Rutgers-Newark Athletics

JUNIOR (2014): Saw action in nine games with one starting assignment behind the plate baseman for the 13-24 Scarlet Raiders… went hitless in nine at-bats while walking twice and scoring one run… was perfect in the field with 11 putouts.

SOPHOMORE (2013): Appeared in eight games with three starting assignments as a catcher… hit .278 with five hits, four RBIs and one run… stroked one double to finish with a slugging percentage of .333… posted an on-base percentage of .278… notched an RBI and a double in a 6-3 loss to Richard Stockton (4/20/13)… went one for two with two RBIs in a 20-9 loss to Misericordia (4/23/13)… went two for three in a 5-4 loss to William Paterson (4/27/13).

FRESHMAN (2012): Appeared in three games as a rookie including a relief stint behind the plate in an 11-0 loss to Kean (4/21/12).

HIGH SCHOOL:  All-Hudson County player at Union City HS, helping the Eagles to three consecutive playoff appearances (2009-2011)… four-year varsity player who played on back-to-back divisional championship squads as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL:  Hopes to pursue a career in criminal justice at R-N… son of Antonia Lopez … lists his late stepfather Clifford West as the biggest influence on his life… born in Jamaica, Queens, New York.