PLAYERS #15 ROBBIE MCCLELLAN #14 ANDRE ETHIER #27 BRYCE KARTLER #10 RODNEY ALLEN #20 NICK WALSH #10 Outfielder RODNEY ALLEN 6-2 • 205 • Jr. • 2V • Bats Right • Throws Right • Culver City, Calif. (Desert Vista HS) **All-America Candidate** **Baseball America Third-Team Preseason All-American** What to Know: Has shown tremendous improvement in defensive skills and will move from left field to center field in 2003…had one of the best offensive performances by a freshman (2001) in school his- tory by hitting .389 with six home runs…strong upper body and good power to all fields…has developed into a line-drive hitter…improved strength and speed with offseason conditioning program…similar build and body to that of Barry Bonds as a Sun Devil…son of a for- mer major league player who grew up around the game…looking to bounce back from a disappointing sophomore season…was named the No. 13 prospect in the Cape Cod League while playing for the Orleans Cardinals with teammate Steve Garrabrants…heads into the season ranked as the No. 46 prospect for the 2003 MLB Draft by Baseball America... named a third-team preseason All-American by Baseball America. 2002 (Sophomore): Finished the year hitting .278 while finishing second on the team with 50 RBI…started 53 games, all coming in left field…had a strong finish to the year, hitting .400 (6x15) with a home run and three RBI in the NCAA Mesa regional…named to the all-tour- nament team for his effort…his solo home run vs. San Diego (5/31) tied the game at 3-3 and eventually led the Devils to the opening- round win…became only the ninth Sun Devil to record 100 or more RBI in his freshman and sophomore years…ended his sophomore year with 103 career RBI and 12 home runs…recorded 17 multihit games and 15 multi-RBI contests…recorded a hit in 40 of his 56 games and ranked third on the team with 23 extra-base hits…strug- gled in Pac-10 play, hitting .228 with six doubles and 13 RBI…was a .308 hitter with five home runs and 37 RBI in nonconference action…was 2-for-3 (.667) with a pair of two-run doubles as a pinch- hitter…hit .429 (3x7) with 11 RBI with the bases loaded…season- high hitting streak was eight games (3/1-3/12), in which he hit .324…his bases-loaded three-run double vs. Oklahoma State (3/10) in the eighth inning proved to be the game-winner…also had a bases- loaded three-run double vs. Oklahoma (4/24)…made only one error in 98 total chances in the outfield…was a first-team preseason All- America selection by Collegiate Baseball…was labeled the No. 36 prospect on Baseball America’s Top 100 for the College Class of 2003 CAREER STATISTICS FOR RODNEY ALLEN Year AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2001 .389 51 42 180 41 70 14 1 6 53 104 .578 11 9 18 7 .441 4 0 6 11 38 7 2 .957 2002 .278 56 53 209 46 58 15 2 6 50 95 .455 20 9 38 6 .364 1 1 14 16 94 3 1 .990 TOTAL .329 107 95 389 87 128 29 3 12 103 199 .512 31 18 56 13 .400 5 1 20 27 132 10 3 .979 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL THE TRADITION 28 ALLEN’S CAREER HIGHS At-Bats 5—21x (Stanford; 5/11/02) Runs 4 (NMSU; 4/17/01) Hits 4 (NMSU; 4/17/01) RBI 5—2x (Texas Tech; 5/25/01) BB 2—6x (Washington; 3/28) SB 2—2x (SJU; 3/9/02) 2B 2 (Duke; 2/10/01) HR 1—12x (USD; 5/31/02) Hit Streak 17 Multi-Hit Games 39 Multi-RBI Games 27 High School: A 2000 graduate of Desert Vista HS…a three-year letterwinner at Desert Vista and the team captain on the diamond his senior year…named all-city his junior and senior years, as well as all-conference…second-team Arizona Republic all-state his senior year…stole 23 bases his junior year and batted .419 during his senior campaign…best individ- ual performance was a 5-for-5 game with six RBI…most exciting moment was winning the state championship. MLB Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in at the beginning of the season. at New Mexico State (4/17)…also hit his first the 34th round of the 2000 June Amateur Draft. 