Palomar Comets Baseball 2006

TIM DEERING

NO. 10 /  3B/2B, Fr., 5-10, 170; BATS: Right; THROWS: Right

HOMETOWN: Escondido, California

HIGH SCHOOL: San Marcos (San Marcos, CA)

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 24, 1986, in San Diego. ... Son of Tim and Anna Deering.

2006 SEASON: Batted .288 during the regular season (.271 through the post-season) and was the club's regular starter at second base. ... Doubled in the Comets' 10-3 win at Citrus on Feb. 9. ... Went 1-for-1, was hit by a pitch and drove in 2 runs in an 11-2 victory over San Bernardino Valley on Feb. 10. ... Helped lead the Comets to a 16-3 win over host San Diego City College on March 4, going 3-for-5 with a triple and 2 RBIs. ... Went 2-for-5 vs. Chaffey on April 13. ... Went 3-for-4 at San Diego Mesa on May 2 . ... Southern California Regionals Round 1 — Doubled to drive in the game's only run as the Comets opened the post-season with a 1-0 victory over Rio Hondo on May 13 on ace pitcher Nick Vincent's 5-hitter.

2006 SUMMER WOOD BAT BASEBALL:  Led the Southern California Running Birds with a .356 batting average on a 10-game tour of Alaska facing teams from the Alaska League.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was first-team All-Valley League and second-team All-CIF-San Diego Section as a senior in 2005 playing for coach Desi Herrera at San Marcos High.... Batted .384 as a junior and .390 as a senior Was the Knights' offensive player of the year. ... Helped San Marcos to back-to-back San Diego Lions Tournament 4A titles and was tournament MVP as a senior. ... An honor roll student, he was selected to the San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic team both in 2004 and 2005.

(Updated on June 22, 2006)