Palomar Comets Baseball 2006

GORDON STEVENS

NO. 1 /  OF, So., 5-10, 165; BATS: Left; THROWS: Left

HOMETOWN: Vista, California

HIGH SCHOOL: Vista (Vista, CA)

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 4, 1986, at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. ... Son of Gordon and Denise Stevens. ... Has an adult brother, Michael Corrales.

NCAA DIV. I COLLEGE: Has signed with the University of Connecticut.

2006 SEASON: A first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference selection as the Comets' regular starter in left field. ... Chose UConn over another Big East program, St. John's. ... Hit .375 through the post-season to lead the club. ... Batted .376, second best on the team for the regular season and fourth best in the Pacific Coast Conference. ... Finished with 5 doubles, 4 triples and 2 home runs, driving in 18 runs ... Went 3-for-3 and scored 2 runs in the Comets' 11-2 win over San Bernardino Valley on Feb. 10. ... Tripled in a run in the bottom of the eighth in a 6-3 victory over Mt. SAC on Feb. 15. ... Was 3-for-3 against Los Angeles Pierce on Feb. 16. ... Helped lead the Comets over Pierce on Feb. 12 by going 3-for-4 with a double, 2 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Went 2-for-4, tripled  and drove in a run in a 11-1 rout of Southwestern on March 2. ... Went 2-for-3 and doubled in a 12-1 win over Imperial Valley on March 9. ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in 2 runs in 6-5 victory over Grossmont on March 14. ... Was 2-for-6 with a triple and a steal in 17-13 win at Imperial Valley on March 18. ... Tripled in a 3-1 victory at Southwestern on March 24. ... Went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI vs. Mt. San Jacinto on April 12. ... Doubled and drove in 2 runs in a 15-1 victory over Mt. San Jacinto on April 13. ... Went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs and drove in a key run on a suicide squeeze as the Comets clinched no worse than a tie for the conference championship by beating San Diego City College 10-3 on April 29. ... Slugged a 2-run home run to break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning, contributing the game-winning RBI as Palomar won the PCC title outright on May 4, turning back San Diego Mesa 4-1. ... Southern California Regionals Round 1 — Singled to lead off the fifth inning and scored the game's only run on Tim Deering's double to right as the Comets beat Rio Hondo 1-0 on Nick Vincent's 5-hit shutout to begin regional play on May 13.

2005 SEASON: Saw action as a part-time starter in the outfield and at designated hitter for the Comets. ... Batted .350 for 80 at-bats. ... Hit .341 in Pacific Coast Conference play. ... Was 9-for-11  on stolen bases. ... Went 2-for-5 with a steal in a 5-2 win over Mt. San Jacinto on Feb. 18. ... Went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 victory over San Diego Mesa on March 3. ... Doubled to drive in a run March 17 to help the Comets to a 14-8 win over San Diego City College. ... Went 3-for-5, homered, doubled and drove in 6 runs in a 30-4 win at Imperial Valley on April 7. ... Was 4-for-4 with a double and 2 RBIs as the Comets beat the Arabs 13-3 on April 9. ... went 2-for-3 vs. IVC in a 19-4 win on May 3. Southern California Regionals Round 1 — Singled in the second inning to drive in the first run of the game in a 6-0 Southern California Regional win over Santa Barbara City College on May 14. ... Was 2-for-6 with a double the following day as the Comets won 7-4 in 11 innings to sweep their Round series from the Vaqueros 2 games to 1. Super Regionals — Went 3-for-5 with a double and 2 RBIs as the Comets rallied for 6 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and 1 run in the 10th to beat Cuesta 7-6 on May 21 and remain alive in the tournament. Singled and scored a run during the ninth-inning rally. Led of the 10th inning with a single and scored the winning run on Joey Burke's single. Went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs as Palomar beat Rio Hondo 5-0 in another elimination game later the same day. ... Doubled in the winning run May 22 as the Comets forced an extra game for the championship by beating Southwestern 5-4 in 10 innings.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for former Palomar pitching coach Rick Lepire at Vista High School, making second-team All-Palomar League as a sophomore in 2002 and as a senior in 2004. ... Was honorable mention all-league as a junior during the 2003 season. ...Batted .376 with 6 home runs as a senior for the Panthers.

(Updated on May 24, 2006)