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NO. 18
BRIAN
ROBINSON
FIRST
BASE
BATS:
BOTH; THROWS: RIGHT
6-3,
200, Age 20, Sophomore
Oceanside
High School, Oceanside, Calif.
Hometown:
Oceanside, Calif.
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COLLEGE SIGNING
STATUS:
Signed
with UC San Diego
2003: The Comets' regular
first baseman all season long. ... Batted .297
playing starting at first in 24 of Palomar's 25
Pacific Coast Conference games with 25 RBIs, No.
4 on the club, 5 doubles, a triple and 3 home
runs. ... Batted .273 for the regular season with
6 doubles, a triple, 4 home runs and 34 RBIs,
fourth-best on the team. ... Went 2-for-4 with an
RBI in the Comets' Pacific Coast Conference
opener against Southwestern on Feb. 27. ... Went
2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a walk in an
8-0 win over defending conference champion
Grossmont on March 3. ... Helped lead the Comets
to an 8-2 victory over Southwestern on March 8 by
going 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, a walk
and 5 RBIs. ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a
sacrifice fly and 2 RBIs in a 9-0 victory over
Grossmont on the road March 11. ... Slugged a
3-run home run in the top of the first inning to
get the Comets rolling in an 18-0 win over
Imperial Valley on March 20. For the game, was
2-for-3 with 4 RBIs. ... Tripled to drive in 2
runs March 26 in a 7-3 victory over San Diego
Mesa. ... Went 2-for-5 with a stolen base in 12-9
victory over Grossmont on April 14. ... Had a
huge game to help lead the Comets past Glendale
10-3 on April 16, going 4-for-5 with a home run,
2 doubles and 4 RBIs. ... Helped pace a 20-hit
attack in an 18-5 victory over San Diego Mesa on
April 24, going 3-for-4 with an HR, double, 2
walks, 3 RBIs and 3 runs scored. The Comets
clinched the undisputed conference title with the
win. ... Made a big defensive play at first pace
in a 12-4 win over the Olympians on April 26,
diving to catch a throw, then reaching back with
his foot to touch first base for an out. Postseason
— Went
3-for-5 with an RBI to help the Comets beat East
Los Angeles 13-8 in their opening game of the
Southern California Regionals on May 10.
2002: Came back from a hand
injury sustained in a non-baseball accident to
win the starting first base job and batted .323
in 31 games, 29 as a starter. ... Hit a long
two-run home run over the rightfield fence and
screen at Myers Field, the first HR of his
community college career, to help key a five-run
eighth-inning rally that carried the Comets to a
7-4 victory over San Diego Mesa on March 14. ...
Had a multiple-hit game in his first community
college start on Feb. 2, going 3-for-4 with a
double and an RBI in a 8-4 victory over Canada
College of Redwood City in the Palomar
Invitational. ... Also has had multiple-hit games
against San Diego Mesa on Feb. 26, against
Southwestern on March 5 when he went 3-for-5 with
two doubles and an RBI, March 21 against eventual
conference champion Grossmont, March 26 against
Glendale when he again had three hits, April 4
against Southwestern, April 9 vs. Imperial Valley
when he drove in the only two runs of the game,
April 11 against Imperial Valley when he went
3-for-4 and April 23 when he went 3-for-4 and
drove in two runs vs. Grossmont. ... Had an
outstanding defensive day at first base March 23
in an 8-7 victory over San Diego City College and
played solid and sometimes spectacular defense
for the Comets all season long.
2002
POSTSEASON:
Went 1-for-3 and had a big day at first
base defensively in the Comets' opener against
Glendale in the Southern California Regionals May
10 at Casey Stengel Field in Glendale. ...
Started two of Palomar's three games in the
Regionals at first base.
HIGH
SCHOOL: Team
captain for two seasons at Oceanside High School,
where he started for three years on the varsity
and helped lead the Pirates to an appearance in
the CIF-San Diego Section Division II
championship game. ... Was an All-Valley League
selection as a senior. ... Batted .250 with one
home run and 10 RBIs as a sophomore; .365 with 13
RBIs as a junior and .305 with three homers and
28 RBIs as a senior ... Played in the Jack Taylor
San Diego County High School All-Star Game after
his senior season. ... Made the honor roll every
semester at Oceanside High and scored 1140 on his
SAT test.
PERSONAL: Born Oct. 22, 1982 in
Oceanside. ... Son of Randy and Linda Robinson.
... Has one sister, Sara (18), who plays softball
for Oceanside High School. ... His father also
played first base for Palomar and later for UC
Santa Barbara and in the Baltimore Orioles and
Milwaukee Brewers organizations. ... Grandson of
former Fallbrook High School football coach Al
Waibel.
(Note: Updated
after Southern California Regionals. Player
biographies are updated weekly during the
season.)
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