28 Kevin Bice Class Height Junior 6-1 Position Weight Catcher 200 Bat/Throw Hometown R/R Charlottesville, Va.

      Saw considerable playing time behind the plate in 1999 ... Gained valuable experience while starting 14 of the Hokies' last 19 games at catcher to relieve injured senior Barry Gauch ... Picked up some additional benefit from attending the Bollettieri Sports Academy during the summer ... Is a more complete hitter who is making better contact at the plate ... Possesses a strong arm and all the basic skills to be a solid defensive performer ... Has a solid hold on the starting catching duties for 2000 ...

1998-99: Played in 40 games with 23 starts behind the plate and 16 as the designated hitter ... Batted .281 with 12 doubles and 31 RBIs ... Also added four home runs ... Recorded 10 multiple-hit games ... Played in 16 Atlantic 10 regular-season games, hitting .306 with six doubles and 12 RBIs ... Tallied three hits and scored four times in Tech's home win over High Point ... Drove in four runs and had two home runs to seal an 11-10 win at Radford ... Also had a homer and three RBIs in a 17-7 win against Radford in Blacksburg ... Registered eight multiple-RBI games ... Was named to the All-Tournament team at the NCAA Regional at Winston-Salem after batting .357 with four RBIs and three runs scored ... Spent the summer playing for the The Baseball Academy team in Bradenton, FL ... Joined with Tech teammate Jason Bush to help the team win the American Amateur Baseball Congress World Series in Battle Creek, MI ...

1997-98: Got off to a fast start with three doubles and two home runs in his first 11 at bats ... Hit two doubles at Campbell in his first start ... Drove in four runs with a double and a home run during a win over Radford ... Posted a two-run homer versus Liberty ... Gave Tech a 5-4 win over Howard with a two-out, RBI-single in the last inning ... Contributed three hits and three RBIs in a tie with Indiana State ... Suffered through a 13-game stretch when he managed just two hits in 22 at bats ... Smacked a two-run homer at JMU ... Played in 27 games, 22 as a starter ... Five of his starts came behind the plate ... Hit .247 with 19 RBIs, four doubles and three homers ... Had six multiple-RBI games ...

High School: Hit .476 his senior season at Albemarle High, where he earned three letters as a catcher and shortstop for Coach Jim Garnett ... Earned first-team all-district and all-Central Virginia honors after driving in 18 runs and contributing 11 doubles, two triples and five homers ... Carried a .346 batting average as a junior and a .372 average his sophomore year ... Started all three seasons ... Named to the Western District all-academic team his senior year ...

Personal: Kevin Shane Bice ... Born 11/7/78 in Charlottesville, VA ... Son of Billy and Gloria Bice ... Majoring in residential property management.

	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BAvg	BB	SO	2b	3b	HR	TB	SB-	SBA
1998	27	73	11	18	19	.247	10	24	4	0	3	31	0-	0
1999	40	139	34	39	31	.281	20	37	12	0	4	63	2-	3
Tot.	67	212	45	57	50	.269	30	61	16	0	7	94	2-	3