CAREER NOTES: Fourth in program history with 21 career sacrifice hits.
SENIOR (2019): Academic All-WAC (4x)...Started and played a career-high 65 games, 64 of them in centerfield (one in left field)...Was one of just three players to appear in all 65 games this season...Hit .237 with a .344 on-base percentage...Totaled 32 runs scored and 27 RBIs...Had nine multi-hit games, including two three hit games...One of those was a 3-for-5 performance with three RBIs in Sacramento State's 6-4 win over No. 18 UC Santa Barbara in an elimination game in the 2019 NCAA Stanford Regional...Went 5-for-11 (.455) with three RBIs and a run scored in total in the tournament, earning all-Regional honors...Also drove in three runs in a come-from-behind walk-off win against New Mexico State, hitting a bases-clearing double to give the Hornets the win...Drew 28 walks and was hit by a pitch 10 times, second most on the team...Stole five bases and was caught twice...Had four sacrifice hits, giving him 21 for his career, fourth most in program history...Was once again excellent defensively in centerfield, collecting 172 total putouts while committing just two errors (.989 field percentage)...Also had three outfield assists.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2018): Academic All-WAC (3x)...Played in 42 games, starting 20, all in centerfield...Hit .173 with 15 runs scored and six RBIs...Had two-multi-hit games...Drew nine walks and was hit by a pitch five times, giving him an even. 300 on base percentage...Stole two bases and was caught once...Matched his career-high with two RBIs on the road at Grand Canyon on May 12...Had one sacrifice hit on April 22 at CSU Bakersfield, moving him into fifth all-time for most career sacrifice hits...Appeared in 22 games as a substitution, more than double the next player...Often entered games late as a defensive replacement...Was excellent defensively in centerfield, collecting 61 putouts and committing just one error.
JUNIOR (2017): Medical redshirt season.
SOPHOMORE (2016): Academic All-WAC (2x)...Started and played in 57 games in center field, missing one game due to injury...Hit .263 with 13 RBIs and 25 runs scored...Hit a team-best .339 through the first 39 games of the season...Had two doubles and a triple...Led the team averaging just 0.42 strikeouts per game...Led the team with eight sacrifice bunts...Ranked third on the team with nine stolen bases in 13 attempts...Had two stolen bases in two games...Hit 19-for-63 (.302) with two outs...Had 12 multi-hit games...Recorded first career three-hit game going 3-for-6 at UT Rio Grande Valley...Had a career-long tying 10-game hitting streak and had hits in 17 of 18 games March 26-April 23...Had a 13-game reached base streak...Hit 7-for-15 (.467) with two RBIs and two runs in series at UT Rio Grande Valley...Had two RBIs in a game at Grand Canyon...Had the most starts at one position (57 at center field) and most starts at one spot in the batting order (43 hitting ninth) among all Hornet players...Made numerous sensational catches in center field...Had 161 putouts and just one error for a .994 fielding percentage...Had two outfield assists.
FRESHMAN (2015): Academic All-WAC...Played in 51 games with 45 starts in center field...Hit .213 with 11 RBIs and 18 runs scored...Led the team and tied for fourth in the WAC with eight sacrifice bunts...Had a 10-game hitting streak through the end of the regular season and reached base in 13 straight games...Had six 2-hit games, including one against Northern Colorado in the WAC Tournament...Went 2-for-4 with a season-high two RBIs in his first collegiate game against Utah...Had two doubles...Drew 13 walks and was hit by a pitch four times...Was 9-for-13 in stolen base attempts...Hit .246 with eight runs scored in WAC play...Had an outfield assist at North Dakota...Totaled 119 putouts with just one error for a .992 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years for head coach Rob Rinaldi at Pleasant Grove HS...Named an All-Delta River League second team selection as a junior and was honorable mention as a sophomore...Helped team win three Delta River League championships...Hit .306 in his junior season with 19 RBIs in 32 games...As a senior hit .275 with 11 RBIs and 32 runs scored...For his high school career totaled a .294 batting average and a .437 on-base percentage.
PERSONAL: Parents are Todd and Dionne Grubbs...Aspires for a career in business that is sports related...Majoring in business marketing.
