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Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
A talented switch-hitter who has been a consistent hitter for the Bears...will again help Cal as either a designated hitter or first baseman...
AS A SOPHOMORE (1999): Played in 49 games with 32 starts as designated hitter and eight starts at first base...overall batted .251 with seven doubles, four home runs and 28 RBI...had a .307 average against Pac-10 competition...had a strong series Mar. 26-28 at Arizona State, going 6-for-15 with two RBI...went 3-for-4 with a double Apr. 3 versus UCLA...top series was Apr. 16-18 at Oregon State, going 4-for-11 with three home runs and eight RBI...hit a home run in each of the three games against the Beavers...
AS A FRESHMAN (1998): Saw action in 51 games with 28 starts at first base and 18 starts as designated hitter...had a .293 average with 10 doubles and 32 RBI...also had the team's second longest hitting streak of the season, 14-games from Feb. 25-Mar. 20 (24-for-59, .407, 2-2B, 11 RBI)...was 2-for-5 with a career-high four RBI Feb. 15 versus UCLA...went a career-high 4-for-6 with two RBI Mar. 4 at Sacramento State...earned all-tournament honors at the Hormel Classic Mar. 6-8, going 6-for-15 with a double and four RBI...went 5-for-13 with an RBI Mar. 14-16 versus Washington State...had 11, two-hit games during the season...batted .342 (26-for-76, 28 RBI) with runners in scoring position...
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Chatsworth High School, earned all-league and was a first-team All-City catcher as a senior, batting .456 with 40 RBI...helped lead his team to a 22-9 record, a conference title and the semifinals of the city playoffs...also attended the U.S. National Junior Team Trials and played in the Bernie Milligan All-Star Game in the summer of 1997...was an all-league first baseman as a junior and during the summer of 1996 attended the Area Code Games for the Cincinnati Reds...in the summer of 1998 played for Topeka, KS in the Jayhawk League, batting .256 with two doubles, a home run and seven RBI...last summer played for Rochester, MN Honkers of the Northwood League...was recruited by Pepperdine, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge and Tulane before selecting Cal...majoring in development studies...parents are David and Paulette Sark...born September 28, 1979 in Flint, MI.
Sark's Career Statistics
| YEAR | AVG | G | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | SB |
| 1998 | .293 | 51 | 188 | 25 | 55 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 42 | 2 |
| 1999 | .251 | 49 | 167 | 14 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 1 |
| Totals | .273 | 100 | 355 | 39 | 97 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 74 | 3 |
Career vs. the Pac-10
| AVG | G | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | SB | TB | SLUG |
| vs. Arizona | .292 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | .333 |
| vs. ASU | .200 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 10 | .286 |
| vs. Oregon State | .364 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1.182 |
| vs. Stanford | .259 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | .370 |
| vs. UCLA | .368 | 9 | 38 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | .395 |
| vs. USC | .167 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .167 |
| vs. Washington | .167 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .667 |
| vs. WSU | .000 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Career Bests
Most Hits: 4, Mar. 4, 1998 at Sacramento State (4-for-6, 2 RBI)
Most Runs: 3, twice, last time Mar. 6, 1998 vs. Connecticut at Minneapolis, MN
Most RBI: 4, Feb. 15, 1998 vs. UCLA (2-for-5, 4 RBI)
Career Grand Slams: None
Longest Hitting Streak: 14, Feb. 25-Mar. 20, 1998 (24-for-59, 2-2B, 11RBI)
