
DavidWaespe
- height 6-0
- Weight 170
- class Junior
Madison on Waespe: “David has shown considerable improvement as a hitter. I think swinging the wood bat for the Athletes in Action team in Europe all summer helped him tremendously. He is solid player both offensively and defensively.”
2002: Played in 15 games as a utility infielder… Made his first collegiate appearance as a pinch runner in the eighth inning in UK’s 18-17 loss to Pepperdine in the Continental Express Aggie Baseball Classic in College Station, Texas… Earned first career start vs. 15th-ranked Ole Miss on Easter Sunday (3/31)… First hit as a Wildcat came in the third inning of UK’s 12-2 setback to Mississippi (3/31)… Got the starting nod twice and hit .273 with three runs scored in his first season of play.
2001: Redshirt season.
High School: Lettered five years for Dom Fucci at Tates Creek… Named First-Team All-City following his senior season…Selected Second-Team All-City as a junior…Attended Five-State baseball camp…Recipient of Wendy’s High School Scholar Athletes Award…4.0 GPA in high school…Also played soccer.
Personal: Full name is David Michael Waespe… Born Aug. 14, 1981 in Denver… Son of Bruce and Connie Waespe… Has one sister, Jennifer, 23… Father attended the U.S. Naval Academy… Lists going to the N.A.B.F. World Series in 1998 and 1999 and beating the defending state champion in regionals his senior year as his most memorable moments in sports… Chose UK over Miami (OH) and Virginia.
Waespe at the Plate |
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