David Casey Class: Sophomore Hometown: Whitefish Bay, WI High School: Whitefish Bay Height / Weight: 6-4 / 235 Position: 1B/OF/LHP Birthdate: 02/16/1989 Bats/Throws: L/L

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009): Left-handed power hitter who could be key contributor at first base ... imposing presence (6-4, 235) and quality athlete for his size, with potential to put up big power numbers ... could benefit from shortening his swing ... also has strong upside to be situational left-handed pitcher ... has a strong arm and a fastball that can touch the mid-80s ... made great strides at the plate this past fall ... showed signs of hitting the ball to all parts of the field ... started all three games for the victorious Blue in the Blue-Gold World Series ... batted .333 (3-for-9) with a double, run scored and a team-best tying three RBI ... spent the summer of 2008 with the Green Bay Bullfrogs of the Northwoods League ... saw action in 37 games and batted .203 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI ... also made seven appearances out of the bullpen ... went 0-1 with a 3.75 ERA in 12.0 innings ... surrendered nine hits, struck out 10 and walked four ... opponents batted just .209 against him.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2008): Played for winning team (Gold) in Blue-Gold World Series ... batted .333 (2-for-6) with an RBI and two walks ... saw action in 12 games, including five starts ... batted .185 (5-for-27) with three doubles and five RBI ... added two runs scored and drew three walks ... started first game of his career in season opener against Liberty on Feb. 22 ... went 0-for-3 with a walk and strikeout ... came off the bench a couple days later against Albany (Feb. 24) ... went 0-for-2 against the Great Danes ... started three consecutive games against Maine (Mar. 4), Lehigh (Mar. 6) and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Mar. 7) ... went 1-for-2 with a walk and run scored in the thrilling victory over Maine ... added huge RBI single that gave Irish late inning lead over Lehigh ... went hitless over next three games and six at-bats before going 1-for-3 with a double against Georgetown on Mar. 20 ... went 1- for-2 with a double and two RBI against Wisconsin- Milwaukee on Mar. 26 ... went 1-for-3 with a run scored, double and two RBI against Manchester College on Apr. 9 ... doubled for the third straight game in which he played.

PREP & PERSONAL: Two-sport standout at Whitefish Bay HS ... four-year baseball letterwinner and two-year captain who earned ABCA all-Midwest Region honors as a senior, after batting .440 (two HR) for WBHS in summer of `07 ... named all-state honors after helping `07 team reach sectionals (team MVP) ... also played in summer of `07 with Racine Hitters (seven HR in final six GP) ... his junior honors in `06 included team MVP, first team all-state, all-area, all-district and all-conference (.533 batting average, 44 RBI, .911 slugging percentage) ... first team allconference, second team all-district and team MVP as a sophomore (.466 batting average, 40 RBI, .585 slugging percentage; 23-11 team record) ... his twoyear pitching stats in `05 and `06 included a 2.81 ERA, 11-4 record and more than one strikeout per inning ... starting first baseman with Team Wisconsin in `06, batting .400 (two HR) as team went 3-1-1 vs. Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Kentucky and Nebraska ... played for Wisconsin Shockers team coached by Notre Dame alum John Murphy (an `85 monogram winner with the Irish, as a 3B) ... named alltournament at `06 CABA Ultimate High School World Series (Euclid, Ohio), after helping Shockers go 5-3 for fifth-place finish ... hit .476 with 11 RBI at that tournament (three HR) while going 2-1 on the mound (1.79 ERA, 13 Ks, 15 IP) ... starting first baseman in `06 Milwaukee Brewers Classic baseball game (at Miller Park), featuring 40 of state's top preps (1-for-3, 2B) ... was rated by Perfect Game as #7 pro prospect in `07 from the state of Wisconsin (#3 among state's prep players) while Baseball America listed him as the #10 prospect in his state (#5 among Wisconsin preps) ... hails from same hometown and high school (Whitefish Bay) as former Notre Dame standout Craig Counsell (a World Series champ with the 1997 Florida Marlins and 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks) ... Counsell and his father John - a native of Oconomowoc, Wis., and a former ND baseball player/assistant - are loyal supporters of Whitefish Bay's "Friends of Bay Baseball" ... most of the ND baseball program's 28 monogram winners from Wisconsin played in the first half of the 1900s (he was ND's first since Counsell in the early `90s) ... early-'80s outfielder Rick Chryst (Plateville, Wis., native) currently is commissioner of the Mid- American Conference ... inherits #44 jersey worn by recent power hitters Jeff Wagner (47 career HR; 2nd in ND history) and Mike Dury, plus mid-'90s pitcher Tim Krause ... could face several former teammates in `09:Valparaiso's Matt Suderland and Matt Lenski, Cincinnati's Cameron Satterwhite (Green Bay Bullfrogs), Oral Roberts' Jameson Dunn (Green Bay Bullfrogs) and Bryce Smolen (Green Bay Bullfrogs) ... received Duke Pride Award ("most devoted") with WBHS `06-'07 basketball team that reached regional finals ... his father Bill Casey served as Columbia University's primary starting pitcher in the mid-'70s, in addition to being a member of the varsity basketball team ... full name is David Austin Casey ... son of Bill and Ilyse Casey ... born Feb. 16, 1989 in Milwaukee,Wisc. ... posted a 3.0 GPA in the 2007 fall semester and 3.083 GPA in the 2008 spring term ... major is undecided.

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