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Arizona State: True student of the game ... can play all four infield positions ... tremendous work ethic ... very soft hands defensively.
1999 (Freshman): Took medical redshirt due to wrist injury.
High School: A 1998 graduate of Canyon del Oro High School in Tucson, Ariz. ... three-year letterwinner in baseball, two-year letterwinner in soccer ... captained baseball team in '98 ... coached by Phil Wright (baseball) and Gus Markes (soccer) ... senior year hit .404 with six homeruns and 32 RBI ... junior year hit .415 while starting every game at shortstop for the 5A state champions ... Arizona Daily Star All-Southern Arizona first-team (1998) ... '98 Tucson Citizen All-State baseball first-team ... Tucson Citizen All-Region first-team ... played in Arizona 5A All-Star game (1998) ... named MVP of 5A All-Star game ... '98 Arizona Republic All-Arizona honorable mention ... member of the Senior Sunbelt Classic Arizona Team in 1998 ... graduated in the top five percent of his class ... received the Arizona Board of Regents' Academic Scholarship as well as the ASU Freshman Achievement Scholarship.
Personal: Major is undecided ... parents are Andy and Patricia Grasis of Tucson, Ariz. ... has one brother, Juris (27) and two sisters, Maija (24) and Amanda (22) ... born September 25, 1979, in Tucson ... enjoys camping and fishing ... will be among the third generation of his family to graduate from ASU, including his grandfather, the Honorable Judge Timothy J. Mahoney ... full name is Janis Grasis.
