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#17 - JASON VANMEETREN (LF, R/R, 6-2, 200, Jr.) -- .318, 7 HR, 31 RBI, 7 SB; 2001 NCAA Post-Season: 1-2 (.500); NCAA Super Regional vs. South Carolina: DNP; NCAA Regional: 1-2 (.500); 2000 College World Series: DNP; 1999 College World Series: DNP; Current Hitting Streak: 2 games (5/19 - 5/25) ... Has played only once in eight post-season games ... Homered in his final regular season game at Washington State (5/19) and picked up a hit against Marist in the NCAA Regional (5/25) ... Had an 11-game hitting streak (3/23 - 4/8) in which he batted .442 (19-43) with seven doubles, two triples, two homers, 12 RBI and two stolen bases ... Had back-to-back big Pac-10 series versus UCLA (7-12, .583, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI) and Washington (6-12, .500, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 2 SB) ... Posted hits in six consecutive official at bats during the final two games of the UCLA series (4/7-4/8), going 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBI (4/7) and then 3-4 with a double, homer and two RBI (4/8) ... Leads the team with three triples, while adding seven homers, 31 RBI, seven stolen bases and 14 doubles ... Had a career-high four hits in a 4-for-5 (HR, 2 RBI) performance at Fresno State (1/28) ... Has posted a total of six three-hit games, most recently by going 3-for-5 at USC (4/22) ... Was also 3-for-5 (2B, RBI) at Cal State Fullerton (2/2) and against Washington (3/24), adding a double, homer, stolen base and two RBI versus the Huskies ... Was 3-for-4 with three RBI versus Florida State (2/9) ... Broke open a scoreless game with a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning at Cal State Fullerton (2/4).
As a Sophomore in 2000 - Began the season as the team's starter in left field and hit his first collegiate home run in the team's second game of the year at Fresno State (1/29) ... Started the team's first five games but after going 3-for-16 (.188) over that span and spent most of the rest of the season coming off the bench ... Played in 23 games overall with 15 starts, hitting .190 (11-58) with three doubles, a home run and six RBI ... Had a career-best four-game hitting streak (3/24-4/1) ... Was 2-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBI versus Arizona (3/26) and also had two RBI at Washington State (4/9) ... Contributed a 2-for-5 day at Washington State (4/8) ... Named honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic.
As a Freshman in 1999 - Hampered by an elbow injury most of the season that attributed to his reduced playing time of just nine games and two starts ... Finished with a .167 batting average (2-12), a double and two RBI ... Had a big game at Cal State Fullerton on February 7, going 2-for-6 with a double and two RBI.
High School - 1998 graduate of Bishop Gorman High School ... Named the 1998 Gatorade Circle of Champions Nevada High School Baseball Player of the Year ... Also First Team All-State, All-Region and All-City (Las Vegas) as both a pitcher and outfielder in his senior year ... Three-sport standout also earned four varsity basketball letters and two varsity soccer letters ... Member of National Honor Society ... Winner of Distinguished Scholar Award ... Graduated with a 3.97 GPA.
Summer Baseball - Played for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska Baseball League in 2000, hitting .241 (20-83) with a homer and 11 RBI, while ranking third on the club with 10 stolen bases ... Spent his 1999 summer playing for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod League ... Played for the Las Vegas Knights in the summer of 1998 and earned team MVP honors.
Personal - Political Science major ... Son of Steve and Vicky VanMeetren ... Sister, Jamie, recently completed her freshman season in volleyball at Gonzaga.
VanMeetren Career Stats
| Year | Avg | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-SBA |
| 1999 | .167 | 9-2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 |
| 2000 | .190 | 23-15 | 58 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 0-1 |
| 2001 | .318 | 50-46 | 176 | 31 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 44 | 7-14 |
| Totals | .280 | 82-63 | 246 | 42 | 69 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 61 | 7-15 |
VanMeetren Career NCAA Post-Season Stats
| Year | Avg | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-SBA |
| 2001 | .500 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 |
VanMeetren Career Game Highs
AB - 6, at Cal State Fullerton (2/7/99)
R - 3, twice, last vs. Washington (3/25/01)
H - 4, at Fresno State (1/28/01)
HR - 1, eight times, last at Washington State (5/19/01)
RBI - 3, vs. Florida State (2/11/01)
SB - 2, vs. Florida State (2/10/01)
Hit Streak - 11 games (3/23/01-4/8/01)