Nick Cadena

	Hometown: Glendale, Ariz.
	High School: Apollo
	Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200

	Position: OF/1B
	Experience: 2V (2002, 04)
	Bats/Throws: Right/Right

2004 (RS-Sophomore): Hit .260 (20-for-77) with four doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI... appeared in 36 games and made 13 starts... 12 of his 13 starts came at designated hitter and one in right field... went 2-for-2 with RBI against No. 2 Stanford before coming out of the game after being hit by a pitch... went 3-for-3 with two runs scored off the bench against Connecticut (2/27)... hit first home run of the season against California (3/20)... hit game-tying home run in seventh inning against Washington (3/28)... went deep at Isotopes Park in 22-4 win over New Mexico... has made 11 starts this season, with 10 coming at DH and one in right field... went 5-for-11 (.455) during season-high three-game hitting streak (3/28-4/4)... went 3-for-21 as a pinch-hitter... batted .344 (11-for-32) with two home runs against left-handed pitching... transferred to Florida International following the 2004 season.

2003 (Sophomore): Played in only five games in 2003 and was 3-for-7 (.429) with a double and an RBI... sprained his ankle in pregame warm-ups against Long Beach State (1/31) and also suffered an ongoing offseason back injury that let him utilize a medical redshirt... played summer baseball with Northern Ohio in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League with teammates Eric Van Slyke and Matt Leaf... named first-team All-Great Lakes League while hitting .306 with Northern Ohio... finished sixth in the league with 23 RBI and tied for first with five home runs... hit a solo home run against Team USA.

2002 (Freshman): A pinch-hitter through much of the first part of the season until starting the last 16 games of the year... raised his batting average from .097 on Apr. 26 to its season-ending mark of .239... was 19-for-61 (.311) with 21 of his 28 RBI and five of his six home runs during that stretch of games... led ASU with two multi-home run games... moved into the starting role when right fielder Andre Ethier broke his right thumb at Notre Dame (4/26)... hit three-run home run at Washington State (4/7) for first career home run in first career start... had two home runs and four RBI vs. New Mexico State (4/30)... had another two home run game and a career-high five RBI vs. USC (5/19)... hit .059 (1-for-17) as a pinch-hitter... was a .333 (13-for-39) hitter with runners in scoring position.

High School: A four-year varsity baseball player at Apollo High School in Glendale, Ariz.... coached by Ray Alonzo... a three-time all-state selection, including a first-team selection his junior and senior seasons... Apollo went a combined 95-35 during his prep career... hit .442 his freshman season while earning all-region honors... named second-team all-state and repeated as an all-region selection while hitting .490 his sophomore year... named first-team all-state and was the Skyline League MVP his junior year while hitting .516... set single-season Apollo records during junior year with 14 home runs and 38 RBI... honorable mention All-American... improved on his records during senior season, earning all-state and All-America honors his senior season... hit 17 home runs, collected 45 RBI and hit .496 his senior season... broke the school record for home runs in a career, set by former Sun Devil and current Los Angeles Dodger Paul Lo Duca... also played football... played summer baseball for Arizona Baseball Academy, helping lead his team to a sixth place showing at the AAU Nationals... Participated in the 2000 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif., and also played in the annual Sunbelt Classic and the Best of the West Showcase.

MLB Draft: Selected in the 42nd round of the 2001 Amateur draft by the Kansas City Royals.

Personal: Majoring in sociology... a maroon and gold scholar... parents are Jack and Candee Samora of Glendale, Ariz... siblings are Jackie (12) and Jacob (10)... also recruited by Pepperdine, Arizona, Pacific and Long Beach State... lists receiving a scholarship to ASU and breaking Bob Horner's Apollo High School record as his most exciting moments in sports... enjoys baseball, church and spending time with his family... worked for the city of Glendale as a recreation events coordinator... currently works at Honey Bears BBQ, commonly known as the best BBQ in the state of Arizona... in high school worked at Baseball Palace Batting Cages... has volunteered with the Special Olympics, Adopt a Family for the Holiday Project and was a student mentor during high school... born Nov. 17, 1982.

