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Jersey Number 26
Quentin Selma
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Senior
- Height/Weight:
- 6-3 / 205
- Bat/Throw:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Clovis, Calif.
- High School:
- Buchanan HS
- Major:
- American Studies
Accolades
At Cal
2021 (Sr.)
High School
Personal
- 2x All-Pac-12 First Team (2019, 2021)
- ABCA All-West Region Second Team (2021)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2021)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll/Honorable Mention (2019, 2021)
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (2020 - Feb. 25)
- 2x Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List (2020, 2021)
- College World Series Home Run Derby participant (2019)
At Cal
2021 (Sr.)
- Was one of the Pac-12's most respected sluggers in his final collegiate season
- Selected to the All-Pac-12 First Team for the second time in his career after leading all conference players in home runs (11) during league action
- Played in all 55 games & made 54 starts, primarily at third base
- Slashed .291/.368/.544 while hitting 15 total home runs (tied for third-most in Pac-12 at end of regular season)
- Tallied 60 hits, 47 RBI, 43 runs & 24 walks
- Scorched a trio of ranked foes (#12 Stanford, #18 UCLA, #10 Oregon) in the final three weeks of the season, hitting .368 (14-for-38) with seven home runs & 15 RBI
- Homered in all three games vs. #12 Stanford (May 14-16) & batted .455 with seven RBI in the series
- Blasted a go-ahead grand slam in the fourth inning of Cal's 9-5 win vs. #12 Stanford, helping Cal clinch its first Big Series since 2014
- Followed the Stanford series with five hits, three RBI, four runs & a home run in Cal’s series win at #18 UCLA (May 21-23)
- Homered in each game vs. #10 Oregon (May 27-29) & tallied four hits & five RBI in the series
- Smacked a go-ahead grand slam in a 3-for-4 effort to help Cal rally from a nine-run deficit to defeat San Jose State, 18-11 (May 4)
- Posted a career-high five RBI in a blowout win vs. Saint Mary's (March 4)
- Owned a 21-game reached-base streak during the season
- Led Cal with 13 multi-RBI performances & was second with 18 multi-hit efforts
- Anchored Cal's third base position, starting all 16 games as a junior
- Was the Bears' most consistent hitter, leading the team in batting average (.293), OPS (.825), doubles (4), RBI (16), walks (12) & on-base percentage (.411)
- Named the Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 25) after batting .538 (7-for-13) with 11 runs batted in and two extra-base hits in a four-game span
- Ripped his lone home run of the year, a three-run shot, vs. St. John's (Feb. 23)
- Set a career-high with five RBI at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 17)
- Went 3-for-4 with two RBI & one double in Cal's first win of the year at Long Beach State (Feb. 16)
- Owned a .911 fielding percentage in 45 defensive chances
- Ranked as the No. 81 hitter in the nation by D1Baseball.com entering the season
- All-Pac-12 First Team selection as a sophomore third baseman
- Earned the starting role at third base part way through the season
- Participated in the 2019 College Home Run Derby in Omaha in June
- Started 37 of 43 games played
- Batted .311 with 14 doubles, 10 home runs & 27 RBI
- Posted an on-base percentage of .366 & a slugging percentage of .584
- Ranked fourth on the team in batting average & tied for the team lead in doubles
- Had 15 multi-hit games, with a high of three hits at Arizona on April 12
- Homered twice vs. Stanford on May 10
- Was an All-Pac-12 Academic Honorable Mention
- Played in 17 games & earned eight starts as a true freshman
- Saw time at first base, third base & designated hitter
- Tallied three hits, three runs scored & one RBI
- Notched his first collegiate hit in his debut appearance with a single at UC San Diego on Feb. 17
- Also recorded hits against Cincinnati & Cal State Bakersfield
High School
- Graduated from Buchanan High School in 2017
- Left Buchanan as the school's all-time saves leader
- Helped Buchanan become one of the nation's top baseball programs in 2017
- Was named an All-State Second Teams selection & All-Tri-River Athletic Conference First Team pick in 2017
- 2016 Valley & Tri-River Offensive Player of the Year & an All-State First Team player as a junior
- Hit .443 with 43 hits, 29 RBI, 10 doubles, five triples & four home runs as a junior
- Also appeared on the mound in 11 games, going 1-1 with a 1.31 ERA, six saves, 17 strikeouts & an opposing batting average of .119
- Two-time Perfect Game Underclassman All-America Honorable Mention in 2015 & 2016
- Was an Area Code Games participant for the Oakland Athletics
- Played club ball for the North Coast Reds & played for the PUF Caps in the summer of 2017
Personal
- Full name is Quentin Bjorn Selma
- Born on June 8, 1998 in Clovis, Calif.
- Son of Tanja & Bart Selma
- Has one sibling, Courtney
- Grandfather, Dick Selma, won 42 games during a 10-year major league career, playing for the Mets, Padres, Phillies, Cubs, Angels & Brewers from 1965-1974
- Enjoys fishing, golfing, ping pong & basketball
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Tuesday, February 06
Thursday, May 25
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