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Jantzen Witte
35  Jantzen Witte
Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Arlington, Texas

High School:
Martin High School

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 195

Position:
INF

Experience:
2L

B/T:
R/R

02/10/2012

Baseball Tabbed To Win Seventh Straight League Title

Five Horned Frogs named preseason all-conference

01/23/2012

2012 Baseball Promotional Schedule

12/01/2011

Schlossnagle Recounts Journey To Dominican Republic

Horned Frogs spent five days in the Dominican

Career Honors:
• 2010 Fort Worth Regional All-Tournament team
• 2011 MWC First-team All-Conference
• 2011 Fort Worth Regional All-Tournament team

2011 (Sophomore):
Played in and started all 62 games running his streak to 102 consecutive games played... ranked third on the team with a .331 batting average... his 84 total hits on the season were tops on the squad... also led the team with 21 doubles... tallied one triple and four home runs... ranked second on the team with 45 RBIs, 17 of which came with two outs... tied for the team lead with 28 walks and 12 sacrifices (4 sac flies, 8 sac bunts)... was successful on 7-of-10 stolen base attempts... posted 23 multi-hit games and 10 multiple RBI contests... tallied a base hit in 51 games and reached base safely in 58... committed just seven errors on the season... has a streak of 57 chances over 24 games without committing an error... hit safely in the first eight games of the season... had four hits and three RBIs in the series against Kansas Feb. 18-20... hit the team's first home run of the season on Feb. 20 against the Jayhawks... drove in three with a 2-for-3 day at the plate against Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 26... went 3-for-5 with three RBIs at Texas Tech on March 5... drove in four with a pair of hits against Houston Baptist on March 11... commenced a seven game hitting streak on March 15 with a 2-for-4 day at the plate at UT Arlington... collected his second home run of the season in the game... hit .400 (12-for-30) during the streak... had a pair of doubles and drove in two at UNLV on March 19... doubled as part of two hits against Houston on March 26... hit .361 (22-for-61) during a 15-game hit streak from March 30-April 19... had three hits in the series finale against Air Force on April 3... collected two hits and drove in two against New Mexico on April 9... tied a school record with three doubles at Oklahoma on April 12... three doubles produced three RBIs... tallied three more hits in the series opener at San Diego State on April 15... hit his fourth home run of the season on April 19 at nationally-ranked Texas A&M... collected two hits at Dallas Baptist on April 25... had two hits and scored three runs at BYU on April 28... picked up four hits in the series at Oklahoma State May 6-8... had two RBIs on May 13 against Utah... hit .439 (18-for-41) during a nine game hitting streak from May 17-June 3... had a career-game against New Mexico on May 20... went 6-for-7 with a double, an RBI and four runs scored... had two hits in the finale against the Lobos on May 21... recorded five hits in the four MWC Tournament games... went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional game against Oral Roberts on June 3... had three more hits in the final game of the season against Oral Roberts on June 5.

2010 (Redshirt Freshman):
Played in 49 games and made 45 starts ... missed the first 10 games of the season with a broken wrist ... of his 45 starts, 39 came at third base and six at shortstop ... was a defensive replacement in four games ... led the team with a .374 batting average ... totaled 61 base hits, including 15 doubles, one triple and four home runs ... racked up 39 RBIs and scored 32 runs ... of his 39 RBIs, 12 came with two outs ... hit .941 (16-for-17) with a runner on third and less than two outs ... posted a slugging percentage of .552 and an on-base percentage of .425 ... ranked second on the team with 16 total sacrifices (five sacrifice flies and 11 sac bunts) ... played solid defense, boasting a .937 fielding percentage ... appeared in 19 conference games and hit .279 with nine extra base hits ... reached base safely in 39 games and tallied a base hit in 37 ... racked up 17 multi-hit contests and totaled 11 multiple RBI games ... made his collegiate debut on March 9 starting at shortstop at UT Arlington ... drew a pair of bases-loaded walks to collect his first two career RBIs ... picked up his first career hit on March 12 against Texas Tech with a 1-for-2 day at the plate ... drove in two runs at Air Force on March 28 ... commenced a 10 game hitting streak with a 4-for-4 day at the plate at Houston on April 9 ... connected for his first career home run and drove in four runs ... hit .410 (16-for-39) during the streak with nine RBIs and six runs scored ... tallied two doubles and drove in two runs at BYU on April 16 ... tripled as part of a two-hit night at Oklahoma on April 20 ... collected two hits and drove in a run in the series opener against UNLV on April 23 ... had a solid series at Utah April 30-May 2, tallying five hits to along with two RBIs ... homered in the opening game against Utah on April 30 ... drove in three runs, scored three times and tallied two hits at New Mexico on May 9 ... one of the hits against the Lobos left the park for his third home run of the season ... had a monster game at Texas State on May 12, driving in five runs on two hits ... had a torrid 11-game hitting streak that began with a base hit against Cal State Bakersfield on May 20 and lasted through June 12 ... hit .561 (23-for-41) with eight runs scored and 13 runs driven in during the streak ... raised his average from .314 to .385 during the streak ... posted multi-hit games eight times during the streak ... torched CS Bakersfield to the tune of six hits in 10 at-bats with seven RBIs in the three game series ... tallied six hits in the MWC Postseason tournament to earn all-tournament accolades ... had three hits and drove in three in the tournament opener against Utah on May 26 ... drove in a run as part of two hits in the championship game against New Mexico on May 28 ... singled three times and drove in a run in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional opener against Lamar on June 4 ... collected two more hits against Arizona on June 5 ... was 2-for-3 against Texas on June 11 in the opener of the NCAA Austin Super Regional ... had three more hits in game two against the Longhorns on June 12 ... hit safely in four of the five College World Series contests ... had three hits and scored two runs against Florida State on June 23 ... blasted a two-run home run in the eighth inning against the Seminoles.

2009 (True Freshman):
Coaches elected to use a redshirt in his first season.

High School:
Was a two-time letterwinner at Martin High School for head coach Curt Culbertson ... tabbed as a third-team all-state performer as a senior ... named the Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... selected as the team MVP as a senior ... hit .468 with nine home runs in his senior campaign ... named the 2008 Fort Worth Star-Telegram's High School Baseball Player of the Year ... helped guide his team to the District 8-5A championship as a senior.

Personal:
Parents are John and Karen ... has two younger siblings, Bentley and Tupelo ... younger sister, Bentley, is a volleyball player at Mississippi State... has not decided on a major.

Season AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO SB-A
2010 .374 49-45 163 32 61 15 1 4 39 .552 12 6 20 2-5
2011 .331 62-62 254 51 84 21 1 4 45 .469 28 4 31 7-10
Career .348 111-107 417 83 145 36 2
8 84 .501 40 10 51
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