Florida A&M's Robinson turns attention to MLB draft




BENNIE ROBINSON
 Photo Courtesy: Florida A&M Sports Information

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- He finished the season with a national top-15 batting average, led the MEAC in hits and is now one of only two former FAMU players that have had 213 at-bats in a season.

With those kinds of statistics, you’d think that first baseman Bennie Robinson had been on everybody’s radar for some time. But that was not the case for the left-handed slugger who ended the season at the MEAC’s Player of the Year.

And all of doubting that he endured just pushed him to play with a sense of purpose, said Robinson, who is now a hot prospect to be selected in the first 10 rounds of the MLB draft next week.

“I just want to be successful in the game of baseball,” Robinson said. “When you want to be successful in what you do every day, you find a way to get it done.”

The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros have already had a close up of Robinson in workouts. The Yankees and Diamondbacks have also invited him to work out for them, he said.

Should he get drafted, Robinson will be the first FAMU player to do so since Derek Shaw was taken by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010.

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