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2021 Baseball Roster

Mike Martinez
Andrés Leighton
Zerek Saez

3 Zerek Saenz

  • Position
    Outfielder
  • Height
    5-10
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • Hometown
    Las Cruces, N.M.
  • High School
    Mayfield
  • Previous School
    Eastern Arizona College

Biography

Awards
WAC Hitter of the Week | March 22, 2021
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week | March 22, 2021
First Team All-WAC | 2021

2021 (Sophomore)
Started all 53 games he played in ... Hit .373, leading the team in batting average while also leading the team in hits, triples, runs scored, walks ... Had 23 multi-hit games on the year, including a stretch of six-straight multi-hit games in March ... Named WAC Hitter of the Week and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player of the Week following a series against Northern Colorado where he hit .684, with nine runs scored, eight RBI and a pair of triples ... Scored three runs and added an RBI off of four walks against Dixie State (3/13) ... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored on the road against Oregon (4/2) ... Had a pair of runs scored along with a pair of RBI in game one of a doubleheader against UTRGV (5/1) ... Knocked in a pair of runs in the last home game of the season against Cal Baptist (5/16) ... Scored two runs, drove in a run, and recorded three walks in a win over Seattle U in the WAC Tournament (5/26).

2020 (Sophomore)
Started all 16 games during the pandemic-shortened season ... Hit .344, the fifth-best batting average on the team, with nine RBI out of the leadoff spot ... Third on the team in runs scored with 17 ... Nine-multi hit games on the year, including six straight to start his collegiate career ... Made his Aggie debut against Texas Southern (2/14), collecting two RBI on three hits ... Four hits and three RBI in the doubleheader against Texas Southern (2/15) ... Knocked in a run in the first game of the doubleheader against Iona (2/22) ... Three hits in the series finale against the Gaels (2/23) ... Picked up an RBI on two hits against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/29), stealing the first base of his collegiate career in first game of the doubleheader ... Two more hits and an RBI in the second game of the doubleheader against the 'Dons ... Two hits on the road at #24 Texas A&M, driving in a run in the series opener (3/6).

2019 (Freshman at Eastern Arizona Junior College)
Team-best .392 batting average with one home run, 25 RBI and a .451 on base percentage … Recorded 21 stolen bases in 25 attempts … Played in 51 games … Finished third in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference in batting average.

High School
Played varsity baseball at Mayfield HS … All-Conference, All-District and First Team All-State … Participated in the North vs South All-Star game.

Personal
Son of Sammy and Bridgette Saenz … Has four older siblings … Both parents graduated from NM State … Majoring in personal training.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2020Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'10" 172 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2021Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'10" 175 lbs
    3