a wide receiver and cornerback...Won three letters as a midfielder for the school's soccer team...Was the number-two golfer on the varsity squad, winning a pair of letters in that sport.

PERSONAL
Samuel Thomas Pepper was born Oct. 29, 1982, in Yuma, Ariz...Son of Sam and Tanya Pepper...Enjoys watching football, playing golf and going to the beach...Served as the music man for the Yuma Bullfrogs minor league baseball team during the 2001 season... Favorite athlete is Boston Red Sox second baseman Mark Loretta...Business finance major looking forward to a career in sports management.