Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday starting April 1 throughout the Spring of 2020, bctornados.com will be featuring senior student-athletes from Spring sports to honor their dedication and commitment to Brevard College Athletics through their Tornado careers.
Below photos courtesy of Judy Victory and Amber Winters
BREVARD, N.C. – Senior Kross Robinson, a four-year member of the Brevard College Baseball team, is the next honoree in BC Athletics' Spring Senior Profile series, highlighting and honoring 2020 seniors in Spring sports who had their respective seasons cut short due to the impact of COVID-19.
Robinson, a native of Morganton, North Carolina, graduated from Brevard with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Pre-Law.
"I plan to continue my baseball career and work towards creating an opportunity to continue playing baseball following my career at Brevard with the endless help of Coach Victory, Coach Julian, and Coach Hucke," stated Robinson prior to his graduation at Brevard.
After successfully completing his undergraduate work at BC, Robinson will now attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to pursue his Master's degree in Applied Arts and Sciences with a Business focus, while further continuing his collegiate baseball career as a graduate transfer with the Spartans. The right-handed pitcher will also compete in the Coastal Plains League – a collegiate summer league based in the Southeast – competing with the Wilmington Sharks during the 2020 season set to begin on July 1.
On the field for the Tornados, Robinson put together a masterful career on the mound for the Tornados. Over his four years at BC, the right-hander struck out 134 batters in 125 innings pitched, maintaining a 9.65 strikeouts-per-nine innings average. Robinson made 41 appearances in total, starting in 23 contests total for BC.
Robinson enjoyed a breakout junior campaign that saw him fan 60 batters in 54.2 innings pitched for a 9.88 K/9. This performance led to Robinson garnering a USA South Baseball All-Conference Third Team honor, the first for the Tornados as a member of the conference.
The right-handed hurler turned in a dominant, career-high 10 strikeout performance against nationally-ranked Huntingdon College at Gil Coan Field on March 17, 2019, in seven innings of shutout ball. Robinson put together another dominant, 10-strikeout outing in a victory over Covenant College on April 13, 2019, to help clinch his All-Conference honor.
In the summer of 2019, Robinson signed to play with the Edenton Steamers, a former Coastal Plain League member. There, the rising senior appeared in 12 games, including one start, and earned a pair of victories while striking out 40 batters in just 26 innings pitched. Robinson's first victory of the summer campaign came on July 12, 2019, at the Peninsula Pilots, where the right-hander tossed 4.2 innings of two-hit, one-run ball in relief, striking out six batters. Robinson fanned a season-best nine batters in a five-inning appearance vs. Peninsula in Edenton, and logged his second win of the season at the Wilson Tobs on July 30, fanning an impressive six batters in just 2.2 innings of work.
Off the field at Brevard, Robinson was a member of Alpha Phi Sigma, and academically made the Dean's List each semester at BC.
"My favorite memory at Brevard was being a part of the culture change that the new coaching staff brought to us this year (2020)," commented Robinson. "They reminded us how fun baseball can be and the importance of having grit."
"I can't thank the coaches enough for what they have done and will continue to do for this program and my personal career," added Robinson about the baseball coaching staff at Brevard. "I'm proud to say I was there to see the beginning of a new age of Brevard College Baseball. MUDITA!"
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