SAN ANTONIO – UTSA senior catcher Nick Thornquist has signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox, he announced on Tuesday night.
Thornquist, a native of Flower Mound, Texas, is the 59th player in UTSA baseball history to be selected in the MLB Draft or sign a free-agent contract. He is the 18th player all-time to sign an undrafted free-agent contract and the first since 2016. The last UTSA players picked in the MLB Draft came in the 2019 MLB Draft, when Karan Patel and Bryan Arias were selected.
A first-team All-Conference USA backstop in 2021, Thornquist hit .331 with 11 doubles, one triple, 13 homers and 47 RBI. He stole four bases, had a .624 slugging and a .442 on-base percentage during the year. Thornquist was a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award, given annually to the nation's best collegiate catcher.
Over his three-year UTSA career – after transferring from powerhouse McLennan Community College – Thornquist hit .314 in 110 games, with 32 doubles, four triples, 20 homers and 90 RBI. In his debut season at UTSA in 2019, Thornquist hit .315 with 19 doubles, six homers and 37 RBI.
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