June 5, 2008

BERKELEY, CALIF. -

University of California senior second baseman Josh Satin, who had one of the best offensive seasons in school history, became the third Golden Bear baseball player to selected in the 2008 Major League First-Year Player Draft when he was drafted in the sixth round Thursday by the New York Mets.

Satin joins junior first baseman David Cooper, who was selected in the first round by the Toronto Blue Jays, and junior right-hander Tyson Ross, a native of Oakland who was drafted in the second round by the Oakland A's, as Cal players selected in the 2008 draft.

A third-team All-American in Collegiate Baseball and a first-team All-Pac-10 selection, Satin hit the game-winning homer in the 10th inning in his last home at-bat at Evans Diamond versus UCLA on May 25. He was also a semifinalist for USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award and the Wallace Award as the national player of the year candidate and ended the year batting a team-best .379 with 11 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 52 RBI. Satin is currently eighth in the Pac-10 in total bases (141), seventh in runs scored (56), fourth in slugging percentage (.723), third in walks (47) and second in on-base percentage (.500).

Satin hit safely in the first 22 games this season and had a school-record a 27-game hitting streak from May 20, 2007-Mar. 29, 2008. He was the Mar. 4 Pac-10 Player of the Week when Cal defeated three ranked teams at the University of San Diego Tournament, going 10-for-19 (.526) with a double, two home runs and eight RBI.

In 2005, Satin was a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American and first-team All-Pac-10 when he batted .348 with 15 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 40 RBI. He joins Xavier Nady (1998-2000) as the only Cal players to have earned both Freshman All-America and regular All-America honors.

Satin's Notables
246 hits are fifth on the Cal all-time list
381 total bases are fifth on the Cal all-time list
789 at-bats are fifth on the Cal all-time list
153 RBI are sixth on the Cal all-time list
214 career games are eighth on the Cal all-time list
119 walks are eighth (tied with Mike Zahn, 1981-84) on the Cal all-time list
29 home runs are ninth (tied with Jerry Goff, 1984-86) on the Cal all-time list

.723 slugging percentage in 2008 third on the Cal single-season list
18 HR in 2008 tied for sixth (with three other players) on the Cal single-season list




Satin's Career Statistics
YEAR	AVG	G	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB
2004	.000	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2005	.348	57	221	39	77	40	15	1	5	27	29	7
2006	.222	47	167	18	37	20	5	1	2	18	24	6
2007	.287	53	202	33	58	41	11	0	4	27	38	3
2008	.379	55	195	56	74	52	11	1	18	47	45	6
Total	.312	214	789	147	246	153	42	3	29	119	139	22