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Palomar Comets Baseball
2009
SHAWN
SANFORD
NO. 26
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LHP,
So, 6-4, 185;
BATS:
Left; THROWS:
Left
HOMETOWN:
Vista, CA
 HIGH
SCHOOL:
Fallbrook (Fallbrook, CA), Class of 2007
NCAA
DIVISION i COLLEGE:
Signed early with San Diego State
PERSONAL: Born April 16, 1989, at UC San
Diego Medical Center. ... Son of Randy and Diana
Sanford. ... Has three brothers -- Nathan (21), Chad
(15) and Jason (14) and two adult sisters -- Kate and
Anna.
ACADEMICS: Carried a 3.2 grade-point average
at Fallbrook High. ... Undecided major at Palomar.
2009
SEASON: All-Pacific Coast Conference honorable
mention. ... Has drawn heavy attention from
professional scouts and is ranked as the No. 10
community college prospect in the nation, at any
position, for the June 2009 draft by
PG
Crosschecker of Cedar Rapids.
... Returned the next-to-last week of the regular
season after missing more than a
month due to a strained hamstring. ... Sanford finished
with a 2.25 earned run average for the post-season and
on the year was had a 3-2 ERA with a 2.09 ERA.. ... Compiled
an ERA of 2.70
for 20 Pacific Coast Conference innings. ... Struck out
32 batters on the season. ... Allowed one earned run in three
innings, striking out five, in an 11-2 Palomar victory
at Bakersfield on Jan. 30. ... Pitched five innings of
hitless, shutout ball, striking out six, to notch his
first win on Feb. 10, 6-0 over College of the Desert at
Palm Desert. ... Came back with win No. 2, also vs. COD
at Palm Desert, on Feb. 17 as he threw six innings of
five-hit ball, allowing one run and striking out seven
in a 3-1 victory. ... Gave up one earned run in
six innings vs. San Diego City College on Feb. 24. ...
Allowed two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings against
Grossmont, which has been ranked as high as No. 3 in
Southern California, on March 3. ... Pitched six innings
of four-hit, shutout ball in a 7-1 win over San Diego
City College on March 10. ... Threw a scoreless, hitless
inning and struck out two batters on April 21 as the
Comets downed San Diego Mesa 16-1 to clinch at least a
tie for the conference championship with four games
remaining. ... Struck out two batters in one inning as
the Comets downed Citrus 5-2 on May 9 to complete a
two-game sweep of the Owls in the teams' first-round
Southern California best-of-3 series. ... Pitched 1/3 of
a scorless inning against Santa Ana in the Palomar Super
Regional on May 16. ... Came back against the Dons in
the Super Regional championship game on May 17 and threw
2 1/3 innings without allowing an erned run.
2008
SEASON: Played in 33 games and started 22 splitting time with Jake Onorato in right field.
... Banged out 10 doubles. ... Also was 1-1 pitching
with 11 strikeouts in 11 1/3 innings. ... Went 2-for-3
with a double in the Comets' season opener at Cypress on
Jan. 26. Was 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored
in an 8-4 victory over Chaffey on Feb. 2. ... Threw two
shutout innings in relief, striking out two, in an 11-1
win over Rio Hondo on Feb. 16 as he and four other
pitchers combined on a six-hitter. ... Went 2-for-4,
doubled and drove in two runs in a 5-2 win over San
Diego Mesa on March 13. ... Pitched one-hit shutout ball
with three strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings in a 10-4 victory
over San Joaquin Delta on March 20. ... Allowed one run
in 2 1/3 innings as the Comets won 9-8 at Grossmont on
March 27. ... Doubled to drive in two runs in a 10-9 win
over San Diego City College on April 10. ... Pitched two
innings without allowing an earned run vs. Pacific Coast
Conference Southwestern on April 26. ... Threw three
innings of no-hit, shutout ball against Cuesta, the No.
2 seed in the Southern California playoffs, to help send
the game to extra innings on May 10 before tiring in the
10th.
HIGH
SCHOOL BASEBALL: Played four seasons at Fallbrook and was
first-team All-Avocado League, second-team All-North
County, team MVP and team Defensive Player of the Year.
(Updated as of June 7, 2009)
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