Baseball Alumni Report: Westmont's Haw to NAIA World Series

Baseball Alumni Report: Westmont's Haw to NAIA World Series

Former Irvine Valley baseball standout infielder and pitcher Robbie Haw helped NAIA Westmont College to its best season in program history.

Haw was named the Exchange Club of Irvine male scholar athlete of the year at IVC in 2020.

He shined on and off the field at Irvine Valley, as a leader and in the classroom.

The former Calvary Chapel star a scholar athlete in every semester at Irvine Valley.

He was off to a stellar start to the 2020 baseball season for the Lasers before the season was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Haw and the Lasers had a record of 11-10 overall. He started all 21 games, either at shortstop or on the mound. 

Haw was batting .329 with a team-high .477 on base percentage. Haw also scored 18 runs and had 12 RBI.

He had nine multi-hit games, including a three-hit performance in Irrvine Valley's wild game against Long Beach City. Haw drove in a season-high three runs in Irvine Valley's 20-15 victory at Mt. San Jacinto on Feb. 15, 2020.

On the mound, Haw won two games. He threw 16.2 innings and had a 4.32 ERA. He struck out 14 batters in those 16.2 innings.

As a freshman in 2019, Haw helped the Lasers to a 20-19-1 overall record. IVC just missed the playoffs.

He batted .259 with 38 hits, 33 runs, one home run and 13 RBI. He had nine multi-hit games and drove in a career-high four runs in Irvine Valley's 19-7 win at LA Harbor on Apr. 16, 2019.

At Westmont in 2021, Haw was named all- Golden State Athletic Conference at shortstop, posting a fielding percentage of .930, tallying 111 assists and made 61 putouts while committing only 13 errors.

He hit .256 with six doubles, one triple, 28 runs and had 15 RBI.

Haw had another standout season in 2022 and helped Westmont to its best season ever.

Westmont reached the eighth game of the NAIA World Series in Idaho.

Westmont fell to Webber International by a score of 2-0, concluding its season with a program best record of 45-13.

Haw, a junior, batted .335 with a .947 OPS and a .488 on base percentage.

He played in 57 games and stared 56 contests.

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