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Adrian Casanova Class: RS Senior Hometown: Miami, FL Last College: Florida International University Weight: 200 Position: C

Reliable catcher who is good at blocking pitches in the dirt...handles the pitching staff well...a solid bunter...team co-captain in 2006...a career .224 hitter in over three seasons (125 games) at the collegiate level, which includes over two seasons at Florida International and one year at Clemson.

Head Coach Jack Leggett on Casanova: "Adrian is one the key people coming back to this year's ballclub. He handles our pitching staff extremely well and has a lot of experience behind the plate managing the game. He can block balls in the dirt very well and handles the running game as well as any catcher in the conference. He is one of our most valuable defensive players returning this season. He has a lot of collegiate experience in his fifth season. He is a great team player, and I think he is going to improve as an offensive player this season as well."

2005: Drafted in the 44th round (1,315th overall pick) by the Detroit Tigers...hit .238 with four homers, 27 RBIs, and 12 sacrifice bunts in 66 games (64 starts)...the 12 sacrifice bunts were third-most in a season in Clemson history...hit .316 with a team-best .571 batting average with runners in scoring position in 30 ACC regular-season starts...threw out 23 basestealers...hit his first homer as a Tiger at Auburn on Mar. 6...went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI at Maryland on Mar. 25...went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against #25 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 29...went 3-for-5 in the second game of a doubleheader at #6 Florida State on Apr. 3...went 2-for-3 with two doubles, three runs scored, and two RBIs against Duke on Apr. 9...went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against #4 South Carolina on Apr. 13...went 2-for-2 with a run scored against Virginia on Apr. 17...went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and a three-run homer at N.C. State on Apr. 23...went 2-for-2 with an RBI at Virginia Tech on May 8...went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer at Virginia Tech on May 9; he was 5-for-7 in the series...went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and four RBIs at Wake Forest on May 14; he went 5-for-10 in the series...went 2-for-4 with a triple and four RBIs against #4 Miami (FL), his hometown team, on May 19.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Played three seasons (2002-04) at Florida International, where he was coached by Danny Price...threw out 16 of 43 basestealers and had five sacrifice bunts in 2004...lettered three times in baseball at Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was coached by Jose Novas.

PERSONAL: His brother Gabby played baseball at Florida Atlantic in 2005...his father (Rolando) played baseball and was later an assistant coach at Florida International; he is now a scout in the Detroit Tigers' organization...his uncle (Humberto Acosta) played baseball at Miami (FL)...majoring in health science...born Adrian Casanova on May 6, 1983 in Miami, FL.