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Zunino’s Honors
 
2012 Johnny Bench Award
 
2012 Dick Howser Trophy
 
2012 Golden Spikes Award Finalist
 
2012
 Baseball America
Player of the Year
 
2012 Consensus First-Team All-American
 
2011 SEC Player of the Year
 
Gainesville Regional Team (2010, ’11, ’12)
 
First-Team All-SEC (2011, 2012)
 
SEC All-Defensive Team (2011, 2012)
 
Louisville Slugger National Player of theWeek (March 12)
 
College Baseball 360 Primetime Player of the Week (March 14, Southeast Region)
 
College Baseball Insider Player of the Week (Feb. 27-March 4, 2012)
 
National All-Star Lineup (March 13, 2012)
 
2011 Johnny Bench Award Finalist
 
2011 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
 
2011 Golden Spikes Award Watch List
News Release
SAFECO FIELD • P.O. BOX 4100 • SEATTLE, WA • 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 FAX: • 206.346.4400 • www.mariners.com
For Immediate ReleaseTuesday, July 3, 2012
MARINERS SIGN FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK MIKE ZUNINO
Zunino was named the 2012 College Baseball Player of the Year 
SEATTLE, Wash. –
Catcher
Mike Zunino
, the No. 3 overall selection inthe 2012 June Major League Baseball Draft, has signed a professionalcontract with the Seattle Mariners, Executive Vice President & GeneralManager
Jack Zduriencik
and Director of Amateur Scouting
TomMcNamara
announced today.
Zunino
, 21, was a consensus first-team All-American, the Dick HowserTrophy recipient and
Baseball America’s 
College Player of the Year during his junior season at the University of Florida.He is also one of three finalists for the Golden Spikes Award that will be presented Friday live on the MLB Network.As a junior in 2012 he won the Gators Triple Crown, leading the team inbatting average (.322), RBI (67) and home runs (19). He helped leadFlorida to their third consecutive trip to the College World Series with a47-20 record.“Mike is a sturdy, blue-collar, talented defensive receiver with extra-base offensive potential,” McNamara said.“He is a winning player, and will be a good fit with the Mariners. We are excited to have him join ourorganization and working his way towards being part of our Major League club in the future.”Zunino hit .327 (224x685) with 58 doubles, 47 home runs and 175 RBI in 193 career games at Florida. TheGators advanced to the College World Series in each of his three seasons in Gainesville, combining for animpressive 147-56 (.724) record
 
. In addition to being named a two-time All-SEC Selection and All-SECDefensive Team, he was also a Freshman All-American in 2010.Zunino graduated from Mariner High School in Coral Gables, Fla. He was selected first team All-State in Class5A his senior year after hitting .464 with 43 hits, 37 RBI, 12 home runs and 9 doubles. Mike was drafted byOakland in the 30
th
round of the 2009 June Draft, but elected to attend Florida.Mike’s father, Greg, is a scout for the Cincinnati Reds.
ZUNINO’s UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CAREER
YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP
2010 Florida .267 55 176 31 47 83 7 1 9 41 4 4 5 9 38 8 3 .472 .3142011 Florida .371 72 264 75 98 178 23 0 19 67 2 2 3 32 52 7 2 .674 .4422012 Florida .322 66 245 53 79 164 28 0 19 67 0 11 5 31 47 9 1 .669 .394
Florida Totals .327 193 685 159 224 425 58 1 47 175 6 17 13 72 137 24 6 .620 .393
Here’s a look at the Mariners first picks in the June draft through the years:
1977 Dave Henderson, of (26th)1978 Tito Nanni, of (6th)1979 Al Chambers, of (1st)1980 Darnell Coles, ss (6th)1981 Mike Moore, rhp (1st)1982 Spike Owen, ss (6th)1983 Darrel Akerfelds, rhp (2nd)1984 Bill Swift, rhp (2nd)1985 Mike Campbell, rhp (7th)1986 Patrick Lennon, ss (8th)1987 Ken Griffey Jr., of (1st)1988 Tino Martinez, 1b (14th)1989 Roger Salkeld, rhp (3rd)1990 Marc Newfield, 1b (6th)1991 Shawn Estes, lhp (11th)1992 Ron Villone, lhp (14th)1993 Alex Rodriguez, ss (1st)1994 Jason Varitek, c (14th)1995 Jose Cruz Jr., of (3rd)1996 Gil Meche, rhp (22nd)1997 Ryan Anderson, lhp (19th)1998 Matt Thornton, lhp (22nd)1999 Ryan Christianson, c (11th)2000 Sam Hays, lhp (116th)2001 Michael Garciaparra, ss (36th)2002 John Mayberry, of (28th)2003 Adam Jones, ss (37th)2004 Matt Tuiasosopo, ss (93rd)2005 Jeff Clement, c (3rd)2006 Brandon Morrow, rhp (5th)2007 Phillippe Aumont, rhp (11th)2008 Josh Fields, rhp (20th)2009 Dustin Ackley, 1b/of (2nd)2010 Taijuan Walker, rhp (43rd)2011 Danny Hultzen, lhp (2nd)
2012 Mike Zunino, c (3rd)
 -- Complete 2012 Draft Selection on Page 2 --
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