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CHICAGO CUBS
AGE: 24
POSITION: Pitcher
BIRTHPLACE: San Diego, CA
RESIDES: Chicago, IL
SCHOOL: University of Southern California
PERSONAL: Wife Heather
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In
January 2005, Mark Prior was named to the board of directors
of USA Baseball. He is also a member of the advisory board
of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois, which assists academically
capable and motivated children in need to meet their full
potential by providing value-centered, family-like homes,
opportunities and education through college. Mark hosted
a golf tournament for the organization this June that
raised more than $80,000 for the organization. He and
his wife Heather spend time with the children in the program.
Mark supports Cubs Care, a fund of the McCormick Tribune
Foundation, by lending his name and time to the fund raising
efforts of the charity. He supports the Major League Baseball
Players Association’s Player Trust. For each of
the past two years, he has financially supported two RBI
teams. Mark hosts a number of terminally and critically
ill children and adults who visit Wrigley Field through
“wish” organizations such as Make-A-Wish and
the Fairy Godmother Foundation. As a USC graduate, he
also supports his alma mater’s athletic program.
Mark
Prior has gone 30-16 with a 3.08 ERA in his first 70 Major
League starts. In 2003, his first full season in the majors,
he finished third in the National League Cy Young Award
voting and was selected to the NL All-Star Team. In 2001
at USC, Mark was an All-American and received seven national
Player-of-the-year awards after going 15-1 with a 1.69
ERA.
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