UC Santa Barbara
2019 Big West First Team
2019: The Redshirt Sophomore appeared in all 54 games as a middle infielder playing primary shortstop and second base for the Gauchos this season…Selected in the 24th round by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft…led the team with 14 doubles on the year…Slashed his way to .285/.402/.495, with a career-high 47 RBI’s, 57 hits, 8 home runs, and 34 walks…Season-long Hitting streak reached six games…Tallied 7 stolen bases…Defensively recorded a .954 fielding percentage…turned a team-high 29 double plays…season-high 4 hit in a win at UC Riverside on (April 27)…Put up five 3 RBI games during the course of the season, at Loyola Marymount on (Feb 17), vs Stephen F. Austin on (April 6),vs UC Irvine on (April 13), at UC Riverside on (April 28), at Hawaii on (May 17)…All-Big West First Team honors
2018: Played 44 games in the middle infield as a redshirt freshman…Selected in the 33rd round by the Miami Marlins in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft…Led UCSB with seven homeruns despite missing three weeks with a broken finger…Slashed .270/.382/.459 with 28 RBIs, 31 runs scored, nine doubles, 22 walks and four steals…Made 23 starts at shortstop, 10 starts at second base and 10 starts as the designated hitter…Third on the team with 12 multi-hit games…Had multiple RBIs in eight games…Season-long hitting streak reached seven games…Defensively, recorded a .975 fielding percentage with just four errors in 162 total chances while turning 19 double plays…Hit .299 (23-for-77) with four homeruns and 19 RBIs in 24 games played at shortstop…Had a season-high four hits in the 2018 finale against Hawai’i on May 26…Went 4-for-5 with a run, two doubles and a homerun…Hit his first collegiate homerun against Mississippi State on Feb. 23…Came a triple shy of the cycle, going 3-for-5 with a homerun and a season-high four RBIs in a 10-2 win over Sacramento State (Mar. 17)…Scored at least one run in 24 games…Scored multiple runs in a game six times…Season-high three runs scored with three walks in an 11-1 win over San Jose State (Mar. 25)…Hit homeruns and tallied three RBIs each against CSU Bakersfield (May 1) and CSUN (May 5).
2017: Redshirted.
St. Francis High School (2012-16): Played four seasons at St. Francis High School under head coach Mike Oakland ... Played both middle infield spots for the Lancers ... As a senior, slashed .310/.457/.563 with 21 RBIs and 15 extra-base hits in 33 games ... Earned First-Team All-League honors ... Named a Perfect Game Preseason All-American before his senior campaign ... As a junior, slashed .419/.527/.608 with 17 RBIs and 11 extra-base hits in 32 games ... Named First Team All-League ... Won Offensive and Defensive Player of the Game honors during the Boras Classic as a junior ... Won the League Championship in his junior and senior seasons ... Also won the CCS Open Division Championships those two years ... St. Francis won the Boras Classic tournament during his junior season ... Played in the Area Code games during his junior year.
Personal: Andrew Jacob Martinez was born on Jun. 17, 1997 to parents Robert and Ann in San Francisco ... Has three siblings: Tyler, Julia, and Emily ... Aspires to play baseball professionally ... Plans on majoring in sociology ... Roots for the San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors ... Lists hitting the game-winning triple in the CCS Open Divisional Final as his favorite pre-UCSB sporting moment ... Lists Gladiator as his favorite movie ... Josh Hamilton's Beyond Belief is his favorite read ... Eric Thomas is his favorite writer ... Listens to Drake and Young Thug ... Likes to draw and play ping pong in his free time ... Favorite athletes include Javier Baez, Steph Curry, and Josh Donaldson ... Likes to watch Stranger Things.
