As A Senior (2023)
Third-team all-conference selection … Saw time in 59 games, earning 58 starts … Batted .329 with 76 hits … Tallied 50 RBI and scored 48 runs … Posted 14 doubles, seven home runs and two triples … Held a .498 slugging percentage and a .421 on-base percentage … Posted 22 multi-hit games … Opened the season with a two-hit, three-RBI game in the win over Hofstra (Feb. 17) … Tallied three RBI and two RBI in the final two victories over Hofstra … Notched three hits, including a homer, with three RBI in the victory over FIU (Feb. 28) … Had four hits and three RBI in the win at Troy (March 8) … Garnered three hits and scored four times in the win over Jacksonville (April 1) … Notched four hits and three RBI in the win at Austin Peay (April 28).
As a Junior [2022] | Game-by-Game Stats
#29 Catcher in D1Baseball.com's Week 6 Positional Power Rankings
Played in all 58 games, making 57 starts at catcher, second base, and third base... Hit .323 (72-223) with nine home runs, 54 RBI, abd 42 runs scored... One of the toughest players in the nation to strikeout at 8.9 at-bats/strikeout... Thew out 27% of base-stealers (12-44)... Went 4-for-6 with three RBI and two runs scored against Cincinnati (Feb. 20)... Went 3-for-4 with with and RBI and two runs scored at Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 25)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored against Seton Hall (March 5)... Had a home run and six RBI in back-to-back games against Stetson (March 18-19)... Went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored against Jacksonville (March 27)... Reached base four times and scored three runs at South Florida (April 12)... Went 4-for-5 with two home runs, five RBI, and three runs scored in win over Stetson (April 24)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored in win over Liberty (May 13)... Hit a home run and had two RBI in both games of a doubleheader at North Florida (May 20)
As a Sophomore [2021] | Game-by-Game Stats
Granted extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19... Played in 23 games, making 12 starts... Hit .220 (11-50) with seven RBI and 10 runs scored... Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored in win over Jacksonville (April 9)... Had a double and two RBI in win at Jacksonville (May 9).
Prior to FGCU
As a Sophomore at Eastern Florida State (2020)
Played in 26 games before the season abruptly ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Batted .356 with a pair of home runs … Tallied 13 RBI … Racked up 16 runs … Stole four bases.
As a Freshman at Eastern Florida State (2019)
Played in 48 games … Batted .328 and cranked out 12 doubles, one triple and three homers … Turned in 20 RBI … Scored 31 runs … Stole 11 bags.
Before College
Attended Montverde Academy, where he played under Victor Rivera … Also played travel baseball with Mizuno Elite … Career .338 batter with 95 hits, 20 doubles, 33 RBI, five home runs and 40 walks … As a senior, was batting .356 with 37 hits, eight doubles and 13 RBI before the season ended … All-Southern Conference honoree.
Personal
Born Dec. 7, 1999 ... Son of Luz and Rafael … Has two siblings: Karymar and Rafael … His brother played baseball at Broward College … Chose FGCU because of the beautiful campus, the baseball team’s trajectory and for the team’s family atmosphere … Favorite sports moment was Puerto Rico’s run in the World Baseball Classic of 2017 … Would like to meet Mariano Rivera … Health science major.
Updated 2/1/23
