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Jacob Robbins

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Calhoun, Ga.

High School:
Calhoun HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 150

Position:
Infield

Bats/Throws:
L/R

2008
Named First Team Atlantic Sun Conference...Pre-season All-Conference honoree...Selected as Player of the Week for April 7 after hitting .500 (9-for-18) on the week, stealing his 50th career base, reaching base to start every game and scoring all five times, and walking seven times to boost his on-base percentage to .640...Named Player of the Week again for the week of April 28 after hitting .467 (10-for-21) on the week and .636 (7-for-11) against Campbell and having multiple hits in four straight contests......Tied school record for at bats against USC Upstate with eight on April 12...Tied KSU Division I records with six hits in a game and five runs scored in a game on April 12...Earned his 200th career hit in the first inning of game two against Jacksonville...Batted lead-off in all 56 games and reached base safely in the first at-bat of 34 games...Led the team in batting average (.362), runs scored (57), at bats (210), triples (4), hits (76), on-base percentage (.473), stolen bases (17)...Hit .397 and had a .500 on-base percentage during conference play...Had 23 multiple hit games and four multiple RBI games...Longest hit streak was ten games starting April 22 and ending May 10...Had his best series against Campbell where he hit .636 (7-for-11), drove in three runs and crossed the plate twice...Started in all 56 games; 23 starts at second base and 33 in center field and batted lead-off in all 56 games.

2007
Appeared in and started 47 games for the Owls as a lead-off batter and a shortstop...Was a Second Team All A-Sun selection and was named to the Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Conference Team by Baseball America Magazine...Continued his 22-game hitting streak from the 2006 season by hitting in his first 13 contests to record a 35 game hit streak, ranking him second in KSU history...Led the conference in batting average (.383), hits per game (1.53) and on-base percentage (.487) while finishing second in stolen bases (24)...Led the team in batting average, on-base percentage, stolen bases and walks (36)...Finished second on the team in slugging percentage (.426) and hits (72)...Was the only Owl starter to finish with fewer strikeouts (24) than walks (36)...Led the team in conference hits (38) and was second in conference RBI (16)...Robbins had his best series of the season against Western Carolina, going 10-for-14,including a five-hit performance on February 16...Recorded a season-high three RBI in the season finale against Campbell (5/18)...Stole two bases and went 2-for-2 on the way to crossing the plate a season-high three times against North Florida (4/15)...He finished the season carrying a six game hitting streak...Had a team leading 23 multiple hit games including eight three hit performances...Recorded two triples, four doubles and scored 42 runs on the season.

2006
Appeared in 51 games for the Owls...Went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI in a game against Florida Atlantic on March 17...Ended the season with a 22 game hitting streak from April 14 to May 20 where he hit .348 (32-for-92) during that span...Was 13-for-18 in stolen base attempts...His only triple came on May 7 against Jacksonville where he went 2-for-5 with an RBI...Had a season high two stolen bases against Western Carolina on May 12 where he went 2-for-5 with an RBI...Had a season high three hits against North Florida on April 22 when he went 3-for-4...Finished the season with a .290 (54-for-186) batting average...Recorded one triple, nine doubles, and 13 stolen bases.

Prep
Played prep baseball at Calhoun High School where he was a four-year letterman and helped lead the Yellow Jackets to the Georgia Class AA State Championship...He was named Most Valuable Player in both his junior and senior seasons...He narrowly missed hitting for the cycle when he went 3-for-3 with a home run, a triple and a double against Gaylesville High School in the first game of the season...Had two hits, including a solo home run, in a 5-0 shutout over Dade County...He went 2-for-3 with a run batted in and three stolen bases as he was named the Georgia Power Player of the Game in the Fourth Annual Prebul/Kia Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Baseball Classic.

Personal
Was born Jacob Shelton Robbins in Calhoun, Ga. ...Is the son of Vaughn and Sandra Robbins...Has two siblings, John (23) and Wimberly (28)...Jacob is majoring in Management.