2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Richardson HS
- Prev School:
- Navarro College
CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021, 2022)
2022 (FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR): Academic All-Big 12 First Team member … Started 51 games at third base … Hit .224 with 23 RBIs and scored 25 runs … Notched nine multi-hit games … Collected five multi-RBI games … Matched career-high with three hits and drove in three runs vs. Duke (2/27) … Compiled 12-game on-base streak from March 25 to April 12.
2021 (SENIOR): Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Started in all 40 games he played in at third base … Hit .291 with one home run, 18 runs scored and 25 RBI … Had a .944 fielding percentage at the hot corner … Tallied nine multi-hit games … Hit his first career home run at UTRGV (2/21) … Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored vs. Auburn (2/27) … Finished 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a double in the series finale vs. Texas (3/21) … Compiled three hits, two RBI and a run scored at Texas Tech (4/25) … Had back-to-back three-hit games vs. K-State (5/8 & 5/9) … Tallied a career high four RBI in the finale against K-State (5/9).
2020 (JUNIOR): Started all 16 games on the season at third base … Finished with a .234 batting average (11-for-47) with nine runs scored, five doubles, six walks and five RBI … Finished the season on a career best four-game hitting streak … Finished with a .340 slugging percentage, .379 on base percentage and an .867 fielding percentage … Had a season-high three hits at Cal Poly (3/7), going 3-for-5 with a season-high two RBI and one double … Also had a season-high two RBI vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (2/18) … Had multi-hit performances vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (2/18) and vs. Oral Roberts (2/23) … Had his first stolen base as a Bear on Feb. 18 vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff … Drew a season high two walks vs. Nebraska (2/15).
2018-19 (Navarro College): Competed at shortstop and second base for coach Matt Podjenski … Named a first team all-conference shortstop in 2018 … Conference champions in 2018 and 2019 at Navarro … Placed third in World Series.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Richardson High School for coach Mike Tovar … Earned Freshman of the Year in 2014 … Voted defensive MVP during junior season … Was named to first team all-shortstop in 2017 … Competed in the second and third round of the playoffs during junior and senior season.
PERSONAL: Son of Carlos Cardoza and Lizzie Oquendo … Has two older brothers, Carlos and Juan ... Graduated with an undergraduate degree in HKLS in December 2020 ... Currently enrolled in the sport management master's program … Member of National Honors Society and the honor roll.
