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Vincent Martinez Season 2021
PositionC
Weight245 lbs
Height6-2
ClassJunior
HometownSan Marcos, Calif.
Career Accolades
- Pac-12 team champion (2022)
- All-Pac-12 honorable mention (2021)
- Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 11, 2022)
As a Senior (2022) • Pac-12 Champions
- Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 11)
- Hit .203 with 11 runs scored, three doubles, five homers and 11 RBIs in 26 games played, including 19 starts
- Slugged .464 and reached at a .309 clip
- All five homers came in Pac-12 play as he hit .250 with nine runs scored, three doubles and 10 RBIs against Pac-12 foes
- Posted four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests
- Homered in all three games and batted .455 (5 for 11) with four runs scored, four homers and nine RBIs in the series sweep of ASU (April 8-10)
- 3 for 4 with a double and a run scored against Washington State (March 27)
- Drove in six runs and homered twice in a 2 for 4 day against Arizona State (April 10)
- 2 for 3 with two doubles and a walk at Washington (April 29)
As a Junior (2021)
- All-Pac-12 honorable mention
- Appeared in 41 games, starting 38, while batting .312 with 36 runs scored, eight doubles, seven homers and 22 RBIs
- Hit .293 (27 for 92) with 20 runs scored, six doubles, three homers and seven RBIs in Pac-12 play
- Compiled 11 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games
- Homered in three straight games beginning on March 7 at San Francisco and ending with game one of a doubleheader against UC Irvine on March 13
- Hit safely in eight straight games from March 6 to March 20 (.452, 9 R, 3 HR, 5 RBIs)
- Strung together a 10-game hit streak from April 14 to May 8 (.318,14x44, 7 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs)
- Hit safely in 32 of the 41 games with an at bat
- Went 4 for 7 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBIs in a start at San Francisco (March 7)
- Homered, drove in four runs and scored three times as part of a 3 for 4 day vs. Fresno State (March 27)
- 3 for 5 with three runs scored and three doubles at Washington State (April 1)
- Went 2 for 3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs at USC (May 1)
As a Sophomore (2020)
- Made six appearances, batting .333.
- 2-for-3 at California (Feb. 25).
As a Freshman (2019)
- Made collegiate debut at Washington State (March 31)
- First career hit at San Francisco (April 9)
Prior to Stanford
- Prepped at San Marcos High School in San Marcos, California
- Three-time league champions (2016-18)
- Team captain (2017-18)
- San Diego section CIF champions (2016-17)
- CIF All-Academic team (2016-18)
- Two-time Defensive Player of the Year (2015, 2017)
- First-team All-League (2018)
- Team MVP (2018)
- League MVP (2018)
- San Diego Union Tribune High School All-Star (2018)
- Played club for Trosky Baseball (2015-16) and Solana Beach Cardinals (2017)
Personal
- Son of Kristy and Richard Martinez
- Has two older sisters, Arianna and Miranda
- Sister, Miranda, played soccer at California Baptist University
- Sister, Arianna, ran track and cross country at Cal State University San Marcos
- Mother, Kristy, played basketball at North Dakota and Metro State University of Denver
- Contemplated profession is a business operations analyst or associate consultant
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