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On Hall: Possesses great speed and is a stolen base threat ... Capable of hitting for a high average with power to the gaps ... A good fit at nearly any spot in the batting order ... Came into his own defensively at second base last season.
Career: Played in 104 games with 92 starts ... Career .290 (97-334) hitter with a .396 on-base percentage and a .380 slugging percentage ... Has 74 runs scored and 55 RBI ... Tallied 22 doubles, one triple and two home runs ... Drawn 54 walks and 49 strikeouts with eight hit by pitch ... Registered 25 stolen bases in 36 attempts ... Has a fielding percentage of .937 (98 putouts, 186 assists, 19 errors).
2009: One of three players on the team and the only returning player who appeared in all 50 contests ... Batted .289 (50-173) with a .379 on-base percentage and a .405 slugging percentage ... Scored 41 runs with 34 RBI while collecting 17 doubles and hitting a home run ... Drew 22 walks and struck out 28 times ... Six hit by pitch ... Stole 12 bases in 17 tries ... Recorded two sacrifice bunts and a team-high five sacrifice flies ... Posted a .966 fielding percentage with 79 putouts, 117 assists and seven errors in moving from third base to a more natural position at second base ... Hit .255 (24-94) versus Big East competition ... Batted .406 against left-handed pitching and .348 with runners in scoring position ... Converted 14-of-19 (.737) RBI chances with a runner on third and less than two outs.
2008: Began the season as the team' starting third baseman and wound up starting 44 of 54 games played ... Batted .292 (47-161) with 33 runs scored and 21 RBI ... Had a .413 on-base percentage and a .354 slugging percentage ... Totaled five doubles, one triple, one home run and 13 stolen bases ... Tied for second on the team with 32 walks and struck out just 21 times ... Finished fourth on the team in hitting and tied for second in steals ... Had an eight-game hitting streak early in the season during which he bated a torrid .593 (16-27) ... Hit .405 overall through the season's first 13 games ... Started all four games Villanova played in the BIG EAST Championship and hit .375 (6-16) with a pair of doubles and two runs scored ... Hit .324 against right-handed pitching for the season ... Reached base safely via a hit or walk in 38 of his 44 starts.
Barrington High School: Three-year letterwinner in football and baseball ... Two-time All-Conference and three-time All-Area baseball player ... Named second team All-State by the Chicago Sun Times ... Batted .495 with seven home runs, 30 RBI and 22 stolen bases as a senior, including a four-game stretch where he went 14-for-14 at the plate ... Also batted .417 as a sophomore and .392 as a junior ... Compiled 65 stolen bases in three seasons for a team that finished third in the state his sophomore year ... As a football player was an All-Conference and All-Area choice as well as an All-State honorable mention pick ... Holds school records for kick return yardage and for receiving yards in a game and season.
Personal: Born 7/14/88 in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... One of three sons of Martin Hall and Jan O'Callaghan ... Siblings are Scott (23) and Chase (13) ... Father played football and baseball at Dartmouth ... Two of his uncles played football at Davidson and John Carroll, respectively ... Has a cousin that was a 2003 second round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox ... Chose Villanova for its great academic prestige, location near Philadelphia and for the strong athletic programs ... Finance major.
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