Lonnie Kauppila Class: Sophomore Hometown: Glendale, CA High School: Burbank HS Height / Weight: 6-0 / 175 Position: IF B/T: R/R

MLB Draft / Summer Ball: Drafted in the 44th round by the Athletics in the 2010 Amateur Draft... playing for the Goldpanners in the 2011 Alaska Summer League, hit .291 over 22 games with 11 runs and six RBIs.

HIGHs: 6 hits at WSU (4/2/11)... 4 RBIs at WSU (4/2/11)... 3 runs v. SMC (3/29/11) at WSU (4/2/11)

As a Freshman in 2011: Starting freshman second baseman in 54 starts of 56 games, as the Cardinal reached the Super Regionals at North Carolina... hit .298 with 24 runs and 25 RBIs with 10 doubles, a triple and one home run... All-Fullerton Regional after team-best five RBIs and 7-for-14 series with three hit games against Kansas State and Illinois...14 multi-hit games... just two errors at second base during regular season (.992) and fielded at a .992 clip on the season overall... three singles at ASU (4/29)... drove in three runs as part of a 3-for-4 night at SCU (4/19) following, two, two-out RBI singles in the eighth and ninth and an RBI double earlier in the game... Collegiate Baseball's national and the Pac-10's Player of the Week on April 4, raising his average from .196 to .364 following a 15-for-20 week with eight runs and six RBIs... 6-for-6 on Saturday at WSU (4/2) with a three-run triple and RBI single... on Friday at WSU went 3-for-4 with a double and a run... ended his week with two hits in series clincher, going 11-for-14 at o WSU... was 4-for-6 with three runs and two RBI singles in a 16-14 win over Saint Mary's (3/29)... 2-for-3 at No. 3 Vandy on Saturday (2/26)... hit a solo shot at Rice and also pushing across a fielder's choice for a run.... two hits an an RBI single at No. 6 Texas (3/5).

High School: Four-year varsity letterman at Burbank High, where he was named the 2009 and 2010 area player of the year ... four-time all-league and all-area selection... 2009 and 2010 All-CIF selection ... as a junior hit .545 with 12 homers, 25 RBIs and 27 runs, while as a senior hit .443 with three homers and 35 runs ... also had 21 steals his final year.

Personal Information: Son of Lonnie and Georgia Kauppila ... has one older brother, Kris, who plays for the University of Portland. Both brothers played together for two years at Cresecent Valley High, Kris at short and Lonnie at third .... major is undeclared.