San Diego Athletics

Junior in 2004: Played in 17 games and made two starts... Started at first base against Nebraska (3-12-04) at San Diego[apos]s new downtown stadium Petco Park... Also started as the DH at Cal State Northridge (1-31-04)... Was used primarily as a pinch-hitter and defensive replacement... Registered 17 at-bats and drove in three runs.

Sophomore in 2003: Went on an offensive tear during an 11-game mid-year stretch... Went 16-for-42 (.380 BA) over that span, all starts... Rattled off a string of five consecutive multi-hit games... Went 3-for-5 at USC (3-18-03)... During a three-game series with Portland, Hesselgesser went 8-for-15 with three RBI and 3 doubles... Went on to bang out three hits against nationally ranked Cal State Fullerton (3-25-03)... Worked his way into the everyday lineup... Played second base, third base and DH... Held an average as high as .472 after that three-hit performance against Cal State Fullerton (3-25-03)... In the third and final game of a three game home series with Pepperdine (4-6-03), Hesselgesser went down with an injury legging out a ground ball and would make just nine more plate appearances on the year... Overall finished the year with a .338 batting average in 68 at-bats.

Freshman in 2002: Excellent defensive player... Played in nine games during San Diego[apos]s Championship season of 2002... Registered six at-bats.

Prep: Attended Westlake High School in Westlake, California... Named the Marmonte League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior and hit for a .405 average... Led Westlake to a 26-7 record as a senior and a 24-4 record as a junior... Named All-Marmonte League and All-County as a senior... Coached by Chuck Berrington at Westlake.

Personal: Chose USD for the atmosphere and the baseball program... Born on October, 22 1983 in Thousand Oaks, California... Son of Robert and Jane Hesselgesser.