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Russ Rutherford - Baseball - University of Kentucky Athletics 9

RussRutherford

  • height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • class Senior
  • Previous School Walters State College (Morristown, Tenn.)
BIO

a-russrutherford2.jpgMadison on Rutherford: “Russ had a solid summer in the Shanendoah Valley League. We feel like Russ will be a major contributor again this year as a senior. His leadership and hard work will make us a better team.”

2002: Started in all 48 games he played… Posted 10 multiple hit games… Took over shortsop duties after Spender Graeter suffered an early-season shoulder injury… Recorded first hit as a Wildcat in his inaugural plate appearance of the season at Samford (2/15)… Posted a .333 clip (7-for-21) with five runs scored, three RBIs and two doubles in the Continental Express Aggie Baseball Classic at Texas A&M… Ripped two doubles against Pepperdine (2/24)… Smacked his first home run in a UK uniform in the Cats? 6-5, 10-inning win over Ball State at Applebee?s Park (3/10)… Returned home to Knoxville to go 2-for-3 in the Cats? series-opening setback to Tennessee (4/5)… Cracked his first career grand slam in the fourth inning of the Wildcats? 12-6 setback to the Gamecocks of South Carolina (4/28)… RBI-double drove in Mike Ferris for the Wildcats? only run in their 1-0 blanking of Arkansas (5/5)… Homered in UK’s heartbreaking 5-4 setback to No. 11 Florida on Senior Day at Cliff Hagan Stadium (5/19).

At Walters State: 2001 Junior College Player of the Year in Tennessee? Selected to the All-Region Junior College team? Led all junior college players in the state in homeruns (16)? Named All-Conference in 2001 as he smacked 66 hits in 182 plate appearances for a .363 average? Collected 60 runs, 12 doubles and 52 RBI his sophomore year? Hit .339, 11 doubles, four homers and knocked in 34 runners as a freshman in 2000.

High School: Lettered in basketball, baseball, and football? Voted All-Region and All-State in football? Set eight Halls High School records on the football field.

Personal: Full name is Dale Russell Rutherford II? Born Dec. 29, 1980? Son of Dale and Teresa Rutherford? Chose Kentucky to be able to play in the SEC and the opportunity to challenge for a national championship? Selected UK over East Tennessee State, Coastal Carolina, and UNC-Asheville.

Rutherford at the Plate

YearAVGGP/GSABRH2B3BHRRBITBBBHBPSOGDPSFSHSB-SBA2002.25048/4815226386132055165393214-6Career.25048/4815226386132055165393214-6

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