15  Jacob Dean
	Class: Senior Hometown: St. Joe, MO Last College: Kansas City CC Height / Weight: 5-9 / 198 Position: Infielder Experience: TR

Officially signed with the Pirate program 11/16/04 (early period).

At KCKCC
Finished two-year stint at KCKCC with a .321 average, while hitting 23 homeruns and collecting 128 RBI ... Started 108 consecutive games at third base while being named an allconference performer twice ... As a sophomore, was named NJCAA honorable mention All- America, first-team ABCA and Rawlings NJCAA I All-Region and all-district team... Awarded KCKCC Male Athlete-of-the-Year honors in 2005 ... Led the Blue Devils in homeruns (13), RBI (78), doubles (21) and slugging percentage (.704) while hitting .391 ... As a junior, led the team in homeruns (10) and RBI (50) ... Member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society.

At Lafayette High School
Earned 10 letters in three sports (baseball-4, football-3 and wrestling- 3) for the Irish ... Three-time all-conference, all-district and all-city performer ... Named all-state as a junior and senior ... As a senior, he batted .574 and was named the Missouri Wendy's Heisman Award winner ... Earned all-conference honors as a punter and linebacker ... Was a threetime state qualifier in wrestling, placing second and fifth ... Four-year Academic Pin Winner ... Named to the Honor Roll all four years ... Member of the Lampions Honors Society ... Graduated 8th out of 198 students in his senior class.

Personal
Full name is Jacob Dean ... Born October 24, 1984 in St. Joseph, Mo. ... Son of Art and Brenda Dean ... Has an older brother (Thad) ... Intended major is physical education.