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NO. 16
ERICH
KEMP
FIRST
BASE
BATS:
RIGHT; THROWS: RIGHT
6-0,
200, Age 18, Freshman
Hemet
High School, Hemet, CA
Hometown:
Hemet, Calif.
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2004 SEASON: Began the season as
the team's starting first baseman before taking
over the job at third on March 13. ... Won
the Pacific Coast Conference batting title for
conference games with a .483 average and a
unanimous first-team All-PCC selection by
conference coaches. Led infielders in voting. ...
Hit .411 for the regular season and .398 for the
year with 13 doubles, best on the club. ... Led
the team with 53 hitse. ... Leads the team lead
in sacrifice flies with 6. ... Saw his streak of
10 consecutive multiple-hit conference games
ended vs. Southwestern on April 27. ... Led the
club with 16 multiple-hit games and 3-hit games
(10). ... Went 3-for-3 and walked wice in the
Comets' season opener vs. Cerritos on Feb. 6. ...
Went 3-for-4 with 2 sacrifice flies, 5 RBIs and 2
runs scored in Palomar's 19-5 win over San Diego
City College to open Pacific Coast Conference
play on Feb. 28. ... Was 3-for-3 with a double, a
sacrifice fly and an RBI in a 5-1 win over
Imperial Valley on March 5. ... Sidlined with a
concussion after being hit in the head with a
pitch in the first inning against Grossmont on
March 6. ... Returned March 13 and went 3-for-4
with 2 doubles, a walk and an RBI against San
Diego City College. .... Singled to drive in 2
runs and reached base twice as a hit batter March
16 vs. Imperial Valley. ... Singled to jump-start
a 3-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning
that gave the Comets a come-from-behind, 6-4
victory over the Arabs. ...Went 3-for-4 vs.
Southwestern on March 25. ... Was 3-for-5 with 2
doubles in a 9-6 win over Grossmont on March 27.
... Went 2-for-5 and drove in a run in a 10-9
victory over the Griffins on March 30.... Went
2-for-32 with a double and a sacrifice fly April
1 in a 6-5 win over San Diego Mesa. ... Was
3-for-6 and walked twice in a 16-inning loss to
the Olympians on April 3. ... Went 2-for-5 with a
double and an RBI in a 15-0 win over San Diego
City College on April 13. ... Was 2-for-4 vs. the
Knifghts on April 15. ... Was selected Pacific
Coast Conference Athlete of the Week for all
sports for the week ending April 18. ... Went
2-for-5 with a douible and 2 RBIs in a 6-1 win at
Imperial Valley on April 20. ... Went 3-for-3
with a double and 2 RBIs in an 8-1 victory over
the Arabs on April 22. ... Helped lead the Comets
to a 5-2 road win over Southwestern on April 24,
going 3-for-5 with an RBI. ... Went 3-for-3 with
2 doubles and 2 RBIs in a 7-1 victory over
Grossmont on May 1. ... Went 2-for-3 and drove in
5 runs May 6 as the Comets won 11-3 at San Diego
Mesa to wrap up second place.
HIGH
SCHOOL:
First-team All-Sunset League at Hemet
High School three straight seasons under coach
Mike Arnold. ... Batted .448 as a senior. ...
Helped lead the Bulldogs to Sunset League
championships as a junior in 2002 and as a senior
in 2003. ... Selected to the Desert all-Star Team
and the Riverside County All-Star team. ... An
All-State Scholastic selection and
Scholar/Athlete award winner. ... Graduated from
Highest Honors.
PERSONAL: Born May 15, 1985 in
Visalia. ... Son of Rod and Lisa Kemp. ... Has
one sister, Heather, 21, a world-class swimmer,
2002-2003 NCAA 200 freestyle champion
representing Auburn University and Silver
Medalist in the event in the World University
Games. ... His father was a baseball and football
teammate at San Jose State of Randy Johnson, a
Palomar alumnus, former starting third baseman
for the Atlanta Braves and current Assistant to
the General Manager of the Oakland A's. ... Rod
Kemp coaches at Hemet High School.
(Note: Updated
on Aug. 14, 2004. Player biographies are updated
weekly during the season.)
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