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About Brooks: Projected to start in centerfield ... Has improved offensively and should be more consistent at the plate ... Excellent base-runner that can steal a base at any time ... Swings the bat with power ... Expected to hit in the leadoff spot ... Spent the 2008 summer with the Sanford Mainers of the New England Summer Baseball League ... Born January 26, 1989, in New York ... Son of Donald and Gina Brooks. 2008 (Freshman): Hit .186 with two home runs and 17 RBIs during his freshman season ... Tied for third on the team in stolen bases with 15 ... Committed only one error in 54 attempts in the field, finishing with a .981 fielding percentage ... Scored three runs and reached base in all six plate appearances in victory at Pepperdine (2/23) ... Drove in four runs in home win over UNC Greensboro (3/5) ... Stole four bases, drove in two runs and scored twice in win at UNC Greensboro (4/29). Prior to Wake Forest: Four-year letterwinner in baseball at Seton Hall Prep ... Helped the Pirates to three state championships and three Iron Hills Conference championships ... Seton Hall Prep was ranked No. 1 in the nation in USA Today's final 2007 high school top 25 poll ... Honored as a 2007 PlayStation All-American ... Named to the 2006 AFLAC High School All-American Classic where he was the starting centerfielder for the East Team as well as a home run derby finalist ... Selected to the Area Code Games as a member of the Chicago White Sox ... Ranked by Baseball America as one of the nation's top 50 prospects ... Selected to the Team One Baseball Cape Cod High School Classic ... Named to the Boston Red Sox of the East Coast Professional Showcase ... Rated the 14th-best position player prospect at the Perfect Game National Showcase ... High school classmate of Rick Porcello, the Detroit Tigers' first round pick in the 2007 MLB Draft ... Named to Seton Hall Prep's honor roll each trimester. |
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