Palomar Comets Baseball 2007

MARCUS HATLEY

NO. 26 / OF/P, FR, 6-5, 195; BATS: Right; THROWS: Right

HOMETOWN: San Marcos, CA

HIGH SCHOOL: Mission Hills (2006)

PRO BASEBALL: Signed with the Chicago Cubs on May 29. ... Selected by the Cubs in the 39th round of the June 2006 draft.

PERSONAL: Born March 26, 1988, in Honolulu, HI. ... Son of David and Diana Tersak. and Will Hatley. ... Has two sisters, Melissa Hatley (17) and Gabriela Hatley (10).

2007 SEASON: A first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference selection as a true freshmasn. ... Started 40 games in either right field or center field. ... Batted .290 with a club-high 17 doubles, three home runs and 31 RBIs, a number that ranked him No. 2 on the club. ... Batting .304 in Pacific Coast Conference with 10 doubles, an HR and 16 RBIs in 24 games. ... Also appeared in two game as a relief pitcher, throwing two scoreless innings and notching a save. ... Went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, five RBIs and was hit by a pitch in an 18-10 win at Mt. San Jacinto on Feb. 6. ... Was 3-for-6 with two RBIs and a double vs. Ventura on Feb. 10. ... Doubled and drove in two runs as he went 1-for-2 in a 5-1 victory over Cerro Coso on Feb. 16. ... Was 2-for-4 with an HR and two RBIs as the Comets buried Los Angeles Pierce 18-3 on Feb. 17. ... Threw a scoreless inning in relief vs. Orange Coast on Feb. 22. ... Went 2-for-5 in the Comets' conference opener at Southwestern on Feb. 24. ... Homered, walked and drove in four runs in a 12-2 rout of Imperial Valley on March 1. ... Was 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI vs. Grossmont on March 2. ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against San Diego Mesa on March 6. ... Went 2-for-6 and singled to lead off the Comets' five-run 12th inning in an 11-6 victory at Southwestern on March 8. ... Was 3-for-4, doubled, drove in three runs and stole a base in an 8-3 win over the Jags on March 10. ... Helped lead in a 9-5 victory at Grossmont on March 13, going 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI. Singled to drive in a run in the Comets' seven-run eighth inning. ... Drove in what turned out to be the deciding run in the sixth inning of a 3-1 win over the Griffilns on March 15 with a booming sacrifice-fly line drive that sent Grossmont's center fielder up the bank at Myers Field to make the catch. ... Went 2-for-5 in a 14-2 win at Imperial Valley on March 20. ... was 2-for-4 in an 8-5 victory over the Arabs on March 22. ... Went 2-for-4 vs. San Diego Mesa on March 24. He gave Palomar its only lead of the day in the teams' early battle for first place, 4-3, in the bottom of the sixth inning when he advanced all the way from first to third on a bunt-and-run play on Manny Hernandez' sacrifice -- then scored when the play forced a bad throw. ... Recorded a save when he threw hitless, scoreless ball over the last 1 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking one, in an 8-3 victory over Mt. San Jacinto on April 4. ... Went 2-for-4 and doubled on April 5 as the Comets pinned a 9-8 loss on Chaffey, which entered the game with a 9-8 record. ... Was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a 16-0 rout of Imperial Valley on April 24. ... Went 3-for-4 with a double, RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in a 9-3 win on the road vs. San Diego City College on May 1.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Played for former Comet Ryan Gallego at Mission Hills High School.

(Updated at conclusion of season)