JUNIOR (2024 - St. Thomas): Played in 48 games for Jorge Perez at crosstown St. Thomas, helping lead the Bobcats to a 22-30 mark ... Named Second-Team All-Sun Conference in the outfield ... Batted .326 with eight homers and 31 RBI ... Walked 20 times, against 20 strikeouts, for a .410 on-base percentage ... Added 13 double to slug .530 ... Scored 50 runs and stole 13 bases ... Had 16 multi-hit games ... 11 multi-RBI games ... Had an eight-game hitting streak from Mar. 15 to Apr. 1 ... Went 3-for-5 with three runs, three RBI, a double and two homers against Lynn on Apr. 1 ... Hauled in 90 putouts in the outfield, with three assists for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
SOPHOMORE (2023 - St. Thomas): Played in 50 games as the Bobcats went 27-24 ... Named Second-Team All-Sun Conference outfielder ... Batted .328 with eight homers and 36 RBI ... Walked 29 times, against 31 strikeouts, for a .463 on-base percentage ... Added 11 doubles and a triple to slug .533 ... Scored 54 runs and swiped 20 bases ... Had 18 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-6 performance at Warner on Apr. 22, scoring three runs, driving in three with a double and a homer ... Had 10 multi-RBI games, including four against Reinhardt on Feb. 10 ... Started the season with an eight-game hitting streak and ended on a 10-game streak.
FRESHMAN (2022 - Florida Southwestern): Played in 53 games as the Buccaneers went 42-15 ... Named First-Team All-Suncoast Conference ... Batted .302 with nine homers and 33 RBI ... walked 30 times against 32 strikeouts for a .416 on-base percentage ... Added 13 doubles and two triples to slug .534 ... Stole 17 bases and scored 62 runs ... Had 15 multi-hit games ... Had six multi-RBI games, including a career-high five at Polk on Feb. 26.
CoVID (2021 - Florida Southwestern): Played in 55 games as a rookie in 2021 for coach Ben Bizier, who led the Bucs to a 44-16 mark ... Batted .250 with five home runs and 26 RBI ... Stole 16 bases in 20 attempts and scored 39 runs on the year ... Had eight multi-hit games on the year including a three-hit contest late in the season against State College of Florida.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Miami Senior High for coach Edwin Bonilla ... Batted .452 with three home runs and 18 RBI as a senior while stealing 20 bases for the Rays ... Named team MVP.
PERSONAL: Son of Ernesto Noriega and Maida Leal ... Has an older brother, Jesus ... Sport management major.
