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Robby Jacobsen is a 2006 graduate of George Mason University with a degree in sports management... The former Patriot standout currently plays in the Washington Nationals farm system and just completed his third season of professional baseball... In 2006, Jacobsen played in the Gulf Coast League, finishing second in the GCL in games played and third in at-bats... Hit .249 with 16 RBI and 14 SB in 51 games... In Single A Hagerstown in 2007, played in 70 games with 243 at-bats and two home runs and 11 steals... Split 2008 between Vermont and Hagerstown, playing in 46 games with two homers and four steals... Will work with the team in the fall and preseason and will return to spring training in early March.
2006: Started all 51 games for the Patriots and led the team in batting average and steals hitting .326 with 20 steals on 24 attempts... Also led the team in homers, runs, RBI and total bases with 11 long balls, 42 runs, 37 RBI and 122 total bases... Had 218 at-bats to lead the team and finished first on the squad in multi-hit games with 21 and multi-RBI games with 11... Had a 14-game hitting streak... Is top 10 all-time at Mason in games started, at-bats, plate appearances, runs, hits, doubles, homers, RBI, steals and total bases.
2005: Started all 54 games at catcher for the Patriots, playing the position all but four innings... Only player to appear in all 54 games... Was third on the team with a .335 batting average... Was second on the team with 16 doubles... Set a school record for catchers with 20 steals, second-most on the team... Was successful on 87 percent of stolen base attempts... Was second on the team with 55 runs and third on the team with 45 RBI... Committed just three errors all season, fielding .993 on the year... Second on the team with two triples and tied for fourth on the team with seven home runs... Hit .387 with runners on base and .403 with runners in scoring position... Led the Patriots with 25 multiple-hit games... Was 4 for 7 with a home run and 4 RBI against Fordham on March 5... Was 4 for 6 with five runs and two RBI against Mount St. Mary's on April 27... Patriots were 6-1 when he homered... Stole three bases on April 23 against VCU... Hit better than .330 the entire season
2004: Started all 58 games at catcher for the Patriots and played all but a handful of innings... Hit .293 with 12 homers, 39 RBI and 44 runs scored... Had a .525 slugging percentage and set a single-season school record with 242 at-bats... Was fourth on the team in homers and fifth in hits and slugging percentage... Wore down as the season wore on... Was hitting .358 on April 3 but slumped to .289 on May 18... During that 22-game stretch, was 20 for 95 (.211) with four homers and just two walks... Managed 17 RBI in that span but struck out 23 times and had a .235 on-base percentage... Hit .317 in the final 10 games and slugged .537... Was 3 for 3 with two homers and three RBI against Canisius on March 6... Had four RBI twice, first going 2 for 5 against UMBC with a home run, then going 3 for 3 with two homers against Delaware.... Was 4 for 5 with three steals on March 7 against Canisius... Patriots were 8-2 when he homered
2003: Posted solid freshman campaign, seeing action in 29 games and starting 24 (21 at catcher, two at DH and one in right field) ... Batted .244 with six doubles, a home run, seven RBI and six stolen bases ... Ranked fourth on team in stolen bases ... Had better success in eight games (starting seven) vs. CAA opponents ... Batted .423 with a double and three RBI ... Had five multiple-hit games and one multiple-RBI contest ... Had season-high two RBI vs. Liberty May 15 ... Posted two hits in a game five times ... First collegiate hit was a pinch-hit home run to put Patriots ahead in victory at No. 23 Tulane Feb. 15 ... Mason was 11-10 when starting at catcher ... Hit safely in 10 of last 14 games, including six straight from April 12-27 ... Had solid summer season as he helped lead Maryland Orioles to championship at AAABA National World Series.
Prep: Earned three letters in outstanding career at Westlake High School ... Two-time all-county selection and a first-team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference pick at catcher as a senior with the Wolverines ... Twice named team MVP, batted .429 with seven doubles, four home runs, 19 RBI and 13 stolen bases as a senior ... Set school records with 11 doubles, nine homers and 43 RBI while batting .416 as a junior ... Received honorable mention All-Metropolitan Washington (by The Washington Post) accolades that season ... Participated in East Coast Professional Baseball Showcase in Wilmington, NC, after junior season ... Helped lead summer team to third-place finish at NABF World Series in Memphis, TN, in 2001.
Personal: Full name is Robert John Jacobsen ... Born August 30, 1984 ... Son of Kevin and Karen Jacobsen ... Has one brother ... 2002 graduate of Westlake High School, where he also lettered three times in football and once in track & field ... Earned all-county and second-team All-SMAC honors as a tight end in football as a senior ... Received U.S. Achievement Academy award for physical education as a junior, for leadership and service as a senior.
YEAR GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB/SBA
2003 29/24 .244 86 13 21 6 0 1 7 6 28 6/9
2004 58/58 .293 242 44 71 16 2 12 39 10 56 8/12
2005 54/54 .335 218 55 73 16 2 7 45 8 33 20/23
2006 51/51 .326 218 42 71 16 1 11 37 13 38 20/24
TOTALS 192/187 .309 764 154 236 54 5 31 128 37 155 54/68
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