Tickets2020 Season: Played and started in all 15 of the team’s contests… hit .314 with 16 hits, 3 doubles and 1 homerun… scored 7 runs, with 7 walks, 9 RBIs and slugged .431… had an on-base percentage of .456 and had 2 stolen bases… had his best game vs. EMU (3/8) hitting 2-3 with 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his only homerun of the season
2019 Season (Junior): American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team … Corvallis All-Regional Team... 2nd in UC school record book with most games played in a season at 61 … started in 60 of the team’s contests … hit .256 with 58 hits, 14 doubles, and 2 triples… scored 31 runs, with 27 walks, 24 RBIs and slugged .335 … stole 11 bases and only committed one error in the field… turned in 14 multi-hit games… had 9-game hit streak from 3/29-4/6... recorded at least one hit in every game vs. Tulane (3/29-31)... went 3-for-3 at Ohio State (4/3) and vs. Xavier (4/9)... turned in a 3-for-6 performance vs. Miami (4/10)... went 3-for-5 with two runs scored vs. Wichita State (4/27)... went 5-for-14 with two doubles and 4 RBI in the Corvallis Regional
2018 Season (Sophomore): AAC All-Academic Team ... started in 44 of 47 games played ... had three homeruns, two triples, six doubles and 24 RBI while hitting .275 ... totaled 241 putouts and 19 assists ... stole five bases ... started the season with a hit against California (2/17) ... went 3-for-5 with a RBI and run scored in second UT Martin game (3/3) ... followed that with three RBI with a homerun, walk and two runs scored (3/4) ... was 2-for-3 with a RBI in middle game with Houston (3/30) ... had second homerun of the season in final with Memphis (4/8), finishing 2-for-4 in that contest ... had two hits in three straight games to end UConn series and start of Kansas series ... had a good weekend at Wichita State (5/4-5/6) with six hits ... followed that series by going 3-for-5 at Xavier (5/8) ... was 2-for-4 with a walk in opener at No. 10 ECU ... had a hit in both AAC Tournament games, including a homerun against UConn (5/23)
2017 Season (Freshman): Played in 50 games with 46 starts ... hit .234 with five doubles, two triples and one homerun with 28 RBI and 26 runs scored ... had 90 putouts with 79 assists for a .983 fielding percentage ... had a homerun in second career game at College of Charleston (2/25) ... had first multi-hit game at Arkansas State (3/5), going 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored ... went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs and a stolen base against Northeastern (3/18) ... in win over No. 1 Louisville (3/21), earned two hits with a walk and RBI ... had two hits again against Northern Kentucky (3/25) with a triple and double ... had another double and totaled two hits against Memphis (4/2) ... went 3-for-5 with a double at USF (4/14) ... had two hits both against ECU (4/23) and at Wright State (5/2) ... finished the regular season with three hits and three RBI with a double and two runs scored at Houston (5/20) ... had a hit in each of the game of the AAC Tournament
Prior to Cincinnati: Four year letterwinner at Notre Dame Green Pond … Rawlings Perfect Game Preseason All-America (2016) … First Team All-Colonial League (2016, 2015) … First Team All-Area (2016, 2015) … team’s Offensive MVP (2016, 2015) … Second Team All-Colonial League and All-Area (2014) … All-Colonial League and All-Area Honorable Mention (2013) … school record holder for most career hits … won the first District XI championship in school history (2014) … three-time District XI runner-up (2013, 2015, 2016) …finished with batting averages of .356 (2013), .493 (2014), .470 (2015) and .521 (2016) … ranked as the 16th best club team in the country with Baseball U of Farmingdale, N.J.
Personal: Full name is Eric Ben Santiago … son of Benigno and Maritza Santiago … has two brothers Mike and Dan … uncle Sandy Lopez was a 1993 Minnesota Twins draft pick … grandfather Benigno Santiago Sr. was a 1955 Cleveland Indians draft pick.