Saw action in 38 games with 29 starts. Hit .345, seeing most of his time in the lineup as the designated hitter.
Had the conference's best batting average during WAC play (.450) among players with over 10 at bats (40).
Hit key home run in 4-0, series-clinching victory over No. 22 Oklahoma State on Feb. 20.
Went 2-for-5 with four RBIs in the final conference game of the season at Utah Valley on May 14.
Posted a four-hit game on May 18 at UC Davis, hitting a two-out, go-ahead RBI single on two occasions. The hit in the 12th inning stuck and proved to be the game-winner.
2016 | Sophomore
Played in 38 games including 27 starts, compiling a .278 batting average with 13 RBIs.
Started three of the four games in a season-opening series against Gonzaga, collecting five hits over the three starts.
Hit a solo home run in a loss to Gonzaga on Feb. 20.
Went a perfect 3-for-3 from the plate with a pair of stolen bases in a game vs. New Mexico on March 16.
Doubled in a key run in an April 26 game at Kansas, knotting the score at two before the teams eventually went on to tie after lightning suspended the contest.
2015 | Freshman
Started 27 games for the Lopes and recorded 27 hits for a .270 average.
Scored 17 runs and had 25 RBIs.
Tied for third on the team with 9 doubles despite just 100 ABs, by far the fewest ABs of any WAC player to hit 9 or more doubles.
Had a career-best 4 base hits with 3 doubles and 4 RBIs in an April 4 victory over Texas-Pan American.
Posted a season-high 5 RBIs in a May 1 victory over Seattle U.
Also had three-hit games against Texas-Pan American on April 3 and CSU Bakersfield on May 10.
High School
Sandra Day O'Connor High School - Phoenix, Ariz.
Hit .358 (34-for-95) with 23 runs, 8 doubles, and 23 RBI as a senior in 2014.
Named first team All-State as a senior.
Posted a .374 batting average in 106 at bats during his junior season.
Scored 26 runs and 23 RBIs as he also boasted a .416 on-base percentage and .440 slugging percentage.
Named second team All-Region as a freshman and made the arizonavarsity.com top player list his sophomore season.
His squad finished fourth in the Arizona 5A State Tournament in 2012.
Personal
Born on February 28, 1996.
Parents are Joey and Gina Saenz.
Favorite sports memory was hitting a home run in GCU's 12-8 win over Seattle U in 2015.
Off the baseball field, he enjoys golfing.
His favorite team is the Arizona Cardinals and favorite person to follow on Twitter is defensive back, Patrick Peterson.
Favorite athletes include Derek Jeter and Eric Bledsoe.