Prior to FIU: Played three seasons at Louisville and started 161-of-180 games, compiling a .301 career average with 13 home runs and 130 RBI...was a clutch performer for the Cardinals in their run to the 2007 College World Series.
2007: Batted .311 and ranked third on the team with 62 RBI behind seven home runs and 15 doubles...also posted a perfect fielding percentage in 153 chances at first base...hit safely in all but one postseason game for the Cards, driving in 19 runs in 12 outings...went 2-for-4 with four more RBI to help clinch the Super Regional (6/10)...had at least one hit in every game of the NCAA Regional, including multi-hit efforts in the three elimination games, driving in 11 runs and hitting two home runs...drove in four runs in win over Miami (6/3) and hit a three-run homer in the championship game (6/4)...hit a game-tying three-run home run in NCAA Regional opening win over Miami (6/1)...hit a two-run home run in 8-1 win over Rutgers (5/24)...doubled home the game winning run in the bottom of the 12th at Cincinnati (5/17)...went 3-for-7 with two RBI in the doubleheader sweep of Notre Dame (5/12)...went 5-for-7 with three runs and a home run in a home-and-home series with Indiana...2-for-4 in win over St. John’s (5/5)...lined a game-tying solo home run at Kentucky (4/25)...drove in three in win at Western Kentucky (4/17)... went 2-for-5, scoring twice in win over Kentucky (4/11)...named BIG EAST Hitter of the Week after the Cards swept West Virginia...drove in three on getaway day against the Mountaineers after a career day in the 16-5 win (3/31) in which he belted the first grand slam in the history of Jim Patterson Stadium and drove in seven runs...smacked a pinch single in win at Villanova (3/25)...doubled and scored in a 2-for-3 effort in win against Ball State (3/20)...drove in three, going 3-for-3 in win over Xavier (3/17)...went 1-for-2 with a walk and run scored against Indiana State (3/4)..2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs in win at Stetson (2/24)...hit safely in each of the first four games of the season...belted a towering home run over the scoreboard in a two-hit day in win against Murray State (2/20).
2006: Posted a .317 average with 16 doubles, four home runs, and 44 RBI to go with a .991 fielding percentage...hit safely in all four games of BIG EAST Championship...went 6-for-10 with three doubles, a home run and seven RBI in first three games of BIG EAST Championship...his solo home run with one out in the eighth tied the game and keyed a five-run eighth inning in a win against Seton Hall (5/19)...drew a career-best three walks in win against Morehead (5/16)...smacked a pair of doubles and walked twice in win against Villanova (5/13)...added a three-hit effort in win against Murray (5/3)...was one off of the school record with 18 putouts against Western Kentucky (4/25)...belted a pair of doubles, scoring twice in win against Evansville (4/11)...made BIG EAST Honor Roll after huge weekend in Washington, D.C., going 3-for-5 with three RBI in final game of Georgetown series...erupted for a career-best six RBI on a 3-for-4 effort in which he scored twice and was hit by a pitch in win against the Hoyas (4/8)...hit his second home run of the season off of Connecticut (3/31) ace Tim Norton in 2-for-4 effort...went 2-for-3 with a walk, driving in a run in the win over Eastern Kentucky (3/29)...2-for-3 with a double and a HBP in win against Ball State (3/17)...followed that effort going 3-for-4, driving in a run the following day...went 2-for-4 with two RBI at Georgia (3/11)...was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks, scoring twice and driving in two in win against Eastern Michigan (3/4)...had three-hit effort in win against Northwestern (2/24)...went 6-for-13 in series against Wildcats with a double, home run and six RBI...drove in three in win against Northwestern (2/24) after two-hit effort against Xavier (2/22)...scored three runs in the opener at Miami (2/15).
2005: Played in all but three games as a true freshman, starting 42 times at first and designated hitter...hit .271 with seven doubles, two home runs and 25 RBI...walked 24 times, good for fourth on the team...went 1-for-3 with a walk, driving in one in win against UAB (5/19)...homered on 2-for-3 effort against Southern Miss (4/30)...went 3-for-5 with four runs scored in win at Saint Louis (4/24)...2-for-3 with a double, two walks and two RBI in win at Xavier (4/20)...singled twice against East Carolina (4/15)...drilled a two-run double in the sixth to lift the Cards to a 3-2 win at Houston (4/9)...was 6-for-13 in three games against No. 1 Tulane with three runs and an RBI...went 3-for-5 with three RBI in conference opener at Cincinnati (3/18)...came off the bench to go 2-for-2 in win against Northern Illinois (3/15)...was 2-for-4 with two more RBI in win against No. 12 Georgia (3/13)...hit a pair of doubles in win against Toledo (2/25), scoring once and driving in a run...homered on his first collegiate pitch in win against Kent State (2/18)...followed that effort with a four-RBI day in an 11-4 win.
At Gulliver Prep High School: Earned four letters in baseball at first base and was team MVP as a freshman...led the team in RBI as a sophomore, earning honorable mention all-county...Second Team All-Dade and Honorable Mention all-state his junior year...First Team All-Dade, Third Team all-state and was team RBI king his senior season...posted single season highs of .500 average, 16 doubles, 10 home runs, 36 runs and 46 RBI during his high school career...hit 22 home runs in four years with 145 RBI in his career.
Personal: Born September 26, 1986 in Miami Beach, Fla...son of Jorge and Karen Castillo and the youngest of three sons...biggest thrill in sports are going to the College World Series and winning the Florida High School baseball championship...likes to play ping pong, racquetball, poker and pool in his spare time...his grandfather played for the Cuban National Team and has been the biggest influence on him athletically.
