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CAREER HONORS
2023:
Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team
Conference USA All-Tournament Team
Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of the Week (Week of April 3) 2022:
Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
2023 (JUNIOR)
a mark that ranked as the seventh-most in a single-season in DBU’s Division I era ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a win at No. 21 Louisiana Tech (3/29) ... Delivered a pair of hits including a triple and drove in a run against No. 21 TCU (4/12) ... vs. MVC OPPONENTS: Doubled and knocked in two runs versus Missouri State (4/9) ... Went 2-for-4 and scored twice to help DBU complete a three-game sweep of Missouri State (4/10) ... Hit a solo home run at Bradley (4/14) ... Smacked a bases clearing three-run triple against Southern Illinois (4/22) ... Hit a solo blast at Illinois State (4/30) ... Went 2-for-5 with a triple at Valparaiso (5/8) ... Homered and ripped two doubles as part of a three-hit game against Evansville (5/15) ... Had a career day at Indiana State (5/20) when he went 3-for-4 with three home runs and four RBI ... vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Started at second base on Opening Day versus Southeast Missouri (2/18) and delivered a single in the fourth inning for his first career hit as a Patriot ... Went 3-for-5 and scored a run versus Southeast Missouri (2/19) ... Picked up a pair of hits and drove in three runs in a win over Southeast Missouri (2/20) ... Helped lift DBU to a sweep of Sam Houston (2/27) with a two-hit day ... Belted his first career home run with a two-run blast in the first inning at San Diego (3/5) ... Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Oklahoma (3/8) ... Tripled and drove in a run as part of a two-hit game versus Southern Mississippi (3/12) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI double at Oral Roberts (3/20) ... Lifted DBU to a win over Wofford (4/3) after going 3-for-4 with a home run and a triple ... Homered in his second straight game and drove in two runs against Baylor (4/5) ...Went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in a victory over Oklahoma (5/3) ... MVC TOURNAMENT: Doubled and drove in a run against Evansville (5/27).
2021 (FRESHMAN - McLENNAN COLLEGE)
Started all 63 games for a McLennan team that won the NJCAA Division I National Championship ... Posted a .344 batting average with 14 home runs, 22 doubles, 55 RBI, and a .626 slugging percentage.
2020 (FRESHMAN - McLENNAN COLLEGE)
Hit .313 (21-for-67) in a year that was cut short due to COVID-19 ... Hit a home run to go along with three doubles, two triples, and 16 RBI.
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Spent the summer of 2022 with the Santa Barbara Foresters and was named to the California Collegiate League All-Star Team ... Played
for the STIX in the Five Tool
Collegiate League in 2020.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at Burleson Centennial High School ... Played for head coach Brian Tickell ... Garnered Class 5A First Team All-State honors and was tabbed the District’s Offensive Player of the Year after posting a .500 batting average as a senior ... Competed for the Texas Stix in the summers.
PERSONAL
Born on March 12, 2001 ... Parents are Tomas and Maria Santos ... Majoring in Sports Management ... Favorite Bible verse is Psalm 23.
Named a Second Team All-Conference USA selection ... Was one of two Patriots to start all 63 games ... Hit a career-high .313 and ranked in the top 10 in Conference USA in seven offensive categories including first in at-bats (265), third in hits (83), fifth in RBI (63), doubles (18), and sacrifice flies (6), and ninth in both home runs (15) and stolen bases (15) ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 1-for-3 with an RBI at No. 22 Southern Miss (3/5) ... vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Delivered a pair of hits including a double against FIU (3/17) ... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a pair of RBI in a series-clinching win versus FIU (3/18) ... Doubled in his third straight game and drove in drove in two runs against FIU (3/19) ... Homered as part of a two-hit day at Louisiana Tech (3/31) ... Went 3-for-5 with a double to help lead DBU to a series win at Louisiana Tech (4/2) ... Homered in his second straight game and drove in two runs versus UAB (4/6) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in a win over UAB (4/7) ... Knocked in a pair of runs in the series finale against UAB (4/8) ... Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Florida Atlantic (4/15) ... Capped off a career-high 13-game hit streak with a base hit at Florida Atlantic (4/16) ... Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Rice (4/28) ... Delivered a pair of hits including a double to complete a sweep of Rice (4/30) ... Smashed a two-run homer in the series opener versus Middle Tennessee (5/5) ... Went 2-for-5 with a double against Middle Tennessee (5/6) ... Drove in a pair of runs in a win at UTSA (5/12) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI against WKU (5/20) ... vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Went 2-for-4 with a home run and double against Fordham (2/18) ... Hit his first career grand slam as part of a 7-RBI day to complete a three-game sweep of Fordham (2/19) ... Homered in his third straight game and drove in five runs in a win over UT Arlington (2/21) at Globe Life Field ... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI against Austin Peay (2/26) to extend his hit streak to seven games to start the season ... Collected a pair of hits including a double and knocked in a run versus Grambling (3/8) ... Belted a three-run homer versus Oral Roberts (3/11) ... Went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI to finish off a sweep of Oral Roberts (3/12) ... Recorded four hits including a career-high three doubles and a home run to go along with six RBI at Sam Houston (4/4) ... CUSA TOURNAMENT: Lifted DBU to a win over Rice (5/24) in the opening round with a two-hit day (5/24) ... Racked up three hits including a pair of doubles versus WKU (4/26) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, and two RBI in a win over WKU (4/27) ... STILLWATER REGIONAL: Hit a team-high .571 (12-for-21) after hitting safely in all four games ... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI against Washington (6/2) ... Belted three home runs for the second time in his career and drove in a career-high nine runs to tie a DBU single-game record as part of a four-hit day to lead the Patriots to a win over No. 12 Oklahoma State (6/3) ... Went 3-for-5 in a victory over Washington (6/4) ... Homered and drove in two runs as part of a three-hit game against Oral Roberts (6/4).
2022 (SOPHOMORE)
#3 Miguel Santos INF • 5-11 174 Sr. • Fort Worth, TX (McLennan CC)
Earned Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in his first season at DBU ... Was one of three Patriots to start all 59 games ... Hit .274 with 10 home runs, 11 doubles, and 40 RBI ... Led the Missouri Valley Conference in triples (6),
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