2021 Baseball Roster

Matt Brown

1 Trenton Denholm

  • Position RHP
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 180
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown El Dorado Hills, Calif.
  • Major Education Science

Biography

2021 Season
  • 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
Oak Ridge High School 
  • 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 
Personal 
  • 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

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2021Junior

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