2024 Baseball Roster

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7 Will Worthington

  • Position Infield
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Phoenix, AZ
  • High School Brophy College Prep
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

Top Torero Moment: Will Worthington

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • All-WCC Second Team (2024)
  • WCC Player of the Week (May 1, 2023)
  • WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2022 and 2023)
  • USD Baseball Team Captain
SENIOR (2024)
  • All-WCC Second Team
  • Was one one five Toreros to appear in all 56 games and recorded 51 starts
  • Hit .304 with eight doubles, one home run, 38 RBIs, and 32 runs scored
  • Posted a .950 fielding percentage while playing primarily third base and turned six double plays
  • His lone home run in 2024 came on Senior Day at Fowler Park, capping a perfect 4-for-4 performance with an opposite-field three-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning against Santa Clara (May 5)
  • Two days later, he delivered in his final career at-bat at Fowler Park, sending a clutch walk-off RBI single back up the middle to earn USD a crucial 13-inning win over crosstown foe UC San Diego (May 7)
  • Batted .308 (4-for-13) at the WCC Tournament with one double, three RBIs, and one walk
  • Batted .273 (3-for-11) at the NCAA Santa Barbara Regional with two runs scored and one double
JUNIOR (2023)
  • WCC Player of the Week (May 1)
  • WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Appeared in 45 of San Diego’s games, starting 21 of them at third base, three of them at second base, and five of them as USD’s designated hitter
  • Batted .256 (30-for-117) with 16 runs scored, seven doubles, five home runs, one triple, 30 RBIs, 11 walks, two hit by pitches, and two stolen bases
  • Recorded six multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games
  • Had a .973 fielding percentage, committing only two errors in 74 chances
  • Was a career-best 4-for-4 with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and two RBIs at Loyola Marymount on April 30
  • Named WCC Player of the Week on May 1 after batting .429 (6-for-14) across four games against CSUN and LMU as he scored five times, doubled twice, homered twice, drove in seven runs, and drew three walks while maintaining a 1.000 slugging percentage
  • Ripped an RBI triple against Saint Mary’s in the opening round of the WCC Tournament at Las Vegas Ballpark on May 24
SOPHOMORE (2022)
  • Appeared in 30 of San Diego’s games, starting six as the designated hitter and four at second base
  • Batted .224 (11-for-49) with 16 runs scored, three doubles, a home run, seven RBIs, six walks, and three hit by pitches
  • Homered in his native Phoenix, Arizona when USD visited Grand Canyon University on March 12
  • Drove in a run in USD’s WCC Tournament win over Portland on May 26
  • Delivered a pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth on June 4 against No. 4 Oregon State at the NCAA Corvallis Regional
  • Was named WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
FRESHMAN (2021)
  • Appeared in 24 of San Diego’s games, starting in 15 of them at second base
  • Batted .264 (14-for-53) with 14 runs scored, three doubles, a home run, and 14 RBIs
  • Recorded his first college home run on April 18 versus San Francisco
FRESHMAN (2020)
  • Appeared in nine games, making six starts primarily at shortstop
  • Finished with a .174 average, collecting four hits including a triple
  • Collected three RBIs and three runs scored
  • Went 1-for-3 with a 2-RBI triple and a run scored against Monmouth (Feb. 28)
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Graduated in 2019 from Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, AZ
  • Helped his team to the 6A Premiere Division Championship (2019)
  • 2019 Arizona Interscholastic Association First Team All-Region
  • 2019 Arizona 6A Conference All-Star selection
  • 2019 Brophy College Prep Leadership Award
  • 2017 Brophy Baseball Adam Donnefield MVP Award
  • 2017 MaxPreps Brophy College Prep Player of the Year Award
  • Played tennis as a freshman
  • Had an unweighted 4.0 GPA in high school
CLUB
  • Pacific Union Financial Capitalists, 2019
  • Wilson Sandlot, 2016-19
  • AZ Athletics, 2015
  • USA Baseball National Team Identification Series (2016, 17)
  • MLB Prospect Development Pipeline (2017, 18)
  • 2018 Under Armor Preseason All-American
  • 2019 Perfect Game Preseason All-America West Region Second Team
  • 2018 Perfect Game Preseason All-America Underclass High Honorable Mention
  • 2017 Perfect Game Preseason All-America Underclass High Honorable Mention
PERSONAL
  • Born in Phoenix, AZ to Tom and Kathy Worthington
  • Has one older brother, Chase
  • Andre House Volunteer from 2017 to 2019
  • Received the Cindy Leavitt Lombardo Generous Heart Community Service Award in 2018
  • Anticipating a major in business administration or marketing and hopes to pursue a professional baseball career
  • Chose USD for the baseball program, academics and campus
  • Enjoys recreational sports, hanging out with family and friends, going to the beach in his free time

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2020Freshman

    INF
    6'0" 180 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2021Freshman

    INF
    6'0" 180 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2022Sophomore

    INF
    6'0" 200 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2023Junior

    INF
    6'0" 200 lbs
    7
  • 7
    C

    2024Senior

    Infield
    6'0" 200 lbs
    7
    C