4  Jake Valles
	Class: Senior Hometown: El Paso, Texas High School: El Paso Hanks Last College: Northwestern State Height / Weight: 6-1 / 190 Position: INF

NORTHWESTERN STATE
Prior to playing at Northwestern State, he played two seasons under Ken Jacome at El Paso Community College…led Northwestern State to the Southland Conference Championship in 2001…was an all-conference selection….tallied a .360 batting average and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage…coached by John Cohen

SCHOOL
A May 1998 graduate of El Paso Hanks High School…played baseball, cross country and football…led his baseball team to a District 2-5A Championship as well as a Bi-District Championship…was an all-city selection in baseball and an all-city pick in football…was a member of the National Honor Society and wrote for the school newspaper

PERSONAL
Born on June 12, 1980 in El Paso, Texas to parents Alex and Emily Valles…father Alex works for Southwestern Bell and mother Emily is a teacher and a graduate of UTEP…has two sisters…Angelica and Alexandria…enjoys playing golf and Playstation

GETTING TO KNOW JAKE
He chose Texas Tech because “it’s a great school and they have a great baseball team”…the most famous person he has ever met is “Wade Boggs”…his role model is “my father”…if I could play another sport at Texas Tech it would be “golf”…the best thing about being a Red Raider is “the groovy fans”…my most prized possession is “my rock collection”…if I won the lottery I would “go crazy and do nothing”