The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 2003
Texas’ “Mr. Clutch” of the Longhorns 2002 National Championship squad, Majewski was one of college baseball's most dominant players in his two seasons after transferring from Blinn Junior College. A two-time All-American who was twice named MVP of the Big 12 Tournament and NCAA Austin Regional, Majewski led the Longhorns to the College World Series in each of his two seasons at Texas. In his two campaigns on the Forty Acres, the Longhorns posted an overall record of 107-35 and also claimed a pair of Big 12 Tournament Championships as well as a regular season league title. Texas swept its way to the 2002 National Title, winning all four games in Omaha, including the championship against South Carolina, 12-6. Selected to the CWS All-Tournament team that year, Majewski’s seventh-inning home run snapped a 5-5 tie with Stanford in the semifinal and sent the Horns to the national championship game. The Big 12 regular season and tournament champions finished that year with a 57-15 record. The Longhorns were 50-20 in 2003, advanced to Omaha for the CWS again, and came up just short with a tie for third-place at the NCAA Championship tourney. Texas also won the Big 12 tourney title that year. Majewski is the Horns’ all-time leading hitter, holding the school record for batting average with a .395 career mark. He’s also the most recent Longhorn to hit over .400 for a single season, batting .401 while earning third-team All-America honors for the 2002 National Championship squad. Additionally, the Longhorns outfielder had 10 home runs and 50 RBI, while 32 of his 85 hits went for extra bases that year. After being drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2002 draft (12th round), he decided to return to the Forty Acres for his senior season and led the team in hitting with a .391 average in 70 games, while his 12 home runs, 85 RBI (fifth-highest single-season RBI total in UT history) and 21 stolen bases all were team highs as well. Adding 22 doubles and six triples, 40 of his team-best 107 hits (tied for No. 3 on the UT all-time single-season list) went for extra bases in 2003. He earned first-team All-America, first-team All-Big 12 and first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors that year and was then selected in the third round by the Oakland Athletics in the 2003 draft. He played seven seasons and nearly 800 games in minor league baseball, advancing as high as AAA with the Texas Rangers organization before retiring in 2009. The 2003 Longhorn Team MVP graduated from UT with a degree in Kinesiology in the fall of 2003. He is currently in private business in his hometown of Brenham as the owner and instructor of a baseball and softball hitting complex.
