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SENIOR (2014): Appeared in 53 games and made 51 starts … hit .324 (66-for-204) while primarily playing DH and left field … scored 34 runs and drove in 37 … tied for second on the team with 11 doubles and two home runs, while also finishing second with three triples … slugged .436 and posted a .371 OBP … fourth on the team in both multi-hit games (19) and multi-RBI games (7) … finished the season with four straight multi-hit games and multiple hits in six of seven … hit .438 (14-for-32) over that stretch … while playing with a bruised knee he drove in three runs vs. Air Force on May 17 to help UNM clinch a share of the Mountain West regular-season title … also recorded three RBIs vs. San Diego State on May 4 … tallied a season-high four hits against Utah Valley on May 5 … posted a season-high seven-game hitting streak Feb. 23 to March 7 and hit .400 (12-for-30) with seven runs and five RBIs during that stretch … recorded two outfield assists in left field.
JUNIOR (2013): Was the Lobos “Ace in the Hole” as a pinch hitter and went 9-24 (.375) in that role … finished the season batting .372 overall with four doubles and a triple … scored 11 runs, drove in 13 and struck out only five times in 49 plate appearances … had a hit in eight straight at bats from April 21-30 including a four-hit game at Texas Tech April 30 … April 28 vs. UNLV had a two-RBI double in the bottom of the ninth, and in the 10th hit a one-out triple and scored the game-winning run … started at DH in the season-opener vs. Oklahoma St. on Feb. 15, started at DH again vs. San Diego St. on March 30, and made his third and final start April 30 at Texas Tech.
SOPHOMORE (2012): Appeared in 34 games and made 27 starts at outfield and designated hitter … hit .294 with 17 runs, 32 hits, 20 RBIs, two doubles, a triple, and three home runs … tied a UNM record with six hits in a game, recording the feat against Air Force on Apr. 5 … went 6-for-6 in the game with four runs, five RBIs, a double and a home run … had season-high 10-game hitting streak from Mar. 27 through Apr. 9 … hit .488 (20-41) with 10 runs, 14 RBIs, a double and two home runs during the streak … hit first career home run as part of 3-for-5 performance against New Mexico State on Mar. 6 … season ended due to injury on May 6 against TCU.
Personal: Born May 9, 1992, in Colorado Springs, Colo. … parents are John and Laurie Pustay … two older siblings, Ryan and Jacqui … attended Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs … was named all-conference, all-state and the Colorado Springs Player of the Year 2009-2010 … drafted in the 37th round by the Texas Rangers in 2010 … most recently played at College of Southern Nevada … enjoys fishing and snowboarding in his spare time … favorite movie is Remember the Titans … majoring in criminology.