Vince Fernandez - 2016 - Baseball - UC Riverside Athletics

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Position Outfield
Class Junior
Hometown Livermore, CA
High School Granada HS

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2016 Drafted to the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round, #290 overall ... First ranked on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, RBIs, home runs and total bases ... Finished fourth in the Big West during the regular season in batting average, fifth in on base percentage, second in slugging percentage , first in base hits, third in home runs, sixth in runs scored, fifth in RBIs, first in total bases and seventh in walks ... Named to the Big West All-Conference First Team after being placed on the second team the previous year (story) ... Named Big West's Player of the Week twice for games played March 28-April 3 and May 16-22 ... Only player on the team to play and start in every game this season ... Recorded 23 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games ... 15-game hit-streak for games played March 9-April 5 ... .297/.345/.485

2015 Named to the Big West All-Conference Second Team (story) ... Finished fifth in the conference in doubles, sixth in triples, fourth in home runs, seventh in runs batted in, fifth in total bases, 13th in batting average, 17th in on base percentage and fourth in slugging percentage ... Led the Highlanders in batting average, doubles, home runs, slugging percentage and walks, while tying for the team high in stolen bases, and finishing second in runs and triples ... Recorded 22 multiple-hit games including five of three hits ... Posted 10 multi-RBI games including three with three runs batted in ... Ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak ... Posted a slash line of .317/.417/.476 in league play ...

2014 During the Summer of 2014 was named to the West Coast League All-Star Team and WCL Player of the Week (full story) ... Earned his first-ever start, while also picking up a stolen base, against Sacramento State on March 9 (box score / recap) ... Hit his first career homerun against Long Beach State on May 18 (box score/recap) ... Had a slash line of .222/.364/.667 against Big West Conference competition ...

High School Letter winner at Granada High School ... Helped the squad make the playoffs in 2011-2013 ... Made it to the semifinals in the 2012 and 2013 season ... Recipient of First Team All-League honors in 2011 and 2013 ...

Personal Vince Anthony Fernandez is the son of Bill and Kristina Fernandez ... Cheers for the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco 49ers ... Mike Stanton and Miguel Cabrera are his favorite athletes ... Enjoys a good book from JK Rowling ... Lists the biography of Josh Hamilton, "Beyond Belief", as his favorite novel ... Watches "Sports Center" and "Trailer Park Boys" ... Enjoys the movies "Act of Valor" and "The Sandlot" ... Loves to listen to Gucci Mane, E-40, and Waka Flocka Flame ... Write his dad is his biggest influence because he always told him to never give up ... Is most proud of being named First Team All-League sophomore year of high school ...