Carl Stajduhar

SOPHOMORE (2016): Was named a Louisville Slugger All-American (Third Team) and the Tony Gwynn Player of the Year by the Mountain West Conference after hitting .331 with 18 home runs (a team high), 17 doubles, 51 runs and 66 RBI (a team high) … the 18 home runs is tied for seventh on the single-season Lobo list … his 27 career home runs is tied for 10^th on the all-time UNM list … The only player to start all 62 games last season for the Lobos (seventh on the single-season list) … Enters the 2017 season having started 108 consecutive games (tied for 8^th on the all-time UNM list) … Tied a Lobo record with six hits in a game against Fresno State on April 9 and also became the first Lobo since 2009 (and 10^th ever) to hit for the cycle (6-for-7, HR, 3B, 2B, 3 RBI, R) … Drove in five runs in a game twice: March 22 at Texas Tech (2-for-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI) and May 28 versus Nevada (2-for-5, HR, 5 RBI) … Along with his two home runs at Texas Tech, he also hit two home runs in a game against New Mexico State on April 26 … Was named MW Player of the Week three times … Led the Lobos with 160 total bases.

FRESHMAN (2015): Named Freshman All-America by both Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the NCBWA after setting a UNM freshman record for RBIs with 53 … earned Second Team All-Region honors from the ABCA … also named Second Team All-Mountain West by leading the Lobos in RBIs, hits (75), doubles (21), home runs (9), total bases (127) and HBP (8) … second on the team in runs (45) and slugging (.545) … was the only Lobo to appear in every game, starting 58 out of 59 games … his 21 doubles tied for the freshmen lead in the NCAA … led UNM with 22 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games … had a 14-game hitting streak from April 8 to May 1 … had six straight two-hit games to start the streak and hit .450 (27-for-60) with 12 runs, 19 RBIs, nine doubles and three home runs during it … reached base in team-best 21 straight games from April 8 to May 15 … had a five-RBI game at UNLV on April 18 … named Mountain West Player of the Week on May 11 after going 10-for-16 (.625) with seven runs, 10 RBIs, a double, a triple and two homers … named to the Mountain West All-Tournament Team after hitting .353 (6-for-17) with eight runs scored, three RBIs, two doubles and a two-homer game against Fresno State on May 23.

PERSONAL: Born April 29, 1996, to Greg and Julie Stajduhar in Fort Collins, Colo. … has a younger sister, Melanie … played four years for head coach Scott Bullock at Rocky Mountain HS … in 2014 was a First Team High School All-American, the 5A Colorado Player of the Year, the Front Range Conference Player of the Year … three-time All-Conference (2012, ’13, ’14) and three-time Academic All Conference (2012, ’13, ’14) … helped the Lobos to a state championship in 2014 … favorite athletes are Derek Jeter and Giancarlo Stanton … enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time … favorite foods are tacos and goose jerky … favorite movies are Act of Valor and Lone Survivor … his father, Greg, played baseball at CSU-Pueblo … plans to major in wildlife biology … drafted in the 27^th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves.