Robbie Goss

Position:
3b/1b
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 227
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bartlett, Tenn.
Prev School:
TX

Outlook for 2006: Hard worker, team-oriented winner who will battle for time at both corner infield positions, as well as provide pinch-hitter help off a much-improved Tiger bench in 2006.

2005 (Junior): Hit .252 with 15 RBI...Started in 40 of the 41 games he appeared in...Made 39 starts at third base...Ripped 10 doubles...Was one of just four Tigers with at least 10 doubles...Was hit a team-high 10 times at the plate...Posted 37 hits and scored 20 runs...Hit .500 with the bases loaded (3-for-6)...Hit .341 with runners in scoring position...Had 10 multi-hit performances and 1 multi-RBI game...Had a season-long five-game hitting streak (3/23-3/29).

Paris (TX) JC: Played first base and third base as a two-year letterman at Paris Junior College...Named to the Texas/New Mexico Junior College All-Star team after hitting .315 as a sophomore...Added 11 doubles, drove in 36 runs and pounded six homers in his sophomore campaign.

Prep: Was a four-year letterman for coach Rodney Patterson at Bartlett High...Led the Panthers to three straight District titles...Named the 2002 Shelby Suburban Athlete of the Year...Named an All-Area and All-Region performer...Hit .385 with 21 doubles and five home runs in his senior season...Also lettered three years as a linebacker and punter in football at BHS...Earned All-Area and All-Region honors on the gridiron...Named Defensive MVP.

Personal: Full name is Robert Edward Goss Jr....Son of Bobby and Debbie Goss...Majoring in communications.