Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2004 MLB First-Year Player Draft (947 overall, 32nd round)
Career: One of the most successful starting pitchers on the West Coast during his two-year stay at USD... Led San Diego to a WCC Championship Title and an NCAA Regional appearance in 2003... USD[apos]s number one starter as both a junior and senior... Won a league and team-high nine games in 2003... Then went 7-1 with a 3.69 ERA as a senior... Named a First Team All-WCC player in 2004... Honored as the WCC[apos]s Pitcher of the Month (April/2004) after winning all four of his starts while posting a 1.69 ERA in 26.1 innings... Racked up a total of 124 strikeouts in 195 innings as a Torero... Named the WCC[apos]s Pitcher of the Week twice... Won critical games for the Toreros down the stretch in 2003, including game one of the [apos]03 WCC Championship series... Was nothing short of dominating as a senior, leading USD to a 13-3 record in the month of April and a 35-21 overall record.
Junior in 2003: San Diego[apos]s No. 1 starter, tying for the league lead in wins (9)... Led the team in wins, ERA (3.69), starts (16), innings (102.1) & K[apos]s (73)... Won critical games down the stretch as the ace of the Torero staff... Won three-straight starts from May 2-May 23, including game one of the WCC Championship Series at Pepperdine (5-23-03)... In two post season starts, Collins went 15 strong innings and struck out 11 against both Pepperdine (5-23-03) and national runner[apos]s up CS Fullerton (5-30-03)... Pitched two complete games, shutting out Washington (2-28-03) on three hits, earning WCC Pitcher of the Week honors (3-4-03)... Also threw a complete game against Portland (3-21-03), allowing seven hits and three runs while striking out six... Fanned a career-high eight later in the year against Portland (5-9-03)... Averaged six plus innings per start... Limited opponents to a batting average of .253.
College/Prep: Named a JC All-American in sophomore season at San Jose City College... Did not even pitch as a prep at Westmont High School... Did play baseball for Westmont and named a second team all-league player as both a junior and senior... At San Jose CC, Collins led the Jaguars to its first playoff appearance in eight seasons... First team All-Coast Conference and first team All-State pick as a sophomore.
Personal: Born on August 17, 1981 in San Jose California... Highly recruited out of San Jose CC by Arizona, California, Santa Clara and Cal Poly SLO... Chose to attend USD because of the coaching staff, weather and academics... Sociology major and business minor.
