NDSU

2007 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 19 games including 11 starts at second base...Hit .219 with seven hits in 32 at-bats...Was the only Bison player with more walks (10) than strikeouts (7)...Hit 8-for-11 in leadoff situations...Two hits in four pinch-hitting appearances...Committed only one error in 41 defensive chances...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2006 from Cleveland High School in Portland where he was a three-year varsity starter at third base and shortstop for coach Casey Dyer...First-team all-league shortstop as a junior when he hit .386 with 11 runs, 20 RBIs, seven doubles and a home run...Played in the Baseball Northwest prospect games...PERSONAL: Majoring in sport management...Son of Robert and Cindy Hefflinger of Portland, Ore...Has three brothers, Doug, Scott and Bill, who coaches at Western Texas College...Father was a 1967 draft pick of the New York Yankees.