35 • Orlando Cruz

Senior • 1B• 5-11 • 255
Bats: Left • Throws: Right
White Plains, N.Y. • Rockland C.C.

2006: Played in 31 games, making 27 starts… Finished with the third-highest batting average, hitting .291 for the season… Led the team with a .407 slugging percentage… Had the team’s second-highest on-base percentage at .404…Homered twice, at Saint Joseph’s (3/18) and at Wagner (5/13)… Drove in 13 runs… Hit four doubles… Had five multi-hit games… Drew 11 walks… Scored 10 runs… Doubled, drove in two and scored a run against Saint Peter’s (3/28)… Drove in a run in six straight games (5/6 -5/20).

Background: 2005 ABCA & Rawlings NJCAA Division II All-East Region selection as a sophomore at Rockland Community College... Was an All-America nominee... Blasted eight home runs and tallied 30 RBIs while batting .382 during his sophomore season... Had a .422 batting average as a freshman, when he was named to the all-conference and all-region teams... Registered 11 doubles and three home runs while driving in 28 runs in 29 games for Rockland.

Personal: Son of Orlando and Joan Cruz... Born on Jan. 2, 1985... Majoring in business management.