Palomar Comets Baseball 2009

B.K. SANTY

NO. 18 / C,  Fr, 6-0, 175 ; BATS: Right; THROWS: Right

HOMETOWN: San Diego, CA

HIGH SCHOOL: Rancho Bernardino (San Diego / Rancho Bernardo, CA), Class of 2008

PERSONAL: Born June 28, 1990 in San Diego, CA. ... Son of Skip and Kathy Santy. ... Has n sister, Jenna Santy, 21

ACADEMICS: Carried a 3.0 grade-point average at Rancho Bernardo High School. ... Communications major at Palomar.

2009 SEASON: All-Pacific Coast Conference honorable mention. ... Played in 41 games and started 35 as the Comets' regular starting catcher. ... Hit .360 during the post-season while playing every inning of all six games the Comets played. ... Batted .291 for the regular season with nine doubles, a home run and 22 RBIs. ... Gunned down nine runners attempting to steal, including four of the last six. ... Went 2-for-5 and drove in a run as the Comets knocked off Cypress, the No. 2-ranked team in Southern California, 5-2 on Jan. 27. ... Went 2-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt vs. Southern California No. 1-ranked Santa Ana on Feb.  28..... Was 2-for-3 in a 2-0 win over Saddleback on Feb. 3. ... Was 2-for-4 with a home run, double and RBI against Mt. SAC on Feb. 13.... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base as the Comets defeated College of the Desert 6-0 on the road on Feb. 17. ... Doubled and drove in two runs in a 8-6 win on the road over San Diego Mesa on Feb. 26. ... Doubled and drove in a run on March 26 as the Comets, ranked No. 3 in Southern California, beat visiting Grossmont, ranked No. 4, to break a tie between the two teams atop the Pacific Coast Conference and move into undisputed first place. ... Delivered a two-run single to highlight a three-run fourth inning which propelled the Comets to a 4-1 win over Imperial Valley on April 2. Also threw out a runner trying to steal. ... Gunned down Orange Coast's Ricky Stokes trying to steal second to help lift Palomar, ranked No,.2 in Southern California, to a 2-0 victory over No. 1 Orange Coast on April 8. His sacrifice bunt in the fifth inning advanced Leland Sisco, who scored the winning run moments later, from first base to second after a single. ... Went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored  on April 14 as the Comets downed host San Diego City College 17-5 to stretch their lead over second-place Grossmont in the conference race to three games with seven to play. ... Went 2-for-4 in a 7-2 win over San Diego City on April 16. ... Was 2-for-3, doubled and scored two runs as the Comets beat San Diego Mesa 16-1 on April 21 to clinch at least a tie for the conference championship. ... Gunned down two of three runners attempting to steal on April 23 at Southwestern. ... Contributed a sacrifice fly as the Comets downed Southwestern 4-2 on April 25 at Myers Field to clinch the Pacific Coast Conference championship outright. .. Went 2-for-5 and doubled in two runs as the Comets began the post-season with a 10-2 rout of Citrus on May 8 to begin the teams' best-of-3 series to begin the Southern California playoffs. ... Came right back May 9 to double in another run as Palomar won again 5-2 to sweep the series. ...Went 2-for-4 with an RBI as the Comets began the Palomar Super Regional with a 5-0 victory over Mt. SAC on May 15. . ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the Super Regional championship game vs. Santa Ana on May 17.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Played for one-time Palomar outfielder Sam Blalock, the winningest high school coach in San Diego County history, at Rancho Bernardo High. ... Was a second-team All-Palomar League selection.

TRAVEL BASEBALL: Plays on the New York Yankees scout team.

(Updated as of June 7, 2009)