2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Michael Eaton
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 179
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- High School:
- Sandia Prep
- Prev Team:
- R/R
2015 SEASON (Redshirt Junior): Was one of the better hitters for the Dons this season... played in 52 games with 48 starts and hit .286 with a home run and 24 RBI... hit his first career home run on May 12 at Stanford... went 8-for-18 with four doubles and six RBI the week of April 13 and led the Dons to a 4-1 record, earning WCC Player of the Week honors... collected 13 multi-hit games... his 24 RBI were fourth on the team.
SUMMER 2014: Was a terror for the Healdsburg Prune Packers and hit a team high .347 with three home runs, 26 RBI and a team-best 16 doubles.. he was named a Golden State Collegiate Baseball League All-Star.
2014 SEASON (Redshirt Sophomore): Played 44 games with 34 starts at second base... had two doubles and a career-high four RBI on Apr. 10 against Pacific... had five multi-hit games with his first coming on Mar. 1 at Sacremento State... carried a .981 fielding percentage in 162 attempts, including 15 double plays.
2013 SEASON (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 12 games... Had his first career hit, a RBI double, on May 14 against San Jose State.
2012 SEASON (Freshman): Redshirt year
PREP CAREER: Played baseball for four years ... accumulated .560 career batting average, 19 home runs, and 200 RBI ... four-time first-team All-State ... two-time state champion ... played basketball for three years and was two-time state runner-up ... made National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Born August 1992 ... parents are Scott and Gail Eaton ... chose USF because of the baseball program, the coaches and the city of San Francisco ... brother, Christopher, played baseball for the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds ... goal for the season is to work hard and be a part of something great ... favorite quote is from Tony Dorsett, "To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, and something to inspire you." ... favorite artist is Notorious B.I.G. ... favorite food is salmon ... if he could be anyone for a day, it would be LeBron James.
