Emory University

Senior (2014):

Iturrey earned all-University Athletic Association (UAA) SecondTeam honors during his senior season, after recording career-highswith a .377 batting average, 46 runs scored, 46 RBIs and 16 stolenbases, while starting each of Emory’s 51 games.  Hereached base safely in all but one game, and ended his career witha personal-best 19-game hitting streak, the second-longest mark byan Eagle during the season and tied for the ninth-longest in theprogram’s history.  Iturrey added 23 multiple hit gamesand 14 multiple RBI games during the campaign, while splitting timeas the designated hitter and in left field.  He batted .395(58-for-147) against right-handed pitching over the course of theseason.  He was named to the NCAA South RegionalAll-Tournament Team after batting a team-best .480 (12-for-25) withfive RBIs.  Iturrey was also named the UAA Athlete of the Weekon February 17^th after his performance during theEagles’ early-season series with Piedmont College, whichincluded his only home run of the season.  He finished hisEmory career ranked third in school history with 124 walks, seventhwith a .470 on base percentage and 132 RBIs and 15^thwith 18 hits, while recording a .343 career average, a .440slugging percentage and 39 stolen bases.

Junior (2013):

For the second year in a row, Iturrey was named to theall-University Athletic Association (UAA) Second Team for hisefforts during the 2013 campaign.  Iturrey started all 39games for the Eagles during the year (one of just three players todo so), leading all Emory players with 30 RBIs and 11 doubles, andhitting the squad’s only home run of the season.  Theleft-handed hitter recorded a .312 average, scoring 28 runs andstealing eight bases on 10 attempts.  The team co-captain drew23 walks during the season, the 140^th-best mark amongall NCAA Division III players, raising his on base percentage to.426 for the season.  Iturrey’s six multiple-RBI gameswere tied for the team lead, and his 12 multiple-hit contests werethe third-most by an Eagle in 2013.  He batted .382(13-for-34) against lefties and .357 (20-for-56) with the basesempty.  Iturrey hit the Eagles’ only home run of theseason on March 12^th as part of a one-for-three, threeRBI performance against Rochester.  The junior also recordedthree RBI performances with two-for-four days against bothOglethorpe on February 20^th and Hendrix on April7^th.  Iturrey recorded a nine-game hitting streakfrom April 6^th through April 21^st, andreached base in each of his last 13 games and in 34 of the 39 totalgames during the year.  He added solid defense in left fieldfor Emory during the year, committing just one error for a .984fielding percentage.  Over his three-year career, Iturreyranks sixth in school history with a .470 on base percentage,eighth with 90 walks, and 13^th with an .852 stolen basepercentage.

Sophomore (2012):

Iturrey was named to the All-University Athletic Association(UAA) Second Team for his performance during his junior campaign. Playing in all 40 of Emory's games last season and making 39starts, Iturrey finished the season ranked fourth among allDivision III players in walks (42) and walks per game (1.05), and28th in on-base percentage (.509).  His on-base percentage in2012 was the eighth-best single-season mark in the program'shistory, and his .497 career on-base percentage ranks fourth inschool history.  Iturrey ended the year tied for the team leadwith two home runs, and was second on the team with a .339 battingaverage and 33 RBIs, in addition to stealing eight bases on 10attempts.  He reached base in 36 of Emory's 40 games duringthe season.  During a three-game series against PiedmontCollege from March 31st through April 1st, Iturrey wentseven-for-18 (.389) with two home runs, eight RBIs and seven runsscored, including a grand slam in the second game of a doubleheaderon April 1st.  He was second on the squad with eight multipleRBI games during the season and third on the team with 14 multiplehit games.  Iturrey was named the UAA Athlete of the Week onApril 2nd.

Freshman (2011):

Iturrey hit .326 with 23 runs batted in during his first seasonas an Eagle, which included 35 games and 27 starts.  Hefinished the year ranked 33rd among Division III players with fivetriples (tied for the sixth-most in a single season in schoolhistory) and 0.14 triples per game, 138th with a 0.479 on basepercentage, 85th with 0.71 walks per game, and 131st with 25walks.  Iturrey was also a perfect seven-for-seven in stolenbase attempts during the year.  He picked up aseason-high three hits against Piedmont College on March 25th,going three-for-three with four RBIs, a walk, a triple, and astolen base.  The outfielder was also two-for-five with threeRBIs and a triple against Hendrix College on April 1st. Iturrey hit .340 (17-for-50) with runners on base, .391(9-for-23) when leading off an inning, .351 (13-for-37)with runners in scoring position, and .371 (13-for-35) withtwo outs. 

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Prior to Emory:

Transferred from Indiana University, where he was a redshirtfreshman on the 2010 squad... Played on the Miami Palmetto SeniorHigh School baseball team for four seasons, earning varsity lettersduring his junior and senior years... Was an all-Dade Countyhonorable mention and an all-tournament first team member duringhis senior year... Helped his team to district championships from2007-09, and to the State Regionals in 2009... Coached by RayNoriega in high school... Also played soccer.

Personal:

Born January 3, 1991.

Quote:

"I chose Emory because it gives me the opportunity to playbaseball, while receiving a good education."