Garrett Atkins Class: Senior Hometown: Irvine, CA High School: University HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 190 Position: Third Baseman Bats/Throws:: Right/Right

Overview - This Collegiate Baseball pre-season All-American will move to third after starting every game at first base last season... "Garrett showed during the fall that he has the potential to a top-notch third baseman," head coach Gary Adams said...Will attempt to become the first Bruin ever to be a three-time All-American ... Ranked #19 in Baseball America's Top 150 draft-eligible college prospects.

Summer (1999) - Was the MVP of the Cape Cod League playoffs as the starting first baseman for the the league champion Cotuit Kettleers ... Hit .391 (9 for 23) with two home runs, eight RBI, and five runs in the postseason ... Selected to the Cape Cod League All-star team as the starting first baseman and was honored at Fenway Park ... Was the All-star game MVP with a 2-for-3, two RBI performance ... Hit .312 (seventh in league) with nine doubles and 35 RBI (second in league) during the regular season ... Won the league championship with UCLA teammates Chase Utley and Ryan Carter.

1999 (As A Sophomore) - Started every game at first base ... One of only two Bruins to start every game (Utley) ... Hit third 24 times, cleanup 31 times, fifth once, and sixth six times ... Was first on the team in hits (96-- second in conference), and second in batting average (.375-- eighth in conference), slugging percentage (.617), on-base percentage (.451), total bases (158-- sixth in conference), at-bats (256), multi-hit games (27), and fielding percentage (.986-- first among infielders) ... Was third in runs scored (64-- eighth in conference), home runs (14), doubles (18--seventh in conference), walks (34), and multi-RBI games (12) ... Was tied for first in the conference for most double plays fielded (49) ... Placed third in the conference in chances (569) and putouts (533).

Notes: Had hitting streaks of eight (1/24--2/10), 15 (3/29--4/27: season-high), and is currently on a 12-game hitting streak that began 5/1 at USC ... Was 4-4 vs. San Diego with four line-drive singles to right, 2/10 ... It turned out to be the first of a team-high four perfect days at the plate ... Hit a career-high and '99 team high (tied with Jason Green) three doubles at Cal, 4/1 ... Was 4-5 with a career-high four runs, two RBI, and a homer vs. Washington St., 4/24 ... Scored the winning run in UCLA's key 3-2 victory at USC, 5/1 ... Was 4-4 with a homer and two RBI vs. Oregon State, his final perfect day at the plate, 5/9 ... Hit what turned out to be the game-winning home run against the Beavers that day ... Was 3-5 with two runs, two RBI and two HR at San Diego, 5/11 ... Hit two homers in the eighth inning of UCLA's 12-7 win over Stanford on national television, 5/15 ... Only the third Bruin to accomplish that feat ... Had seven homers in the last eight games ... Selected to the all-Wichita Regional tournament team after going 7-14 (.500) with four RBI and two HR ... Was 4-5 with two runs, three RBI, a 2B, and a HR vs. Oklahoma State, 5/28 ... Received second straight place on the All-Pac-10 team ... Third-team NCBWA.

Inside the Numbers -- Hit .483 (14-29) with nine runs scored during eight-game hitting streak (1/24--2/10) ... Hit .403 (25-62) with 18 runs, 13 RBI, five 2B, and three HR during 15-game hitting streak (3/29--4/27) ... Hitting .491 (28-57) with 12 runs, 14 RBI, five 2B, and seven HR during current 12-game streak ... Bruins were 11-1 when Atkins homered ... Only loss was the last game of the year vs. Oklahoma State, 5/29 ... .996 Pac-10 fielding percentage was second on the team ... Hit a team-high .405 in 38 nonconference games ... Hit .424 (56-132) with 32 runs and 22 RBI in 31 games as the cleanup hitter ... Struck out just 25 times in 256 at-bats (9.8% of the time) ... Had the best walk to strikeout ratio of anyone on the team (1.36:1) ... Hit a team-high .455 (51-112) with a .759 slugging percentage and .527 on-base percentage at home ... Probably the hottest Bruin down the stretch, Atkins hit .444 (48-108) with 28 runs, seven 2B, ten HR, 24 RBI, an .806 slugging percentage, and a .492 on-base percentage over the last 25 games ... Hit safely in 27 of the last 28 games and 51 of 62 overall ... Averaged a team-high 1.55 hits per game ... Hit .368 with runners on.

Summer (1998) - Started at first and third base for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League ... Batted .383 with three home runs.

1998 (As A Freshman) - Started 51 games at third base and three at first base ... Batted cleanup 33 times (the last 33 games of the season) and fifth in the lineup 21 times.

Notes: Established himself as the best freshman hitter in school history ... Compiled a 33-game hitting streak from 2/22-4/26, the longest in school history, shattering the old record of 25 set by David Tokheim in 1991 ... Collected 51 hits in league play, tying current major leaguer Shane Mack's long-standing school record, originally set in 1983 ... Collected at least eight hits and batted at least .333 against each team in the Six-Pac.

Inside The Numbers: Led the team in batting average (.383), batting average in league play (.405), batting average in nonconference play (.354), batting average at home (.412), batting average on the road (.358), hits (85), hits in league play (51), batting average with two outs in an inning (.413) and in doubles (22) ... Finished second on the team in RBI (54), sacrifice flies (6) and in at-bats (222) ... Batted .397 with runners in scoring position, tied for the second highest mark on the team ... Batted .410 with runners in scoring position in league play, the second highest mark among regulars ... Collected 22 two-out RBI, the second highest total on the team ... Tallied 25 multi-hit games, the second highest total on the team ... Had five consecutive multi-hit games (vs. Stanford, CS Fullerton, USC, USC, USC) from 2/22-3/01) ... Had four consecutive multi-RBI games from 2/08-2/15 ... Hit safely in 28 of the 29 league games he played in, including the last 25 ... Was 0-2 with a sacrifice fly on 2/21 against Chad Hutchinson and the Stanford Cardinal in the only league game he did not hit safely in ... Reached base safely in 52 of the 54 games he played in, hitting safely in 50 of them ... Struck out in just 8.5% of his plate appearances.

Summer (1997) - Played for the Orange County Giants in the Connie Mack League under coach Matt Lundin ... Helped lead the team to a first place finish ... Hit a game-winning three run home run in the playoffs to advance his team to the finals.

University HS (Irvine, CA) - Lettered in baseball for three years as an outfielder, third baseman and pitcher under coaches Chris Conlin, Paul Serna and Mike Gerakos ... Batted .557 with a school-record 13 home runs, 38 RBI and a school-record 49 runs scored his senior season ... Set school records in doubles with 19 and in hits with 51 his junior season ... Finished his career with a .518 batting average, 18 home runs, 83 RBI and 118 hits ... Earned All-League honors three straight years ... Named league MVP his senior and junior seasons ... Helped lead his team to two league championships ... Named Athlete of the Year at University HS in 1997 ... Named MVP of the North/South State Tournament.

Personal - Drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the 1997 draft ... Also recruited by Pepperdine, USC, Oklahoma State and Cal State Fullerton ... Favorite baseball player is Mark McGwire ... If not playing baseball, he would like to play golf at UCLA ... Met ESPN's Peter Gammons at Fenway Park in the summer of '98 ... His parents are Ronald and Diana Atkins ... Has a younger sister, Kristan ... Full name is Garrett Bernard Atkins ... Born on Dec. 12, 1979, in Orange County, Calif. ... Majoring in Sociology.

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