The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014 Baseball Roster
Roster
Collin Shaw
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 199
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Westlake
AS A SENIOR (2015)
Earned the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete Award (given to senior student-athletes exhibiting the greatest combination of performance and achievement in sport, scholarship and leadership) … ended the year second in the Big 12 in doubles (19) … led the team in doubles (19) and tied for second on the team in RBIs (32) … third on the team with 55 hits and 93 total bases; tied for fourth on the squad with five home runs … led the squad with nine multi-RBI outings … hit .357 (5-for-14) with a double, a triple, three runs, an RBI and a walk over the four game span of the Big 12 Tournament (May 20-24) … batted .364 (4-for-11) with a home run, a double, a walk an RBI and four runs scored against Baylor (May 16 & 17) … scored a career-high three runs in a 2-for-4 effort with a double against Baylor … was 3-for-4, including his fourth home run of the year against Prairie View A&M while also driving in and scoring another run each and stealing two bases (April 28) … went 2-for-3 with an RBI double vs. Oklahoma on April 12 … hit his third homer of the year March 29 at Nebraska … crushed his second homer (two-run bomb) of the year against Kansas State on March 22, giving Texas a 4-1 lead … hit .364 (4-for-11) against West Virginia (March 13-15) with a home run, a double, a walk, three RBIs and two runs scored … was 2-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI double and a sacrifice fly vs. West Virginia on March 15 … crushed his first career home run on March 14 against West Virginia … smashed his 12th double of the year against Incarnate Word (March 10) and drove in a run … had two hits and two RBIs at Stanford on March 8 … roped a double and two RBIs against Stanford March 7 … smashed his 10th double of the year against San Diego on March 1 (game one) and scored a run … had an RBI double and a run scored vs. UTPA on February 25 … was 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base vs. Minnesota on February 22 … had a 2-for-4 day against Minnesota February 21 (game one) with a double, run scored and three RBIs … smashed two doubles and a triple with two RBIs and a run scored against Minnesota February 20 ... Was 3-for-4 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI against UTSA on February 17 … had a diving catch in foul ground vs. UTSA that was number two on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays … went 3-for-9 with three doubles and three RBIs in the first two games of the Rice series (Feb. 13 & 14) ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2014 fall semester.
AS A JUNIOR (2014)
Played in 61 games with 56 starts in right field ... hit .264 and stole 13 bases on 19 attempts ... second on the team with 12 sacrifice bunts and five sac flies ... provided great defense with a number of diving, highlight-reel catches and had four outfield assists ... a member of the Academic All-Big 12 second team ... had an excellent CWS at the plate, going 6-for-18 (.333) with a double, two runs scored and two walks ... went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored against UC Irvine on June 14 ... was named to the Houston All-Regional Team by going 4-for-11 with two RBIs, a walk and a hit by pitch, a stolen base and two key putouts from right field ... stole two bases, scored a run and had two hits against Texas Tech May 21 ... was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI against Kansas State May 16 ... went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs against West Virginia on May 4 ... had a 2-for-5 day with a run scored against Oklahoma on April 11 ... reached base five out of ten plate appearances aginst Baylor (April 4-6) ... went 5-for-15 with three runs scored, two RBIs, a double and three stolen bases in the season series against Texas Tech (March 28-30) ... was 3-for-4 with a triple, run scored and three RBIs against Columbia March 21 ... had an RBI double against Dallas Baptist on March 18 ... was 1-for-3 with an RBI against Kansas March 15 ... went 2-for-3 with an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base against Texas State on March 11 ... was 4-for-9 with two stolen bases, a run scored and an RBI in the Hawai'i series (March 7-9) ... Had a 2-for-3 day with an RBI and a run scored against Sam Houston State on March 2 ... scored the game winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth against Stanford on February 22.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2013)
Played in 23 games and started 13 while batting .222 ... on the season he 10 hits, nine runs scored, three runs, two doubles and one triple ... in a double header May 11 against Texas Southern went 3-for-6 ... his one triple came in game one when he went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in a 4-0 victory ... in game two he went 1-for-3 ... on April 16 went 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and one stolen base against UT-Pan American ... had a .352 on base percentage while slugging .311 ... in the outfield recorded 25 putouts en route to a 1.000 fielding percentage ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2012 fall semester.
AS A FRESHMAN (2012)
Made eight starts in 15 games as a freshman ... batted .128 (5-for-39) with one RBI and one stolen base ... registered his first collegiate RBI on May 12 against Texas Southern in the second game of a doubleheader ... picked up the first stolen base of his career on April 5 at Texas Tech ... tallied his first collegiate hit on Feb. 21 against UTA ... made his collegiate debut on Feb. 19 against Duke.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three letters at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas ... earned all-state second team honors in his senior season ... batted .487 with seven home runs as a senior ... earned all-district honors as a junior ... also lettered twice in football as a wide receiver for Westlake, where he earned all-district honors both his junior and senior years.
PERSONAL
Parents are Ethan and Lysle Shaw ... has two siblings, Casey and Tate who is a freshman on the team ... majoring in finance.
Career Highs
Hits: 3, four times, last vs. PVAMU (4/28/15)
Runs Batted In: 3, twice, last vs. Minnesota (2/21/15)
Runs Scored: 3, at Baylor (5/17/15)
Walks: 3, vs. Baylor (4/6/14)
Doubles: 2, three times, last vs. Minnesota (2/21/15)
Triples: 1, four times, last vs. Texas Tech (5/20/15)
Home Runs: 1, five times, last at Baylor (5/17/15)
Total Bases: 7, vs. Minnesota (2/20/15)
Stolen Bases: 2, twice, last vs. PVAMU (4/28/15)
