Palomar Comets Baseball 2007

TIM DEERING

NO. 7 /  INF, SO, 5-10, 180; BATS: Right; THROWS: Right

HOMETOWN: Escondido, California

HIGH SCHOOL: San Marcos (San Marcos, CA) (2005)

NCAA DIVISION I COLLEGE: Signed early with Centenary College of Lousiana.

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

2007 SEASON: An All-Pacific Coast Conference honorable mention selection. ... Started 41 of 43 games for the Comets at second base, batting .305 for 41 at-bats and forming one of Southern California's best double-play combinations with shortstop Ricky Imperiali. ... Was involved in 29 double plays. ... Led the club with 22 walks. ... Tied for second on the club with five steals on six attempts. ... Batted .321 in conference games. ... Went 3-for-5 with a double in the Comets' season opener at Cypress on Jan. 27. ... Came back to go 3-for-5 again in the second game of the year, a 4-3 win at Santa Ana on Jan. 30. ... Was 2-for-4 vs. Ventura on Feb. 3. ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in a run against Mt. SAC on Feb. 14. ... Was 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 12-2 win at Imperial Valley on March 1. ... Went 2-for-4 against San Diego Mesa on March 3. ... Helped key the Comets to a comeback, 9-5 victory over Grossmont on March 13 by going 3-for-5 with an RBI. Singled and eventually scored on a balk during a seven-run eighth inning. ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in an 8-5 win over Imperial Valley on March 22. ... Went 2-for-6 in a 4-3, 12-inning victory at San Diego Mesa on March 27. ... Went 2-for-2 and walked against Golden West on April 3. ... Drove in two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies against Grossmont on April 17. ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI as the Comets clubbed Imperial Valley 16-0 on April 24. ... Went  2-for-2 and scored two runs vs. Mesa on April 28. ... Capped his two-year Palomar career by going 4-for-4 with a double and two RBIs as the Comets closed out the season by beating San Diego City College 8-2 on May 3.

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 BASEBALL: 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 at conclusion of season)