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Excelled last year as a true freshman outfielder, earning Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America honors and was honorable mention All-Pac-10...a multi-talented athlete who could move to third base this season after playing shortstop in high school...has outstanding speed on the basepaths...was high school teammates with junior right-hander Tyson Ross at Bishop O'Dowd High School.
AS A FRESHMAN (2007): Was a freshman All-American and honorable mention All-Pac-10 after finishing second on the team with a .331 average (59-for-174, .246 vs. Pac-10) with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 22 RBI...led Cal with 13 stolen bases (9th in the Pac-10) and was second with 60 hits and 19 multiple-hit games...went 4-for-8 with a triple and two RBI at UCLA May 4-6...went 2-for-5 with first collegiate home versus Arizona State Apr. 29...had an eight-game hitting streak from Mar. 13-28 (13-for-33, .394, 2-2B, five RBI) and a team-high nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 16-Mar. 2 (19-for-39, .487, 2-2B, three RBI)...went 3-for-3 with two RBI at UC Santa Barbara Mar. 28...was 5-for-13 with a double versus Rhode Island Mar. 16-18...went 3-for-5 at Stanford Mar. 4...was 5-for-9 with a double at UC Santa Barbara Feb. 25-26...went 3-for-5 at Long Beach State Feb. 24...was a career-high 4-for-6 with two RBI versus UNLV Feb. 18...went 3-for-5 versus UNLV Feb. 17...was 4-for-7 with a double and two RBI in two games versus Portland Feb. 11.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Bishop O'Dowd High School played shortstop, earning 2005 and 2006 all-league and All-East Bay honors...had a career .415 batting average, including hitting .423 with six doubles, three triples, two home runs and 22 RBI as a junior...was a two-time North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete...competed in the 2005 Area Code Games and at the 2005 17U Junior World Wood Bat Association National Tournament in Marietta, Ga., helping NorCal to a co-national championship, batting .455 with a home run and nine RBI...undeclared major...father, Jeff, played minor league baseball for the Seattle Mariners...parents are Jeff and Margie Kobernus...born June 30, 1988 in San Leandro, Calif.
Kobernus' Career Statistics YEAR AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB 2007 .331 52 181 31 60 22 5 1 1 12 27 13Career vs. the Pac-10 AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB TB SLUG vs. UA .231 3 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .231 vs. ASU .286 2 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 .714 vs. OSU .400 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .400 vs. STAN .143 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 vs. UCLA .500 3 8 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 .500 vs. USC .300 3 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .300 vs. UW .143 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .143 vs. WSU .000 3 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
Career Bests Most Hits: 4, Feb. 18, 2007 vs. UNLV (4-for-6, 2 RBI) Most Runs: 2, nine times, last time May 4, 2007 at UCLA Most RBI: 2, four times, last time May 6, 2007 at UCLA (2-for-3, 3B) Career Grand Slams: None Longest Hitting Streak: 9, Feb. 16-Mar. 2, 2007 (19-for-39, .487, 2-2B, 3 RBI)
