David Freese was promoted to the Wizards on July 7, 2006 from the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League where he was hitting .379 with eight doubles, five home runs and 26 RBI in 18 games.

Freese hit .299 with 61 hits in 204 at bats for Fort Wayne. In 53 games he collected 13 doubles, three triples, eight homers, 27 runs scored and 44 RBI's. He also drew 21 walks while whiffing 44 times.

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Freese was selected in the ninth round of the 2006 MLB Draft out of the University of South Alabama after a successful season. Freese led the Jaguars with a .414 batting average, 73 runs batted in, 12 home runs and 99 hits. He was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, a first-team American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA All-American and a second-team Collegiate Baseball All-American.