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Jersey Number 9
Dom Souto
- Position:
- Catcher/Utility
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height/Weight:
- 5-10 / 173
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Rocklin, Calif.
- High School:
- Whitney HS
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
At Cal
2023 (5th Year)
High School
Personal
2023 (5th Year)
- Played in 51 games making 50 starts in 2023.
- Slashed .290/.346/.419
- Had 54 hits which was fourth on the team.
- Of his 54 hits 13 were extra-base hits (7 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs)
- Drove in 31 which was sixth on the team.
- Had 16 multi-hit games including a four-hit performance against Washington State on May 13.
- In Pac-12 play he hit .318 (35-for-110)
- The 35 hits were tied for second most on the team.
- Drove in 22 runs in Pac-12 play which was third most on the team.
- Had seven multiple-RBI games including three games with three or more driven in.
- Hit .314 agaist lefties and .285 against righties.
- Hit .556 as a leadoff hitter (25-for-45)
- Hit .308 with runners in scoring position (16-for-52) and .824 with runners on third and less than two outs (14-for-17).
- Graduated from Cal with his degree in mechanical engineering in May 2022
- Produced an impressive senior campaign after cracking the starting lineup a little more than a month into the season; made 32 starts in 44 games played, primarily at third base
- Led the Bears in batting (.336) & posted an .879 OPS along with 42 hits, 29 runs & 27 RBIs
- Hit five home runs & six doubles
- Was tied atop the Pac-12 in batting average at the end of the regular season (.372), but fell short of the minimum number of at bats needed to qualify for the batting title
- Ended the regular season on an 11-game hitting streak, in which he batted .463 (19-for-41)
- Flipped the script on his season with a walk-off home run vs. #6 Oregon State (March 26) in his first start of the spring
- It was his first career home run; he entered the game with nine career at bats
- Delivered his second walk-off hit on Senior Day vs. Utah (May 21), roping an RBI single down the right-field line to complete a series sweep
- Totaled six hits in Cal's sweep of Utah (May 19-21), including a grand slam in the series opener
- Amassed a career-high seven RBIs in a 3-for-5 effort at Washington State (April 15)
- Was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, two doubles & a home run vs. New Mexico (May 15)
- Earned two starts in three games played as a backup catcher
- Batted .500 (2-for-4) & reached base safely in three of five plate appearances
- Doubled for his first career hit in his start vs. Saint Mary's (April 21)
- Added another hit in his second start of the season vs. San Jose State (May 4)
- Made season debut as a pinch runner & caught one inning behind the plate in Cal's 11-4 win at Utah (March 28)
- Played in two games & earned one start as a backup catcher during his sophomore season
- Saw action in two of Cal's three games at No. 21 TCU
- Made his first collegiate start against the Horned Frogs (March 1) & went 0-for-2 at the plate
- Was a defensive replacement in the TCU series opener (Feb. 28)
- Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage in eight defensive chances & threw out one runner
- Saw limited action as a true freshman
- Was a defensive substitution at second baseball vs. Oregon (April 28)
- Drew a walk in his lone plate appearance of the season
- Recorded one assist defensively
High School
- Graduated from Whitney High School (Rocklin, Calif.)
- Named Whitney HS' MVP in 2018 & earned the Diego Subsilla Award
- Was a three-time All-Capital Valley Conference Second Team honoree
- Helped lead Whitney HS to the 2017 league title
- Career .353 hitter with a .450 on-base percentage at Whitney HS
- Played travel ball for the El Dorado Hills Vipers
- Excellent student, carrying a 4.2 GPA while earning Distinguished Scholar honors & the Community Service Award
- Member of school's Associated Student Body Leadership all four years
- Was Whitney HS Class President as a senior
- Received WJW Scholarship Award & the Christian Daniels Memorial Scholarship Award
- Interned at EKI Engineering in the summer of 2018, learning about civil engineering & the farming industry throughout the Central Valley and Redding area
Personal
- Full name is Dominic John Souto
- Son of Jennifer & Brian Souto
- Has three siblings, Joey, Karly & Nina
- Great grandfather, Howard John Souto, graduated from Cal
- Postgraduate ambitions include working in the aerospace industry
- Hobbies include listening to music, playing basketball and instructing youth baseball players
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