Jacksonville University

A member of the Atlantic Sun Baseball All-Decade Team in the 2000s, Dobbins was the conference's Pitcher of the Year in 2006, when he was also recognized as an All-American by Louisville Slugger and the College Baseball Foundation. He helped the baseball program to two ASUN Championships and a NCAA Regionals in 2006 and 2007. His 12 wins in 2006 still rank third-most in a single-season in program history and his 256 innings pitched places him in a tie for 10th all time at JU.
 
He also excelled off-the-field, named a Top-15 Student-Athlete in the Nation by Hall of Fame Magazine in 2008, was an ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American, the ASUN's Tom Billelo Student-Athlete Leadership Award winner and an Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete Award and Davis College of Business Most Outstanding Student honoree.
 
Since graduating, Dobbins has stayed connected with the JU community, an Athletics Subcommittee Member for the Board of Trustees in 2007-08, the Founder and Chair of the GOLD Phins Alumni Group, the largest alumni group at the school, from 2016-19, as well as a member of the JAX Backers advisory committee since 2020.
 
Dobbins is the first baseball player since Daniel Murphy in 2015 to go into the Hall of Fame, and the 14th overall.