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Player of the Week
Clint Robinson
University of Troy |
Troy University’s head baseball coach Bobby Pierce has
continually set high goals for his team; however the toppling
of elevated expectations has become old hat for the Trojans.
Troy has won back-to-back conference championships (the Atlantic
Sun in 2005 and Sun Belt in 2006), and entered the current
season as a legitimate NCAA Regional contender with ambitions
of surpassing their Tuscaloosa regional runner-up finish last
year. If the left-handed bat of 6-4, 225 pound slugging senior
Clint Robinson has anything to do with it, the boys from Troy,
Alabama will be playing well into June.
Robinson, a first baseman/designated hitter who has added
right field to his skill set, is the only four-year starter
during the Pierce Era at Troy. If he can continue to avoid
the nagging injuries that plagued him last spring (he pulled
hamstring on a stretch at first base) he has a chance to put
his name at the top of nine Troy career statistical categories
career lists, including hits, runs, RBIs and total bases.
This year #27 has helped lead Troy to wins over Florida Atlantic,
Southern Miss, Michigan, Alabama and Arkansas, to keep them
in the hunt for a national ranking.
Batting in the heart of the order, Robinson has started every
game this season and is hitting .333, launching 10 homeruns
and 33 RBIs on the still young season. He is leading the team
with multiple hit games with 10 and multiple RBI games with
eight. This past Friday Robinson hit a grand slam in the third
inning that put the Trojans up early and they held on for
a 7-6 win over FIU.
Last year Robinson hit .343 in 51 games last season with
eight homeruns and 38 RBI. He suffered a pulled hamstring
on a stretch at first base on 3/14 against Georgia Southern,
costing him some time out of the lineup. He quickly returned
but soon reinjured it on March 22nd against Alabama. When
he came back to lineup full time against FIU on April 16th,
he delivering a game-tying two-run homer and an RBI single
in the Trojans’ 7-4 win. Robinson was named to the Sun
Belt Conference All-Tournament team after going 5-for-16 (.312)
in the tournament with five runs scored and had two hits in
each of the last three games of the NCAA Regional, including
a home run in a win against Southern Miss.
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