2011 (SENIOR): Did not appear in any games due to injury.
2010 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 33 games as a position player starting 25 games … also pitched in 15 games, starting five … hit .258 for the year with two home runs … drove in 19 and scored 11 … hit a two-run bomb and had three hits in the season opener with Prairie View (2/21) … had two hits after coming in as a pinch-hitter against Elon (2/27) … had three RBI against Texas State (3/7) … went 2-for-5 against Texas – Pan American (4/27) … struck out the side in a shutout inning against Sam Houston (5/20) … named third team all-league over the summer after pitching in the California Collegiate League as a reliever … finished with five saves good for fifth in the league … posted a 3.68 ERA while striking out 37 in 22 innings.
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Started two seasons at Pima CC for head coach Edgar Soto and the Aztecs in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference, which is a wooden bat league … selected to the NJCAA All-Star game as a sophomore … posted a 3.62 ERA with an 8-3 record in 82 innings on the mound, while batting .385 with 11 doubles, three triples and a home run … finished 2-3 with seven saves as a freshman, hitting .264 with a home run … spent the past two summers in various collegiate leagues … played in the New York Collegiate Baseball League in 3008 for Glenn Falls going 2-1 with eight saves and a 4.21 ERA as the closer in 25 2/3 innings … team won East Division title … in 2009, played 10 games for the Brazos Valley Bombers, hitting .429.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-way starter for coach Oscar Romero at Tucson Magnet High School, earning all-city as a senior and all-district his final two seasons … two-way threat started at third base all four seasons … averaged .410 as a senior with 22 RBI, four homers and a triple, while posting a 3.20 ERA on the bump with a 3-1 mark … helped team to a 23-6 mark as a junior, hitting .372 with nine doubles, four home runs and 24 RBI … also lettered in football, earning offensive MVP honors as a senior … in summer 2007, helped Post 7 finish third in the nation as team won state and regional title to advance to American Legion World Series … made all-tournament team as DH after setting records for home runs in a game (3) and in a series (9) … received the 2007 Rawlings Big Stick Award.
PERSONAL: Marc Gerard Damon was born Dec. 5, 1988, in Tucson, Ariz. … son of Steve and Elma Damon … has an older brother, Steven Paul, and a younger sister, Alyssa … majoring in criminal justice.
