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FALL 2007
Finished third on team with a .381 batting average (24-for-63) ... Tallied five doubles, three triples, two home runs, 18 runs scored and 11 RBI in 18 games ... Produced a .651 slugging percentage and a .481 on base percentage for a 1.132 OPS, second on team ... Walked 13 times against eight strikeouts ... Produced four sacrifice hits and one sacrifice fly ... Swiped six bases in 10 tries ... Was 2-for-6 with a double against Texas (10/14).
SUMMER 2007
Played for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League ... Named league's 75th-best pro prospect by Perfect Game Crosschecker ... Hit .250 with two doubles, two triples, 12 runs and three RBI in 32 games ... Also stole five bases in seven attempts.
2007 (SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in all but one game, making 58 starts in left field ... Bears' primary leadoff man, earning 40 starts in that spot ... Named honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference by the league's coaches ... Shared team lead with 71 hits on season ... Led team and Big 12 and tied for fifth nationally with seven triples, tied for the sixth-best season total in Baylor history ... Tied for second on team with 49 runs ... Finished second on team in total bases (102), stolen bases (11) and times hit by a pitch (9) ... Tied for fourth in Big 12 with two triples in league play ... Appeared in all but one Big 12 game with 23 starts ... One of five Bears to hit .300 or better in Big 12 play, going 33-for-99 (.333) ... Was 6-for-8 in stolen base attempts in conference action ... Hit .360 (36-for-100) with runners on base, including a .361 average (13-for-36) in Big 12 play ... Was 19-for-63 (.302) with runners in scoring position, going 8-for-24 (.333) in conference games ... Hit .418 (23-for-55) with two outs, leading team in two-out average and tying for team lead in two-out hits ... Was 8-for-21 (.381) with two outs in Big 12 action ... Was 2-for-3 on the season as a pinch-hitter ... Tied for fourth on team with 16 multiple-hit games, including seven in Big 12 games ... Tied for fifth on team with nine multiple-RBI games, three of which were in conference play ... Ended season on a career-long, 10-game hitting streak, the fifth-longest by a Baylor player in 2007 and the Bears' longest active streak at season's end ... Hit .306 (15-for-49) during the 10-game streak ... Also ended season with a 13-game hitting streak in Big 12 play, the longest by a Baylor player in 2007 and equaling Baylor's longest Big 12 hitting streak since David Murphy's school-record tying, 19-game run in 2003 ... Hit .299 (35-for-117) with six doubles, seven triples, 31 runs and 18 RBI in 32 games at Baylor Ballpark ... Also posted a .470 slugging percentage and a .424 on base percentage at home ... Hit .313 (36-for-115) away from Baylor Ballpark, an average that ranked second on the team and was best among players with at least 75 at bats ... Did not go hitless in three consecutive games all season and was hitless in consecutive games only three times ... Hit safely in 18 of season's final 19 games ... Hit .349 (38-for-109) over the season's final 24 games, going hitless only three times in that span ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Quala-T Imprints Baylor Classic, going 4-for-10 with four runs, two RBI, two doubles, a triple, three walks and two stolen bases in three games at Baylor Classic ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, a double, a triple and a stolen base and was hit by a pitch twice against Mississippi State (3/10) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, three RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base at UT Arlington (3/27) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI and was hit by a pitch twice against Houston (4/3) ... Went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored at Texas State (4/24) ... Actually homered against Texas State but was credited with only an RBI single after passing the runner at first base ... Second home run of season came that weekend at 18th-ranked Texas A&M, a three-run shot that began Baylor's seven-run ninth inning in a 16-12 comeback victory in the series finale (4/29) ... Went 4-for-6 with three RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in that game ... Was 3-for-5 with a stolen base in series finale at Nebraska (5/13) ... Hit .583 (7-for-12) in three-game series against Kansas State (5/18-20) with a double, a triple, six runs scored, four RBI, two walks and a stolen base ... Went 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, two runs scored and two RBI in the series finale (5/20) ... Hit safely in all four games at the Big 12 Championship, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI double against 11th-ranked Missouri (5/25).
SUMMER 2006
Did not play competitively.
2006 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 55 games, 26 in Big 12 play ... Made 50 starts, 39 at second base and 11 at first base ... Enjoyed season-long six-game hitting streak (4/4-13), during which time he hit .462 (12-for-26) with five multiple-hit games ... Tallied 11 multiple-hit games, including a pair of three-hit games ... Posted three multiple-RBI games ... Hit .300 (3-for-10) with the bases loaded ... Scored runner from third with less than two outs in 14 of 20 situations (70.0 percent) ... Hit .306 (15-for-49) and produced seven RBI with two outs ... Enjoyed a seven-game hitting streak in Big 12 play ... Seven multiple-hit games in Big 12 play ... Hit safely in 15 of first 23 games but did not record a multiple-hit game until 25th career game ... That started a streak of four consecutive multiple-hit games (4/4-9) and a stretch of eight multiple-hit games in a 10-game span ... 2-for-5 with an RBI at TCU (4/4) ... Hit .538 (7-for-13) in Oklahoma State series (4/7-9) with three multiple-hit games ... 2-for-4 with three runs and a walk in Oklahoma State series opener (4/7) ... 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI double in Oklahoma State series finale (4/9) ... Recorded first career home run against top-ranked Rice (4/11) ... 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, a double and a home run vs. Texas State (4/18) ... 2-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and three runs scored against UT Arlington (5/2) ... 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI against Prairie View A&M (5/10) ... 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI double in series finale against Nebraska (5/14).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Greg Blanchard at Lorena [Texas] High School ... Led Lorena to a 25-6 record and district title during senior season ... Named THSBCA first-team all-state and Texas Sports Writers Association second-team all-state in 2005 ... Hit .462 with four home runs and 26 RBI as a senior ... Led Lorena to a 31-5 record in 2004 ... Hit .357 with two home runs, 19 RBI, six doubles, four triples and 18 stolen bases as a junior ... 2004 AFLAC All-American ... 2003 first-team all-state selection ... 2003 Super Texas Team ... Member of Lorena's 2003 Texas 3A state champion team ... Hit .327 with two home runs, six doubles, four triples, 19 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 2003 ... Also lettered in football and track ... Teammate of fellow Bear Adam Hornung.
PERSONAL
Full name is Bennett Randall Booker ... Born Dec. 21, 1986, in Waco, Texas ... Son of Benny and Diane Booker ... Cousin, Jenny, is married to former Baylor pitcher Mark McCormick ... General studies major.
