Arizona's Shelley Duncan shows his power form at the plate. He leads the team with 15 home runs. Arizona's Shelley Duncan (18) hits a home run during the bottom of the sixth inning at Frank Sancet Field on April 9, 1999. Photo by Val Cañez / Tucson Citizen

Arizona's Shelley Duncan (18) celebrates with the team after he hit a home run during a game against St. Mary's on Jan. 21, 2000. Photo by Sergey Shayevich / Arizona Daily Star

8. Shelley Duncan, outfielder 

Years at UA: 1999-2001

Career stats:

• .322 average

• 55 home runs

• 186 RBI

• 140 runs

• 26 doubles

• 2 triples

• 8 stolen bases

Accomplishments:

• First-team All-American (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, The Sporting News)

• First-team Freshman All-American (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball)

• One-time national player of the week

• UA career (55), season (24), game (3, tied), freshman (20) and career ratio (10.35) home run records

• UA freshman RBI (68), extra base hits (33), slugging percentage (.640) and total bases (135) records 


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