2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 40
John Vergara
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- B/T:
- R/L
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Glendale CC
- Major:
- Sociology (Winter '21 Grad)
Senior (2020)
Junior
- Served as closer in 2020 recording three saves in eight appearances
- Went 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA allowing three earned runs in 9.1 innings while issuing three walks and striking out 13
- Put up season highs of two innings and four strikeouts in game vs. Rice Feb. 22
- Big West Spring All-Academic
Junior
- Pitched in 20 games
- Recorded 28 strike outs in 25 innings pitched
- Allowed 24 hits and 10 earned runs
- Pitched one inning against Hawaii and struck out all three batters he faced (Mar. 30)
- Finished the season with a 1-0 record
- Played briefly over the summer in the California Collegiate League with Conejo Oaks tossing 2.2 innings with 3 BB and 4 K
- In 2017, made 10 appearances on the mound going 5-1 with a 3.02 ERA striking out 36 in 44.2 innings
- In 2016, made 11 appearances on the mound going 0-1 with a 5.21 ERA striking out 15 in 19 innings
- Played summer ball with Conejo Oaks going 1-1, 1 save, 3.26 ERA striking out 25 over 19.3 IP in 11 appearances
- All-league at Marshall High School
- Pitched and played first base all four years
- All-CIF and all-city
- Threw a pair of no-hitters in high school, once as a freshman and another as a sophomore
- Parents are John and Olivia, two siblings, Daniel and Amber
- Daniel plays baseball at Marshall HS
- Earned degree in sociology in Winter Quarter of 2021 with a minor in management
- Fan of Clayton Kershaw, Lebron James, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the musical stylings of Kanye West and Kid Cudi
- Enjoys the beach, yoga, reading, hiking, working out, sunsets, giraffes, eating at Canes and In-N-Out, kiwis, pineapples, and watermelons, watching Workaholics, and the movie The Matrix
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