Nik Balog #35 1B University of San Francisco Sophomore 1st Season with Team Bats/Throws: L/L Height: 6-3  Weight: 215 Hometown: Saratoga, CA

2009 SEASON: Started 28 and played in 38 games as a freshman... finished the season batting
.336 (36-for-107) with seven doubles, one triple, three homeruns, 21 RBI, 15 runs scored, and
one stolen base... began the season with a nine game hit streak (3/8-3/24) batting .444... doubled
in his collegiate debut versus Gonzaga in the Palm Springs Tournament (3/8)... doubled and drove
in a run at Washington (3/15)... homered on a 2-for-5 day at New Mexico State (3/20)... had
three hits and drove in two the next day (3/21)... doubled versus Gonzaga (3/27)... had two hits
including a double in the final game of the series against GU (3/29)... went 2-for-3 at Sacramento
State (4/14)... stole first career base against Santa Clara (4/19)... homered, doubled, and drove
in three versus Pepperdine (4/24)... homered and doubled again on a 3-for-5 day at then No. 13
Cal Poly (5/2)... finished the series with Cal Poly (5/2-4) batting .583 (7-for-12) with a double,
a homerun, and four RBI... scored twice on a 2-for-5 day at Portland (5/15)... went 2-for-4 with
a double in last game at Portland (5/17).

Before USF: Batted .368 as a senior at Archbishop Mitty High School... had 10 doubles,
four homeruns, and batted in 26... earned First Team All-WCAL and Second Team All-CCS.

PERSONAL: Born in October of 1989 in Los Gatos, CA… son of Steven and Barbara Balog…
cousin Jason Haniger is a catcher for Georgia Tech… goal for the season is to make it to a regional…
chose USF because of the coaches and the city… thinks the best thing about being a student
athlete is the relationships you make… likes the diversity in San Francisco… lists his grandmother
as the most impressive person he has met… favorite movie is Step Brothers… favorite book is The
Alchemist… favorite musical artist is Toby Keith… favorite food is Sushi… hobbies include weight
lifting… majoring in Business Marketing.