University of South Alabama Athletics

2007: Played in 48 games for the Jaguars, starting 42... batted .257 with 17 runs batted in... scored 26 runs... hit safely in 22 contests, including six straight at one point... had more than one hit 10 times, including three on four occasions... drove in a season-high three runs against Mercer and Nicholls State... walked 17 times and was hit five times... was second on the team with six sacrifices.

Mississippi State: Played two years in Starkville for the Bulldogs... redshirted his freshman season (2004) after having shoulder surgery... bounced back in 2005 as he started 45 games, 43 of which came at shortstop... batted .240 with one home run and 13 RBIs... limited in in 2006 as he battled injuries most of the season... played 21 games and hit safely in three of his 10 at-bats.

High School: Lettered four years for head coach Andy Robbins at Saint Paul’s ...Named Alabama Class 5A Player of the Year after batting .504.. Helped the Saints to the Class 5A state title... ripped seven home runs and 22 doubles on his way to being named to the Mobile Press-Register Deadly Diamond First Team... named the Optimist Club Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons.

Personal: Full name is John Brendan Kateon... born August 4, 1984 in Newton, Mass.

Major: Accounting