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Figueroa Named to C-USA All-Freshman Team

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DALLAS (May 25, 2021) – Adrian Figueroa of FIU baseball was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team, the league office announced on Tuesday.

Figueroa enjoyed a stellar rookie campaign at first base and was the only Panther to start in all 51 games. Figueroa led the Blue & Gold in batting average (.324), hits (59), doubles (12) and at-bats (182) while ranking second in slugging percentage (.423), runs scored (36), runs batted in (32) and total bases (77).

The Doral, Florida native became the first freshman to lead FIU in batting average since current World Series champion and LA Dodger Edwin Rios accomplished that feat with a .