FRESHMAN (2023) Played in 18 of 56 games while starting 11 of them... Finished the season with a .311 batting average along with a .415 on-base percentage and .356 sluggin percentage... Recorded five runs and six RBI on 14 hits... Recorded a career-high three RBI at Cal Poly on May 25.
HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Los Altos High School in 2022…League Champions (junior)...First Team All-League (junior and senior)...Defensive MVP (junior)...Team MVP (senior)...Second Team All-CIF (senior)...Top 5 athlete in Hacienda League (senior)...Scholar athlete.
PERSONAL Born in Whittier, California to Gabriel and Laura Lopez…Has two sisters, Destiny and Emma…Pursuing a degree in kinesiology…Wants to have a career in sports medicine…Father attended San Jose State and was drafted by the Yankees in 2002…Parents both college athletes…Hit a walk-off home run in the Connie Mack World Series in New Mexico (2022 summer)...Superstitions: only tapes left wrist, never wears hat backward on the field…Models his game after Derek Jeter…Favorites include: pizza (food), Derek Jeter (athlete), Lion King (movie), KINGSMOSTWANTED (musical artist), Shark Wars (book), Joe Pesci (actor), and Red Lobster (restaurant).