Third-team preseason all-American (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) ... first-team preseason all-Southern Conference

Career: With 30 career stolen bases, needs three to move into Appalachian State’s all-time top 10.

2012: Named first-team all-Southern Conference by the league’s coaches and media ... was one of 25 finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award (nation’s top shortstop) ... started all 59 games at shortstop (tied for second-most games played in school history) ... ranked among the top 100 nationally with 23 stolen bases (51st), six sacrifice flies (57th), 54 RBI (66th) and 54 runs (87th) ... ranked 168th nationally with 77 hits ... tied for seventh in school history with 23 stolen bases and tied for 10th in the program’s all-time annals with 54 RBI ... team-high 241 at-bats were good for a tie for sixth in school history ... led team with 26 multi-hit games, 16 multi-RBI games and put together the club’s longest hitting streak (21 games) and reached-base streak (29 games) of the season ... hit .330 (31-for-94) with runners in scoring position, including 4-for-6 (.667) on the season with the bases-loaded ...  hit .355 (27-for-76) and had 17 RBI with two outs ... advanced runners with an out 28 times, a team high ... burst out of the gates, hitting safely in 29 of the season’s first 33 games, including the 21-game hitting streak from March 3-April 8 ... hit .446 (37-for-83) during the 21-game hitting streak with 11 multi-hit games, nine doubles, three home runs and 29 RBI ... highlighted the 21-game hitting streak by hitting .522 (12-for-23) with four multi-hit games during a five-game stretch versus Duke (March 13), South Carolina (March 14) and The Citadel (March 16-18), en route to being named the Southern Conference Player of the Week ... hit a three-run home run in the 6-4 defeat at No. 3 South Carolina ... hit .643 (9-for-14) with four doubles, a home run, five RBI and four runs scored in three-game sweep over The Citadel ... capped the three-game sweep with a season-high four hits, including two doubles and a home run, two RBI and three runs scored ... closed the 21-game hitting streak by collecting 13 hits, driving in 14 runs and scoring seven more during a seven-game stretch from March 27-April 8, which included a series victory over eventual SoCon co-champion College of Charleston (April 6-8) ... had an RBI single and came around to score the winning run in the top of the ninth inning of Appalachian State’s SoCon championship-clinching 5-4 victory over Western Carolina (May 18) ... reached base six times over four games during NCAA Charlottesville Regional.

2011: Rebounded from a slow start in his first season as a Mountaineer to become one of the club’s hottest hitters down the stretch … had just five hits in his first 12 games (.135 avg.) and was removed from the starting lineup in late March … spurred by a 3-for-3, two-RBI performance coming off the bench versus Gardner-Webb (April 13), returned to the starting lineup versus Presbyterian (April 19) and caught fire, hitting 19 of the final 22 games of the season with nine multi-hit efforts … beginning with the three-hit evening versus GWU, closed the season by batting .362 (34-for-94) with seven doubles and 15 RBI over his final 24 outings of the campaign, raising his average from .132 to a stout .295 … in his first two games back in the starting lineup, went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and three runs scored versus PC and 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored versus Davidson (April 21) … had a six-game hitting streak from April 23-May 8 and a nine-game streak from May 15 through the end of the season … went 2-for-4 with two doubles in win at Radford (April 26) … went 2-for-4 with third triple of the season versus East Tennessee State (May 4) … went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI in win over Western Carolina (May 9) … had three hits, including a double, and scored two runs at College of Charleston (May 15) … had five hits, drove in four runs and scored four more in three-game series victory over eventual SoCon Tournament champion Georgia Southern (May 19-21) … hit safely in all four SoCon Tournament games, including going 3-for-5 with a run scored in win over Furman (May 27) that propelled ASU to the conference semifinals for the second-straight year … earned academic all-Southern Conference recognition for his achievements on the field and in the classroom.

Previous College: Played one season at Young Harris College (Young Harris, Ga.) under Appalachian State alumnus Rick Robinson ... was YHC’s starting shortstop as a freshman (51 starts) ... hit .317 with five home runs, four triples, 12 doubles and 56 RBI (second on club) ... walked 25 times and was hit by six pitches, good for .406 on-base percentage ... led team with 126 assists from shortstop position ... helped lead the Mountain Lions to a 39-17 overall record.

High School: Three-year letterwinner ... earned all-region recognition as a senior ... coached by Scott Erwin ... played summer ball for South Carolina Bombers (coaches Chris Bates and Brian Hux), helping team place third nationally ... also lettered three times in football.

Personal: Full name is William Guy Callaway ... born Dec. 14, 1989 (23 years old) ... son of Jim Callaway ... enjoys hunting ... majoring in psychology.