Player Bio: Ty Rasmussen - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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PERSONAL
Born in Tacoma, Wash. ... son of Troy and Kandi Rasmussen ... has a younger sister, Kylie ... a general studies major.
WASHINGTON
2008 (Sophomore) - The UW's regular designated hitter, starting 36 games there during the season ... opened the season on fire at the plate ... after an 0-for-4 in the opener, had multiple hits in each of his next six games ... went 2-for-5 Feb. 23 (game two) vs. UC Riverside ... on Feb. 25, went 2-for-5 with a homer .. after a 2-for-4 game vs. Lewis-Clark State, went 9-for-14 over the three-game series at Pacific, including a 3-for-5 in the first game and a 4-for-5 in the second ... 1-for-3 with a homer March 22 vs. Utah Valley ... 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles March 22 vs. Portland ... 1-for-3 with a two-run homer April 10 vs. BYU ... 6-for-9 with two three-hit games in two games at Gonzaga ... had two hits in each of his last two games of the season, May 20 vs. Lewis-Clark State and May 25 vs. Stanford ... played summer ball for the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaska League. 2007 (RS-Freshman) - Named honorable mention All-Pac-10 in his first season as a Husky ... played in 52 games, starting 48 ... started 34 games at designated hitter and 14 more in left field ... 2-for-4 with first Husky home run and three RBI Feb. 27 vs. Portland ... solo homer in the seventh inning was the only run of a 1-0 win over UC Irvine on March 3 ... 3-for-7 with a home run in two starts vs. Southern Utah ... drove in the winning run with an 11th-inning single in the 6-5 win over Pacific on March 10 ... was 3-for-6 in that game ... went 3-for-3 with four RBI in the March 24 win at Washington State despite not entering the game until the sixth inning ... provided the UW with its first lead with a fourth-inning homer in the April 7 win at UCLA, finishing that game 2-for-4 with a double and a home run ... two-run home run April 11 at BYU ... hit a first-inning, three-run homer off of UC Riverside All-American James Simmons in the Huskies' 8-2 win on April 13 ... had two doubles the following day and went 6-for-9 with four runs and four RBI in UC Riverside series sweep ... homered April 20 vs. USC and went 4-for-9 in series vs. the Trojans ... 2-for-5 with five runs scored in two-game series vs. Portland May 8-9 ... 3-for-5 with two solo homers May 12 at Stanford ... also had two hits the following day vs. the Cardinal ... 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI May 26 vs. California ... played summer ball briefly for the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaska Baseball League before missing the rest of the summer to recover from a wrist injury suffered during the college season ... hit .297 with two homers and 11 RBI in 37 at bats for the Miners.
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
Attended Louisiana-Lafayette as a scholarship baseball player in 2005-06, but redshirted the baseball season due to shoulder surgery.
ENUMCLAW HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three varsity letters at Enumclaw under coach Dan Hennessey ... a two-time All-SPSL North first-teamer ... captained team as a junior and senior ... as a senior in 2005, batted .475 with a league-leading 1.100 slugging percentage ... hit seven homers and four doubles in 16 division games ... played summer ball for Taylor Baseball and was named Taylor's all-time right fielder ... attended White River High as a freshman ... had a 3.96 grade point average in high school.
TY RASMUSSEN'S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-A 2007 .308 52-48 172 35 53 5 0 10 35 88 .512 30 10 43 .437 1 0 1-1 2008 .291 46-36 151 25 44 9 0 3 19 62 .411 13 5 32 .363 2 0 1-1 2009 .328 17-13 50 4 11 1 0 3 5 21 .420 7 2 15 .339 0 0 0-0 TOTAL .290 115-97 373 64 108 15 0 6 59 171 .458 50 17 90 .395 3 0 2-2
