Baylor

CAREER HONORS 
• 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (INF)
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 Shriners Children's College Classic All-Tournament Team
• Big 12 Player of the Week (May 23, 2022)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021, Spring 2022 
• 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

2022 (JUNIOR): Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 12^th Round with the 355^th overall pick … All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (INF) … Academic All-Big 12 First Team member … 2022 Shriners Children’s College Classic All-Tournament Team … Started all 54 games at shortstop … Hit .300 with a career-high seven home runs and 35 RBIs … Scored 56 runs … Led the team with 68 hits and 20 multi-hit games in 2022 … Tied for team lead with 15 doubles … His five triples were the most by a Bear since 2016 and ranked inside the top-20 nationally … Stole a team-high 10 bases in 15 attempts … Compiled a 20-game on-base streak … Helped Baylor lead the country in double plays turned with 64 … Stole a career-high three bases vs. Tennessee (3/5) … Launched a go-ahead, two-run HR vs. LSU (3/7) that proved to be the game-winner … Walked a career-high four times vs. Columbia (3/12) … Walk-off walk on March 22 to help the Bears defeat UTSA … Scored a run in 14-straight games from March 27 to April 18 … Named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week (5/23) after hitting .471 with eight hits on the week against SFA and OSU … Also scored seven runs and hit three home runs, including two leadoff blasts, with 18 total bases and slugged 1.059 across the four games … Matched career-highs with four hits vs. ETSU (4/1) and vs. Oklahoma State (5/20) … Drove in four runs vs. Incarnate Word (4/26), including go-ahead, bases-clearing double.

2021 (THIRD-YEAR SOPHOMORE): All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Started all 51 games, 28 at shortstop, 23 at second base … Made the switch from second base to shortstop after the TCU series … Finished third on the team with a .327 average, second on the team in hits with 67 and in runs scored with 52 … Tied for team lead with 16 doubles … Hit four home runs, three triples and 33 RBI … Led the team with 33 walks … .955 fielding percentage … 21 multi-hit games … Compiled a 17-game reached base streak … Started the season by going a combined 5-for-11 with two runs in the doubleheader at UTRGV (2/21) … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Texas A&M (2/26) & Auburn (2/27) … Had a career-best day going 4-for-5 with two RBI and a run vs. Prairie View A&M (3/17) … Hit his first career triple as a part of a 2-for-4 day vs. Texas (3/19) … Smacked his first career home run vs. UTA (4/6) … Hit his second home run and went 2-for-4 at KU (4/17) … Hit a home run while going 2-for-5 at Texas Tech (4/23) … Finished 3-for-5 with four runs scored, two RBI and two doubles vs. Prairie View A&M (4/27) … Was a double short of the cycle vs. K-State (5/7) while going 3-for-6 with three runs and four RBI … Went 3-for-4 at Oklahoma State (5/15).

2019-20 (College of Southern Nevada): First-Team All-Conference second baseman at College of Southern Nevada … Hit .350 his freshman year, including leading the conference in league games with a .408 average, while holding a .990 fielding percentage … In his sophomore season, he upped his average to .369 and reached base in every game.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at La Cueva High School … Two-time All-State shortstop … Three-time All-District shortstop … ABQ Journal Baseball Player of the Year after batting .416 and collecting 35 RBI, 19 stolen bases and … Two-time state champion … Collegiate Baseball All-American … Member of the Arizona Diamondbacks Canada scout team … Two-time Connie Mack World Series Regional Qualifier … Two-time academic letter winner with a 4.2 GPA … President of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

PERSONAL: Son of Gerard and Bridget Pineda … Has three siblings, Rose, Katie and Gehrig … Majoring in marketing.