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High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Huntington Beach High School under head coach Benji Medure...selected in the 45th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks...batted .446 as a senior (2009), securing first-team All-CIF Southern Section Division II honors...also registered four home runs, one triple, eight doubles, 25 RBI and 39 runs in 31 games as a senior... belted a grand slam home run, leading Huntington Beach past Bonanza High School in Las Vegas as a senior...also belted a key two-run homer in a CIF quarterfinal playoff victory against Yucaipa...missed his entire junior season (2008) with an arm injury...elevated to the Huntington Beach varsity squad late in his sophomore season (2007)...played for the Southern California Mariners scout league team in 2007 and 2008...selected to play for the USA Mariners Scout Team in 2008.
Personal
Full name: Beau Robert Amaral...born February 11, 1991 in Long Beach, Calif...Beau is the oldest of Rich and Michelle Amaral's four children...has one sister, Jessica, and two brothers, Joseph and Daniel... father, Rich, played baseball at UCLA in 1982 and 1983 before enjoying a 10-year major league career...mother, Michelle, also attended UCLA...undeclared major.
