Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS:
2014:
Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week (Week of March 24)
 
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 56 games, making 54 starts in the outfield … Finished second on the team with 10 home runs … Tied for the team lead with four triples … Ranked third on the club with a .510 slugging percentage … Smashed a home run on Opening Day versus Monmouth and went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs batted in … Hit his second home run in as many days and also doubled in a win over Monmouth on February 14 … Drove in three runs to help DBU to a road win over San Diego on February 21 … Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and delivered a towering home run to right field at Texas A&M on March 3 … Collected three hits and scored two runs in the Patriots’ come from behind win at Oral Roberts on March 7 … Went 3-for-6 with a double and a triple in a 17-3 victory over Baylor on March 10 … Hit a two-run homer against Texas Southern on March 14 … Went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBI at UT-Arlington on March 18 … Hit a solo blast as part of a two-hit day at Evansville on March 21 ... Helped the Patriots to a 6-5 win over Illinois State with a two-run homer … Delivered a home run and also tripled versus Abilene Christian on March 31 … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI at Missouri State on April 2 … Racked up three doubles as part of a 3-for-5 day at Oklahoma State on April 21 … Lifted DBU to a sweep over Southern Illinois on April 26 with a two-run homer … Went 2-for-3 with a home run on May 12 versus Oklahoma State … Collected a pair of hits including a home run against Virginia Commonwealth in the Dallas Regional on May 29 … Went 1-for-4 with an RBI in a win over Oregon State in the Dallas Regional on May 31.
 
2014 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 58 games, making 50 starts in the outfield … Finished fourth on the team with a .274 batting average … Tied for second on the club with six home runs … .453 slugging percentage was third best on the team … Made his collegiate debut in a Patriot uniform on February 14 versus Mississippi Valley State and collected an RBI and scored a run … First career hit was a home run on February 16 against Mississippi Valley State … Went 3-for-6 with a double at TCU on March 4 … Put together a two-hit day with a double and two RBI versus Oral Roberts on March 6 … Went 2-for-4 in a 1-0 win at Missouri State on March 14 … Hit his second round tripper of the year and went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double against Utah Valley on March 21 … Homered, tripled, and drove in a season-high five RBI at Stephen F. Austin on March 25 … Went a perfect 5-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI, and scored twice at Bradley on March 30 … Posted a 2-for-5 day at the plate with a double in a win over Baylor on April 11 … Doubled and knocked in two runs at Texas Tech on April 15 … Hit his third home run of the year and went 2-for-4 on April 26 at Indiana State … Capped off a season-long six-game hit streak with a 1-for-3 performance versus Missouri State on May 4 … Lifted DBU to a key road series win over Wichita State with a 2-for-5 day and a double on May 11 … Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI on May 16 against Southern Illinois … Hit his first career grand slam and also tripled on the final day of the regular season versus Southern Illinois … Collected two hits against Missouri State in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on May 23 … Went 2-for-4 with a double versus Sam Houston State in the Fort Worth Regional on May 30 … Finished the year with a hit against Siena in the Fort Worth Regional to end the season on a five-game hitting streak.
 
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod League in 2015 … Spent the 2014 summer with the West Virginia Miners and was named to the Prospect League All-Star Team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Waxahachie High School … Played for Head Coach Tracy Wood … Named the District’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Received TSWA Class 4A All-State Honorable Mention honors following his senior season … Selected as the 2013 Most Valuable Player of the North Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game … Threw a no-hitter and hit a solo homerun in a win over McKinney North (No. 1 Team in Class 4A at the time) in the Area Round of the Playoffs – story was featured on MLB Fan Cave … Baseball America rated him as the 72nd Best Prospect in the state of Texas eligible for the 2013 draft – list included high school and college players … Named to the 2013 Rawlings/Perfect Game Texas All-Region 1st Team … A First Team All-District selection as a junior … Competed for D-BAT in the summers.
 
PERSONAL
Born on December 30, 1994 … Parents are Dave and Janet Martinelli … Majoring in Business Management … Favorite Bible verse is Mark 10:45.