UC Santa Barbara
2014 Golden Spikes Award Watch List
2014 College Sports Madness First Team All-American
2014 All-Big West Second Team
2013
After battling a staph infection early in the season, earned the starting left field position, appearing in 44 games and starting 34 ... Finished third on the team with a .324 batting average and nine doubles ... His .446 slugging percentage was tops among UCSB's regulars, while his .403 on-base percentage ranked just two points behind leader Robby Nesovic's .405 ... Received the Male Performance of the Year SB Award for his walk-off home run against No. 19 UC Irvine on May 5 ... Was named Big West Field Player of the Week on May 6 after going 8-14 with a 1.000 slugging percentage in a three-game series against UC Irvine ... Named to the Corvallis, Ore. All-Regional team after going 5-13 with a pair of runs scored ... Had a batting average of .324 in two-out situations ... Showed his clutch abilities with a .360 average with runners on ... Team went 23-11 in his starts ... Had 12 multi-hit games ... Finished the year with a six game hitting streak ... Was one of just three Gauchos to have a hitting streak of at least a dozen games.
Summer 2012: Played for the Alaska Goldpanners for summer 2012, hitting .323.
Santa Barbara City College: Played two seasons for Jeff Walker and the Vaqueros earning First Team All-Western State honors each year … Acumulated a .322 career average and 33 steals … Twice won Western State Conference championships … Made the Presidents Honor Roll in Spring 2011 and 2012 … was History Student of the Year twice.
High School: Joey attended Miramonte High School in Orinda, CA where he earned four varsity letters for the Matadors and Head Coach Vince Dellaquila … played shortstop and center field … Swiped 56 bags during his career and boasted a career batting average of just around .400 … Earned NCS Scholar Athlete awards sophomore, junior. and senior seasons … Two-time First Team All-DVAL … Led the Matadors to a 2009 CIF North Coast Section Championship his senior year.
Personal: Born on Feb. 2, 1991 in Berkeley, Joey was raised by parents Craig and Linda in Lafayette, Calif. … Has one younger brother Eddie, and 2 older siblings, Matt and Kim … Majors in history … Aspires to play professional baseball and/or become a lawyer … Favorite teams are the San Francisco Giants and 49ers … Favorite athlete is Marshawn Lynch … Best sports memory was winning a Section Championship in 2009 and Conference Championships at SBCC in 2011 and 2012 … Favorite movie is Remember the Titans … Favorite novel is Lone Survivor … Listens to Explosions in the Sky … Favorite TV show is How I Met Your Mother … Hobbies include watching movies and hanging out with his girlfriend and his dog … Also recruited by Stanford, Cal, and UC Davis.