Career Stats at ASU:

Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2002....  .239  38-19    92   14   22   2   0   6   28   42  .457   6   1  23   2  .290   1   0   1-1     20   0   1  .952
2003....  .429   5-0      7    2    3   1   0   0    1    4  .571   2   0   1   0  .556   0   0   0-0      1   1   0 1.000
2004....  .260  36-13    77   14   20   4   0   3   12   33  .429   3   2  16   2  .301   1   0   1-1      7   0   1  .875
TOTAL...  .256  79-32   176   30   45   7   0   9   41   79  .449  11   3  40   4  .307   2   0   2-2     28   1   2  .935

Career Highs:

At Bats - 6 - 2x (UConn; 2/29/04)
Runs - 3 - 3x (UNM; 5/18/04)
Hits - 3 - 5x (TUL; 3/13/04)
RBI - 5 (USC; 5/19/02)
BB - 1 - 12x (UNM; 5/18/04)
SB - 1 - 2x (FSU; 2/8/04)
2B - 1 - 7x (PEP; 6/4/04)
HR - 2 - 2x (USC; 5/19/02)
Hit Streak - 4 games

#16 Nick Cadena -- 2004 Game-by-Game

Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 06, 2004 Florida State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Feb 07, 2004 Florida State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Feb 08, 2004 Florida State * 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Feb 13, 2004 vs CS Northridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Feb 14, 2004 vs Utah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Feb 15, 2004 vs Oklahoma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Feb 16, 2004 Gonzaga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Feb 21, 2004 vs Memphis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .100 Feb 27, 2004 Connecticut 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .308 Feb 28, 2004 Connecticut 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Feb 29, 2004 Connecticut * 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Mar 05, 2004 East Carolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Mar 06, 2004 East Carolina 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Mar 12, 2004 Tulane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Mar 13, 2004 Tulane * 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Mar 14, 2004 Tulane * 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Mar 17, 2004 Oklahoma State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Mar 20, 2004 California 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Mar 21, 2004 California * 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .250 Mar 26, 2004 Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Mar 27, 2004 Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Mar 28, 2004 Washington 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Apr 03, 2004 USC * 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Apr 04, 2004 USC * 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Apr 10, 2004 Oral Roberts 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269 Apr 16, 2004 at UCLA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Apr 17, 2004 at UCLA * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Apr 18, 2004 at UCLA * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .241 Apr 23, 2004 at Washington State 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Apr 25, 2004 at Washington State * 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .234 May 18, 2004 at New Mexico 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .239 May 23, 2004 at Arizona 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 May 29, 2004 at Stanford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 May 30, 2004 at Stanford * 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Jun 04, 2004 vs Pepperdine * 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Jun 05, 2004 vs Minnesota * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Totals 13 77 14 20 12 4 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 16 7 0 1 .260

Situation Avg AB H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF vs left............. .344 32 11 7 2 0 2 19 .594 2 0 9 1 .382 0 0 vs right............ .200 45 9 5 2 0 1 14 .311 1 2 7 1 .245 0 1 as leadoff.......... .286 14 4 2 1 0 2 11 .786 0 2 3 0 .375 0 0 with runners........ .244 41 10 9 2 0 0 12 .293 2 0 11 2 .273 0 1 w/runners & 2-out... .100 20 2 2 1 0 0 3 .150 0 0 8 0 .100 0 0 rnrs in scoring pos. .222 27 6 9 2 0 0 8 .296 2 0 6 1 .267 0 1 scoring pos & 2-out. .143 14 2 2 1 0 0 3 .214 0 0 4 0 .143 0 0 bases empty......... .278 36 10 3 2 0 3 21 .583 1 2 5 0 .333 0 0 bases loaded........ .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 .250 0 0 pinch-hitting....... .143 21 3 1 0 0 0 3 .143 2 0 4 0 .217 0 0

