SAN DIEGO STATE 2017
Hit .301 while finishing second on the team with nine home runs… Logged 31 RBIs and finished third on the team with a .521 slugging percentage… Hit .368 with six home runs in MW play… Slugged .735 in Mountain West play, good for the best slugging percentage on the team… Hit .333 with runners in scoring position… Logged a season-high three hits on five separate occasions… Posted a pair of 5-RBI showings, both against UNLV (March 19 at home, April 14 in Las Vegas)… Recorded a two-homer game against UNLV on March 19.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2016
Reserve catcher who made five starts behind the plate in his freshman season ... Recorded a single in his first collegiate plate appearance in a pinch hitting role vs. No. 14 Oregon on Feb. 20 ... Has also made 19 starts as the designated hitter and made one start in left field (vs. Northwestern on March 11) ... Longest hitting streak of seven games (Feb. 28-March 12) when he went 12-for-30 (.400) with seven RBI and five runs scored ... Season-best three runs batted in vs. Northwestern (March 12) ... Turned in a pair of three-hit contests ... Both of his home runs came at Tony Gwynn Stadium (vs. Northwestern March 10 and vs. New Mexico March 25) ... Had two hits in five pinch hitting appearances and was the only Aztec with more than one hit while serving in that role... Member of the Quincy Gems of the Prospect League during summer 2016 where he batted .200 with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and10 RBI in 23 contests ... Named a Perfect Game 2015 California All-Region selection ... Played summer ball for the San Diego Show in 2013.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned two varsity baseball letters at Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, Calif. ... Coached there by David Gallegos ... A first-team all-Mesa league selection and a second-team all-CIF honoree as a senior ... As a junior was named team MVP after leading the squad in home runs and runs batted in ... Spent first two years of high school at Montgomery HS in San Diego where he was coached by Manuel Hermosillo ... As a sophomore in 2013 hit .397 with six doubles, 15 runs scored and 10 RBI over 27 contests.
PERSONAL
Dean Martin Nevarez was born Jan. 3, 1997, in Tijuana, Mexico ... Son of Dean Nevarez and Bertha Reyna ... Enjoys hiking, camping, the beach and jet skiing ... Favorite athlete is Washington National outfielder Bryce Harper ... A civil engineering major at SDSU.