The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014 Baseball Roster
Roster
C.J Hinojosa
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 179
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
- High School:
- Klein Collins
AS A JUNIOR (2015)
Finished the year second on the team in home runs (7), fourth in RBIs (30) and tied for fourth in multi-RBI games with six and tied for third in doubles with nine; fifth in hits (51) … earned Big 12 Player of the Week Honors on May 11-17, homering four times in three games while totaling five RBIs and five runs and hitting .462 … recipient of a Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholarship (national award for minority and international student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher) … hit .304 (28-for-92) with six home runs, 17 RBIs, three runs scored, 53 total bases and a .576 slugging percentage during Big 12 play … the six homers tied for first in the league, while the 53 total bases and .576 slugging percentage ranked second … against Baylor (May 16 & 17), went 6-for-13 (.462) with four home runs, five runs scored, five RBIs and two walks … this included his first career multi-homer game when he went 3-for-5 including a game-tying homer in the top of the ninth on May 16 … had a 4-for-10 showing at the plate with a run scored and an RBI in the first two games of the series against TCU (April 25) before injuring his hand an missing the finale … was 7-for-17 against Kansas (April 17-19) with a home run, two doubles, a triple, three runs scored and six RBIs … hit for the cycle April 19 against Kansas (first Longhorn to do so since Kyle Russell in 2007) while scoring three times and driving in four … went 3-for-7 against Oklahoma State (April 3-5) … hit a go-ahead, two out, three-run homer in the eighth inning against Texas State on March 24 … had a hit and run scored against Kansas State on March 22 … roped three hits, including two, two out RBI singles, and scored a run vs. UT Arlington on March 17 … smashed an RBI triple and his first home run of the year March 13 vs. West Virginia … had a double and a run scored March 7 at Stanford … went 1-for-3 with an RBI single against UT Pan American on February 25 … was 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI against UTSA on February 17 … recorded a game-tying two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning against Rice on February 15.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)
Started all 67 games at shortstop and finished second on the team with a .298 batting average ... a member of the Academic All-Big 12 second team ... ranked second on the team with 21 multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games, and tied for second with 13 doubles and 35 RBIs ... led the team with 16 sacrifice bunts which ranked t-17th nationally ... named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team for his play in Omaha, collecting five hits including a home run and a double, two walks, three runs scored and two RBIs .... had a hit in all five games of the College World Series ... hit the first home run at the CWS, a solo shot in the top of the seventh inning against UC Irvine on June 18 that proved to be the game winner in a 1-0 victory ... was 4-for-8 with a run scored, two RBI and a stolen base against Houston in the Austin Super Regional (June 6-7) ... went 6-for-13 with two doubles, three runs scored and four RBI in the Houston Regional Tournament (May 30-June 2) ... in the season series against Kansas State (May 16-18), went 7-for-14 with three doubles, three RBI, two runs scored and a walk ... had a 2-for-3 day with two RBI against Prairie View A&M on April 29 ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Oklahoma State on April 25 ... was 4-for-11 with a double in the series against TCU (April 17-19) ... in the season series against Oklahoma, was 5-for-13 with three runs scored, three RBI and a home run ... hit first home run of the season April 11 against Oklahoma ... went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored against Rice on April 1 ... had a 3-for-5 day with a walk against Texas Tech on March 30 ... was 1-for-2 with an off-the-wall RBI double and a walk against Texas State March 25 ... had two hits and an RBI against Dallas Baptist on March 18 ... was 5-for-13 with three RBI in the series against Hawai'i (March 7-9) ... had a 3-for-4 day at the plate with two RBI, a run scored and a walk against Hawai'i on March 9 ... was 4-for-10 with an RBI in the Houston College Classic (Feb. 28-March 2) ... made a leaping grab to end the game against Houston (March 1) with the tying run in scoring position ... went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and three RBI in a win against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on February 18 ... was 4-for-14 in the opening series against Cal, good for a tie for second on the team with a .286 batting average on the weekend ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2013 fall semester and 2014 spring semester.
AS A FRESHMAN (2013)
Earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors ... started every game at shortstop for the Longhorns ... finished second among starters with a .309 batting average (59-for-191) and .414 slugging percentage ... had 15 multi-hit games, which ranked third on the team ... recorded 10 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 29 RBIs, 19 runs and three stolen bases ... tied for the team lead in RBIs and sacrifice hits (7) ... had two walk-off hits during the season ... defensively, ranked second on the team with 133 assists ... finished the season with an 11-game errorless streak and committed only one error in his last 18 games of the season ... batted .600 (6-for-10) in the TCU series (May 16-18) ... went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the season finale at TCU on May 18 after going 3-for-3 with two doubles the night before ... went 4-for-7 in a doubleheader vs. Texas Southern on May 11 ... went 3-for-5 with two runs and a RBI vs. West Virginia on April 20 ... had a 12-game hitting streak from March 22-April 12, the second longest by a Longhorn all season ... in his first collegiate series, went 6-for-11 with two doubles vs. Sacramento State Feb. 15-17 ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2012 fall and 2013 spring semesters.
US NATIONAL TEAM
Earned a roster spot on the 2013 United States Collegiate National Team ... played for the U-16 National Team in 2009 and the U-14 National Team in 2008
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of baseball at Klein Collins High under coach Miguel Carlos ... rated as the No. 32 propsect in the nation according to Perfect Game while rated as the No. 3 player at his position and No. 4 player in Texas ... earned 2012 Rawlings All-America first team honors ... earned 2011 Perfect Game Underclass All-America and Baseball America first team honors ... in his junior season, batted .405 (45-for-111) with nine doubles, two triples, 16 home runs, 61 RBI and 12 stolen bases ... earned 2010 Perfect Game Underclass All-America second team honors ... drafted in the 26th round of the 2012 major league baseball draft by the Houston Astros.
PERSONAL
Mother is Rose ... has two brothers, Aaron and Alec ... majoring in physical culture and sports with a minor in business.
Career Highs
Hits: 4, at Kansas (4/19/15)
Runs Batted In: 4, at Kansas (4/19/15)
Runs Scored: 3, at Kansas (4/19/15)
Walks: 3, vs. Columbia (3/22/14)
Doubles: 2, at TCU (5/17/13)
Triples: 1, three times, last at Kansas (4/19/15)
Home Runs: 2, at Baylor (5/16/15)
Total Bases: 10, at Kansas (4/19/15)
Stolen Bases: 1, 12 times, last at Texas State (3/24/15)
