Cory Wine Class: Senior Hometown: Stillwater, Okla. High School: Stillwater Height / Weight: 6-5 / 210 Position: 1B Experience: JR B/T: L/L

Last year as a sophomore, Cory hit for the power that the coaching staff had been expecting from him since he got to Penn State. That came a year after he hit for average as a freshman but did not quite have all the power as he adjusted to the college game. This year, as a junior, he will look to put both the power and the average together and have a breakout season that should lead to big numbers and his name being called on draft day, not to mention potential All-Conference, All-Region and All-American honors. A mainstay in the lineup and at first base for the last two years, the son of the head coach will once again be the same this year as he figures to have plenty of RBI opportunities hitting next to Joe Blackburn in the middle of the lineup. After hitting .306 as a freshman, his average dipped a bit last year but he co-led the team in home runs with five, including one of the most clutch and momentum-swinging home runs of the year against Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament. After Penn State had squandered a three-run lead by giving up three unearned runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to the host Wolverines, Wine came right back in the top of the tenth and hit a solo home run to put the Nittany Lions right back up and ultimately knock out Michigan from the tournament.

Summer 2007: Started the summer with the McKinney Marshals of the Texas Collegiate League and played in just four games, going 3-for-11....Finished the summer with the Petersburg Generals of the Coastal Plains League, where he was teammates with Mike Lorentson and Seth Whitehill....Hit .298 for the Generals in 17 games with six doubles, three RBI, a .404 slugging percentage and a .359 on-base percentage,

2007 (Sophomore): Started all but one game at first base....Tied for first on the team in home runs with five....Second on the team in triples (4)....Led the team in walks (29)....Tied for fifth in hits (52) and tied for fourth in extra-base hits (14)....Fourth on the team in RBI (26)....Broke his own school single season record for putouts he set as a freshman of 419 and recorded 521....Moved up to fourth place in career putouts with 940 and should break the record sometime in 2008....A solid defensive first baseman, he had a .982 fielding mark....Drew walks in five straight games from March 4 - March 13....Reached base safely in 49 of his 56 games played....Was the only regular starter on the team that did not ground into a double play all year.
Game-by-Game Highlights: Hit in the first six games of the season, with one multiple-hit game vs. Kansas State (2-17) in which he went 2-for-4....Recorded a career-high 17 putouts in back-to-back games vs. North Carolina (3-3 and 3-4)....Went 2-for-3 with his first collegiate home run at Wichita State (3-9)....Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and drew two walks in the middle game vs. Wichita State (3-10)....Hit his second home run of the spring break trip and of the year and did it in his home state vs. Oral Roberts (3-16) as he went 2-for-6 with a pair of RBI and a double in addition to the round-tripper....Went 2-for-2 with a run i the win over Minnesota (3-31)....Collected two hits in three straight games vs. Bucknell (4-3), Kent State (4-4) - game in which he went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI, and vs. Iowa (4-6)....Went 6-for-16 in the Michigan State series (4-14 - 4-16)....Had a 3-for-4 performance in the third game of the MSU series (4-15)....Hit a three-run home run to give Penn State the lead after it had fallen behind Northwestern in the third inning of the final game of that series (4-22) and went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs in that game....Went 2-for-3 in the second game of the Purdue series (5-5)....Hit .353 (6-for-17) in the series at Michigan (5-12 - 5-13)....Went 2-for-3 and scored a career-high three runs in the third game vs. Michigan (5-13)....Followed that up with a 3-for-6 performance with three RBI in the final game of the UM series (5-13)....Hit his fourth home run of the year, a line shot into the right field bleachers vs. Ohio State (5-19), becoming the first Penn State player to hit a home run into the right field bleachers at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park....Drove in two runs with a two-run triple against Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament (5-24) and then scored the tying run to help Penn State rally back from a 3-0 deficit in a win....Went 2-for-5 with three RBI, including another two-run triple and the eventual game-winning home run in the top of the 10th inning in the win over Michigan (5-25) in the Big Ten Tournament.

