2005: Appeared in 37 games with 24 starts behind the plate for the Camels … Hit .276 during a seven-game hitting streak (3/18-4/12) … Collected 2 hits and 3 RBI in season opener against N.C. State (2/11) … Hit first home run of the season, a 2-run shot, at N.C. State (2/12) … Had three-hit night, including second home run of the season in CU’s 9-8 win over UNC Pembroke (3/2) … Belted a two-run home run, his third and final dinger of the season at N.C. A&T (3/29) … Went 3-for-4 with a run scored against Georgia State (3/30) … Tied season-high with 3 RBI when he went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run scored against Gardner-Webb (5/7) … Hit .400 against left-handers (16-for-40).
Fayetteville (CPL) 2004: Member of the Fayetteville Swampdogs of the Coastal Plain League during summer of 2004 … Started 35 of 37 games played for the Swampdogs … Led the squad with a .307 batting average … Had one homerun with 12 RBI, 14 runs scored and 7 doubles.
2004: Played in 46 games for the Camels in 2004 … Batted .206 with 2 homeruns and 18 RBI during freshman campaign … Collected nine multi-hit games … Went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored, including his first collegiate homerun in a 5-2 CU win at North Carolina State (4/14) … Went 2-for-4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI in the second game of a double header at Stetson, a 6-5 CU win (4/22) … Belted second homer of the season, a 2-run shot in a 7-2 loss at Stetson (4/23) … Picked up 2 RBI and went 2-for-3 at the plate in a 10-4 win vs. Mercer (5/7) … Earned only three-hit game of the season when he went 3-for-3 in a 7-2 loss to Lipscomb (5/22) … Given Coaches award after playing every inning behind the plate for the final 29 games of the season.
Prep (J.H. Rose): A two-year varsity member at J.H. Rose … Teams went a combined 54-4, including a 4-A State Championship in 2003, and finished 10th in Baseball America’s final national poll … Earned All-State and All-Conference honors as senior … Batted .514 with 11 home runs, 31 RBI and 37 runs scored as a senior … Hit a walk off home run in state semi finals … From the same high school that produced current Camels Jeff Blick, Nate Logan, Jim McDonald and Justin Phillips … Played three seasons with the Pitt County Post 39 team, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2001.
Personal: David Allen Forbes is the son of Glen and Lynn Forbes … Father Glen played baseball for two years at East Carolina … Has one older sister … Born July 10, 1985 in Greenville, N.C. … Has not declared a major at Campbell.
Forbes' Career Stats | | | | | | | | | |
Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
2004 | 47 | 155 | 10 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .206 |
2005 | 37 | 104 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 0 | .288 |
Ttls | 84 | 259 | 26 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 41 | 0 | .239 |