2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Antonio Valdez
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- High School:
- Ray HS
- Prev School:
- San Jacinto CC/Incarnate Word
CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2022 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big 12 Second Team member … Played in 39 games with 19 starts at designated hitter or in the outfield … Hit .216 with one home run and 12 RBIs … Scored seven runs with 16 hits, including three multi-hit games … Tied a program record with four walks in a Big 12 game vs. Texas Tech (5/1) … Hit a walk-off home run against No. 8 Oklahoma State on May 19 to help Bears erase an eight-run deficit and take the series opener over the Cowboys … Ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak.
2021 (THIRD-YEAR SOPHOMORE): Played in 42 games, including 30 starts … Made 11 starts at third base, 19 as the designated hitter … Hit .281 with 20 runs scored, three home runs and 22 RBI … Walked 24 times … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run in the opener at UTRGV (2/21) … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run vs. Auburn (2/27) … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run vs. Xavier (3/13) … Had a career-best 3-for-4 day with a double, run and RBI vs. Xavier (3/14) … Smacked his first career home run at TCU (3/28) … Hit two home runs at KU (4/17), with a homer in each game of the doubleheader, totaled five RBI … Finished 2-for-3 with an RBI vs. OU (5/20).
2020 (San Jacinto CC): Hit .352 with one home run, 36 runs, 23 RBI, seven doubles, seven triples and 10 stolen bases in the shortened season as a sophomore at San Jacinto CC.
2019 (Incarnate Word): Hit .302 while starting all 55 games as a freshman at Incarnate Word … Four home runs, 52 runs 31 RBI, 14 doubles, six triples and 10 stolen bases … 2019 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American … SLC All-Conference Second Team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ray HS … Played under Coach Orlando Ruiz … Graduated Summa Cum Laude … Was in the Fishing Club and Spanish Honors Society.
PERSONAL: Son of Lupe and Charlotte Valdez … Has two siblings, Mia and Miguel … Majoring in corporate communication.
