37· Brad Eldred Class: Senior Hometown: Coconut Creek, FL Previous School: Coconut Creek HS Position: First Base Major: Criminal Justice

n All-American candidate who is a big, strong senior expected to provide leadership...named to the All-Sun Belt Conference first team as the designated hitter…named the Sun Belt Player of the Week for May 14 after going 6-12 with four runs scored, three doubles, one home run and five RBI in the three-game series versus Arkansas-Little Rock…hit nine home runs in only 73 at-bats last year…hit two home runs versus New Orleans in a 2-5 performance with three RBI…as many as four hits three times last year against Iona, Middle Tennessee and Arkansas-Little Rock…led the team with a .411 batting average, a .849 slugging percentage, a .494 on-base percentage and third with nine home runs…hit .292 with two home runs and 19 RBI in 33 games in 2000...pitched 5.2 innings with a 4.76 ERA, six strikeouts and allowed five hits...went 5-6 with three RBI in a Sun Belt weekend series against Arkansas State...allowed no runs and only one hit in two innings of relief versus Western Kentucky, May 6...hit a three-run homer in his first collegiate at bat in the first game of the season three years ago...had a six-game hitting streak from April 9-21, 1999...led reserves freshman year with four home runs...made only one error in 67 chances that season...outstanding prep performer for head coach Mike McMillan at Coconut Creek and was first-team All-State, All-Broward and team MVP...played in the Miami/Broward all-star game...hit .449 as a senior with 29 stolen bases and 39 runs scored...first-team all-county as a prep junior and MVP of the Sarasota Starter Classic...son of James and Cynthia Eldred...born July 12, 1980.