Joe Little - Jr. - LHP Joe Little 6-Foot-1 * 175 Bats: L * Throws: L Arvada, Colo. * Arvada Senior HS Draft: Selected in 48th round of the 2000 draft by the Cleveland Indians. Summer 2002: Played for the Cotuit Kettlers in the Cape Cod League ... Went 2-2 with a 4.37 ERA in seven appearances ... Averaged one strikeout per inning in 35 innings pitched while walking just 15 ... Combined with three teammates to toss a no-hitter against Chatham. Arizona 2002: Arizona’s Sunday starter, made 17 appearances in 2002 ... Did not earn a decision against Washington State (5/18) despite giving up only four runs in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two ... Struck out eight in a six inning loss to UCLA (5/11) ... Won his sixth game of the season with six innings of work against UC Riverside (4/21). Struck out six and walked none while giving up three runs on four hits. Retired 14 straight hitters after giving up a leadoff single to start the game ... Was the hard-luck loser in Arizona’s 2-1 defeat at Cal (4/14). Pitched well for 6.2 innings, giving up just two runs on seven hits, while striking out five and walking one ... Did not earn a decision after tossing seven innings at Oregon State (3/29). Gave up just one run on six hits while striking out seven ... Ended Arizona’s season-high losing streak of four straight with 5.1 innings of work against UNC Wilmington (3/16). Earned his team-leading fifth win with six strikeouts and only one walk against the Seahawks ... Did not earn a decision in 5.2 innings of work at Long Beach State (3/9) ... Won his team-high-tying fourth game of the season with six innings of work against CSUDH (3/3). Struck out six and walked only one ... Did not earn a decision in six innings of work against UC Irvine (2/23) in which he surrendered only two runs on five hits ... Suffered his first loss in 24 career appearances at Texas A&M (2/16) ... Struck out a career high 10 San Diego State hitters over seven innings to pick up his third win of the season (2/8) in UA’s 6-3 victory ... Went seven innings with nine K’s to earn his second win of the season against Utah just six days after being hit above the left eye with a foul ball in Arizona’s dugout. He received 20 stitches from the injury, but did not miss a start ... Went six innings in his season debut against New Mexico, struck out five and walked only one en route to the win. Summer 2001: Played for the Mat Su Miners in the Alaska Baseball League ... Was 3-2 with a 1.79 ERA in eight starts ... Struck out 56 hitters while walking only 22 in 50.1 innings ... The Miners finished 12th in the National Baseball Congress World Series. Arizona 2001: Appeared in 20 games, 19 in relief and one start ... Picked up his fourth win of the season with 6.2 innings of work against Washington in the season’s final game ... Struck out a career-high eight Huskies in the victory ... Worked 6.1 innings of relief at seventh-ranked Stanford ... Came on in relief in series finale against ASU, tossing a then-career high 5.1 innings of three hit ball ... Worked three innings and struck out five to earn second save at Grand Canyon ... Picked up third victory with three innings of work against UCLA (3/11) ... Tossed 2.1 innings in relief against New Mexico (2/10) ... Earned first career victory at Hawaii-Hilo (1/19) ... Did not surrender a run in first five innings pitched. High School: Graduated from Arvada Senior High School in Arvada, Colo. where he played under Coach Mark Magdeleno ... Earned four letters pitching and playing first base and a right field... Team captain his senior year... All-state and honorable mention all-USA his senior season... Also played football under Coach Bob Bozied... Earned two letters as a wide receiver ... Was a member of the honor roll all four years. Personal: Full name: Joseph Thomas Little... Nickname: Joe... Born: 3/10/82 in Wheatridge, Colo. ... Major: IDS Applied Political Economy ... Son of Tom and Kathy Little... Has a sister, Amy, who played volleyball at the University of Southern Colorado from 1998-2001. 