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2010
Oropesa will focus on being a starting infielder this season with the option of pitching as a reliever.
2009
He earned Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America and Pac-10 Conference honorable mention honors...in 54 games, he made 51 starts and batted .314 (58-for-185) while leading the team in home runs (13) and RBI (48)...had eight doubles and one triple with three stolen bases...led the team with a .578 slugging percentage...also made four appearances on the mound with a 9.00 ERA... in three innings, he allowed three runs on three hits with two walks and six strikeouts...opponents hit .250 against him...his 12th homer of the season came on May 5 in the first inning during the Trojans' 5-0 shutout of No. 12 Cal Poly...his third home run in two games came on May 1 at Washington...recorded his second two-homer game in a little over a week came on April 29 at No. 6 Cal State Fullerton, adding five RBI...had his first two-homer game on April 21 in a 13-5 win at Loyola Marymount...hit home runs in back-to-back games on April 9 and 10 against Oregon...hit an opposite-field home run against UCLA's highly-touted freshman Gerrit Cole on March 21...broke out of an early season slump with a 7-for-12 weekend (March 13-16) against Winthrop...on March 14, he hit his first collegiate home run and had a season-high four RBI.
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He was a four-year varsity letterwinner at Etiwanda High in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., under coach Shane Moses...he was an Aflac High School All-American and rated as the No. 108 high school player in the nation by Baseball America...rated by Perfect Game as the No. 2 third baseman in the nation and No. 18 for first basemen...three-time All-Baseline League first team selection...earned Cal-Hi all-state honors in his junior and senior seasons...named Daily Bulletin All-Star in his senior season...earned All-Inland Valley honors in his junior and senior seasons...batted .563 (36-for-64) with six home runs, six doubles, two triples and 16 RBI in his senior season...as a junior, he hit .547 with 11 home runs, 46 RBIs, 11 doubles, 16 walks and seven strikeouts...he drove in a school-record 10 runs in his final game of the season, which included two home runs...has appeared in numerous showcases and tournaments, including the Tournament of Stars in Cary, N.C., and the Perfect Game National Showcase in Cincinnati...drafted in the 24th round by the Boston Red Sox in the 2008 major league baseball draft.
Personal
He is majoring in public policy and development...parents are Alfred and Ruthie...has one brother, Christopher, and two sisters, Julianna and Olivia...lists Derek Jeter and Manny Ramirez as his biggest sports heroes...his father's cousin, Eddie, played four seasons in the major leagues as a pitcher...favorite movie is Wedding Crashers...favorite television shows are Stand Up Comedy and Family Guy...listens to Lil' Wayne, Rick Ross and Eminem...birthdate is Dec. 15, 1989.
Career Hitting Statistics
| Year | GP-GS | AVG | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB-SBA | BB | SO | HBP | SF-SH | SLG | OBP |
| 2009 | 54-51 | .314 | 185 | 35 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 3-7 | 23 | 46 | 1 | 4-1 | .578 | .385 |
Career Pitching Statistics
| Year | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | SVS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | HB | BK | BAVG |
| 2009 | 9.00 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
