2015 (Senior)
>>> NCAA Stillwater Regional Most Valuable Player
>>> SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Was the only senior position player in the lineup and finished his four-year career with 206 games played and two College World Series appearances … Played left field with a .992 fielding percentage and hit .278 with 13 doubles, four home runs and 35 runs batted in … Named the Most Valuable Player of the NCAA Stillwater Regional, going 6-for-12 at the plate with two runs scored and two RBI … Recorded 18 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests … Tallied a 10-game hitting streak during the year and had a stretch of 25 consecutive games reaching base safely … Had a career day in game one of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional against Missouri State (June 5), going 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run, double and four RBI … Finished his four-year career with a .291 batting average in 717 at-bats, including 82 RBI and 37 doubles … Graduated from the University of Arkansas in the spring of 2015 with a degree in recreation and sports management.
2014 (Junior)
Appeared in 61 games and made 60 starts in the outfield and at designated hitter during the 2014 season … Finished second on the team with a .289 batting average … Recorded 66 hits, including 14 doubles and 22 runs batted in … Scored 35 runs and had a .366 on base percentage … Led the team with 21 multi-hit games … Tallied three-hit performances in SEC action against Mississippi State (March 29), Auburn (April 26), Ole Miss (May 4) and Missouri (May 16) … Had a season-best four-RBI against South Alabama (Feb. 28), including three doubles and two runs scored … Scored a season-high three runs against Ole Miss (May 23) in the third round of the SEC Tournament … Tallied seven sacrifice hits and recorded two assists from the outfield.
2013 (Sophomore)
Played in 52 games, including 50 starts, and hit .295 with a home run and 18 RBI ... Set an Arkansas single-season record with 15 sacrifice bunts and his 21 career sacrifice bunts are the fourth most in school history ... Ranked second on the team with nine doubles ... Had 20 multi-hit games, which was the second-highest total on the team … Finished second on the team with a .312 batting average in conference play and drove in five runs ... Started the final two games in the series against Western Illinois (Feb. 15-17) and went 4-for-7 with two RBI and two runs scored ... Tied a career high with three hits in the series finale against the Leathernecks ... Had one hit and scored two runs in the first game of the doubleheader against New Orleans (Feb. 19) ... Reached base four times in the series finale against Evansville (Feb. 24), going 2-for-3 at the plate and drawing two walks with one RBI and two runs scored ... Hit the first home run of his collegiate career in game two against San Diego State (March 8), a walk-off solo home run with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Razorbacks a 4-3 victory ... Had a pair of hits, scored two runs and drove in one run in the series finale against Alabama A&M (March 13) ... Went 5-for-10 with three RBI and two runs scored in the series against Ole Miss (March 15-17) ... Had three hits with one RBI and one run scored in the second game against the Rebels ... Had two hits and scored one run in the first and third games of the series at No. 6 South Carolina (March 22-24) ... Hit .462 (6-for-13) with a pair of doubles and three runs scored in series victory at Alabama (April 4-6) ... Had a pair of hits in each game against the Crimson Tide ... Went 2-for-4 with one RBI and a walk in game two of the doubleheader at Nebraska (April 16) ... Batted .444 (4-for-9) with two runs scored and a stolen base in the series win over Texas A&M (April 19-21) ... Drove in the eventual game-winning run with an eighth-inning RBI single in game two of the series at Georgia (April 27) ... Went 4-for-12 in the SEC Tournament (May 22-25) with a pair of RBI, one run scored and a stolen base … Hit .412 (7-for-17) with four runs scored in the NCAA Manhattan Regional (May 31-June 2) … Had multiple hits in the final three games of the regional, including a three-hit game in the Razorbacks’ victory over Bryant.
2012 (Freshman)
Played in 33 games, including 17 starts, and hit .333 with seven RBI ... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... Made his collegiate debut against Villanova (Feb. 17-19), playing in all three games of the series and scoring one run in the series finale ... Recorded his first collegiate hit and stolen base in the series finale against Northwestern State (Feb. 22) ... Entered as a pinch hitter against Texas (March 4) at the Houston College Classic and reached base in all three plate appearances, recording a pair of hits, his first collegiate RBI and a walk ... Had a pair of hits and drove in one run in series finale against Binghamton (March 10) ... Came off the bench as a pinch hitter in the 11th inning of the series finale at Mississippi State (March 25) and had one RBI with one run scored and a stolen base ... Started the final two games of the Georgia series (April 6-8) and had one hit in each game with one RBI in the series finale ... Got the start in the second game of the series against Kentucky (April 14) and went 1-for-2 with one run scored and a stolen base ... Went 2-for-2 in the second game of the doubleheader against Stephen F. Austin (April 17), scoring the game-tying run and driving in the game-winning run with a walk-off single ... Started the second game of the series at Florida (April 28) and went 1-for-2 with one run scored ... Was Arkansas’ top performer in the NCAA Tournament, hitting .444 (12-for-27) with a pair of RBI … Earned a start in a pair of games in the Houston Regional (June 1-3) and went 4-for-7 with one RBI and one run scored ... Set a new season high with three hits and drove in one run in the regional final against Sam Houston State ... Named to the Houston Regional All-Tournament Team ... Hit .429 (3-for-7) with his first collegiate triple and a pair of runs scored in the Waco Super Regional at No. 4 Baylor (June 9-11) … Started all four games in the College World Series and hit .385 (5-for-13) with one RBI … Had at least one hit in three of the Razorbacks’ four CWS games, including a three-hit performance in Arkansas’ win over Kent State (June 16).
Summer Baseball
2012: Played for the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods League … Finished the summer with a .302 batting average, a home run and 12 RBI … Also added six stolen bases.
Salpointe Catholic High School
Ranked 331st nationally in the class of 2011 by Perfect Game ... Named a 2011 first-team Louisville Slugger High School All-American ... Earned Southern Region Player of the Year and Chris Moon 4A-5A Player of the Year honors in 2011 ... Finished his senior season with a .541 batting average with 11 home runs, 69 RBI and 13 stolen bases ... Played for the Cincinnati Reds in the 2010 Area Code Games.
In the Draft
2011 - Cincinnati Reds, 12th round (375th overall)
Personal
Son of Nathan and Chris Serrano ... Has a sister, Audrey ... Majoring in recreation and sport management.