• 2019 All-Conference USA First Team
• 2019 third-team preseason All-America (NCBWA)
• 2019 third-team preseason All-America (College Baseball)
• 2019 preseason All-Conference USA (coaches)
• 2019 Bobby Bragan Award Preseason Watch List
• 2016 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
MLB Draft: 28th Round in 2019 (Houston Astros)
Senior (2019)
Earned All-Conference USA First Team … Played in 56 games and started 55 (51 at 2B and four at 1B) … Registered the fifth highest on-base percentage (.458) in C-USA, eighth best batting average (.336) and a .561 slugging percentage finished in ninth … Led the Roadrunners and placed sixth in the league with 58 runs scored … Drew 43 walks, ranking fifth in C-USA and the eighth highest total in a single season in program history … Smacked a home run in six consecutive games, spanning nine days from April 26 (Western Kentucky) to May 4 (Marshall) … Went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored all three runs in UTSA’s 3-2 elimination-game victory over Old Dominion in the C-USA Championship (May 23) … Tallied multi-hit games 20 times, good for second most on the team … Drove in at least two runs - a team best - 12 times … Hit .550 over his season-long 10-game hitting streak from April 18 to May 4, with three doubles, six home runs, scoring 12 runs and driving in 14, raising his average 57 points … Reached base in 26 consecutive games, posting the third-longest streak of the season on the team … Reached base 7-of-17 plate appearances at the C-USA Baseball Championship and scored seven times in four games … Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Junior (2018)
Led the team with a .335 average (74-for-221) with 49 runs, 16 doubles, three triples, eight homers and 35 RBIs … Reached base safely in 47 of 54 games … Had a .545 slugging and a .416 on-base percentage … Drew 29 walks, was hit by four pitches and struck out 52 times … Stole 12-of-18 bases … Fielded .963 … Hung three sac flies … Made 50 starts at 2B and four as the DH … Hit leadoff in 45 games, also batting No. 2 (three times) and No. 3 (six times) … Led the team with 24 multi-hit games, adding 11 multi-RBI games … Batted .322 with runners on base, was 1-for-6 with the bases loaded and reached base as a leadoff hitter in 40 percent of his chances … Batted .327 with runners in scoring position and .306 (19-for-62) with two outs, driving in 13 two-out runs … In conference play, hit .316 (37-for-117) with eight doubles, two homers and 16 RBIs, stealing four bases in 29 games … Was 1-for-4 in his season debut … Went 2-for- 3 with a homer and two steals versus USF in the second game of the year … Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a homer in the finale against No. 3 Texas Tech … Went 4-for-5 with three RBIs at McNeese State … Belted third homer of the year in a win over Columbia, going 2-for-4 with a double … Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs versus Marshall … Went 4-for-5 with two doubles in a series finale at Florida Atlantic University … Went 5-for-5 versus Charlotte in the opener of the C-USA Tournament … Tabbed Preseason All-Conference USA as an infielder.
Sophomore (2017)
Competed in all 57 games, including 56 starts … batted .323 (74 of 229) with 20 doubles, one triples, 11 home runs and 43 RBIs … scored 55 runs and swiped seven bases … drew 24 walks and reached base at a .395 clip … led team with 129 total bases, which translated to a .563 slugging percentage … hit .314 (37 of 118) in conference games … slugged .517 against league opponents … compiled 20 multiple-hit and 11 multi-RBI games … was the only Roadrunner to notch a 5-hit game following a 5-for-6 performance with two doubles, a pair of home runs and seven RBIs in a 15-9 win at No. 21 Baylor (March 28) … a career day elevated him to Conference USA Hitter of the Week honors (April 3) … tallied a pair of 4-hit contests … was 4 for 6 with a double, a homer and three RBIs in an 18-6 win over Houston Baptist (March 21) … also was 4 for 5 with a pair of doubles, a round-tripper and two RBIs against Southern Miss (May 19) … tied together a career-best 12-game hitting streak (March 7-28) … hit .458 (22 of 48) with 5 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 16 RBIs … Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Freshman (2016)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team … became the fourth player in program history to hit for the cycle against Incarnate Word (May 11) and was the first since Lance Brown in 2009 … one home run against Incarnate Word … was the Roadrunners’ top hitter with a .321 batting average and appeared in all 51 games at 2B and SS … led the team with 61 hits, tied for fourth with 27 runs scored and was sixth with 20 RBIs … was 7-for-10 in stolen bases … matched the single-season record in triples by a freshman with four, which also led Conference USA … tied for a team second-best 16 multiple hit games with three multi-RBI games … held the third longest hit streak on the team with nine consecutive games (April 3-17) … went 4-for-5 against Western Kentucky University (April 23) with two RBIs, a run and double … had another four-hit game against Incarnate Word when he hit for the cycle … Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
High School
Played four years at John Marshall High School under the direction of Dennis Schlueter and was a starter three of those year … three-time all-district selection and was named most valuable player once … batted .437 his senior campaign … named to the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 6A All-State Baseball Third Team … selected to the 2015 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American Texas All-Region First Team and the 2014 PG Underclass Honorable Mention Team … member of the Honor Society.
