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• 2008 Preseason Watch List for Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award
• 2007 Baseball America Freshman All-American
• 2007 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
At Miami
Named to the 2008 Preseason Watch List for the Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award ... Named a 2007 Baseball America Freshman All-American and a 2007 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American ... Earned ACC Player of the Week honors on Feb. 26 ... Has power to both sides of the field and is a good hitter ... Set a UM freshman record with a 20-game hitting streak from Apr. 1-May 11 and hit safely in 31 of the last 32 games of 2007 ... Brings an 11-game hitting streak into the 2008 season, where he will be the starter at third base ... Spent the summer of 2007 playing in the Cape Cod League with the Orleans Cardinals ... Will be a draft eligible sophomore ... UM Bookbuster for achieving a GPA greater than 3.0 in the fall semester of 2007 ... Named to the 2006-07 ACC Honor Roll.
Freshman (2007)
- Team's second leading hitter as a freshman after batting .345 with a team-high 88 hits, which included 16 doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 54 RBI while slugging .510; Also had three-game winning hits.
- Started all 61 games for the Hurricanes - 32 at third base, 26 at left field and three as the designated hitter.
- Hit .325 in ACC games finishing with 26 runs, 40 hits, five doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI.
Columbia (Mo.) Regional Highlights(6/1-3): - Hit .357 (5-for-13) in the NCAA Regional with two home runs, three runs scored, four RBI while slugging .786 ... 2-for-5 against Lousiville (6/1) ... 2-for-5 with a home run and one RBI against Kent State (6/2) and 1-for-4 with two RBI and a homer against Louisville (6/3).
Regular Season Highlights: - at Virginia Tech (4/20-22): Batted .571 (8-for-14) matching a career-best 4-for-4, three runs scored in series finale; 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored in game two; 2-for-6 with two runs and two RBI in opener.
- vs. Georgia Tech (4/6-8): Had four hits in the series including a walk-off three-run home run in the 11th inning in game two.
- vs. St. Bonaventure (3/6): 4-for-4 with career-high three doubles.
- vs. Fordham (3/2-4): Batted .500 (7-for-14) with eight RBI including going 3-for-5 with five RBI in opener.
- vs. Elon (2/23-25): Batted .571 (8-for-14) with 10 RBI; 4-for-4 with four RBI in opener; 3-for-5 with a career-high six RBI in game two.
Sarasota
Played three years of varsity ball at Sarasota with current UM freshman pitcher Eric Erickson ... selected in the 20th round of the MLB Draft by the Houston Astros ... ranked as the No. 40 2006 high school prospect by Baseball America ... played in the 2006 Florida All-Star game and the Playstation All-American game in Albuquerque, N.M.
Personal
- Son of Bob and Joanne Sobolewski.
- Has an older sister, Jyl.
- Graduated in the top three percent of his class.
- Majoring in sport administration.
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