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AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
Ranked fifth among regulars with a .326 average (57-for-175) • Saw action in 55 games and made 43 starts - 34 in right field and nine in left field • Drove in a career-best 34 runs and equaled a career high with 11 doubles • Also homered twice and had one triple • Scored 31 runs • Posted a .434 slugging percentage • Went 3-for-7 as a pinch hitter and hit .322 with runners in scoring position • Tallied 14 multi-hit games and was fourth on the team with nine multi-RBI games • Had an 11-game hitting streak from April 20 to May 14 • Recorded a .956 fielding percentage • Tied a career-high with four hits versus Winthrop May 10 • Went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and three runs scored versus Seton Hall Feb. 18 • Roped three doubles versus Towson March 22 • Had three-hit games in ACC play versus both Virginia and Wake Forest • Also added three hits against Birmingham Southern • Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI against UNC Wilmington Feb. 22 • Came off the bench to homer in a 5-4 win over Georgia Tech May 19 • Hit safely in all three games of the NC State series. Summer 2005: Played with the Fayetteville SwampDogs of the Coastal Plain League • Hit .218 in 26 games • Drove in 12 runs and stole six bases.
AS A FRESHMAN (2004)
Finished the season third among Tar Heel regulars with a .329 batting average (55-for-167) • Played in 58 games and made 44 starts, mostly in left field • Also had three homers, 11 doubles and 24 RBI • Was second on the team with a .429 on-base percentage and fourth with a .461 slugging percentage • Batted .405 (17-for-42) with runners in scoring position • Was fourth on the team with 17 multi-hit games, including three games with three or more hits • Named ACC Co-Player of the Week on April 12 after hitting .533 with two homers and eight RBI in a four-game stretch • Went 2-for-3 with three RBI against Charlotte on April 7 before going 2-for-3 with a homer and three more RBI at Georgia Tech on April 9 • Also homered against the Yellow Jackets on April 11 • Went 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI against Gardner-Webb on February 25, his second collegiate start • Was 4-for-5 with a season-best four runs scored against St. Francis (N.Y.) on March 7 • Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored against St. Francis (N.Y.) on March 8 • Also scored three times against Maryland on May 8. Summer 2004: Played with Fayetteville of the Coastal Plain League and batted .301 with two homers, 10 doubles and a team-best 32 RBI.
SMITHFIELD-SELMA HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at shortstop for Smithfield-Selma High School • Earned all-state honors as a senior • Batted .623 as a senior to rank fourth all-time in North Carolina prep history • Also drove in 51 runs to rank eighth on the state's single-season list • Posted 129 runs batted in over his prep career to rank fourth in state history • Three-time all-conference selection • Named Most Valuable Hitter in the 2001 Continental Amateur Baseball Association • Led team to '01 CABA 16 and Under Ultimate Age Division World Series title • Also played two years of football and wrestled for one year in high school • Spent the summer of 2003 playing with Johnston County American Legion.
PERSONAL
Lloyd Jehu Cox Jr. is the son of Kathy and Lloyd Cox • Born Oct. 30, 1984, in Smithfield, N.C. • Has an older sister, Melissa • Majoring in management and society • Favorite movie is "For the Love of the Game" • Lists favorite video game as MVP 2005 • Favorite team is Atlanta Braves and favorite player is Chipper Jones • Lists favorite food as steak and taters • Talents include deer hunting and fishing.
COX'S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
YEAR G-GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR Slg SB BB SO Avg
2004 58-44 167 44 55 24 11 1 3 .461 6-8 28 34 .329
2005 55-43 175 31 57 34 11 1 2 .434 4-4 14 35 .326
Totals 113-87 342 75 112 58 22 2 5 .447 10-12 42 69 .327