Personal
Son of Pablo and Kim Arias … Has two sisters and one brother … pre-business major.
Arias’ Career Stats:
Where he ranks on UTSA’s All-Time Career List
Hits, Runs, 2B and Assists – 2nd
At-bats – 3rd
Games played, Games started and Total bases – 4th
Batting average, On-base percentage, HRs and Fielding chances – 7th
RBIs and Stolen bases – 8th
3B and Slugging Percentage – 10th
Arias’ Single Game Career Highs
At-bats: 6, five times; Last vs. Florida Atlantic (May 10, 2019)
Hits: 5 vs. Charlotte (May 24, 2018)
Runs Scored: 3, 13 times; Last vs. ODU (May 23, 2019)
Doubles: 2, twice; Last: vs. Florida Atlantic (April 15, 2018)
Triples: 1, 10 times; Last: vs. Missouri (March 26, 2019)
Home Runs: 1, 30 times; Last: vs. Old Dominion (May 23, 2019)
RBIs: 3, five times; Last: vs. Lamar (April 9, 2019)
• 2019 third-team preseason All-America (NCBWA)
• 2019 third-team preseason All-America (College Baseball)
• 2019 preseason All-Conference USA (coaches)
• 2019 Bobby Bragan Award Preseason Watch List
• 2016 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
MLB Draft: 28th Round in 2019 (Houston Astros)
Senior (2019)
Earned All-Conference USA First Team … Played in 56 games and started 55 (51 at 2B and four at 1B) … Registered the fifth highest on-base percentage (.458) in C-USA, eighth best batting average (.336) and a .561 slugging percentage finished in ninth … Led the Roadrunners and placed sixth in the league with 58 runs scored … Drew 43 walks, ranking fifth in C-USA and the eighth highest total in a single season in program history … Smacked a home run in six consecutive games, spanning nine days from April 26 (Western Kentucky) to May 4 (Marshall) … Went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored all three runs in UTSA’s 3-2 elimination-game victory over Old Dominion in the C-USA Championship (May 23) … Tallied multi-hit games 20 times, good for second most on the team … Drove in at least two runs - a team best - 12 times … Hit .550 over his season-long 10-game hitting streak from April 18 to May 4, with three doubles, six home runs, scoring 12 runs and driving in 14, raising his average 57 points … Reached base in 26 consecutive games, posting the third-longest streak of the season on the team … Reached base 7-of-17 plate appearances at the C-USA Baseball Championship and scored seven times in four games … Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Junior (2018)
Led the team with a .335 average (74-for-221) with 49 runs, 16 doubles, three triples, eight homers and 35 RBIs … Reached base safely in 47 of 54 games … Had a .545 slugging and a .416 on-base percentage … Drew 29 walks, was hit by four pitches and struck out 52 times … Stole 12-of-18 bases … Fielded .963 … Hung three sac flies … Made 50 starts at 2B and four as the DH … Hit leadoff in 45 games, also batting No. 2 (three times) and No. 3 (six times) … Led the team with 24 multi-hit games, adding 11 multi-RBI games … Batted .322 with runners on base, was 1-for-6 with the bases loaded and reached base as a leadoff hitter in 40 percent of his chances … Batted .327 with runners in scoring position and .306 (19-for-62) with two outs, driving in 13 two-out runs … In conference play, hit .316 (37-for-117) with eight doubles, two homers and 16 RBIs, stealing four bases in 29 games … Was 1-for-4 in his season debut … Went 2-for- 3 with a homer and two steals versus USF in the second game of the year … Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a homer in the finale against No. 3 Texas Tech … Went 4-for-5 with three RBIs at McNeese State … Belted third homer of the year in a win over Columbia, going 2-for-4 with a double … Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs versus Marshall … Went 4-for-5 with two doubles in a series finale at Florida Atlantic University … Went 5-for-5 versus Charlotte in the opener of the C-USA Tournament … Tabbed Preseason All-Conference USA as an infielder.
