John Slone Class: Senior Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio High School: St. Xavier Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Position: Catcher Birthdate: 01/12/1983 Experience: Fourth Season Bats/Throws: R/R

"ohn is one of the premier catchers in the country and will be looked to as a team leader. He has performed consistently for three years and leads by example." Tracy Smith

2005 Appeared in 61 games and started 60 ... tied a single-season career high with 15 doubles ... put together an 11-game hitting streak (March 26-April 8) ... was named to the All-MAC Second Team ... drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 24th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft ... second on the team in runs scored (57) and third in home runs (6) ... was hit by a career-high 16 pitches ... tied for second in the MAC in runs scored (57) ... tied a career high with four RBIs versus Rhode Island (March 18) ... is second all-time at Miami in hits (261) and runs scored (180), is third in doubles (51), fifth in stolen bases (66), sixth in total bases (365) and eighth in RBIs (132).

2004 Named to the Mid-American Conference First-Team as a unanimous selection at catcher ... also earned ABCA All-Mideast Region honors and ABCA All-America Third-Team accolades ... drafted in the 15th round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates ... led Miami with 29 multiple-hit games and was tied for fourth with nine multiple-RBI games ... led the Red and White in batting average (.375), at-bats (240), hits (90) and sacrifices (6) ... his 90 hits are fourth in a single season at Miami ... put together the third-longest hitting streak in MAC history and second in school history by recording a hit in 26 straight games from March 28-May 16 ... named MAC East Division Player of the Week for the first time in his career after going 7-for-15 with a stolen base and two doubles in a three-game set at No. 20 Florida (Feb. 20-22) ... recorded his first career multiple home run contest against Army (March 14) ... in three games (April 14-17) was 8-for-13 with six RBIs, three stolen bases and three doubles to earn his second MAC East Division Player of the Week award ... was a career-best 5-for-5 from the plate with three runs scored against Akron (April 24) ... finished the Akron week (April 21-25) with a .722 average (13-of-18) with seven runs scored to win MAC East Division Player of the Week award for the second straight week.

2003 Named to the All-MAC Second Team and one of three RedHawks on the All-Tournament Team ... led the RedHawks with eight sacrifice bunts, and 27 stolen bases ... his 27 thefts are the fifth highest total in a single-season at Miami ... started 52 games behind the plate and recorded 18 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games ... recorded a team-best 14-game hitting streak from March 12-April 6 ... batted .327 (18-for-55) with 14 runs scored and nine stolen bases during his 14-game hitting streak ... four times this season he has stolen two bases in a game ... hit his only home run of the season at home against Cincinnati (April 15) ... recorded a career-high three RBI's at Buffalo (April 18) ... hit two doubles in a 3-for-4 day at Buffalo (April 20) ... notched a career-high four hits in a 4-for-5, two-RBI game against Northern Illinois (April 27) ... was 7-for-16 with four stolen bases in five games at the MAC Tournament.

2002 Started in 18 games behind the plate and played in 24 overall before breaking his left-hand pinky finger at Indiana (April 9) ... was leading the RedHawks in batting average with a .420 clip at the time of his injury ... recorded his first career hit in his first game at Kentucky (March 1) ... started the season on a six-game hitting streak, batting 11-for-20 with two doubles and a home run ... his first career home run came at Cincinnati (March 7) ... crossed the plate three times against both Cincinnati and Iona (March 10) ... at the time of his injury, he was in the midst of an eight-game hitting streak ... during this eight-game stretch he was batting .538 (14-26) with six RBI, seven runs scored and one home run ... was a perfect 8-for-8 on the basepaths in his first 24 games.

HIGH SCHOOL His team won the Cincinnati City Championship and co-Championship of the Greater Cincinnati South Region in 2001 ... voted team MVP by his teammates after leading them to a 20-5 record ... batted .435 his senior year ... was a first-team Greater Catholic League selection ... led St. Xavier in runs scored, RBI (33), doubles (10) and batting average ... his .435 batting mark is the eighth-highest average in school history.

GENERAL Mother, Ann, graduated from Miami in 1975, and sister, Lauren, in 2003.

PERSONAL Born January 12, 1983 ... son of Ann and John Slone ... majoring in business.