UNLV: Is in his fourth season with the program ... Makes the move to the outfield after spending the majority of his time in the infield ... A dangerous switch-hitter with pop from both sides of the plate ... A versatile athlete, which should help his transition to the outfield ... Could also see time at DH.
2009: Played in 51 games and made 49 starts ... Started 34 games at third base ... Sixth on the team with a .340 batting average, collecting 65 hits, including four home runs, four triples and seven doubles, while driving in 35 runs and scoring 35 times, all of which were career highs ... Posted 20 multi-hit games, including seven with three or more hits ... Matched his career high with four hits in five trips to the plate at New Mexico on May 3, a game in which he scored three times, drove in two runs and also walked twice ... Drove in a career-high four runs at Air Force on April 25 ... Drew a career-high three walks against Cal State Northridge on April 28 ... Scored three times and also drove in three runs in that game against the Matadors.
2008: Played in 41 games, making 27 starts, with most of those coming at shortstop ... Hit .277 (31-112) with two home runs and 15 RBI ... Had six multi-hit games ... His first career home run was a walk-off solo shot with two outs in the bottom of the ninth that gave UNLV a 7-6 win over TCU on March 29 ... Had a career game at home against San Diego State on April 19, collecting four hits and three RBI, including a game-tying, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth ... Drove in two runs in a game four times and had six multi-hit games ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a pair of runs scored against New Mexico on May 10.
2007: Appeared in 18 games for the Rebels, making five starts as a rookie ... Collected five hits in 22 at-bats (.227) ... Drove in six runs, including two against Arizona (2/25) and Cal Poly (3/10) ... Hit a double in the game against the Wildcats for his only extra-base hit of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of St. Bernard HS in Playa Del Ray, Calif. ... Lettered all four years for the Vikings as an infielder ... Earned first team all-league honors as a sophomore and second team honors as a senior.
PERSONAL: Jarred Ahmad Frierson was born on March 23, 1987, in Los Angeles, CA ... The son of Michael and Diane Frierson ... Has one brother, Michael ... Father played for the Seattle Mariners ... Majoring in sport management and physical education.
Frierson[apos]s Career Statistics
Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO
2009 .340 51-49 191 35 65 7 4 4 35 92 23 36
2008 .277 41-27 112 15 31 4 0 2 15 41 6 17
2007 .227 18-5 22 2 5 1 0 0 6 6 1 1
Total .311 110-81 325 42 101 12 4 6 56 139 30 54