"Cory is now a three-year starter for us at first base and continues to get better. He is a quiet leader who comes to the park ready to play and knows what is expected of him. He has done a good job of leading by example and by working with some of our younger players. We anticipate a big year from Cory." From the Coaches' Suite

Summer 2006: Played for the McKinney Marshals of the Texas Collegiate League, where he was a teammate of Scott Gaffney and Matt Cavagnaro....Helped lead the Marshals to the TCL Championship....Played in 30 games, getting 19 hits in 92 at bats....Scored seven runs, had five doubles and eight RBI.

2006 (Freshman): Started 53 of 56 games at first base as a true freshman, and played in 54....Led the team in putouts (419), setting a school record for most putouts in a single season, and was third in batting average (.306), one of four players to hit over .300 on the year....Second on the team in doubles (14) and tied for second in triples (2)....Fifth in total bases (75), fourth in slugging percentage (.403)....Hit in the seventh spot in the order for most of the season (40 times) but also hit in the fifth and sixth spots as well as the cleanup spot once....Tied for third on the team in multiple-hit games (17) and multiple-RBI games (6)....Had an eight-game hitting streak from April 8-April 21, including five multiple-hit games during the streak....Had four straight multi-hit games from April 9-15....Raised his average 60 points from .265 to a season-high .325 during his hitting streak....Hit .330 over his final 29 games of the year after hitting just .275 in his first 24 contests.
Game-by-Game Highlights: Collected his first career multi-hit game with a 2-for-4 performance at East Carolina (2-24)....Went 3-for-5 with a double and his first stolen base vs. West Virginia (2-26)....Went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run, a double and a triple vs. Bowling Green (3-4)....Had his second triple of the year while going 1-for-4 with a run vs. Sacred Heart (3-5)....Went 2-for-5 with a run and his second stolen base vs. Bethune-Cookman (3-10)....Went 2-for-3 vs. Furman (3-18)....Went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI and runs at Minnesota (4-1)....Drew two walks and scored a run vs. Pittsburgh (4-5)....Went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the series finale vs. Iowa (4-9)....Was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run vs. Duquesne (4-12)....Went 3-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI in the series opener vs. Michigan State (4-14)....Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs in the second game vs. the Spartans (4-15)....Went 2-for-5 with two RBI in the series finale vs. Michigan State (4-16)....Hit .471 (8-for-17) in the Michigan State series (4-14 - 4-16)....Recorded a career high 14 putouts in the first game of the Northwestern series (4-21)....Became the first Penn State player since 2003 to have three doubles in a game when he went 4-for-5 with three two-baggers and two RBI and two runs vs. Bucknell (4-25)....Got a hit in three of four games of the Indiana series (4-28 - 4-30) and got two doubles....Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI vs. Purdue (5-7) and then went 2-for-4 with a run in the series finale at Purdue (5-8)....Went 2-for-3 in the second game of the Michigan series (5-13) and 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the third game (5-13)....Went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the opener of the Ohio State series (5-19).

Stillwater HS: Hit .300 with three home runs as a freshman, .368 with six home runs as a sophomore, and .378 with six home runs as a junior as the team went 38-7; As a senior batted .439 with 13 home runs and 62 RBIs as the team went 37-11; Helped lead his team to a pair of state semifinals as a junior and senior (`04, `05); Named All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, All-State, A Louisville Slugger All-American, and an Area Code Game Selections as a senior; Ranked among the top five first baseman in the country by Team One; Earned four varsity letters; Also lettered in football for two seasons.

Background: Cory Robert Wine was born on October 15, 1986 in Tulsa, Okla.; Parents are Robbie and Shealynn; Sister Mackenzie (17). Cory is majoring in kinesiology; Is a third-generation baseball player as his grandfather, Bobby, played for the Philadelphia Philies, is currently an advanced scout for the Atlanta Braves and has spent over 40 years in professional baseball.