Four members of the Cal State Fullerton baseball squad were recognized by the Big West Conference for their play during the 2019 season.
The Titan’s hot hitter, Mitchell Berryhill, was named to the Big West’s all-conference first team.
Berryhill finished the year with a conference-high .415 batting average which ranked fifth in the nation and is the fifth highest average in a single season in the history of the program.
The Utah native had 27 RBIs on the year and 39 runs to go along with a .493 on-base percentage which ranks first in the Big West.
AJ Curtis was named to the second team all-conference following his first season at Cal State Fullerton. Curtis hit .318 this season with 18 RBIs, 21 runs and one home run. He improved his game in conference play, hitting .360 in Big West games with 13 RBIs.
Jairus Richards also was named to the second team after finishing the year with a .320 average, 26 RBIs and 23 runs. Richards also had a .465 on-base percentage which ranked third in the Big West Conference. Richards hit .355 in conference play with 15 RBIs and 15 runs.
Isaiah Garcia earned Big West Honorable Mention with a .323 batting average which ranked second on the team behind Berryhill and 10th in the conference. Garcia had two home runs this year with two triples and nine doubles as well as 25 runs and a team-high 39 RBIs.
Araujuo to lead Mexican junior national team
Jorge Araujo, Cal State Fullerton’s associate head coach for softball, has been named the new head coach of Mexico’s Junior National Team heading into the summer of 2019. He will remain in his position at Cal State Fullerton working with both teams.
“This is a huge honor for coach Araujo and Cal State Fullerton,” head coach Kelly Ford said.
“It is no surprise to me that he was offered this position because he is one of the best in the business. He has a special eye for spotting talent, can develop that talent like no other, and his day-to-day temperament with the student-athletes is a gift. The Mexican Junior National Team just scored big time by bringing coach [Araujo] on board.”
Araujo has been a part of Mexico’s National Team since 2013 where he served as an assistant coach responsible for the development of the defense. That year, he helped coach the team through the General Tire World Cup of Softball IX and the Canadian Open Fast Pitch Invitational in July.
Since then, he has served as an assistant on the Junior National Team while also being a part of the Titan family.
The former Cal Poly Pomona infielder has been in charge of the Cal State Fullerton defense ever since joining the program in 2013 and has led the most impressive defensive stretch in program history.
The Titans have had a fielding percentage of .965 or better in all seven of his seasons. Prior to this run, the Titans did not have more than three consecutive seasons with that high a fielding percentage.
Coach Araujo has also led the team to the two highest percentages in program history with last year’s .975 marking the best with a program-low 39 errors committed.
In four of his seven seasons, the Titans have ranked in the Top 35 in the NCAA for fielding percentage and also turned the second most double plays in the country in the 2018 season.
Overall, Araujo has been instrumental in this dominant run Cal State Fullerton is currently on, winning four consecutive Big West Championships.
Max receives leadership award
Julie Max, Cal State Fullerton’s assistant athletics director of sports medicine, has been honored by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association as the recipient of the Eve Becker-Doyle Leadership Award.
The Eve Becker-Doyle Leadership Award is the highest honor given to a member of the trainers’ association specifically for outstanding leadership and volunteerism within the NATA.
The award is presented to an athletic trainer who exemplifies the leadership and dedication demonstrated by Eve Becker-Doyle during her time as executive director of the NATA. The inception of the award was in 2014 and Max is the first female recipient of the award.
“Our national organization is pretty huge,” Max said. “Obviously, it’s a national healthcare organization, and it’s a pretty prestigious award since there are over 50,000 NATA members.”
Max, became the first woman elected as NATA president, in 2000, and was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 2007. She has spent her career developing students and promoting the profession. Since 1979 Max has worked at Cal State Fullerton, where she has been the driving force behind the development of an athletic training education program that has received national acclaim.
“I am overwhelmed by receiving this award, completely overwhelmed,” Max said.
“First and foremost, the national organization means the world to me. So, to be considered for a lifetime achievement award is very humbling… . I was truly ecstatic to even be considered, let alone be the recipient of the award.”
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