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Overview - This junior college transfer is the first walk-on to make the UCLA ballclub in the past nine years...Legitimate contender to win playing time behind the plate this season... "He tried out for the team and swung the bat well," head coach Gary Adams said. "He's done a good job."
1999 (Summer) -- Played left field and catcher for the Korean Pre-Olympic Team ...Named league co-MVP and started in league all-star game...Hit .420, tops on the team, with six home runs...Helped team to second place finish.
1999 (As A Sophomore At L.A. Valley College) - Hit .275 with seven homeruns, seven doubles and 32 RBI under coach Chris Johnson.
1998 (At L.A. Valley College) - Redshirted.
1997 (As A Freshman At L.A. Valley College) - Batted .229 with four home runs and 18 runs batted in.
Los Angeles Baptist HS (North Hills, CA) - Lettered for coach Mark Bates in both baseball and football, and also lettered in basketball under coach Maury Neville...Earned first-team all-league and most improved player honors in both football and baseball...In baseball, hit .539 as a senior, the third best average among L.A. Valley players...Knocked in over 50 RBI in the same season, second among valley players as well.
Personal - Turned down an offer to play professionally in Korea...History/Economics major...His parents are Hee Jin and Hee Sook Jung...Full name is Edward Jung...Born on April 30, 1978, in South Korea.
