Mike Hofius

Position:
1B
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Class:
Senior
Major:
Kinesiology
Hometown:
Lakewood, Calif.
Prev School:
Lakewood HS

Summer League/MLB: Drafted out of high school by the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round and in the 46th round by the Mariners in 2003... played for the Alaska Goldpanners in the Alaska Summer League in 2002... batted .279, with the team’s second-best on-base percentage (.415)... drove in 23 runs and scored 23 runs... seven doubles over 165 at-bats... played in 51 of 53 games... team won the NBC World Series in Wichita... played for the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaska Summer League in 2001... batted .222, but produced a .333 on-base percentage... had 26 hits in 117 at-bats, two doubles, two triples and a homer... scored 14 times and had 14 RBIs.

2003 (Junior): Named All-Regional Tournament, going 4-for-10 with three runs at Blair Field... had 17 multi-hit games, batting .290 over 51 starts at first, coming on over the last month of the season... ended up driving in 38 runs, second on the team, with 10 doubles and four homers... was the co-leader with four triples... 13-game hit streak from April 19 to May 11 raising his average from .214 to .267... went 2-for-2 with three runs on May 30 against Washington in the Regional... had the game winning two-run single against Pepperdine on May 6 as part of a 2-for-4 afternoon... hit a three-run homer at Pacific, going 2-for-5 on May 2... drove in four runs at UCSB on April 26, going 2-for-5 with a solo homer and a three-run double... hit homers at Wichita State on March 15 and 16... tied season opener with Arizona State with a two-out double, driving in three runs, scoring twice and going 3-for-5... 2-for-4 at Baylor on March 9... his two-run double against LMU on April 1... went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and an RBI single at Fresno State on April 30... went 2-for-3 at CS Fullerton on May 17.

2002 (Sophomore): Batted .314 with 24 runs and 32 RBI... also had 10 doubles and two homers... made 47 starts, 46 at first base... led team early on in RBI... had 12 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games... hit safely in 10 of final 11 games... batted .347 with 12 runs and 12 RBI during league play... went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI versus Arkansas on February 22... went 4-for-10 over final two games of Riverside series with two doubles... went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a double at Sacramento State on March 28, in the midst of a seven-game hit streak... went 6-for-13 at Sacramento State in late March... went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI versus San Diego on April 24... went 3-for-3 versus CS Fullerton on March 24 and 2-for-7 in 16 inning, the next day... went 6-for-14 in the second series with the Titans... went 3-for-3 to eliminate CSF in the NCAA Regionals.

2001 (Freshman): Honorable mention Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball... played 48 games, starting 29 at first base and designated hitter... batted .297 with 12 runs and 17 RBI... had six doubles and 13 walks... hit .302 with three runs and 10 RBI versus the Big West... went 3-for-3 with two runs in win versus USC on February 11... went 2-for-3 with an RBI versus Tennessee at the Kia Baseball Bash at CS Fullerton... went 2-for-4 with two RBI versus Loyola Marymount on March 27... had two RBI and two hits versus Sacramento State on April 8... went 2-for-3 with an RBI at Pacific on April 14... eight multi-hit games.

High School: A two-year letterwinner for Coach Spud O’Neil at Lakewood High School... twice named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram’s “Dream Team”... A two-time first team All-Moore League... All-CIF as a senior... team advanced to the third round of the CIF playoffs and won the league championship... A school scholar-athlete.

Personal: Son of Steve and Marilyn Hofius... majoring in Kinesiology.