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Andrew Pintar

Infielder 4

Ht/Wt

190 lbs.

Class

Sophomore

Hometown

Spanish Fork,

Utah

Last School

Spanish Fork HS

Roster Years

2020-2022

2019 4A All-State Team
2019 Daily Herald All-Valley
2019 MVP at the Utah High School 4A All-Star Game at Lindquist Field in Ogden, Utah
Ranked the sixth-best position player and 11th over-all prospect in Utah by Perfect Game
Top 500 prospect nationally
Member of the USA baseball 12-under team; won the gold medal at the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) 12U World Cup in Chinese Taipei in 2013

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2021

Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-American, 2021
Co-WCC Freshman of the Year, 2021
All-WCC First Team, 2021
WCC Commissioner’s Bronze Honor Roll, 2021
WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention, 2021
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Players of the Week – May 10
WCC Player of the Week – May 3-9. In 21 at-bats over four games had 10 hits, including three home runs, drove in eight runs, scored seven times and drew two walks
Played 48 of 50 games
Started 47 games — 35 at 2B, 11 at SS, 1 at DH
Hit .333 with 63 hits, 32 RBI, 32 BB and 41 runs scored
Lead the team in average (.333), runs (41), total bases (105), slugging (.556), hits (63); second in triples (3), BB (32), OBP (.433), RBI 32, HRs (9)
Had 19 multiple hit games, nine multiple RBI games and a nine-game hitting streak
Nominated for WCC Player of the Week twice on April 12 and May 10

Sophmore Year 2022

Played in just 17 games for the Cougars in 2022 due an injury that sidelined him early in the year
Selected in the fifth-round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 138th overall pick
First Cougar to be selected in the first five rounds of the MLB Draft since Jacob Hannemann went in round three to the Chicago Cubs in 2013
Just the second BYU baseball player to be selected by the Diamondbacks, following Adam Miller (2013) and Chris Capper (2012)

Junior Year

Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

Freshman 2020

Started 16 games, splitting time at second base and shortstop
Had 16 hits, 12 runs, seven walks, six RBI and three doubles
Went 2-for-2 with a hit by pitch, walk, double, and an RBI against Oregon State (2/17)
Had four hits and four runs in game two of a doubleheader at New Mexico (2/28)
The 2020 season was cut short after 16 games when the NCAA canceled baseball due to the Covid Pandemic