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Zach Luevanos
Senior Previous School: Seminole State College Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas 2012: Played in 33 games with 19 starts, primarily at catcher … Carried a .259 average with 14 runs batted in and seven scores … Picked up first career run in February 19 win over Arkansas State … Singled against Illinois on February 26 for his first career hit … Went 2-for-4 and knocked in his first career run in a win at Rice on March 21 … Also had a 2-for-4 outing with an RBI in a win over Sam Houston State … Recorded first multiRBI game in April 20 win over Nicholls, going 2-for-3 with two … Had a career day against Prairie View A&M on April 24, registering three hits and three RBI in the victory … Went 5-for-11 with five RBI and two scores in series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Recorded a hit in 14 games and an RBI in nine.
High School: Was two-year, All-South Texas and oneyear All-State performer for coach Lee Yeager at Corpus Christi Carroll HS. ... Posted .448 batting average and hit two home runs as senior and batted .420 with four homers as junior. ... Was a two-year honoree on the AllRegion Academic Team. Personal: Christian Zachary Luevanos was born on Oct. 22, 1989 in Corpus Christi, Texas. ... Son of Randy Luevanos of Corpus Christi. ... Cousin of Rudy Jaramillo, hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs, and of Tony Jaramillo, a hitting instructor in the Cincinnati Reds’ minor league system.
Junior College: Played 2010 and 2011 seasons for coach Jeff Shafee at Seminole State College in Seminole, Okla. ... Batted .370 during sophomore season and .390 as a freshman. ... Slugged five home runs and 20 doubles and drove in 52 runs in 2011. ... Had 12 homers, 13 doubles and 41 RBIs as freshman. ... Named to the firstteam All-Region Team both seasons.
CAREER STATISTICS
AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB PO A E FLD% 2012 .259 33-19 85 7 22 2 0 0 14 24 .282 5 2 10 5 .312 1 1 0-0 132 12 1 .993 TOTAL .259 33-19 85 7 22 2 0 0 14 24 .282 5 2 10 5 .312 1 1 0-0 132 12 1 .993
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