Career
Finished his two-year career at State with a 12-6 record and 4.74 ERA...Made 20 starts, throwing four complete games and 127.1 innings pitched...Held opponents to just a .234 batting average, while striking out 112 in 26 appearances on the mound.
2009
Finished senior season with a 4-2 record, while earning two saves...Named to the All-CAA Coaches Preseason Team...Earned SEBaseball All-Colonial Preseason First Team honors...Earned the opening day start, but did not factor into the decision...Threw his first complete game of the season against Northeastern on April 18th, as the Panthers earned a 5-3 win...After serving as a starter, moved to the bullpen and earned a pair of weekend saves in Georgia State’s sweep of VCU...Threw five innings of three-hit ball in a combined shutout over Michigan State as part of the Bethune Cookman University Invitational...In first career plate appearance, hit a two-run pinch hit home run off the scoreboard against Alabama State on April 8th.
2008
Led team with eight wins and finished tied for third in the CAA ... Selected to All-CAA Third-Team ... Led club and ranked fifth in CAA with a .239 opponent batting average ... Topped team with 71 strikeouts, which was tied for ninth in CAA ... Struck out five in five innings while surrendering one hit in win over Jackson State (2/22) ... Garnered win in quality start after giving up two runs on four hits in seven innings against IPFW (2/29) ... Got win over George Mason after striking out six and giving up four runs in seven innings (3/14) ... Registered eight strikeouts and gave up two runs in 8.1 innings to earn win against VCU (3/21) ... Struck out a career-high nine while giving up four runs in complete-game win over Northeastern (3/28) ... Received no-decision, but struck out seven in six innings against No. 22 UNC Wilmington (4/11) ... Tallied eight strikeouts in seven innings while giving up two unearned runs in victory against North Carolina Central (4/19) ... Earned complete-game win over Towson while striking out seven (5/15).
2007
At Gloucester County Community College in New Jersey, helped team to 34-11 record and semifinal loss in Region XIX Tournament ... Finished with 4-4 mark and 2.57 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 49 innings.
2006
Helped Mike Dickson’s Roadrunners to 43-10 record with an appearance in the NJCAA Division III championship game after winning the Region XIX title ... Finished year with 8-1 record, 4.25 ERA and 56 strikeouts.
Prep
Four-year letterwinner for Tony Ferrainolo’s Memorial Tigers ... Finished high school career with a combined 23-5 record after 6-3 and 7-2 records in junior and senior seasons respectively ... Posted 199 strikeouts over final two years.
Personal
Robinson Thomas Polanco was born on Oct. 3, 1987, to Juan Polanco and Divina Mercado in Santiago, Dominican Republic ... Has one sister, Lissette ... Plans to finish his degree in sociology.
