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Sacramento State

2012 Baseball

5 William Soto

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 180
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Elk Grove, Calif.
  • High School Elk Grove HS
  • Position IF

Biography

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
 2012 Statistic Career 
 5, 13x - Last vs. Fresno State, 5/27/12*            AB                6 at New Mexico State, 5/7/11 
 3, Twice - Last vs. Nevada, 5/24/12* R  3, 4x - Last vs. Nevada, 5/24/12* 
 3, 5x - Last vs. Fresno State, 5/25/12* H  5 at New Mexico State, 5/7/11 
 3 vs. Seattle U, 2/26/12 RBI         5 at New Mexico State, 5/7/11 
 1, 17x - Last vs. Nevada, 5/24/12* 2B  2 vs. Air Force, 4/17/11 
 None 3B Same 
 1, Twice - Last at San Jose State, 4/28/12 HR Same 
 2, 3x - Last at Fresno State, 5/4/12 BB  2, 7x - Last at Fresno State, 5/4/12 
 1, 3x - Last vs. Fresno State, 5/27/12* SB  1, 4x - Last vs. Fresno State, 5/27/12* 

* WAC Tournament game

AS A SOPHOMORE (2012)
Batted .276 with 35 runs, 32 RBIs and team-high 17 doubles in his sophomore season...ranked No. 4 in the WAC in doubles...started 56 games, tied for third most on the team, with 54 of those coming at third base...batted third in the lineup 28 times, the most of any player on the roster...clubbed a three-run walk-off home run to right field on Feb. 26 to help the Hornets sweep Seattle U...his three RBIs against the Redhawks was a season-high...hit a team-best .474 with one double, three RBIs and a team-high six runs in four WAC Tournament games...ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak.

AS A FRESHMAN (2011)
Hit .254 in 38 games as a fresham...made 34 starts with 30 at third, two in left, one in right and one at designated hitter...his .254 batting average was the best among true freshmen on the roster...was hitting .158 on May 6 before exploding in a four-game series at New Mexico State...was named Western Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week after batting .706 (12-for-17) with seven runs scored, eight RBIs, two doubles and three walks without a strikeout against the Aggies...had 10 singles and two doubles in four games at NMSU, including a Sacramento State season-high five hits in one game of the Saturday doubleheader...became just the 11th player in school history to tally five hits in a single game, good for No. 2 all-time on the school’s single-game hits list...posted an eight-game hit streak over the four game series against NMSU and Nevada...hit .313 in conference games.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four seasons of baseball for head coach Jeff Carlson and the Thundering Herd at Elk Grove HS of the Delta Valley League...named first team all-metro, all-city and all-Delta Valley after his senior season in 2010...invited to the North/South All Star Games, which features the top-30 high school players in the state, in 2009...broke the Elk Grove HS varsity records with 58 hits and 51 runs in a single season...also played club baseball for head coach Dan Sozzi and the El Dorado Hills Vipers...won the 2008 U16 USA Baseball Championships.

PERSONAL
Parents are Dave and Mary Soto...major is communications...would like to work in sports broadcasting.

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