2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Trenton Denholm
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 180
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- El Dorado Hills, Calif.
- Major:
- Education Science
2021 Season
2020 Season
Sophomore
Freshman
- Golden Spikes Award Watch List prior to 2021 season
- Starting every weekend tied atop the team with 16 starts
- Finished with a 6-2 record, 4.61 ERA, and 70 strikeouts in 82 innings pitched
- Top performances include:
- 7.1 innings allowing one earned run and six hits in NCAA Regional elimination victory over North Dakota State
- 7 scoreless innings in wins against Hawai'i and UC San Diego
- Season hihg 9 strikeouts in win over UC San Diego allowing four hits and one walk
- 7 innings pitched vs. Oregon State in a no decision allowing one earned run, two walks, and five strikeouts
- Final home game allowing two earned runs in win over Cal State Fullerton walking one with four strikeouts in seven innings
- Finished career with 50 games pitched, tied for the fifth-most starts at 49, 16th all-time with 279.2 innings pitched, the ninth-most strikeouts at 236, and tied 12th all-time with 21 wins
2020 Season
- Golden Spikes Award Watch List prior to 2020 season
- Made four starts in 2020 with a 2-2 record
- Went 2-0 in home starts allowing zero runs in 13 innings with four hits, four walks, and 11 strikeouts
- In 23.2 innings pitched, walked 10 with 25 strikeouts registering an ERA of 2.28
- Tossed seven no-hit scoreless innings in a win over Rice on Feb. 21
- Struck out a high of eight hitters on Feb. 28 at Washington
- Big West Spring All-Academic
- Dean's List Spring 2020
Sophomore
- Honored as an All-American
- Big West Pitcher of the Year
- Named to All-Big West First Team
- Four Time Big West Player of the Week
- Invited to the USA Collegiate National Team training camp
- Started 14 games and pitched 99.2 total innings
- Ended the season with a 9-4 record
- Led the team with a 1.81 ERA and 93 strikeouts
- Opponents recorded a team-low .178 batting average against him
- In 2.1 relief innings at Missouri State, struck out 5 batters while not allowing a single baserunner
- Gave up only 1 home run and walked 20 batters all season
- Recorded 10 strikeouts on two occasions (3/24 vs. Wash, 5/11 vs. Cal Poly)
- Pitched 4 complete games and contributed to 5 shutouts
Freshman
- Named Big West Pitcher of the Week April 16 winning two games in two starts while allowing just four hits over 11 IP
- Made 15 appearances, all starts, going 4-8 with a 4.72 ERA
- Allowed 39 ER in 74.1 IP walking 25 while striking out 48
- Defeated No. 6 TCU on the road with seven scoreless innings pitched striking out five for his first career win
- Led the Big West with 18 HBP
- Player summer ball for Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and was named to the All-CCBL team striking out 36 while not allowing a run in 25.2 innings
- Four-time league champion
- SFL MVP in 2016 & 2017
- Named Jr Athlete of the Year
- All-State First Team
- Played for club teams California Show (2016) & Pacific Union Financial Capitalists (2017)
- Has thrown a no-hitter
- Parents are Mark and Judi, two siblings, Logan and Carli
- Mark attended Cal Poly and University of Chicago
- Judi attended San Jose State
- Logan played baseball at UC Davis
- Born in San Jose
- Majoring in education sciences
- Full name is Trenton Kyoshi Denholm
- Aspires to player in the MLB or work in real estate
- Related to Rod Barajas (MLB Catcher)
- Drafted following senior season in high school in the 26th round by the Boston Red Sox
- Fan of Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, the San Francisco Giants, Golden State Warriors, and Dallas Cowboys
- Enjoys swimming, golfing, hiking, burgers, watching sports, going to Lake Tahoe, and the musical stylings of Mac Miller
- Enjoys watching his favorite movie, Bohemian Rhapsody, and would love to visit Southeast Asia
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