AT SJSU: A career .261 hitter in two seasons as a Spartan...started 90 games and played in 97...as a shortstop had 125 putouts and a .932 fielding percentage...finished 3-3 in stolen bases and scored 27 times while knocking in 35.
2013: Finished his two-year career as a Spartan as the only player to start in all 58 games at shortstop including the WAC Tournament...batted .280 and finished tied for third in the WAC with four triples...went 18-for-41 (.439) during a career-long 11-game hitting streak (3/25-4/13)...had 10 multi-hit games...2-for-4 with a season-high four RBI at UT Arlington (4/12)...3-for-4 with a run and an RBI-double in a win over UTSA (3/28)...10th in the WAC with a .438 on-base percentage during league games...tied for fifth among WAC batters with 16 walks during conference play.
2012: Made 39 appearances with 32 starts at shortstop...Drove in 13 runs and scored 10 times while hitting .238...Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in his first career start as a Spartan on Feb. 18 versus San Francisco...Made his San Jose State debut in a pinch-hit appearance against San Francisco on Opening Day (Feb. 17)...Went 4-for-5 with eight RBIs, one short of the school record, against Brown on March 28...Had five multi-hit games during the year...Turned in back-to-back multi-hit games on April 22 and 24 versus Hawai[apos]i and Fresno Pacific, going 2-for-4 and 2-for-3 with a run scored, respectively...Had a season-high four-game hitting streak from May 11-15, going 5-for-12 (.417) with two RBIs and two runs scored.
SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE: Played two seasons at San Joaquin Delta College (Coach Reed Peters)...Batted .333 in 11 playoff games en route to leading the Mustangs to the 2011 state title...In the 2011 season, hit .317 in 46 games and stole a team-leading 18 bases...Boasted a .399 on-base percentage with 22 walks, second-most on the team...Voted team MVP in 2011.
MANTECA HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 graduate of Manteca High School...Hit .440 with 18 RBIs and 27 runs scored in 2008...Was second on the team with a .391 batting average and carried a .448 on-base percentage while slugging .498 in his senior season of 2009.
RICKY: Majoring in business management and will graduate in fall 2013...A native of Hayward, Calif., Ricky Nicholas Acosta was born September 1, 1991.