Troy Viola Season 2019

All-Mountain West (2020)

AT SAN JOSE STATE: Completed his second season with the Spartans in 2020 ... Has started all 70 games the last two seasons, all at third base ... .260 career hitter with 70 hits, including 16 doubles, and 36 RBI ... 2020 All-Mountain West selection.

2020 (17 Games): Named All-MW ... Started all 17 games at third base ... Batted .271 with 19 hits and nine RBI ... Laced five doubles ... Secured a hit in all but three games ... Had a seven-game hit streak at the beginning of the season and closed the year on a six-game streak ... Four multi-hit and three multi-RBI games ... 2-for-4 with two doubles with a RBI and run scored against Creighton (2/23) ... 3-for-7 with a double, triple, RBI and run scored against Utah Valley (2/29) ... Blasted a 2-run homer against LMU (3/7) ... Was perfect in the field with zero errors committed, 17 putouts and 39 assists. 

2019 (JUNIOR): Led the team with 53 starts, all at third base ... Batted .256 with 51 hits and 27 RBI ... Had the second-most doubles (11) and home runs (3) on the team ... Eight at bats vs. Nicholls State (4/27) were tied for the most of any batter in the MW in 2019 ... 12 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games ... Had a nine-game hitting streak ... 4-for-4 with two RBI, a double and run scored vs. UC Riverside (2/24) ... 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a RBI vs. Fresno State (4/19) ... T-11th in the MW with eight doubles in league play.

GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons for coach Chris Cicuto ... Was a First Team All-Conference selection at third base and was awarded a Golden Glove ... Batted .306 with nine home runs, 38 RBI, scored 33 runs and tallied 56 hits in 44 games his senior season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played both baseball and football at Summit High School in Bend, Ore. ... Won baseball state championship in 2016 as a shortstop ...Played under former MLB players Alan Embree and Richie Sexson ... Played quarterback under head coach Joe Padilla and Offensive Coordinator Drew Bledsoe and won the 2015 state championship.

GET TO KNOW TROY: Majoring in communications and minoring in business ... Aspires to play in the MLB after graduation ... Is a part of a Christian organization named "Called Up" ... Enjoys Star Wars, playing guitar, snowboarding, yoga, floating the river in Bend and is fascinated by planes flying overhead ... Parents are Joe and Kathy Viola ... Has a sister, Gianna, a sophomore at Oregon who was named to the dean's list her freshman year. ... Father, Joe, wrestled at UConn and his uncle, Johnny, wrestled at Virginia.