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Position
Outfield
Height
5'11
Weight
185
Class
Senior
Hometown
Charlotte Hall, Md.
Previous School
Okaloosa-Walton CC
B/T
L
High School
Riverdale Baptist HS

Converted infielder who excelled in 2000 as LSU’s starting right fielder…enrolled at LSU in January, 2000, after transferring from Okaloosa-Walton JC.

2000 Season
Played in 57 games (39 starts), batting .303 (50-for-165) with 12 doubles, three triples, four homers, 41 runs and 38 RBI…started 35 games in right field and four in left field…delivered one of the greatest catches in College World Series history, as he leaped above the right-field wall to snare a drive in the third inning of the national championship game versus Stanford; the catch robbed Stanford’s Edmund Muth of a two-run homer . . .batted .167 (2-for-12) in the College World Series with one homer, one RBI and three runs…his solo HR came in LSU’s 6-3 CWS seim-final win over Florida State (June 15)…2-for-6 in NCAA Super Regional versus UCLA with two doubles, one RBI and one run…2-for-7 with one triple and one run in NCAA Baton Rouge Regional…doubled once in three at-bats in the SEC Tournament, driving in two runs…5-for-13 (.385) in the Auburn series with one triple and five RBI…launched a two-run homer in win over New Orleans (April 4)…blasted a two-run HR in victory over Georgia (March 12).

Junior College
Enjoyed a superb career at Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, Fla., as he was named the 1999 National Junior College Defensive Player of the Year…batted .395 in ’99 with 10 homers, 59 RBI, 88 runs and 50 steals…batted .357 in 1998 with 46 steals and six triples…in his two-year career, he collected 15 homers and 96 stolen bases.

High School
A four-year letterman at Riverdale Baptist High in Upper Marlboro, Md….led his squad to the 1997 Maryland state title…an all-state and all-county selection who was named 1997 first-team all-Metro by the Washington Post…also lettered two seasons in soccer as a fullback.

Personal
Full name is Raymond Patrick Wright…parents are Bob and Patricia Wright…has an older brother, Robert, and an older sister, Michelle…interests include fishing, hunting and weightlifting…credits his father with having the greatest influence on his athletic career…majoring in general studies…born March 14, 1979.

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