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Corey Valine

School
San Jose State University
Position
Third Base/Catcher
Major
Justice Studies
AVG
.292
R
18
H
35
FLD%
.935
ERA
-
W-L
-
RBI
18

Classroom

Valine is majoring in justice studies. After he graduates in December he is considering going to law school or entering the field of law enforcement, possibly for the California Highway Patrol. The two-time Academic All-Western Athletic Conference honoree and two-time San Jose State University Scholar-Athlete has maintained a 2.983 cumulative GPA.

Character

Valine was named a team captain as a senior for the 2010 season and has served as one of two baseball team representatives on the Spartan Student-Athlete Advisory Committee since the start of the 2008-09 academic year. He attended the NCAA Leadership Council in San Diego, Calif., in the fall of 2008. Valine served as a presenter and helped stage the San Jose State University Student-Athlete Talent Show in December of 2008 and 2009 and the inaugural Sammy Awards in May of 2009.

Community

Valine has been involved in several community service projects as a member of the Spartan baseball program. He completed an internship during the 2009 fall semester at San Jose’s Lincoln High School, tutoring youth in the special education department one-on-one on the subjects of math and science two or three days a week. This past summer, he volunteered to work youth camps, 20 hours a week for three weeks, in Bend, Ore., as a member of the Bend Elks summer league team. Valine has also served as a Eucharistic minister for his local Catholic church.

Competition

Valine is a fourth-year third baseman can also fill in behind the plate if his offense is needed there. Chosen to the 2010 preseason All-WAC team he was also named a member of the 2009 second-team All-WAC. He enters the 2010 opener on an active hit streak of a career-long 21 games, currently second only to junior teammate Jason Martin’s 23-game hit streak in the entire conference. Valine has struck out just 18 times in 374 career at-bats (20.7 at-bats per strikeout). He is San Jose State’s active home run leader with 10 and has had 30 multi-hit and 21 multi-RBI games as a Spartan. Owns a career batting average of .332 and fielding percentage of .963 (91-92-7).