Junior (2020): Started 14 of 17 games, hitting .327 (17-for-52) with three doubles, 10 RBI and seven walks, striking out just three times and stealing two bases ... scored eight runs. Summer: Played in the most games for the Victoria Harbourcats of the West Coast League (45), leading the squad in at-bats (162), hits (51), triples (3), RBIs (31), hit by pitch (6), while finishing among the team leaders in runs (2nd, 41), doubles (T-3rd, 9), walks (4th, 25), home runs (T-6th, 4), batting average (6th, .315) and steals (T-10th, 6). Link
Junior (2019): Played in all 58 games, starting 57 … hit .280 with 11 doubles and four triples, scoring 36 runs and adding 33 rbis … recorded 14 multi-hit games, including a career-high four at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi April 16 … drove in two or more runs nine times, including four games with a career-best three RBIs.
Prior to UTSA: Hit .367 with three homers and 38 RBI as a sophomore in 2018 after batting .300 with four homers and 34 RBI in 2017 at McLennan (Texas) JC … Named a two-time academic all-America selection.
High School: Two-time, first-team all-state selection at shortstop in 2015-16 … hit .423 with five homers and 44 RBI while in 2016, leading his team to the state championship in 2015 and 2016 … named to the state all-tournament team twice (2015-16) … tabbed 2016 district MVP … named academic all-district … played football as a freshman and basketball for four years … played club for the Waco Storm … participated on the U.I.L. Accounting Team at West HS.
Personal: Born in Waco, Texas … Son of Ken and Tina Paxton … has two brothers, Mason (24) and Easton (12) … brother, Mason, played collegiately at Hill Junior College and for two years at Louisiana Tech … Mason hit .260/.372/.288 in 46 games as a junior infielder before registering 16 at-bats as a senior, with a .364 on-base percentage.