Mark Contreras - 2017 - Baseball - UC Riverside Athletics

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Position Outfield/Infield
Height 6-0
Class Senior
Hometown Moreno Valley, CA
Highschool Canyon Springs HS

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2017 Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft (story) ... Named to the All-Big West First Team (story) and the Big West All Academic Team (story) ... Named UC Riverside's Male Student-Athlete of the Year (story) ... Named Big West Player of the Week for games played from April 24-30 (story) ... Finished second in the conference in batting average, second in on base percentage, fifth in slugging percentage, first in triples, 18th in doubles, ninth in total bases and 18th in stolen bases despite missing nearly a month of the season with an injury ... Led the Highlanders in batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, triples and stolen bases, while finishing second in doubles and tied for fourth in runs scored ... Recorded 20 multi-hit games, including five of three or more, and a five-hit game at San Diego State on April 25 (box score/recap) ... Tied an NCAA record with three triples in the game against San Diego State, and recorded the second most total bases for a game in UCR history with 12 ... Had five games with two or more runs batted in, including three games with three RBIs ... Recorded a 17-game hitting streak from April 2-30 which was the longest for the team on the year ... Scored two or more runs in five games, including three vs. UC Irvine on May 21 (box score/recap) ... Hit .350/.400/.490 against conference opponents ...

2016 Named to the Big West Conference All-Academic Team (story) and the All-Big West Second Team (story) ... Finished eighth in the Big West in batting average, 10th in on base percentage, 16th in slugging percentage, sixth in doubles, ninth in base hits and 11th in stolen bases ... Finished first on the team in doubles, first in stolen bases, second in runs scored, second in batting average, second in slugging percentage, second in hits, second in total bases, and third in RBIs ... Recorded 18 multi-hit games, and two games with four hits—vs. UC Davis on April 2 (box score/recap) and vs. Cal Poly on May 21 (box score/recap) ... Had six multiple-RBI games ... Scored multiple runs in six games including a season-high three vs. UC Davis on April 2 (box score/recap) ... Hit .350/.391/.450 in conference ... His 18 runs scored and eight doubles were the second most during the conference season, and his 35 base hits were third most ...

2015 Finished third on the team in runs scored, third in doubles, second in RBIs, fourth in on base percentage and fourth in slugging percentage ... Recorded 11 multi-hit games including three games with three hits ... Had four multiple-RBI games ... Had a team-best 11-game hitting streak from March 29 through April 26 ... Hit .269/.280/.308 in conference play ...

2014 Made his first start for the Highlanders in a win against San Francisco on February 16 (box score/recap) ... Had a slash line of .250/.250/.250 in five games (four at bats) against Big West Conference Competition ...

High School Four-year letter winner in baseball at Canyon Springs High School under coach Dave Becerra and Darius Carter ... Won the Inland Empire Championship all four years ... Received the Defensive Player MVP award in 2010 ... In 2011 and 2012, named All-League First Team as a third baseman ... Named First Team All-League as a short stop in 2013 ... All four years was recognized for having the highest athlete GPA ... Participated in community clean up events ... Volunteer coaching for little league and travel baseball ...

Personal Mark A Contreras is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Contreras ... Sister, Bianca Contreras played women's soccer for San Bernardino Valley and Highland New Mexico University ... Acknowledges his father as the biggest influence on his athletic career ... Career goal is to receive a masters degree in business and get drafted into professional baseball ... Most memorable sports achievement was hitting his first homerun in an All-Star game at the age of seventeen ... Roots for the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite athletes include Ken Griffey Jr. and Derek Jeter ... Enjoys paintballing, snowboarding and fishing outside of sports ... Reads work from author Lemony Snicket ... His favorite novel is Lone Survivor ... Watches "Two and a Half Men", "Big Bang Theory" and "MLB Network" ... Favorite movies include "Lone Survivor" and "Hunger Games" ... Likes to eat pizza and sushi ...