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2024 Baseball Roster

Tony Venegas, Belmont Abbey

22 Carlos Amezquita

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 190
  • Hometown Santo Domingo, D.R.
  • High School West Forsyth (N.C.) HS

Biography

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023)
Played in 56 games with 56 starts ... Slashed .311/.452/.428 ... Led the conference and broke the single-season school record with 45 stolen bases ... Tallied 12 doubles, three triples, and a home run ... Scored 58 runs with 38 RBI ... Was third in the conference in walks with 42 ... Recorded 15 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games ... Was 3-5 with a double, triple, and five RBI against Southern Wesleyan ... Went 2-4 with a double and three RBI against Bluefield State ... Was 6-13 with a home run and two RBI in the NCAA Southeast Regional.


BEFORE UNCP
Played 2022 season at Patrick & Henry Community College in Martinsville, Va. … Played in 44 games … Registered a .371 batting average in 143 at-bats with 47 runs scored on 53 hits, including 12 extra-base hits (2 HR) and 21 RBI … Also drew 29 walks and was hit by pitch three times … Tallied a perfect 20-for-20 tally on stolen base attempts … Turned in 14 multi-hit and six multi-RBI contests … Also scored two or more runs on 13 occasions … Tacked up a season-best three hits six times … Stole two or more bases in four outings.
 
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT ST. ANDREWS (2021)
Played in 32 games … Recorded a .307 batting average in 88 at-bats with 23 runs scored on 27 hits, including six extra-base hits (1 HR), and 17 RBI … Also drew seven walks … Tallied a 3-for-4 clip on stolen base attempts … Compiled eight multiple-hit and a trio of multiple-RBI games … Also scored two or more runs seven times … Registered a 6-for-12 (.500) series against Columbia International with multiple hits in all three games … Tallied a pinch-hit solo homer at Kentucky Christian … Logged a 4-for-4 hitting with three RBI in a 5-4 win at Bluefield.
 
AS A FRESHMAN AT ST. ANDREWS (2020)
Played in 14 games during a COVID-shortened season … Tallied a .310 batting average in 29 at-bats with seven runs scored on nine hits, including two extra-base hits, and six RBI … Also drew a trio of walks.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at West Forsyth High School for coach Brad Bullard … Logged a trio of team awards, including offensive player of the year, most improved player of the year and breakthrough player of the year.
 
PERSONAL
The son of Carlos Amezquita and Tania Lora … Has two older sisters, Paula and Camila … Lived in Dominican Republic until he was 13 years old … Names his dad as his hero … Hobbies include playing video games … Favorite movie is World War Z and his favorite sports team is the Atlanta Hawks … Favorite food is pizza … A sports management major at UNCP.

 

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 3/27/24)
At-Bats 6 , twice - last at Newberry (5/20/23)
Runs 4, twice - last vs. Shepherd (2/9/24)
Hits 3, six times - last vs. IUP (2/16/24)
Walks 5 vs. Shepherd (2/9/24)
RBI 5 at Southern Wesleyan (3/18/23)
Doubles 1, 15 times - last vs. North Greenville (3/16/24)
Triples 1, five times - last vs. Wingate (3/12/24)
Home Runs 1, twice - last vs. IUP (2/16/24)
Stolen Bases 4 vs. King (4/16/23)
Sac Hits 1, seven times - last vs. Catawba (3/26/24)
Sac Flies 1, eight times - last at Coker (2/27/24)
Hitting Streak 7 games

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Infield
    6'1" 190 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2024Redshirt Senior

    INF
    6'1" 190 lbs
    22