2003 Arizona Baseball 19 Matt McKinney - Fr. - INF Matt McKinney 6-Foot-1 * 195 Bats: R * Throws: R Tucson, Ariz. * Santa Rita HS High School: Graduated from Santa Rita High School in Tucson, Ariz., where he earned four varsity letters for coach Dan Moore ... Was a 4A South All-Star in 2002 ... First team All-Kino Region his senior year ... Second team all-region his junior year ... Participated in the Super 50 game in 2002 ... Also played two seasons of varsity soccer for coach J.C. Boston ... Was second team all- region his junior year in soccer ... Was on the honor roll all four years and graduated with a 3.62 GPA. Summer Leagues: Played five season for the Tucson Dorados ... Team took fourth place at the USA Baseball 16 and under tournament... Played in the Arizona Diamondbacks scout league. Personal: Full name: Matthew Michael McKinney ... Nickname: Moose ... Born: 12/2/83 in Tucson, Ariz. ... Undecided on area of academic pursuit ... Son of Michael and Jennifer McKinney ... Has a sister, Meghan, who attends Northern Arizona ... Collects baseball cards and lists video games as his hobby. John Meloan - Fr. - RHP John Meloan 6-Foot-3 * 225 Bats: R * Throws: R Houston, Texas * Taylor HS High School: Graduated from Taylor High School in Katy, Texas, where he earned three varsity letters for coach Melvin Cerny ... Was named to the 2002 all-state team ... Led the Houston area in strikeouts per inning in 2002 ... Tossed a school record three no-hitters during his career, including a 20-strikeout no-no against Mayde Creek HS his senior year .. Also earned a pair of varsity letters in football for coach Bill Law ... Was named to the all-district football team after leading Taylor in receptions and touchdown catches ... Was on Taylor’s Honor Roll ... Was an academic all-district honoree ... Is a member of the National Honor Society ... Was nominated for acceptance into the US Air Force Academy by US Representative John Culberson from Texas. Personal: Full name: Jonathan Michael Meloan ... Born: 7/11/84 in Houston, Texas ... Majoring in business with an emphasis on finance ... Son of Mike and Janice Meloan ... Has a sister, Mindy, who attends Stephen F. Austin ... Lists hunting and fishing among his hobbies. 2003 Arizona Baseball 20 Richard Mercado - So. - C/1B Richard Mercado 6-Foot-0 * 208 Bats: R * Throws: R San Clemente, Calif. * Mater Dei HS Summer 2002: Played with Arizona teammate John Hardy for the Harrisonburg (Va.) Turks in the Valley League ... Batted .211 in 40 games with four doubles and 11 RBIs. Arizona 2002: Started 37 games as DH, catcher, at first and third... Tallied his second pinch hit of the season against UC Riverside (4/19). Laced a single through the left side of the infield with two- outs in the eighth inning to score a pair of runners ... Picked up Arizona’s third pinch hit of the season in the eighth inning in UA’s 2-1 loss to Oregon State (3/29) ... Collected at least one hit in the first nine games he started ... Hit .300 (3 for 10) with three runs scored against #15 Arizona State (3/22-24) ... Went 5 for 13 with an RBI and a run scored in three games against UNC Wilmington (3/15-17) ... Hit his first career home run en route to a 2 for 4, four RBI and two run game against New Mexico State (2/26) ... Hit. .417 (5 for 12) with three RBIs and three runs scored in three games against UC Irvine (2/22-24) ... In three games against San Diego State he went 6 for 12 (.500) with two RBIs and three runs scored ... Went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a single game against Southern Utah (2/5) ... Collected his first collegiate hit, a double, against Utah (2/1) ... Went 4 for 11(.363) with three doubles and four runs scored against the Utes in three games. High School: Graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., where he played for coach Burt Call ... Three-year letterwinner in baseball ... Was twice named team captain ... Was a three position player in high school catching, pitching and outfield ... A two-time all-county honoree ... Was named the Serra League MVP ... Holds the school record for most hits in a season ... Played Connie Mack baseball for the Encititas Reds throughout high school. Personal: Full name: Richard Michael Mercado ... Born 5/23/83 in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Undecided in area of academic pursuit ... Son of Marcos and Vickie Mercado ... Has two brothers, David and Tomas ... Tomas plays football for Iona College in New York. Ray Neal - Fr. - RHP Ray Neal 6-Foot-0 * 185 Bats: L * Throws: R Phoenix, Ariz. * Mountain Pointe HS High School: Graduated from Mountain Pointe High School where he earned two varsity letters for coach Roger LeBlanc ... Holds Mountain Pointe season records for doubles and hit by pitch ... First team All-Central Region in 2001 and 2002 ... First team all-city in 2001 ... Played for Team Arizona in the Sunbelt Classic ... Honorable mention All-Southeast Valley and All-East Valley Tribune in 2001 and 2002 ..