Bryan Steed

Position:
2nd Base
Height:
5-8
Weight:
179
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Atlanta, GA
High School:
Marist

AS A JUNIOR (2006)
Saw action in 57 games and made 43 starts, mostly at second base • Hit .265 (39-for-147) with a career-best 20 RBI • Added two home runs and nine doubles • Also scored 30 runs • Tallied 11 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games • Had a season-best four-game hit streak from April 5-9 • Hit .340 with runners in scoring position and .333 with runners on base • Hit two home runs and drove in eight runs in ACC play • Homered against Miami April 7 and Duke April 28 • Had a career-best four hits in the first game of a doubleheader against Seton Hall Feb. 19 • Went 3-for-4 with a season-best four RBI against Davidson April 5 • Also had three hits against Wake Forest March 10 and UNC Greensboro May 16 • Had five hits in the series at Miami April 7-9 • Served as Carolina's Academic Team Captain.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
Played in 35 games and made six starts - five at second base and one at third base • Hit .268 (15-for-56) • Scored five runs and drove in nine runs • Had three doubles • Hit .375 as a pinch hitter and tied for team lead with six pinch hits • Hit .308 with runners in scoring position • Had a season-high two hits against Towson March 22 • Drove in two runs against both Birmingham Southern Feb. 27 and at Florida State May 15 • Lifted the Tar Heels to a 6-5 win over Gardner-Webb with a bases-loaded single in the ninth March 2. Summer 2005: Played for the Atlanta Yankees of the Stan Musial League.

AS A FRESHMAN (2004)
Batted .252 (26-for-143) in 54 games • Made 43 starts, mostly at second base • Scored 21 runs and drove in 17 • Had one homer and six doubles • Led the team with five sacrifice bunts • Hit .326 versus lefties • Batted .385 at the NCAA Columbia Regional • Had two hits against both South Carolina and The Citadel on June 5 • Had seven multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games • Best game at the plate came in the 20-2 win over Duke in the ACC Tournament • Went 3-for-5 against the Blue Devils with two doubles and a career-best five RBI • Hit lone home run of the season against Appalachian State on March 2, his second collegiate game • Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Florida State on March 27 • Was 2-for-4 and drove in two runs at Wake Forest on April 2 • Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Summer 2004: Played with the Atlanta Yankees of the Stan Musial League.

THE MARIST SCHOOL
Three-year starter at shortstop and third base for The Marist School in Atlanta • Led Marist to state titles as a junior and senior • Team captain as a senior • Earned all-region honors in 2002 • Played for Junior Team Georgia in 2002, winning the Junior Sunbelt Classic in Oklahoma • Earned all-tournament team honors at the event • Voted most athletic in his senior class • Also a three-year starter in football at running back and defensive back • Earned two-way player honors form the DeKalb Touchdown Club • Honor Roll student • Active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Young Life and Habitat for Humanity • Spent the summer of 2003 playing with the Atlanta Yankees of the Stan Musial League.

PERSONAL

Bryan Richard Steed is the son of Malinda and Dick Steed • Born March 28, 1984, in Dallas, Texas • Majoring in economics at Carolina • Has an older sister, Lauren, and a younger sister, Kelly • Father played baseball at Georgia Tech from 1970-73 • Favorite movie is "Christmas Vacation" • Favorite athlete is teammated Matt Danford • Member of Athletes in Action and the Carolina Leadership Academy at UNC • Modeled his game after Frank Thomas - "The Big Hurt."

STEED'S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS

YEAR    G-GS     AB R    H RBI 2B 3B HR    Slg    SB BB SO Avg
2004    54-43   143 21 36 17 6   0   1   .315    2-4 20 21 .252
2005    35-6     56 5   15 9   3   0   0   .321    0-0 3 13 .268
2006    57-43   147 30 39 20 9   0   2   .367    4-4 15 25 .265
Totals 146-92 346 56 90 46 18 0   3   .338    6-8 38 59 .260