Inning Avg AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF 1st................. .333 6 1 2 3 1 0 0 .500 0 0 2 0 .333 0 0 2nd................. .286 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 .571 0 0 1 0 .286 0 0 3rd................. .250 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 .250 0 0 1 1 .250 0 0 4th................. .250 8 1 2 3 1 0 0 .375 0 0 3 0 .222 0 1 5th................. .500 8 2 4 1 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 .556 0 0 6th................. .100 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100 0 1 1 1 .182 0 0 7th................. .300 10 2 3 2 0 0 2 .900 0 1 2 0 .364 0 0 8th................. .250 16 4 4 2 0 0 1 .438 2 0 4 0 .333 0 0 9th................. .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0

#16 Nick Cadena -- 2003 Game-by-Game

Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Jan 16, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jan 17, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jan 18, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Jan 19, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 Jan 26, 2003 San Diego State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .429 Totals 0 7 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .429

Situation Avg AB H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF as leadoff.......... .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 with runners........ .200 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 1 0 1 0 .333 0 0 w/runners & 2-out... .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 rnrs in scoring pos. .250 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 1 0 1 0 .400 0 0 scoring pos & 2-out. .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 bases empty......... 1.000 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 1.500 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 bases loaded........ .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .500 0 0 pinch-hitting....... .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0 .400 0 0

#16 Nick Cadena -- 2002 Game-by-Game

Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Jan 31, 2002 Oregon State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Feb 01, 2002 Southern Utah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Feb 15, 2002 at Florida State 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Feb 16, 2002 at Florida State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Feb 24, 2002 CS Fullerton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Mar 01, 2002 Loyola Marymount 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Mar 10, 2002 Oklahoma State 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Mar 12, 2002 at New Mexico State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Mar 15, 2002 Oklahoma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Mar 16, 2002 Oklahoma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Mar 23, 2002 at Arizona 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Mar 24, 2002 at Arizona 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Mar 29, 2002 Washington * 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Apr 01, 2002 at UNLV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 Apr 06, 2002 at Washington State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Apr 07, 2002 at Washington State * 6 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 Apr 12, 2002 at UCLA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .130 Apr 13, 2002 at UCLA * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .115 Apr 14, 2002 at UCLA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Apr 21, 2002 California 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .107 Apr 24, 2002 at Oklahoma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .103 Apr 26, 2002 at Notre Dame 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .097 Apr 30, 2002 New Mexico State * 4 3 3 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .171 May 10, 2002 at Stanford * 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .179 May 11, 2002 at Stanford * 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .186 May 12, 2002 at Stanford * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .174 May 14, 2002 Portland * 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 May 15, 2002 Portland * 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .204 May 17, 2002 USC * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .193 May 18, 2002 USC * 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .194 May 19, 2002 USC * 5 3 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .224 May 24, 2002 Oregon State * 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 May 25, 2002 Oregon State * 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 May 26, 2002 Oregon State * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241 May 31, 2002 San Diego * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Jun 01, 2002 at Houston * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Jun 01, 2002 at San Diego * 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Jun 02, 2002 Houston * 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Totals 19 92 14 22 28 2 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 23 20 0 1 .239

Situation Avg AB H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF as leadoff.......... .154 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 .154 0 1 3 0 .214 0 0 with runners........ .327 55 18 26 2 0 4 32 .582 5 0 11 2 .377 0 1 w/runners & 2-out... .292 24 7 11 0 0 2 13 .542 2 0 4 0 .346 0 0 rnrs in scoring pos. .333 39 13 24 1 0 3 23 .590 1 0 7 0 .341 0 1 scoring pos & 2-out. .250 20 5 9 0 0 1 8 .400 1 0 3 0 .286 0 0 bases empty......... .108 37 4 2 0 0 2 10 .270 1 1 12 0 .154 0 0 bases loaded........ .571 7 4 8 0 0 0 4 .571 1 0 0 0 .556 0 1 pinch-hitting....... .059 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 .059 1 0 8 0 .111 0 0