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  Gabe Cohen
Gabe Cohen

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Woodland Hills, Calif.

High School:
El Camino

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 205

Position:
OF

Bats/Throws:
R/R

2007
Played in 56 games, earning 51 starts in right field...earned freshman first-team honors from Baseball America...also gained freshman All-America honors from Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, Rivals.com (first team) and Ping! Baseball (first team)...captured Pac-10 Co-Newcomer of the Year accolades and earned All-Pac-10 Team honors; became the first Bruin to gain Newcomer of the Year honors since Wes Whisler in 2002...tallied a .345 batting average, the second-highest mark on the team...recorded a team-best .400 Pac-10 batting average...led the Bruins in Pac-10 play with 40 hits...started in right field in each of UCLA's last 43 games - totaled a .371 average and a .427 on-base percentage in that span...collected 19 multi-hit games, third-most on the team...registered nine multi-RBI games...his 10 home runs and 36 RBI are the most by a UCLA freshman since Wes Whisler totaled 18 home runs and 46 RBI 18 in 2002...finished 3-for-4 with a career-best five RBI and two runs scored in his first collegiate start and second appearance (Feb. 4, vs. Winthrop)...hit 4-for-5 with two runs at Stanford (March 31); finished UCLA's Pac-10 opening series at Stanford hitting 7-for-15 with five runs and three RBI...hit 6-for-14 in three games against Arizona, registering one home run, two runs and two RBI...hit 6-for-12 the following weekend against California, totaling three home runs, five RBI and three runs...had a career day against the Golden Bears (May 4), finishing 4-for-5 with two home runs, three RBI, two runs and one walk...posted an 8-for-12 weekend at Washington State, recording back-to-back 3-for-4 games on Saturday and Sunday (May 19-20)...had the game-winning two-RBI double to against Long Beach State in the Regional final (June 3)...hit 2-for-4 with one run against Cal State Fullerton in game two of the Super Regionals (June 10).

High School
Four-year letterwinner in baseball - as a senior under head coach Matt LaCour at El Camino Real High School; spent previous three seasons playing for head coach Tim Cunningham at Harvard-Westlake High School...posted a .341 batting average as a senior at El Camino Real...collected eight doubles, four home runs, 21 walks, 39 runs scored and 30 RBI his senior year...played in the Connie Mack League and hit .582 with seven home runs and 36 RBI during the summer of 2005...played in the Cape Cod High School All-Star game, the Joplin USA Tournament of Stars, the Area Code Games, and the Perfect Game National Showcase...earned all-league honors and Goodwill Series MVP accolades...ranked No. 76 among the top-100 high school seniors by teamonebaseball.com.

Personal
Personal - Full name: Gabriel Nguyen Cohen...born November 11, 1987 in Los Angeles...Gabe is the older of Richard and Minh-Lien Cohen's two children...has one younger sister, Sylvie...also is a very talented tennis player; was a United States Sectional participant.

Career Highs
At-bats - 5 (10 times), last at Long Beach State (6/3/07)
Runs - 2 (nine times), last vs. Oregon State (5/27/07)
Hits - 4 (twice), last vs. California (5/4/07)
RBI - 5 (twice), last vs. California (5/4/07)
Doubles - 2 at Stanford (4/1/07)
Home Runs - 2 vs. California (5/4/07)

GABE COHEN'S YEAR-BY-YEAR
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SBA OBP
2007 .345 56-51 206 35 71 12 0 10 36 16 4-8 .404
Career .345 56-51 206 35 71 12 0 10 36 16 4-8 .404