MISCELLANEOUS: Drafted by the Oakland Athleticsin the 43rd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball AmateurDraft.
2009 SEASON: Started 55 games as a junior...batted .266 (55-for-207) with 12 doubles, one triple, fourhomeruns, 37 RBI, 28 runs scored, 17 walks, and two stolen bases...started off the season with a 2-for-5 day with an RBI, a runscored, and a stolen base at the University of Texas - San Antonio(2/20)... had two hits, including a triple the next day at UTSA(2/21)... hit first double of the season on a 3-for-3 day with twoRBI at UC Riverside (2/26)... tallied another 3-for-3 day with arun scored versus Gonzaga at the Palm Springs Tournament (3/8)...doubled in three consecutive games: at San Jose State (3/10), andtwice at Washington (3/13-14)... hit first homerun of the year on atwo-hit, four RBI day versus Sacramento State (3/17)... had twohits including a double and three RBI at New Mexico State (3/21)...drove in two runs on a two-hit day versus Gonzaga (3/28)... had twohits and a double versus Saint Mary's (4/3) and added two more hitsthe next day (4/4)... homered and drove in two at LMU (4/9)... inthe finale of the LMU series, had two hits including a double(4/11)... homered versus Santa Clara (4/18)... went 3-for-3 with adouble and two runs scored on Friday versus Pepperdine (4/24) andadded two hits and two RBI on Saturday (4/25)... doubled, drove intwo, and stole a bag in the first game of a double-header at thenNo. 13 Cal Poly, then doubled again in the second game (5/2)...homered in the finale of the Cal Poly series (5/3)... doubled on a3-for-3 day with three RBI versus Pacific (5/5)... had three hitsand scored a run at Portland 5/15).
2008 SUMMER: Was a member of the Gold Medalwinning USA Collegiate National Team that went 24-0 inInternational play over the summer... batted .256 with two doubles,two homeruns and 11 RBI in 15 games with 11 starts.
2008 SEASON: Started 47 of 52 games played as asophomore... led team and was fifth in WCC with .384 battingaverage... had 66 hits with nine doubles and two homeruns... hitfirst double at Hawai'i (2/24)... was 2-for-3 with a run scored andtwo RBI at Sacramento State (2/26)... went 2-for-4 with a double atHouston (3/16)... homered on a 3-for-4 day with three runs scoredand an RBI versus Fresno State (3/18)... had a six game hittingstreak in which he batted .545 (12-for-22) with three doubles(3/22-4/1)... had a 3-for-4 day at Pepperdine (4/13)... went3-for-5 with an RBI versus Sacramento State... smacked a homerun ona 2-for-4 day with a run scored and two RBI at Fresno State(4/23)... was 3-for-4 with two RBI at Pacific (4/29)... had a2-for-3 day with three runs scored and an RBI at Gonzaga (5/4)...went 3-for-3 with a run scored against Dallas Baptist (5/16).
AT SOLANO CC (2007): Was the Bay ValleyConference Player of the Year as a freshman and helped his team toa 32-12 record and the Conference Championship... earned First TeamAll-Conference as a catcher... earned All-American status afterbatting .333 with 13 doubles, three homeruns and 41 RBI... alsomade the Dean's List.
PREP CAREER: Played baseball for the VandenVikings... for his career, batted .476 with 10 homeruns... earnedan MVP selection and two All-Conference selections... helped histeam to two conference Championships and three sectionChampionships... played two seasons of football, finishing with 106tackles and 5.5 sacks... also earned Scout Player of the Year.
PERSONAL: Born in October of 1987 in Vallejo,CA... son of Doug Lipkin and Cheri Barrieau... nickname is 'Lip'...goal for the season is to make it to the college world series...chose USF because of the coaching staff... thinks the challenge ofsucceeding as both a student and an athlete is the best thing aboutbeing a student-athlete... likes fishing at and going to the SanFrancisco beaches... would like to be Muhammad Ali after winningthe title belt... best advice he has ever been given is 'your bodycan handle more than it lets you believe'... lists his cousinActricia and his mom as the most impressive people he has met...lists Muhammad Ali and Pat Tillman as his sports heroes... favoritemovies are Shawshank Redemption, Law Abiding Citizen, andGladiator... favorite book is Old Man and the Sea... favoritemusical artist is Eminem... favorite food is sushi... hobbiesinclude fishing, hunting, and wakeboarding... majoring inPsychology... would like to play professional baseball, then becomea firefighter.
