FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

COULIE SELECTED BY ANAHEIM IN NINTH ROUND OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMATEUR DRAFT

LEWISTON, Maine -- Bates College center fielder Jason Coulie of Manchester, N.H., has been selected in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Coulie was taken by the Anaheim Angels with the 260th overall selection in the draft.

Coulie, a four-year letter-winner, is Bates' all-time leader in hits (123), home runs (21) and total bases (213), while ranking in the top three in five other offensive categories. He is a two-time All-Conference selection in baseball by the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and a second-team All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) selection in 2000. He was also an All-NESCAC wide receiver for the Bobcat football team and is a member of two school-record relay teams as a member of the track and field teams. Coulie graduated from Bates May 29 with a bachelor of science degree in English.

Coulie was the fourth Division III player taken in the draft and the fifth from New England to be chosen. The draft consists of 50 rounds with as many as 1,500 players selected.

Full results of the 2000 Major League Baseball amateur draft are available via the web at http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com.

STATISTICS FOR JASON COULIE

BASEBALL
* 4-year letter winner, 3 year starter in center field, also pitched.
* Career Top 10: H - 1st (123); HR - 1st (21); TB - 1st (213); GP - 2nd
(95); SB - T2nd (42); AB - T2nd (314); RBI - 3rd (78); BA (min. 100 AB) -
3rd (.392); R - 7th (72); 2B - T7th (21).    
* Single Season Top 10: TB - T1st (70 - 2000), 2nd (66 - 1998); GP - 2nd
(27 - 2000); H - 2nd (39 - 2000); HR - T2nd (8 - 1998), 5th (7 - 2000); SB
- 2nd (20 - 2000), T6th (15, 1999);  SLG% (min. 50 AB) - 3rd (.795 -
1998), 8th (.745 - 2000); AB - 6th (94 - 2000).
* Two-time All-New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
second team outfielder.
* 1-3, 2 SV in 14 career relief pitching appearances.

FOOTBALL
* 4-year participant, 3-year letter winner and starter at wide receiver.
* All-NESCAC WR as a senior.
* Records held: Receptions, game (12 vs. Hamilton, 1998; vs. Wesleyan,
1999); Receptions, season (63, 1999); Receiving Yards, season (852, 1999);
Punt returns, season (23, 1999); Longest reception (84 yards, 11/13/00 at
Hamilton).
* Second on career receptions, receiving yards list.
* Also long-snapper on special teams for past three seasons.
* Injured on first offensive play of rookie season (1996).

TRACK AND FIELD
* One of two athletes to earn four varsity letters (football, baseball,
indoor and outdoor track) at Bates in a single academic year (Frank Vana
'61).
* All-New England performer in the pentathlon during 2000 indoor track and
field season.
* Member of two school-record relay teams: sprint medley relay (indoors)
and 4-by-100 meters (outdoors).

For more information on Bates baseball, please visit our Web site at http://www.bates.edu/sports/baseball.html.