Completed Event: Baseball at Omaha on May 22, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 7 , 10 inn.
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FINAL
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South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Baseball Roster
Velez, Phil
Jersey Number 6
Phil Velez
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 180
- Position:
- Outfield
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Des Moines, Iowa
- High School:
- Southeast Polk H.S.
- Major:
- Advertising
Bio
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Summit League Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team (2016)
2017: Shared outfield duties throughout the season as he appeared in 42 games with 30 starts ... did not commit an error all season in 70 outfield chances ... went 1-for-2 with a run batted in and pair of walks in season opener against Northern Illinois (2/17) ... singled and scored first run of the game in 2-1 road victory at nationally ranked Oklahoma State (3/10) ... posted first two-hit game of the season and drove in pair of runs in win at Omaha (3/18) and added two more RBI the next day to complete series sweep (3/19) ... was 3-for-6 with an RBI and added two hits and two runs scored in first two games of road series at Oral Roberts (3/24-25) ... scored two runs in each of the final two games of series against Fort Wayne, driving in a total of three runs (4/1-2) ... walked twice and scored a run in Summit League Baseball Championship elimination game versus North Dakota State (5/26)
2016: Took over duties in center field, making 50 starts in 53 games … tied for second on squad with 17 multi-hit games … scored a run in Jackrabbit debut, versus Florida Atlantic (2/19) … collected two hits and scored twice in game against nationally ranked Mississippi State (2/20) … went 3-for-4 with pair of runs batted in against Eastern Kentucky (2/28) … as part of a 10-game hitting streak, opened series at Western Illinois by going 3-for-4 at the plate (3/25), followed by three-RBI performance in the first game of a doubleheader the next day … recorded a key outfield assist and went 4-for-5 at the plate with an RBI and run scored in middle game of three-game home series sweep of North Dakota State (4/16) … notched two hits in four consecutive games, including all three games of a weekend series at Omaha, during which he posted a .462 average (6-for-13) with three RBI … scored a career-best four runs after going 2-for-4 with a double in series opener against Fort Wayne (5/6) … scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning and ended the day 4-for-5 with a double in home finale versus Minnesota (5/17) … earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the Summit League Baseball Championship after batting .417 (5-for-12) and hitting safely in all three games … hit lone home run of the season as part of a 3-for-3, two-run, two-RBI performance in elimination-game victory over Omaha (5/26)
BEFORE SDSU: Spent one season in the junior college ranks ... batted .375 with two home runs and 25 runs batted in during the 2015 season at Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa ... also stole 15 bases and scored 34 runs in 48 games ... at the prep level, earned first-team all-state honors in 2013 and was a two-time all-conference selection at Southeast Polk High School, where he was a teammate with current Jackrabbit Anthony Schneider
• Summit League Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team (2016)
2017: Shared outfield duties throughout the season as he appeared in 42 games with 30 starts ... did not commit an error all season in 70 outfield chances ... went 1-for-2 with a run batted in and pair of walks in season opener against Northern Illinois (2/17) ... singled and scored first run of the game in 2-1 road victory at nationally ranked Oklahoma State (3/10) ... posted first two-hit game of the season and drove in pair of runs in win at Omaha (3/18) and added two more RBI the next day to complete series sweep (3/19) ... was 3-for-6 with an RBI and added two hits and two runs scored in first two games of road series at Oral Roberts (3/24-25) ... scored two runs in each of the final two games of series against Fort Wayne, driving in a total of three runs (4/1-2) ... walked twice and scored a run in Summit League Baseball Championship elimination game versus North Dakota State (5/26)
2016: Took over duties in center field, making 50 starts in 53 games … tied for second on squad with 17 multi-hit games … scored a run in Jackrabbit debut, versus Florida Atlantic (2/19) … collected two hits and scored twice in game against nationally ranked Mississippi State (2/20) … went 3-for-4 with pair of runs batted in against Eastern Kentucky (2/28) … as part of a 10-game hitting streak, opened series at Western Illinois by going 3-for-4 at the plate (3/25), followed by three-RBI performance in the first game of a doubleheader the next day … recorded a key outfield assist and went 4-for-5 at the plate with an RBI and run scored in middle game of three-game home series sweep of North Dakota State (4/16) … notched two hits in four consecutive games, including all three games of a weekend series at Omaha, during which he posted a .462 average (6-for-13) with three RBI … scored a career-best four runs after going 2-for-4 with a double in series opener against Fort Wayne (5/6) … scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning and ended the day 4-for-5 with a double in home finale versus Minnesota (5/17) … earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the Summit League Baseball Championship after batting .417 (5-for-12) and hitting safely in all three games … hit lone home run of the season as part of a 3-for-3, two-run, two-RBI performance in elimination-game victory over Omaha (5/26)
BEFORE SDSU: Spent one season in the junior college ranks ... batted .375 with two home runs and 25 runs batted in during the 2015 season at Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa ... also stole 15 bases and scored 34 runs in 48 games ... at the prep level, earned first-team all-state honors in 2013 and was a two-time all-conference selection at Southeast Polk High School, where he was a teammate with current Jackrabbit Anthony Schneider
Baseball Highlights vs Omaha (05.22.2025)
Thursday, May 22
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.21.2025)
Wednesday, May 21
Baseball Weekly Update (05.19.2025)
Monday, May 19
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.17.2025)
Saturday, May 17
