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2025 Baseball Roster

7 Dominic Martinez

  • Position Second Base
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 195
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Masters in Educational Counseling
  • Hometown Chino Hills, Calif.
  • High School La Mirada HS / UC Riverside

Biography

THIS YEAR:  A transfer from UC Riverside where he had completed his NCAA Division I eligibility, Dominic Martinez is expected to press for starting duties at second base ... Adds a lefthanded bat to the Cougar arsenal and should be able to take advantage of the home field dimensions ... Rated an excellent defender and should team well with shortstop Allan Camarillo to give the Cougars quality defense up the middle.

UC RIVERSIDE:  Appeared in 94 games during his 2-year career with the Highlanders, batting .274 with 3 home runs, 4 triples, 15 doubles and 41 RBIs ...As a 2024 senior, batted .313 in 44 games, starting 36 ... Has 12 multi-hit games ... Best effort came in a 13-9 win over San Diego State in which he went 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs, a double and a triple ... Was also 3-for-5 with 3 runs scored in a 17-6 win over Pepperdine ... As a 2023 junior, started 43 of 49 games played, batting .241 with 3 home runs, a triple and 7 doubles ... Put together a mid-season 7-game hitting streak in which he hit .448 (13-for-29) with 9 RBIs, 2 doubles and all 3 home runs he hit in his UCR career.

JUNIOR COLLEGE:  Played 2 seasons at Fullerton (Calif.) College, where as a 2022 sophomore, earned All-Orange Empire Conference second team recognition after batting .396 (40-for-101) in 32 games with 4 doubles, 2 triples and 19 RBIs for the 20-20 Hornets ... Best showing came in a 15-14 come-from-behind win over Mt. SAC in which he went 4-for-6 with 5 runs scored ... Batted .333 (29-for-87) in 24 games as a 2021 freshman ... For his career at Fullerton, batted .367 (69-for-188) with 9 doubles, 3 triples, and 27 RBIs in 56 games played.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played 3 seasons of varsity baseball for Head Coach Jimmy Zurn at prep power La Mirada (Calif.) High ... Was a 2-time All-Suburban League first team honoree ... Appeared in 70 games during his Matador career, including just 8 during his COVID-shortened 2020 senior campaign ... Batted .347 for his high school career, which included an impressive .404 (40-for-99) clip as a 2019 junior, when he collected 20 runs scored, 16 RBIs, 5 doubles, and 2 triples while leading the Matadors to a 26-7 record, the Suburban League championship, and the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs ... As a 2018 sophomore, batted .270 in 29 games for the 26-4 Matadors who captured the Suburban League championship with a perfect 12-0 league record.

PERSONAL:  Born Oct. 13, 2001, to Lawrence and Melissa Martinez ... Has an older sister (Felicia) and 2 younger brothers (Xavier, Elias) ... Working on his master's degree in Educational Counseling ... Wants to go into high school education and administration. 

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