Sean Barksdale, who just completed his first season of professional baseball in the Houston Astros organization, has joined the staff at the Pennsylvania Baseball Academy. Barksdale was drafted in the 38th Round and played this summer with the Tri-City ValleyCats in the New York-Penn League.

Barksdale, who was a two-time first team all-Atlantic 10 selection and Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year at Temple, batted .371 with 15 home runs and 56 RBI as a senior in 2009. The co-captain set career-highs in average, runs (53), hits (78), doubles (13), homers and slugging pct. (.638).

A Glenolden, PA native (Cardinal O'Hara), Barksdale broke Pete Dempsey's 31-year old career RBI record at Temple on May 8 vs. Saint Louis and finished his career with 162 runs batted in.

He finished third in career homers (27), fifth in hits (222), seventh in stolen bases (53), seventh in at-bats (642) and tenth in games started (156), despite playing only three seasons at TU after transferring from Gloucester County CC (NJ).

Barksdale's 15 home runs in 2009 were third in Temple's record book and his 56 RBI were fifth. His 78 hits are good for sixth on the single season list.

He led the Big 5 in total bases, runs, RBI, hits and home runs. In the A-10, Barksdale was third in home runs and total bases, fourth in hits, fifth in runs scored, sixth in average and slugging percentage, and seventh in RBI.