Arizona State University announced Friday that Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier is one of six athletes to be inducted into its sports Hall of Fame Saturday, October 18.
Ethier balled out his sophomore and junior year in 2002-2003 before being drafted in the second round by the Oakland A’s.
Instead of me wasting time going down the list, below is the bio ASU sent out on what he accomplished his two years in a Sun Devils uniform.
He did all right, though I wouldn't have pegged him for a Justice Studies major.
Andre Ethier – Baseball / Outfield / 2002-2003
(Justice Studies)
A two-time first-team All-Pac-10 performer, Ethier finished his career hitting .371 with 113 runs, 27 doubles, seven triples, 14 home runs, and 118 RBIs. In 2003, Ethier earned All-American honorable mention honors, was named to the Tempe Regional All-Tournament team, and was honored as ASU’s Outstanding Defensive Player. Ethier ended his junior season and ASU career with a 23-game hitting streak, the eighth-longest in ASU history. Ethier was selected in the second round (62nd overall) by the Oakland A’s in the 2003 MLB Amateur Draft. In 2005, Ethier was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ethier set career-highs in 2009 and won the Silver Slugger Award with 160 games played, 162 hits, 31 home runs, 106 RBIs, 92 runs scored, 42 doubles, and 72 walks, while hitting .272 with a .508 slugging percentage and a .361 on-base percentage. In 2009, Ethier had six walk-off hits (including four walk-off home runs), which was the most by any player in the MLB since 1974. Ethier’s four walk-off homers tied the Major League record for most in a season. In 2010, Ethier was selected to start on the National League All-Star Team, and in 2011 he won a Gold Glove Award. He and his wife, Maggie (Germaine) Ethier, became the first married couple to enter the SDA Hall of Fame.
Maybe he can take that to Don Mattingly as his case to get more playing time down the stretch of the Dodgers pennant run, especially given how Yasiel Puig has fallen off the planet.
