As a Junior in 2011: Earned American Baseball Coaches Association (ACBA), National College Baseball Writers' Association (NCBWA) and Daktronics All-West Region First Team honors for the third-straight season... Picked to the All-West Region Tournament Team after hitting .316 that week... Guided the Broncos' pitching staff to one of the lowest earned run averages in the conference while also batting .318 with 45 runs batted in... Also received a spot on the All-CCAA First Team... Earned selection as a NCBWA National Player of the Week
in early April after a series win over Cal State East Bay... In the four games against the Pioneers, he batted .462 (6-for-13) with five runs scored, four home runs and 13 runs batted in while registering a 1.365 slugging percentage and getting on base at a .588 clip... Finished second on the team for the season in home runs (5) and runs batted in (45).
As a Sophomore in 2010: Earned ACBA All-West Region First Team and NCBWA All-West Region First Team honors after hitting .313 for the Broncos as a sophomore... Also selected to the All-CCAA First Team... Started in 52 of CPP's 53 games, receiving 26 starting nods at first base and 23 at the catcher position... Hit cleanup for the Broncos in 40 of those starts... Collected a team-high 14 multi-RBI games and compiled 18 mullti-hit contests... Went 4-for-6 at Chico State on March 6... Collected five runs batted in on Feb. 21 at home against Cal State Monterey Bay.
As a Freshman in 2009: Only returning Bronco who was named to the All-CCAA team… Earned second-team honors as designated hitter… Played in 44 games (all starts)… Hit .261 with team-leading nine home runs and 30 RBI… Owned a slugging percentage of .484… Had two two-homerun games.… Went 3-for-4 with solo homeruns at Cal State Dominguez Hills (Feb. 8)… Went 3-for-5 with 2 HRs, a double and four RBI vs. CSU Monterey Bay (March 8)… Six multi-RBI games that included a grand slam, four RBI day at Grand Canyon (March 22).
High School: A 2008 graduate of Hart High School, where he was a member of the varsity team all four years… A three-time all-league choice (sophomore, junior and senior seasons)… Named MVP of the City vs. CIF All-Star Game as a senior... Obtained the academic award for holding the highest grade-point average in CIF Division I baseball... Knocked four homeruns in a single game.
Personal: Born Oct. 24, 1989... Son of Robert and Lorraine Torres… Sociology major... Has two younger siblings named Lorenzo and Marki... Aspires to continue baseball career after graduation, either as a player or coach... Favorite pro teams are the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Dodgers... Favorite athletes are Troy Tulowitzki and Kobe Bryant.
