FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 19, 2003

Furtado and Peer to Captain Rhode Island College Baseball

Providence, RI—Rhode Island College seniors Dan Furtado (East Providence, RI) and Brian Peer (Windsor, CT) will captain the baseball team for the 2003 season.

As a junior pitcher in 2002, Furtado appeared in 12 games. He was 0-2 with an 8.84 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 19.1 innings pitched.

He is a criminal justice major and a 1999 graduate of Our Lady of Fatima High School.

As a junior infielder in 2002, Peer played in 19 games, starting 15 of them. He batted .300 with nine runs, 18 hits, three doubles and seven RBI. He owned a .350 slugging percentage, a .344 on-base percentage and a .816 fielding percentage.

He is a justice studies major and a 1998 graduate of Windsor High School.

Head Coach Jay Grenier’s team is currently 6-4, having defeated Coast Guard 4-3 yesterday afternoon.

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