ARLINGTON, Texas – A strong pitching rotation helped lead a veteran-laden lineup during the 2021 campaign for the UT Arlington baseball team that reached the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament for the first time since 2014. The Mavericks finished the season with a 27-30 overall record and 13-11 record in conference play.
| BY THE NUMBERS |
| 3 |
The Mavericks placed three student-athletes on Sun Belt All-Conference teams - the most since joining the league. Carlos Tavera (SP) earned a first team selection, while Andrew Miller (UTL) and Dylan Paul (1B) earned second team selections. |
| 117 |
Carlos Tavera was putting down batters all season long, striking out a program-record 117 batters. The number is the 15th most in the NCAA and led the Sun Belt Conference. |
| 2 |
Connor Aube finished the season with 8 sacrifice flies - the 2nd most in the NCAA and just one behind the national leader. |
| 3.34 |
The Mavericks pitching staff walked just 3.34 batters per nine innings this season - the 33rd best mark in the nation. |
| 8 |
Senior Josh Minjarez tied the single-game record for RBI in a game when he drove in 8 runs at Houston on March 27. He hit two home runs and a double in the contest. |
| 3 |
Senior Andrew Miller became the fourth Maverick in program history to hit three home runs in a game when he helped lead UTA to an 8-1 victory over Kansas on April 21. |
| 11 |
Carlos Tavera (9.0 IP) and Tanner King (2.0 IP) combined to throw the longest no-hitter in UTA history on May 1 against Little Rock. It marked the first no-hitter in 38 years and just the second to occur at Clay Gould Ballpark. |
| 47 |
The Mavericks finished with 47 home runs on the season - the 6th most in program history and the most since 2014 when UTA hit 48. |
| .972 |
Head Coach Darin Thomas continued to keep defense as a cornerstone of his program. The Mavericks tied the program record with a .972 fielding percentage. Coach Thomas' teams now have 9 of the Top 10 single-season marks. |
| 485 |
The Maverick pitching staff set a single-season program record for strikeouts this season, demolishing the previous mark of 464 set in 2010. |
| 898 |
Josh Minjarez set the program-record for most at bats in a career, breaking the previous mark by 43 at-bats. |
| 249 |
No other Maverick has played in as many games as shortstop Josh Minjarez. To go along with his at-bat record, Minjarez will leave with the most games played, beating the previous record by 19 games. |
| 16 |
UTA finished with 16 mult-home run games this season. Josh Minjarez led all Maverick batters with three multi-home run games. |
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