2023 Baseball Roster

Lorenzo Vasquez

5 Colby Halter

  • Height
    6-1
  • Class
    Junior
  • B/T
    L/R
  • Hometown
    Jacksonville, Fla.
  • High School
    Bishop Kenny

Biography

2023 17th Round MLB Draft Pick (496th Overall, Oakland Athletics)
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2022 Cape Cod League All-Star
2022 SEC Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 28)

2022 Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (Feb. 28)
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Career Highlights:
In The News:
Career:
  • Batted .259/.354/.405 across 583 at bats while playing in 173 games including 163 starts
  • Racked up 151 career hits, 14 home runs, six triples, 31 doubles, 104 runs, 89 RBI, 74 walks and 17 stolen bases
  • Fielded to an excellent .950 clip over 532 chances split at third base (primarily), second base and shortstop

2023 (Junior):
  • Played in 59 games including 54 starts at third base as a junior
  • Slashed .247/.354/.397 across 174 at bats
  • Totaled three homers, nine doubles, 30 RBI, 29 runs, 25 walks and nine steals
  • Set career highs in triples (four) and stolen bases (nine)
  • Homered in the series finale against Cincinnati as the Gator set a program record with eight long balls on Feb. 26
  • Went 2-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, two runs scored and two walks in the win over Siena on March 11
  • Hit a solo home run in the win over Alabama on March 17
  • Tripled and finished 2-for-5 in the win at Ole Miss on March 25
  • Drove in a season-high four runs while going 2-for-5 with a double in the series-clinching win against Auburn on April 2
  • Smacked two doubles en route to a 2-for-3 day with two runs and two RBI vs. Missouri on April 30
  • Produced three RBI while going 1-for-2 with a double as the Gators defeated South Carolina on June 10 to clinch a berth to the College World Series
  • Went 2-for-6 with one double, one RBI and two runs scored in the win over LSU in the College World Series finals on June 25
  • Recorded 12 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI performances
  • Fielded at a .948 clip across 135 defensive chances at third base

2022 (Sophomore):
  • Started in 65 games in the Florida infield
  • Batted .240/.338/.380 with a career-high eight home runs, 11 doubles, 44 runs, 27 RBI and seven stolen bases
  • Also set career highs in runs scored, walks (30) and steals
  • Accumulated 16-game hitting streak dating back to the 2021 season spanning from June 4, 2021 to March 12, 2022
  • Scored a career-high four runs vs. Georgia State on Feb. 26 while going 2-for 3 with one home run, two walks and one stolen base
  • Collected a career-high four hits (4-for-6) vs. Georgia State on Feb. 27 with one homer, two doubles and three RBI
  • Homered in three of four games from Feb. 23-27
  • Slashed .545/.583/1.045 with 12 hits, three home runs, two doubles, nine runs, six RBI and one stolen base en route to winning the SEC Co-Player of the Week Award on Feb. 28
  • Launched a lead-off home run and posted two RBI vs No. 21 LSU on March 25
  • Went 3-for-5 with a double vs. South Carolina on May 19
  • Homered vs. No. 13 Arkansas while going 2-for-3 with two RBI at the SEC Tournament on May 27
  • Recorded 16 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances
  • Delivered a .964 fielding percentage across 248 chances at second base, third base and shortstop

2021 (Freshman):
  • Played in 49 games including 44 starts as a true freshman (all at second base and third base)
  • Batted .302/.379/.453 with 48 hits over 159 at bats
  • Ranked third on the team with a .302 batting average
  • Totaled three home runs, two triples, 11 doubles, 32 RBI, 31 runs, 19 walks and one stolen base
  • Drove in a career-high four runs while going 3-for-5 at North Florida on Feb. 23
  • Set career high in hits with three knocks apiece against North Florida on Feb. 23 and Florida A&M on March 5
  • Registered 13 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games
  • Drove in three game-winning RBI
  • Delivered a .931 fielding percentage across 159 defensive chances in the Florida infield

BISHOP KENNY HIGH SCHOOL:
  • 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team (Florida)
  • Class of 2020's No. 78 overall prospect (Perfect Game)
  • Started nine games at third base for USA Baseball at World Baseball-Softball Confederation's 2019 U-18 World Cup in South Korea, hitting .419 with eight runs and a pair of RBI
  • Earned an invitation to MLB's inaugural Prospect Development Pipeline League in 2019, where he hit .333
  • 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassman All-America First Team
 
AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB PO A E FLD%
2021 .302 49 44 159 31 48 11 2 3 32 .453 19 2 40 1 .379 2 0 1 40 108 11 .931
2022 .240 65 65 250 44 60 11 0 8 27 .380 30 9 66 2 .338 4 1 7 84 155 9 .964
2023 .247 59 54 174 29 43 9 4 3 30 .397 25 6 34 2 .354 4 7 9 26 102 7 .948
Total .259 173 163 583 104 151 31 6 14 89 .405 74 17 140 5 .354 10 8 17 150 365 27 .950

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 4, Georgia State, Feb. 27, 2022
Doubles: 2, three times
Home Runs: 1, 14 times
Total Bases: 9, Georgia State, Feb. 27, 2022
RBI: 4, three times
Runs Scored: 4, Georgia State, Feb. 26, 2022
Walks: 2, 14 times
Struck out: 5, at No. 25 South Carolina, March 26, 2021
Sacrifice Flies: 1, 10 times
At bats: 7, at No. 25 South Carolina, March 26, 2021
Stolen bases: 2, No. 1 Tennessee, April 22, 2022
Assists: 7, Florida A&M, April 5, 2022
Putouts: 4, at No. 25 South Carolina, March 26, 2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2021Freshman

    INF
    6'1" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Sophomore

    INF
    6'1" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Junior

    INF
    6'1" 205 lbs
    5