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2024 Baseball Roster

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2 Josue Urdaneta

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Maracaibo, Venezuela
  • Highschool Avant Garde Academic
  • Twitter josuemub
  • Instagram josuemub

Biography

2024: 2024 MVC Baseball All-Defensive Team selection … Eighth in the MVC in triples (2) … Sixth in the MVC in hit by pitch (12) … Seventh in the MVC in sacrifice bunts (4) … Eighth in the MVC in assists (142) … Lined up and started 57 games in the 2024 season primarily at second base … Recorded a .250 batting average with 49 hits over 196 at-bats … Connected on eight extra-base hits including four doubles, two triples, and two home runs … Scored 43 runs and drove in 17 RBIs … Drew 25 walks and was hit by 12 pitches … Recorded a .366 on-base percentage and a .321 slugging percentage … Connected on two sacrifice flies and a team-high four sacrifice hits … Went 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts … Posted a .987 fielding percentage over 236 chances … Finished the season with 10 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests … Season-high eight-game hitting streak from March 8 – March 22 … Team-best and career-high 42-game on-base streak from March 3 – May 25 … Went 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored at Valparaiso on May 16 … 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored at Valparaiso on May 18 … 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, and three RBIs at Xavier on March 15.

2023: 2023 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Glove finalist … MVC All-Conference Honorable Mention … MVC All-Defensive Team … Was one of three Indiana State players to line up in all 62 games in the 2023 season earning 61 starts … Lined up primarily at second base for the Sycamores … Finished the season with a .267 batting average finishing second on the team with 67 hits over 251 at-bats … Connected on 10 doubles, one triple, and one home run … Scored 44 runs and drove in 26 RBIs … Drew 24 walks and was hit by 12 pitches … Posted a .358 on-base percentage and a .327 slugging percentage … Led the Sycamores with 11 stolen bases over 14 attempts … Finished the year with a .993 fielding percentage with 94 putouts and 173 assists while committing two errors … Led the Sycamores with 21 multi-hit games and added seven multi-RBI contests … Season-high nine-game hitting streak from March 26 – April 9 … Season-high 12-game on-base streak from February 17 – March 8 … Went a season-best 4-for-4 with two RBIs, three runs scored, a double, and two stolen bases on May 9 against Ball State … Recorded four three-hit games in the 2023 season coming at Belmont (Apr. 16), at Evansville (Apr. 30), at Bradley (May 7), and against Evansville (May 26) … Drove in three RBIs twice coming at Evansville (Apr. 30) and at Bradley (May 7) … Scored three runs twice coming against Ball State (May 9) and Murray State (May 13) … Posted a two-steal game on April 7 against Illinois State.

2022
  • 2022 Missouri Valley Baseball Second Team All-Conference selection
  • March 21 – Missouri Valley Baseball Player of the Week
  • 148th in the NCAA in hits per game (1.40)
  • 14th in the MVC in batting average (.321) and 14th in total hits (67)
  • Tied for fourth in the MVC in triples (3)
  • Finished fifth in the MVC in assists (127)
  • Lined up and started in 48 games earning starts at both second base and shortstop in the 2022 season
  • Finished third on the Sycamores with a .321 batting average with a team-high 67 hits in 209 at-bats
  • Recorded 18 extra-base hits on the year (10 doubles, three triples, five home runs)
  • Finished the year with 38 runs scored and a team-high 37 RBI
  • Recorded a .469 slugging percentage and a .418 on-base percentage
  • Was a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts on the year
  • Started the year with an 18-game hitting and on-base streak running from February 18-March 20
  • Posted a team-high 22 multi-hit games on the year and added seven multi-RBI contests
  • Recorded seven three-hit games in the 2022 season
  • Homered against Southeast Missouri State (twice, Mar. 15), Kansas (Mar. 19), Kansas (Mar. 20), and Vanderbilt (May 10).
  • Tripled against Wright State (Mar. 11), Valparaiso (Apr. 10), and Indiana (Apr. 12)
  • Finished the year with a .950 fielding percentage over 201 chances (64 putouts, 127 assists)
2021
  • Lined up in 52 games earning 51 starts in the 2021 season
  • Finished the year with a .270 batting average with 57 hits in 211 at-bats
  • Posted eight doubles, a triple, and one home run
  • Scored 32 runs and drove in 18 RBI
  • Finished with 17 walks drawn and was hit by four pitches
  • Was second on the team with nine stolen bases in 10 attempts
  • Posted a 12-game hitting streak from February 21-March 13
  • Posted an eight-game hitting streak from April 9-April 18
  • 13 multi-hit games on the season and two multi-RBI contests
  • Was 5-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored on March 5 against FIU
  • Connected on his lone home run on the season on February 28 against Tennessee
  • Was 2-for-5 with a double, triple, RBI and run scored on March 20 against UAB
  • Was 3-for-5 with three runs scored on April 17 against Valparaiso
  • Was 3-for-6 with two runs and a RBI against Evansville on May 20
2020
Redshirted ... Season cut short due to COVID-19 ... Did not see action.

Prior to Indiana State
Played two seasons at Avant Garde Academic under head coach Javier Taboaz ... Saw action on the infield, primarily at second base.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020Freshman

    Infielder
    5'9" 195 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Infielder
    5'9" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'8" 172 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Infielder
    5'9" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Redshirt Senior

    IF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    2