2022-23 Baseball Roster

#34 Vinny Martinez Baseball Roster

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Height 6-2
Weight 235
B/T R/R
Class Graduate
Hometown San Marcos, CA
High School San Marcos
Vinny Martinez - Baseball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

SENIOR SEASON (2022) 

  • Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 11)
  • Pac-12 Team Champion
  • Hit .203 with 11 runs scored, three doubles, five homers and 11 RBIs in 26 games played, including 19 starts
  • Slugged .464 and reached at a .309 clip
  • All five homers came in Pac-12 play as he hit .250 with nine runs scored, three doubles and 10 RBIs against Pac-12 foes
  • Posted four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests
  • Homered in all three games and batted .455 (5 for 11) with four runs scored, four homers and nine RBIs in the series sweep of ASU (April 8-10)
  • 3 for 4 with a double and a run scored against Washington State (March 27)
  • Drove in six runs and homered twice in a 2 for 4 day against Arizona State (April 10)
  • 2 for 3 with two doubles and a walk at Washington (April 29)

JUNIOR SEASON (2021)

  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention
  • Appeared in 41 games, starting 38, while batting .312 with 36 runs scored, eight doubles, seven homers and 22 RBIs
  • Hit .293 (27 for 92) with 20 runs scored, six doubles, three homers and seven RBIs in Pac-12 play
  • Compiled 11 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games
  • Homered in three straight games beginning on March 7 at San Francisco and ending with game one of a doubleheader against UC Irvine on March 13
  • Hit safely in eight straight games from March 6 to March 20 (.452, 9 R, 3 HR, 5 RBIs)
  • Strung together a 10-game hit streak from April 14 to May 8 (.318,14×44, 7 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs)
  • Hit safely in 32 of the 41 games with an at bat
  • Went 4 for 7 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBIs in a start at San Francisco (March 7)
  • Homered, drove in four runs and scored three times as part of a 3 for 4 day vs. Fresno State (March 27)
  • 3 for 5 with three runs scored and three doubles at Washington State (April 1)
  • Went 2 for 3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs at USC (May 1)

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)

  • Made six appearances, batting .333.
  • 2-for-3 at California (Feb. 25).

FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)

  • Made collegiate debut at Washington State (March 31)
  • First career hit at San Francisco (April 9)

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Spent four years at Stanford prior to transferring to Notre Dame as a graduate student
  • Prepped at San Marcos High School in San Marcos, California
  • Three-time league champions (2016-18)
  • Team captain (2017-18)
  • San Diego section CIF champions (2016-17)
  • CIF All-Academic team (2016-18)
  • Two-time Defensive Player of the Year (2015, 2017)
  • First-team All-League (2018)
  • Team MVP (2018)
  • League MVP (2018)
  • San Diego Union Tribune High School All-Star (2018)
  • Played club for Trosky Baseball (2015-16) and Solana Beach Cardinals (2017)
  • Son of Kristy and Richard Martinez
  • Has two older sisters, Arianna and Miranda
  • Sister, Miranda, played soccer at California Baptist University
  • Sister, Arianna, ran track and cross country at Cal State University San Marcos
  • Mother, Kristy, played basketball at North Dakota and Metro State University of Denver
  • Contemplated profession is a business operations analyst or associate consultant