2001 (Freshman): Became the first freshman career grand slam and recorded five RBI in that Personal: Pursing a degree in justice stud- in school history to earn first-team All-Pac-10 game…had six three-hit affairs in 2001…re- ies…father, Rod Allen Sr., is a broadcaster for honors…named to Baseball America and Col- corded a hit in 17 straight games (2/2-3/18) to the Arizona Diamondbacks and Fox Sports legiate Baseball freshman All-America start the season and his career…hit .450 Net…mother is Monique Owens of Culver City, teams…finished second on the team and sixth (27x60) during that streak with 21 RBI, 16 runs Calif.…his father played in the major leagues in the Pac-10 with .389 batting average, setting and seven doubles…also had a seven-game for several years…Allen Sr. was part of the the school freshman record…led ASU with a streak (4/13-4/24) in which he hit a robust .519 1984 Detroit Tigers world championship base- .578 slugging percentage…belted six home (14x27) with 13 RBI and two home runs…saw ball team…has one brother (Andrew, 13) and runs, including two grand slam home runs…all action in 51 games and made 42 starts…ASU three sisters (Rachel, 10, Rhonda, 25, and six of his home runs came with at least one run- was 14-6 when Allen hit cleanup…was 5-for-12 Dominique 4)…born Sept. 21, 1982, in Los ner on base…hit .380 (30x79) in Pac-10 play (.417) with two runs scored and six RBI in Angeles, Calif., and grew up in Culver City, with 15 RBI…hit at a .396 clip in nonconference NCAA regionals, including a 3-for-4, five-RBI Calif.…was a clubhouse attendant for the action…started his career with a bang, hitting game in the season finale vs. Texas Tech Arizona Diamondbacks in high school…full .406 in games played in January and Feb- (5/26)…finished fourth in the Alaskan League name is Roderick Bernet Allen Jr. ruary…best month of the season was April, in (Glacier Pilots) in hitting with a .314 batting which he combined to go 28-for-59 (.475) with average…named top eight prospect by two home runs and 17 RBI…hit .355 (27x76) Baseball America in the Alaskan League…led all with runners in scoring position and was 4-for- players in the ASL with 24 stolen bases…named 8 with the bases loaded…recorded a hit in 40 of second-team summer All-American by Baseball his 50 games played…his 21 extra-base hits America…helped lead Glacier Pilots to NBC were fourth most on the team…connected on a World Series championship…hit home run off three-run home run vs. UCLA (5/18)…recorded former Sun Devil Franco Pezely in NBC World 22 multihit games, with a career-high four hits Series in Wichita, Kan. 29 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL THE TRADITION CARLOS ARGUELLO 5-9 • 150 • Sr. • 1V • Bats Left • Throws Left • Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X/Cochise College) #48 Pitcher What to Know: A crafty left- hander who will add depth out of the bullpen for the Sun Devils in 2003…could redshirt with the depth of left-handers in the ASU bullpen…coming off a solid rookie campaign with the Sun Devils in which he was 5-1 with a 2.01 ERA…uses his change-up as his out pitch. 2002 (Junior): Led the team with an overall 2.01 ERA in his rookie campaign with the Sun Devils (no IP minimum)…was 5-1 in 14 appearances…was 3-0 with a 1.65 ERA in his three starts…made 11 relief appear- ances and was 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in those games…limited opposing batters to a .248 bat- ting average…allowed only eight extra-base hits in 40.1 ERA…struck out 93 in 102.1 innings pitched…had an 8.18 strike- innings…best outing of the year came in start vs. San Diego in outs-per-game average (over nine innings)…recorded seven com- NCAA regional…threw a complete-game seven-hitter while striking plete games…named second-team All-NJCAA Region I and first- out a career-high seven batters against the Toreros…also picked team All-ACCAC…played for the Madison (Wis.) Mallards in the up the win vs. San Diego in tournament-opener with two strong Northwoods League over the summer…went 4-2 with a team-lead- innings out of the bullpen…named to the NCAA regional all-tour- ing 2.12 ERA in 17 games…opposing batters hit only .195 off him nament team, going 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in 11.0 combined in 34.0 innings…recorded one complete-game shutout…2000: innings…allowed only one hit in three innings vs.