GAVIN BROOKS BIO

Number: #7
Position:LHP
Height:6'3"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Team:UCLA
Hometown:Vista, CA

• Rancho Buena Vista High School graduate

2007 UCLA

Made 18 starts as a true freshman...his single-season totals of 110.2 innings and 98 strikeouts are the most in school history by a freshman; also registered a 4.47 ERA and 6-7 record...ended his season having thrown three consecutive complete games...through his final four starts, logged a 3-1 record and a 1.34 ERA; limited hitters to a .167 average in that span, totaling 28 strikeouts and issuing just six walks...limited Cal State Fullerton to two runs and seven hits in eight innings, striking out 12 hitters in a 2-1 elimination loss in the Super Regionals (June 10)...pitched his second of three consecutive complete games in a 3-1 win over Illinois-Chicago in the Long Beach Regional (June 2)...earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors after throwing his first collegiate complete game against Oregon State (May 27), limiting the Beavers to two runs (one earned) and three hits while striking out seven...registered a career-high 11 strikeouts in 8.0 innings against Arizona (April 29), allowing five runs (one earned) and six hits...recorded eight strikeouts one week later at Stanford (April 1), allowing just three runs and seven hits in 8.0 innings; earned the victory at Stanford to help give UCLA its first three-game sweep at Sunken Diamond since 1991...made his collegiate debut as the starting pitcher against Winthrop (Feb. 4).

High School

Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner under head coaches Leo Fletes and Steve Hargrave (sophomore season) at Rancho Buena Vista High School...recorded a .375 batting average and a .573 on-base percentage as a senior...tallied 24 runs scored, 11 RBI and two home runs as a senior...also pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 12 batters while allowing just two hits...earned AFLAC All-America honors in 2005...named the 2006 Rancho Buena Vista male athlete of the year...posted a .400 batting average as a junior and collected a team-best 24 RBI...gained 2005 All-Avocado League honors...captured San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic accolades with a 4.1 GPA as a junior and a 4.2 GPA as a senior...ranked the third-best prospect in the nation among high school juniors in the 2004 Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association Fall Championship...posted a 6-1 record with 56 strikeouts in 50 innings as a sophomore; that season, he earned Rancho Buena Vista most outstanding pitching accolades...earned most valuable player honors at Rancho Buena Vista as a freshman...ranked No. 33 among the top-100 high school seniors by teamonebaseball.com...was a Dean's List honoree each of his four years...also played three years of basketball, earning all-conference honors as a junior.

Career Highs

Innings Pitched - 9.0 (twice), last vs. Illinois-Chicago (6/2/07)
Strikeouts - 12 at Cal State Fullerton (6/10/07)