Wesley Borden Class: Junior Hometown: State College, Pa. High School: State College Area Height / Weight: 6-2 / 225 Position: C Birthdate: 02/20/1987 B/T: L/R

On Borden: Strong left-handed hitter who should handle some of the catching duties this season ... Knows how to get on base and is still developing as a power hitter ... Has great upside after showing tremendous improvement through his first two years ... Solid receiver with good knowledge of the game.

Career: Spent his first two collegiate seasons serving as a backup and weekday starter to Andy Wendle and Jim Gillin ... Has played in 41 games with 12 starts over two years ... Career .259 hitter with a .457 on-base percentage ... 15-for-58 at the plate with 15 walks and seven times being hit by a pitch ... Scored seven runs while driving in 16 ... Has two doubles and a home run ... Owns a .979 fielding percentage behind the plate.

2007: Showed his value as a backup catcher and dangerous bat off the bench ... Appeared in 29 games with eight starts ... Hit .256 (11-for-43) with nine walks ... Hit by a pitch nine times and had a .441 on-base percentage ... Drove in 13 runs, scored four times and had two doubles and a home run ... Went 3-for-11 with a walk, hit by pitch, double and four RBI in pinch-hitting appearances ... .273 average and .385 on-base percentage in those situations ... Delivered a pinch-hit two-run single in eighth inning comeback against Norfolk State in season's opening weekend ... Three games later drilled a two-run double as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning against Alabama.

2006: Played in 12 games and made four starts while serving as a backup at catcher ... Totaled 22 plate appearances and reached base in half of them ... Batted .267 (4-for-15) while drawing six walks and being hit by a pitch ... Had three runs scored and three RBI ... Compiled a .973 fielding percentage behind the plate.

State College Area High School: Three-year letterwinner ... Team co-captain as a senior ... MAC All-Conference selection and CPL Second Team pick ... Recipient of the Ralph Montressor Award ... Preseason All-American selection by the Baseball Factory ... Batted .410 during high school career and set school's record for number of times hit by a pitch ... At the Penn State winter camp ran a 7.3 60-yard dash ... Member of the school's high honor roll every semester ... Faculty scholar.

Personal: Born 2/20/87 in Madison, Wisc. ... Older of two sons of Curtis and Pranom Borden ... Has a younger brother Austin (17) ... Played against current Wildcat teammate Ryan Arcadia in high school ... Chose Villanova because of its strong academic reputation and strong in-state rivalries ... Sociology major.