RICHIE AT A GLANCE: Great patience and power at the plate ... Can collect hits in bunches ... Excellent glove at first.
JUNIOR (2021): Started and played in 22 games ... Batted a .333 with five doubles, 15 RBI, a slugging percentage of .400 and an on-base percentage of .433 ... Led the team in doubles along with Castaneda, Ihosvany and Garcia, JC ... Went 4-for-4 in stolen bases ... Had a season-high two stolen bases against Saint Leo (May 8) ... Had a fielding percentage of .993.
CoVid (2020): Started and played in 20 games ... Batted a .280 with four doubles, 11 RBI, a slugging percentage of .329 and an on-base percentage of .394 ... Went 2-for-2 in stolen bases ... Had a season-high two assists against Nova Southeastern (Feb. 23) ... Had a fielding percentage of .995.
SOPHOMORE (2019): Played in 42 games, making 31 starts, all at first base ... Overcame a slow start to bat .289 with two homers and 24 RBI for the season ... Over the last 26 games, he batted .364, hitting safely in 15 of his 20 starts ... Had and eight-game hitting streak and 10-game streak of reaching safely ... Had 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... Went 3-for-3 with three RBI in the 13-6 win over Montevallo on Apr. 13 ... Went 3-for-5 with two homers, three runs and three RBI on Apr. 18 at Rollins as Barry won 8-1 ... Went 16-for-30 (.533) in his eight-game hitting streak.
FRESHMAN (2018): Played in 47 games, starting 42 ... Led team with .364 batting average ... Ranked seventh in Sunshine State Conference in batting average ... Had 63 hits, seven doubles, three home runs, 23 RBI, .457 slugging percentage and .411 on-base percentage ... Stole seven of eight bases ... Had 19 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Had nine-game hitting streak (Feb. 24-March 9) ... Went 4-for-5 with an RBI and four runs scored in win over Florida Southern (Feb. 24) ... Collected four hits, including a double, in five at-bats in win over Wilmington (Del.) (March 5) ... Went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI vs. Florida Tech (May 7) ... Went 3-for-3 with an RBI in win over Rollins (April 21) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run in second game of a doubleheader at Embry-Riddle (April 28) ... Went 3-for-5 in first game of a twin bill victory at Embry-Riddle (April 28) ... Had .966 fielding percentage ... Dean's List in fall ... Athletic Director's List in spring ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Fred Burnside at South Dade High ... Batted .306 with two homers and 25 RBI as a senior ... Walked eight times and struck out just seven times ... Named First-Team All-District 9A-16 at first base ... Named Second-Team All-Dade County by the Miami Herald as a senior ... Batted .427 with one home run and 17 RBI as a junior ... Named First-Team All-District 9A-16 in the outfield as a junior ... Named Second-Team All-Dade County by the Herald as a senior ... Led the Buccaneers to a 55-23 mark and three straight district titles during his career ... Named the school's Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.
PERSONAL: Son of Marlon Sobalvarro and Aina Juarez ... Middle of three siblings, including Marlon Clyde and Victoria ... Psychology major.
