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A left-handed hitting junior who will be battling for starting duties in the Bears' middle infield...father, Rod, was an All-American shortstop at Cal, helping the Golden Bears to a third-place national finish at the 1980 College World Series...
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009): Batted .263 (10-for-38, .174 vs. Pac-10) with a double, home run and seven RBI...was 5-for-12 (.417) as a pinch hitter...had a two-run double May 9 at UCLA...scored the winning run in the Bears' 4-3 victory over Vanderbilt...hit his first collegiate home run in first at-bat of the season Feb. 21 vs. UC Riverside...
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2008): Batted .333 (2-for-4 vs. Pac-10) with three RBI in 16 games...knocked in RBI versus Fresno State, New Mexico and Arizona...hit .667 (2-for-3) with runners in scoring position.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Robinson High School in Fairfax, Va. was second-team All-Concorde District as a senior, and first-team all-district and second-team All-Northern Region as a junior...helped his team to a Concorde District title during his senior year, and a Northern Virginia Regional championship his junior year...owned a .446 high school batting average...also competed in football and was first-team Patriot District, first-team All-Northern Region, first-team All-Examiner, honorable mention all-metro and honorable mention all-state defensive back...was a member of the National Honor Roll and was listed in the Who's Who Among High School Students...majoring in American studies...father, Rod, went on to play five years in the major leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals...is also a distant relative of Jackie Robinson...parents are Rod and Kathryn Booker... born April 11, 1988 in Pasadena, Calif.
Booker's Career Statistics YEAR AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB 2008 .333 16 12 1 4 3 0 0 0 4 4 0 2009 .263 26 38 12 10 7 1 0 1 9 5 2 Total .274 42 51 13 14 10 1 0 1 13 9 2Career vs. the Pac-10 AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB TB SLUG vs. UA .500 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 vs. ASU .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 vs. ORE .000 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 vs. OSU .250 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .250 vs. STAN .000 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 vs. UCLA .333 4 9 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 .444 vs. USC .250 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 .250 vs. UW .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Career Bests Most Hits: 1, 14 times, last time May 23, 2009 vs. USC (1-for-2) Most Runs: 1, 13 times, last time May 23, 2009 vs. USC Most RBI: 2, May 9, 2009 at UCLA (1-for-4, 2B) Career Grand Slams: None Longest Hitting Streak: 2, May 9-10, 2009 (2-for-6, .333, 2B, 3 RBI)
