CAREER: Selected to the Cape Cod Summer League All-Star squad... Led league in walks(37), hit eight homers and ranked second in runs scored with 38.First team All-CAA in 1999.... Selected pre-season All-American by the COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWS, BASEBALL AMERICA(2nd team) and Collegiate Baseball Writers Association... GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-District...Tied for the CAA lead with 21 doubles in 1999...Sixth in the CAA & team leader in rbi with 62...12th in the CAA in hitting in 1999...The CAA Rookie of the Year...First Team Freshman All-American by COLLEGIATE BASEBALL MAGAZINE and BASEBALL AMERICA ...The CAA regular season batting champion at .402...Lost the overall CAA batting title by one point...Five rbi's vs. Hartford/four rbi's vs. #8 ranked South Carolina...finished season with 12 game hitting streak...third in CAA history for single season on base percentage at.516...tied ODU single season walk record with 54...drafted in the fifth round by San Diego out of high school...Invited to tryout for team USA last year...Two-Time USA TODAY High School All-American...Hit .510 with 24 homers and 115 rbi for high school career...TIMES HERALD All-Star for three straight years...Played for Steve Douthit at John Burke High...Played in the Cape Cod League in summer of 1998.

PERSONAL: Born on Nov.18, 1978...Parents are Robert and Linda Hummel ...Has two brothers, Dan and Rusty...Plans to major in physical education...favorite book "Extreme Measures"...Brother Dan was a catcher at Seton Hall and is now in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.