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JUNIOR (2015): Made 19 relief appearances and three starts and went 1-4 with a 6.96 ERA and two saves … his lone win came in a start against No. 12 Arizona State on May 12 … he allowed just one unearned run in 4.0 innings on two hits and no walks while striking out two … earned his first save in his first appearance of the season in the second game, allowing an unearned run against Northwestern on Feb. 14 … his second save came when he recorded the final out against No. 19 Texas Tech on March 31 … struck out a season-high three in 2.0 innings at UNLV on April 18 … pitched 3.0 innings of shutout relief against New Mexico State on April 21.
SOPHOMORE (2014): Enjoyed a breakout season as UNM’s closer … named to the watch list for both the Gregg Olson Award (Breakout Player of the Year) and Stopper of the Year (Best Reliever in the Nation) after going 4-1 with 10 saves and a 2.33 ERA in 38.2 innings over 22 appearances, including two starts … struck out 33 and walked just 15 while holding opponents to a .175 batting average against … tossed 8.1 straight hitless innings over six appearances from April 5-21 … started UNM’s 7-1 win at No. 18 Arizona State and pitched two scoreless innings … earned his first win of the season in his other start, which came vs. Northern Colorado on March 1 when he allowed one run in 5.0 innings with a season-high five strikeouts … named Mountain West Pitcher of the Week for games played March 10-16 … helped the Lobos earn a road sweep of Fresno State by earning his first career save in UNM’s 9-7 victory Friday, then pitched the final 2.1 innings of scoreless relief to earn his second win of the season in the Lobos’ 6-4 victory … also earned victories vs. No. 21 Texas Tech on April 21 and at Nevada on May 11 … not just a one-inning reliever, he pitched more than an inning in 11 of his 20 relief appearances … after walking seven men in his first four appearances, he walked just eight the rest of the season … allowed multiple runs just three times all season and zero runs 16 times … did not allow a home run over his final 38.0 innings, and gave up just three doubles in that span.
FRESHMAN (2013):Made nine relief appearances for the Lobos and hurled a total of 8.0 innings … made his collegiate debut by retiring the only two batters he faced against LaSalle on March 6 … earned his only win on the season in relief against Nevada on March 22 … tossed the final 1.2 innings and held the Wolf Pack scoreless with a pair of strikeouts as the Lobos rallied from an 8-3 ninth-inning deficit to win 9-8 … also struck out two against Missouri St. on March 19 … longest appearance came int he first game of a doubleheader against UC Riverside on March 9 when he went 2.0 innings.
PERSONAL:Born Nov. 10, 1992, in Albuquerque to Andrew and Janet Sanchez … has a younger sister, Carlena … played baseball for three years at Volcano Vista High School where he was a member of the district champion teams in 2010 and 2011, and the state runner-up in 2011 … was First Team All-State pitcher in both 2010 and 2011 … plays the guitar … favorite athletes are Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera … enjoys eating steak … favorite movie is Braveheart … currently undecided on a major.