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Former Golden Eagle Jarrett Hoffpauir Called to up to St. Louis Cardinals
Hoffpauir becomes the 15th former Golden Eagle to play in the major leagues

July 1, 2009

ST. LOUIS - Former Southern Miss All-American infielder Jarrett Hoffpauir was called to the major leagues today as the St. Louis Cardinals promoted him before their game with the San Francisco Giants tonight.

Hoffpauir becomes the 15th former Golden Eagle to play in the major leagues and the second player this season as Brent Leach was also called up to the LA Dodgers in April.

Hoffpauir had spent all of 2009 playing for the Cardinals AAA affiliate in Memphis where he was hitting .276 in 62 games with 31 runs scored including eight doubles, one triple and 10 home runs with only 16 strikeouts in 214 at bats.

He played at Southern Miss from 2002-04 and earned All-American honors in 2004 by USA Today, NCBWA, Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball Magazine. In 2002 he was tabbed as a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball.

In 2004 Hoffpauir was taken in the sixth round by the Cardinals after leading the Golden Eagles with a .405 average, the last Southern Miss player to hit over .400 in a season to go along with 27 doubles, two triples and 11 home runs.

He recorded 109 hits and 92 RBI in 2004, both of which still stand as single season records at Southern Miss.

Even more remarkable was he only struck out eight times in 269 at bats in all of the 2004 season, which led the NCAA.

-southernmiss.com-