Sophomore (2017)
Competed in all 57 games, including 56 starts … batted .323 (74 of 229) with 20 doubles, one triples, 11 home runs and 43 RBIs … scored 55 runs and swiped seven bases … drew 24 walks and reached base at a .395 clip … led team with 129 total bases, which translated to a .563 slugging percentage … hit .314 (37 of 118) in conference games … slugged .517 against league opponents … compiled 20 multiple-hit and 11 multi-RBI games … was the only Roadrunner to notch a 5-hit game following a 5-for-6 performance with two doubles, a pair of home runs and seven RBIs in a 15-9 win at No. 21 Baylor (March 28) … a career day elevated him to Conference USA Hitter of the Week honors (April 3) … tallied a pair of 4-hit contests … was 4 for 6 with a double, a homer and three RBIs in an 18-6 win over Houston Baptist (March 21) … also was 4 for 5 with a pair of doubles, a round-tripper and two RBIs against Southern Miss (May 19) … tied together a career-best 12-game hitting streak (March 7-28) … hit .458 (22 of 48) with 5 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 16 RBIs … Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Freshman (2016)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team … became the fourth player in program history to hit for the cycle against Incarnate Word (May 11) and was the first since Lance Brown in 2009 … one home run against Incarnate Word … was the Roadrunners’ top hitter with a .321 batting average and appeared in all 51 games at 2B and SS … led the team with 61 hits, tied for fourth with 27 runs scored and was sixth with 20 RBIs … was 7-for-10 in stolen bases … matched the single-season record in triples by a freshman with four, which also led Conference USA … tied for a team second-best 16 multiple hit games with three multi-RBI games … held the third longest hit streak on the team with nine consecutive games (April 3-17) … went 4-for-5 against Western Kentucky University (April 23) with two RBIs, a run and double … had another four-hit game against Incarnate Word when he hit for the cycle … Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
High School
Played four years at John Marshall High School under the direction of Dennis Schlueter and was a starter three of those year … three-time all-district selection and was named most valuable player once … batted .437 his senior campaign … named to the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 6A All-State Baseball Third Team … selected to the 2015 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American Texas All-Region First Team and the 2014 PG Underclass Honorable Mention Team … member of the Honor Society.
Personal
Son of Pablo and Kim Arias … Has two sisters and one brother … pre-business major.
Arias’ Career Stats:
| Year | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | tb | slg% | bb | hbp | so | gdp | ob% | sf | sh | sb-att | po | a | e | fld% |
| 2016 | .321 | 51-50 | 190 | 27 | 61 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 81 | .426 | 19 | 2 | 48 | 6 | .385 | 2 | 2 | 7-10 | 90 | 143 | 19 | .925 |
| 2017 | .323 | 57-56 | 229 | 55 | 74 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 129 | .563 | 24 | 4 | 48 | 7 | .395 | 1 | 2 | 7-8 | 117 | 155 | 10 | .965 |
| 2018 | .335 | 55-54 | 221 | 49 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 120 | .543 | 29 | 4 | 52 | 5 | .416 | 3 | 0 | 12-18 | 89 | 122 | 8 | .963 |
| 2019 | .336 | 56-55 | 214 | 58 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 120 | .561 | 43 | 6 | 37 | 5 | .458 | 1 | 0 | 10-13 | 110 | 123 | 9 | .963 |
| TOTAL | .329 | 219-215 | 854 | 189 | 281 | 59 | 10 | 30 | 138 | 450 | .527 | 115 | 16 | 185 | 23 | .415 | 7 | 4 | 36-49 | 406 | 543 | 46 | .954 |
Where he ranks on UTSA’s All-Time Career List
Hits, Runs, 2B and Assists – 2nd
At-bats – 3rd
Games played, Games started and Total bases – 4th
Batting average, On-base percentage, HRs and Fielding chances – 7th
RBIs and Stolen bases – 8th
3B and Slugging Percentage – 10th
Arias’ Single Game Career Highs
At-bats: 6, five times; Last vs. Florida Atlantic (May 10, 2019)
Hits: 5 vs. Charlotte (May 24, 2018)
Runs Scored: 3, 13 times; Last vs. ODU (May 23, 2019)
Doubles: 2, twice; Last: vs. Florida Atlantic (April 15, 2018)
Triples: 1, 10 times; Last: vs. Missouri (March 26, 2019)
Home Runs: 1, 30 times; Last: vs. Old Dominion (May 23, 2019)
RBIs: 3, five times; Last: vs. Lamar (April 9, 2019)