Player Bio: Colin Walsh

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MLB Draft: 13th Round selection of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2010 Draft.

Summer Ball: Named the starting second baseman at the East-West All Star Game at Fenway Park for Brewster in the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2009... cooled off after batting .400 to start the summer to hit .255 over 32 games with 13 runs... made just six errors all summer... enjoyed a banner 2008 summer season with the Kelowna (British Columbia) Falcons ... ranked third in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League with a .352 batting average (31-for-88) ... added 19 runs, five doubles, eight RBIs, a .502 on base percentage and six stolen bases in 25 games (24 starts).

Stanford Career: Over 143 games had a .319 career average over three seasons, including the last two as the starting second baseman... scored 107 career runs and driven in 74... hit all seven of his home runs as a junior, leading the team... two-time honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection... 98 career walks for a .438 career on-base percentage... reserve for the 2008 CWS team and played in the 2010 NCAA Regional.

As a junior in 2010: Started every game (56 starts) at second base in 2010, joining Stephen Piscotty as the only player to start every game... Pac-10 honorable mention for the second year... hit .317 with a team-best 45 runs, team-leading seven home runs and team-high 41 RBIs... walked 41 tiems for a .428 on-base percentage... hit a solo home run in his first at-bat against ASU (5/27)... drove in all three runs in a 3-1 series opening win at No. 26 Arizona (5/21) with a two-run homer and an RBI double going 2-for-4... 3-for-4 with an RBI double in the ninth in sweep of Cal (4/25)... five RBIs including a two-run homer and two-run single against No.15 Cal (4/24) the day before... 3-for-4 with four RBIs at No. 14-ranked OSU (4/17) including two-run triple in the fifth and game-winning two-run homer in the 10th... went 3-for-6 with an RBI double at OSU (4/16)... 23-for-5 with three runs and an RBI double at SCU (4/13)... three hits including go-ahead two-run single in 7th in series clincher v. USC (3/28)... first career homer (in 91 games) was a grand slam in the sixth against Pacific on Feb. 24, hit another a week later on March 7... three hits, including a double, from leadoff slot in Sunday win over Pepperdine (3/21)... three hits and a walk in Saturday loss at No. 3 Texas... listed as the best defensive second baseman in the Pac-10 by Baseball America to start the season.

As a sophomore in 2009: Named honorable mention All-Pac-10 Conference after batting a team-best .320 with 44 runs and 25 RBIs over 54 games and 52 starts, all at second base... led the team in walks with 51, producing a .466 on-base percentage.... also fielded at a .980 clip, combining with shortstop Jake Schlander to help the Cardinal tie the schoolrecord for fielding percentage at .977... had 16 multi-hit games... stole 4-of-10 bases on the season... hit safely in 12 of his final 14 games... drove in four runs as a part of a 3-for-5 day against San Jose State on May 5... had four hits to close out a nice weekend against Washington, going 4-for-5 with three RBIs after getting three hits and two RBIs in the opener the last weekend in May... also had three hits against USF on April 27, driving in two... drove in two runs apiece in back-to-back games on April 13 and 15 against Cal and at Santa Clara in midweek affairs... that was in the midst of a 12-game hit streak from April 5 to April 24, that saw his average raise from .297 to .327... hit .395 over that stretch, (17-43) with 11 walks, while not surrendering an error in 52 attempts.

As a Freshman in 2008: Was a key contributor off the bench during his rookie campaign, batting .323 (21-for-65) in 33 games (nine starts) ... added 18 runs, four doubles and eight ... was third on the club with 17 pinch-hit at-bats ... doubled in his first collegiate at-bat, in the second game of a February 22 doubleheader versus Nebraska ... delivered a run-scoring single March 28 versus Washington State for his first career RBIs ... hit safely in eight of his nine games from April 27-May 12, going 15-for-31 (.484) with 11 runs scored, three doubles and five RBIs ... had five multi-hit games over the span, including career-high three hit efforts in consecutive contests (April 30 at UC Davis and May 4 at San Jose State) ... collected a career-best three RBIs April 28 at Santa Clara ... played in five postseason games (one start) and went 3-for-8 (.375) with four runs scored and two RBIs ... was pressed into starting duty in the second game of the NCAA Super Regional at Cal State Fullerton (June 7) when all-conference second baseman Cord Phelps was sick ... responded by going 2-for-4 with three runs scored, a double, a walk and his lone stolen base of the season in an 8-5 victory ... hit safely in his last seven starts overall, going 13-for-28 (.464) with 11 runs scored, three doubles, five RBIs and five walks ... delivered a two-out, pinch-hit, RBIs single in the ninth inning of Stanford's College World Series finale, a 10-8 loss to Georgia on June 21.

High School: Graduated in 2007 from The Bishop's School in La Jolla, Calif., where he was a three-sport star in baseball, soccer and cross country ... was a four-year starter at shortstop on the diamond ... named first-team All-San Diego County in 2006 and second team in 2007 ... was a back-to-back first-team All-Coastal League selection, and was twice tabbed first-team All-CIF San Diego Section Division IV in both 2006 and 2007 ... led his team to the top of the Coastal League standings in 2006, when he set school singleseason records for batting average (.532), home runs (7), stolen bases (35) and walks (36) ... also added 32 RBIs and a .641 on-base percentage ... hit .463 with five homers, 42 RBIs and 32 steals as a senior in 2007 ... also lettered twice as a left back in soccer and three times in cross country ... selected 2005 first-team All-CIF San Diego Section in cross country ... recorded a personal best of 17:41 in the 5K while averaging 5:42 per mile ... helped his harriers earn the 2005 San Diego Section cross country crown and place 12th at the 2005 Division IV state meet ... graduated cum laude ... voted his school's 2007 Best Male Student Athlete ... coached in baseball by Al Gomez.

Personal Information: Son of Brian and Erin Walsh ... has one brother, Brendan, who is an outfielder for Johns Hopkins University ... aunt, Terrie, was a world champion rower at UCLA (1978) ... grandfather, Jack, was a three-year letterwinner in basketball at Georgetown (1953-56) ... management, science and engineering major.