Texas State Athletics

2014: Played 35 games, starting 28 of them at either third base or first base ... Hit .278 with 32 hits, 14 RBI and 10 runs ... Was second on the team with seven doubles ... Earned 10 walks and added five sacrifice hits ... Tallied nine multiple-hit games with a three-hit performance vs. Michigan (Feb. 14) ... Tallied four multiple-RBI games with a three-RBI game at Western Kentucky (March 22) ... Twice scored two runs in a game. 

Texas Tech: Named Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America ... All-Big 12 First Team ... Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Coaches and College Baseball Daily) ... John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Watch List ... Threw four-shutout innings to earn first career win with a season-high six strikeouts vs. Northwestern (2/20) ... Recorded first career save in 1.2 innings of scoreless relief against Nebraskas (3/27) ... Member of the 2011 Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Anderson High School for head coach Gilbert Prather... four-time All-District selection... Dell Diamond All-Star... Earned unanimous first team all-district as a senior... All-Centex second team and named to Team Texas as a senior... Received Academic All-District as a senior... Led team in batting during sophomore and junior seasons... As a junior batted .450 with 17 doubles, two triples, four home runs and was 7-of-8 in stolen bases with a .492 on-base percentage and fielded .958... Played for Action Baseball Club during the summers.

Personal: Son of David, Sr. and Janalee Paiz... Born October 16, 1991, in Austin, Texas... Has three younger siblings - Heather, Leticia and Darek ... Major is sociology criminology.