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Veteran first baseman who spent three years in the Tech program ... Started 147 games on the Flats, playing primarily first base, but also at third base in his junior season ... An excellent defensive first baseman ... Has an excellent eye at the plate and can hit for power.
Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, and signed following his junior season.
2006: Started 45 games at first base for the Yellow Jackets before moving over to third base in place of injured All-American Wes Hodges ... Started 21 games on the hot corner for the Yellow Jackets ... Drove in 12 runs through the first three games of the season ... Went 5-for-11 with a home run and six RBI in the opening series at Georgia Southern (2/12-2/13) before homering and driving in a career-high six runs against Georgia State (2/15) ... Went 7-for-11 with two home runs and six RBI in the series vs. Rutgers (3/3-3/5) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in Tech's 17-11 win at NC State (3/19) ... Had three hits, including a home run, while driving in three runs against North Carolina (3/24-3/26) ... Went 2-for-3 with four RBI vs. Western Carolina (3/28) ... Was 3-for-4 in Tech's 7-4 win over Georgia Southern (4/5) ... Hit his first career grand slam vs. Clemson (4/14) ... Went 4-for-12 with six RBI in the series against the Tigers (4/14-4/16) ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored at Georgia State (4/19) ... Had four hits and scored six runs in Tech's sweep at Florida State (4/21-4/23) ... Collected three hits, including two home runs, while driving in five runs at Boston College (4/28-4/30) ... Homered and drove in two runs vs. South Florida (5/5) ... Was 5-for-14 with two homr runs and seven RBI vs. Duke (5/12-5/14) ... Tied a Georgia Tech record with three doubles against Wofford (5/16) ... Went 6-for-10 in Tech's series win over No. 16 Miami (5/18-5/20) ... Was 3-for-5 in Tech's 8-7, 10-inning win over No. 2 Clemson in the ACC Tournament (5/27).
2005: Came on strong during the stretch run of the season, and earned a spot on the ACC All-Tournament Team and the All-NCAA Atlanta Regional Team ... Played in 60 games, making 43 starts ... Finished the year with 20 hits in his last 66 at bats (.303) ... Posted an excellent on base percentage (.411) despite a .265 batting average ... Named to the ACC All-Tournament team after getting game-winning RBI in the first two games vs. Wake Forest and Florida State, and added a three-run homer in Tech's second game vs. FSU ... Batted .333 (4-for-12) with two doubles and two walks in the NCAA Atlanta Regional ... Went 4-for-9 with three RBI in the series vs. Iona (2/18-2/19) ... Homered and drove in three runs vs. William & Mary (3/8) ... Went 6-for-11 with five RBI in Tech's sweep of Wake Forest (3/11-3/13) ... Had a three-run double in the series finale vs. Winthrop (4/10) ... Went 2-for-3 with four RBI in Tech's 9-8 win over Florida State (4/16) ... Homered in each of the first two games of the Virginia Tech series (5/13-5/15), and went 4-for-13 with four RBI in the series.
2004: Appeared in 54 games, making 38 starts, and hit .313 with 39 RBI ... Tech's regular first baseman for much of the season ... Hot at the plate at the end of the year, batting .410 (25-for-61) with two home runs and 20 RBI while hitting safely in 15 of the last 18 games ... Went 6-for-20 in the ACC Tournament ... Was 5-for-12 with two home runs and five RBI in the NCAA Atlanta Regional and was named to the All-Tournament Team ... Hit two home runs in the Regional after not hitting a home run during the regular season ... Had a game-tying RBI single in the seventh inning in Tech's 4-3 win over Rutgers (3/5) ... Went 2-for-2 with three RBI against Purdue (3/16) ... Drove in two runs against Georgia (4/14) ... Was 1-for-1 in a pinch hitting appearance on Apr. 20 against Winthrop, delivering a key ninth inning single as Tech rallied from a one-run deficit ... Went hitless in the FSU series (0-for-4) but did have two key sacrifice flies in Tech's 7-6 win on Sunday (4/25) ... Had the best series of his collegiate career in Tech's sweep of Duke ... Went 7-for-9 with five RBI and six runs scored, including a three-hit, three-RBI performance in the series finale on Sunday ... Went 5-for-12 with four RBI in Tech's sweep of Maryland in the last weekend of the regular season ... Played with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League during the summer ... Hit .270 in 74 at bats.
High School: A four-year letterwinner for coach Chip Henderson as a pitcher, first baseman and third baseman at Calhoun High School ... Also lettered two years as a quarterback in football ... Career batting average of .580 with 23 home runs and 160 RBI at Calhoun ... Posted a 9-3 record and a 1.17 ERA in 55 innings as a pitcher, striking out 117 ... Owns the school record for most strikeouts in a season ... Also holds the school record for single-season passing yards in football ... All-state first baseman by the Georgia Dugout Club in 2003 ... Honorable mention all-state selection in football ... Helped Calhoun win the 2000 Georgia state championship and finish as the runner-up in 2001 ... Played with the East Cobb summer team that won the Connie Mack World Series in 2003.
Personal: Full name is Whitney Lee Robbins ... Born September 25, 1984 ... Son of Rick and Terri Robbins ... Brother, Matt, played baseball at Georgia ... Father, Rick, played baseball at Shorter College in the 1970's ... Uncle, Vaughn, played baseball at Shorter College and played in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in the 1970's ... Majoring in Management.
Career Statistics Year G-GS AB R H Avg. 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB SO SB-A Fld% 2004 54-38 144 34 45 .313 10 1 2 39 63 .438 28 20 4-6 .982 2005 60-43 162 33 43 .265 14 0 5 40 72 .444 39 21 0-2 .991 2006 66-66 247 71 87 .352 19 1 13 67 147 .595 43 38 2-3 .972 Totals 180-147 553 138 175 .316 43 2 20 146 282 .510 110 79 6-11 .981
