2025 Baseball Roster

Victoria Alvarado
Kristella Cruz

19 Jacob Sanchez

19 Jacob Sanchez

  • Position:
    Infielder/Catcher
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    220
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    San Juan, Texas
  • Highschool:
    PSJA High School

Summary

Biography

2025 Season Highs Category Career Highs
4 4/2/25 @ Rice Hits 4 4/2/25 @ Rice
3 2x, Last 4/11/25 vs. SFA Singles 3 3x, Last 4/11/25 vs. SFA
2 4/2/25 @ Rice Doubles 2 2x, Last 4/2/25 @ Rice
0 N/A Triples 1 4/17/22 @ New Mexico State
1 8x, Last 4/25/25 vs. McNeese Home Runs 2 3/26/23 @ NM State
3 4/2/25 @ Rice RBI 6 3/26/23 @ NM State
4 3/29/25 @ TAMUCC Runs 4 3/29/25 @ TAMUCC
3 2x, Last 5/3/25 @ UIW Walks 3 2x, Last 5/3/25 @ UIW
1 3x, Last 4/19/25 @ SLU Stolen Bases 1 9x, Last 4/19/25 @ SLU

Career: Ranks ninth in program history with 685 putouts and tied for 12th with 17 home runs.

2025 (Graduate Student): Recorded 19 multi-hit games, including three of 3 RBI and one of 4 RBI … Posted five multi-RBI games, including one of 3 RBI … Earned All-SLC Second Team honors (5/14) … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI at Baylor (5/6) … Drew career-high tying three walks and scored three times at Incarnate Word (5/3) … Walked career-high three times at Texas Tech (4/29) … Homered as part of 2-for-4 game vs. McNeese (4/25) … Earned UTRGV Co-Comeback Player of the Year honors (4/21) … Went 2-for-4 with a walk and run scored in win over SFA (4/13) … Homered vs. SFA (4/12) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in win over SFA (4/11) … Homered at Northwestern State (4/6) … Went career-best 4-for-6 with career-high tying two doubles, season-high three RBI, and two runs scored at Rice (4/2) … Drove-in career-high four runs while going career-high tying 3-for-4 with a home run at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/29) … Had two multi-hit games and two doubles vs. HCU (3/21-23) … Went 2-for-2 with a walk, a hit by pitch, a double, an RBI and two runs scored vs. Texas Southern (3/19) … Homered while going 2-for-3 with a walk and career-high tying three runs scored vs. Nicholls (3/14) … Homered at New Orleans (3/7) … Went 7-for-12 with two RBI and five runs scored in series vs. Lamar, including a career-high tying 3-for-5 in the opener (2/28) … Launched 2-run home run vs. North Dakota State (2/23) … Homered vs. Southern Illinois (2/15).

Summer 2024 (Victoria Generals, Texas Collegiate League): While helping the Generals to the TCL Championship, hit .248/.393/.333, going 32-for-129 with one home run, four doubles, two triples, 18 RBI, 21 runs scored and six stolen bases in 39 games … Had two 3-hit games as part of seven multi-hit games … Posted three multi-RBI games, including a pair of 3-RBI efforts.

2024 (Senior): Redshirted the season. 

2023 (Junior): Recorded six multi-hit and five multi-RBI games … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored at Stephen F. Austin (5/20) … Homered vs. Abilene Christian (4/22) … Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a steal at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/11) … Drew career-high tying two walks while going 2-for-4 with a double and four RBI vs. Houston Christian (4/8) … Went career-high tying 3-for-4 with career-high two double, career-high tying three runs scored, two RBI and stolen base vs. Tarleton (3/31) … Recorded first-career multi-home run, hitting pair of 3-run home runs for career-high six RBI and season-high tying two runs scored at New Mexico State (3/26) … Hit first home run of season at New Mexico State (3/25) … Doubled-in a run vs. Sam Houston (3/19) … Drew career-high tying two walks while going 1-for-3 with a run scored vs. Sam Houston (3/18) … Scored twice and rove-in a run vs. Houston (3/4) … Made first career start at third base while doubling, driving in a run and scoring twice vs. Houston Christian (2/17).

2022 (Sophomore): Recorded 15 multi-hit games, including two of three hits, and six multi-RBI games, including two of at least three RBI … Went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored at Stephen F. Austin (5/19) … Scored career-high three runs at Lamar (5/6) … Homered at (RV) UTSA (5/3) … Scored career-high tying two runs at Abilene Christian (4/23) … Went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, an RBI and a run scored at Abilene Christian (4/22) … Hit first-career triple to drive-in two runs at New Mexico State (4/17) … Went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored at New Mexico State (4/15) … Homered vs. Stephen F. Austin (4/10) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Stephen F. Austin (4/9) … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored at #6 Texas (4/5) … Reached base career-high tying four times by going 2-for-4 with a career-high tying two walks, a double, an RBI and a career-high tying two runs scored at Sam Houston (4/3) … Reached base career-high tying four times while drawing career-high two walks and going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored at Sam Houston (4/1) … Reached base three times with two hits and a walk vs. Houston Baptist (3/29) … Posted second three-hit game, going 3-for-5 and scoring a run vs. Lamar (3/27) … Reached based career-high tying three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI vs. Lamar (3/25) … Homered at Tarleton (3/19) … Hit pinch-hit two-run double at Tarleton (3/18) … Went career-best 3-for-4 with double, two RBI and career-high tying two runs scored vs. Abilene Christian (3/12) … Hit pinch-hit three-run home run vs. Youngstown State (3/5) … Made first start at first base, recording second two-hit game with a double, a run scored and a stolen base at Houston (2/27) … Started at DH and reached base three times vs. Texas Southern (2/25) … Hit pinch-hit two-run home and then added a two-run double for career-high four RBI, career-high two runs scored and career-high two hits vs. GW (2/20).
 
2021 (Freshman): Drove-in career-high two runs and scored once while going 1-for-3 with a walk and first steal vs. Northern Colorado (5/16) … Reached base three times by going 1-for-3 with a walk, a hit by pitch, an RBI and a run scored at New Mexico State (5/1) … Recorded first-career hit, an RBI-double, vs Seattle U (4/24) … Drew first-career walk and scored first-career run vs. Utah Valley (4/10) … Made collegiate debut with start at Washington (2/28).

2017-20 (PSJA High School): As a junior in 2019, hit .339 (19-for-56) with a .424 on-base percentage, .464 slugging percentage, seven doubles, 13 RBI and 13 runs scored in 18 games … As a sophomore, hit .362 (25-for-69) with a .477 in-base percentage, .507 slugging percentage, eight doubles, one triple, 13 RBI and 19 runs scored in 26 games … First Team All-District honoree in both baseball and football.

Off the Diamond: Graduated from UTRGV with Master of Business Administration with a specialization in entrepreneurship in May 2025 … Graduated from UTRGV with Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science in summer of 2023.
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    2021Freshman

    Infielder/Catcher
    6'2" 220 lbs
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    2022Sophomore

    Infielder/Catcher
    6'1" 220 lbs
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    2023Junior

    Infielder/Catcher
    6'1" 220 lbs
    19
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    2025Graduate Student

    Infielder/Catcher
    6'1" 220 lbs
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