| Michael Choice |
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Summer 2009 (USA Baseball National Team)
Became first player in UTA history and second player ever from the Southland Conference to play for the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate)... batted .350 (21-for-60) with 13 runs, three doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI, eight walks, five hit-by-pitch, three stolen bases, .453 on-base percentage and .550 slugging percentage... finished the summer hitting three home runs in the World Baseball Challenge while leading Team USA to the championship... batted .368 (7-for-19) during World Baseball Challenge... three home runs at the World Baseball Challenge gave him the Home Run Hitting Award (most homers at the tournament)... named to World Baseball Challenge All-Tournament Team (one of four Team USA players to be named)... collected six multi-hit games, including three three-hit performances.
SLC Tournament
Batted .545 (6-for-11) with two multi-hit games, four runs, one double and three walks... went 3-for-4 with two runs and a walk in tournament opener against Lamar (5/20)... batted 2-for-4 with a pair of runs and a walk against Stephen F. Austin (5/21)... finished tournament going 1-for-3 with a double and a walk against Lamar (5/22).
2009 (Sophomore)
Enters 2010 season as UTA career batting leader (.396 - 167-for-422)... ranks 10th on UTA all-time career home runs list (18)... ranks third on UTA career slugging percentage list (.604)... ranks fifth on UTA all-time single-season batting average list (.413)... ranks third on UTA single-season base hits list (93)... ranks tied for eighth on UTA single-season home runs list (11)... ranks third on UTA single-season runs scored list (64)... ranks fourth on UTA single-season total bases list (145)... ranks ninth on UTA single-season slugging percentage list (.644)... ranks third on UTA single-season on-base percentage list (.492)... first team All-Southland Conference (OF)... second team American Baseball Coaches Association South Central All-Region (OF)... two-time Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (Feb. 24 & Apr. 13)... Baseball America preseason SLC All-Conference (OF)... Rivals.com preseason SLC All-Conference (OF)... first team preseason SLC All-Conference (OF)... named to Preseason Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List... only UTA player to start all 56 games at the same position (CF) and bat in the same spot in the batting order (3-hole)... finished in five Southland Conference top-10 statistical categories, including second in on-base percentage (.492), fourth in batting average (.413), fifth in runs (64), fifth in hits (93) and eighth in slugging percentage (.644)... became sixth UTA player in program history to hit for the cycle going 4-for-4 (triple in 1st, double in 5th, single in 6th, home run in 8th) with three runs and five RBI against Northwood (4/21)... batted a team-high .417 (20-for-48) in 12 games against ranked opponents with five doubles, one home run and nine RBI... batted a team-high .433 (29-for-67) in 17 games against opponents who made the NCAA Tournament... hit .459 (50-for-109) with 31 runs, eight doubles, two triples, four home runs and 30 RBI during 27 games played at Clay Gould Ballpark... hit .371 (43-for-116) with five doubles, one triple, seven home runs and 22 RBI during 29 games played on the road or at a neutral site... hit .406 (52-for-128) with six doubles, one triple, six home runs and 24 RBI in 32 Southland Conference games...batted .367 (18-for-49) in 12 career games against Big 12 opponents with 11 runs, six doubles, three home runs, eight walks and 15 RBI... hit .412 (14-for-34) against left-handed pitchers and hit .414 (79-for-191) against right-handed pitchers... batted .467 (35-for-75) with runners in scoring position and batted .414 (36-for-87) with two outs... was second on the team with 25 two-out RBI, 12 multiple RBI games and with 30 multi-hit games... posted a team-high four four-hit games and finished with seven three-hit performances... ended the season on a season-high 12-game hit streak (May 1 - May 22) batting .500 (23-for-46) with 17 runs, four doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI... went 2-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBI against eventual national runner-up and then-No. 4 Texas on the road with a game-tying two-run double in the eighth inning and a solo home run to give the Mavericks the lead in the top of the 10th inning (2/24)... Choice batted .529 (9-for-17) with three extra-base hits and nine RBI during the first week of the season to earn SLC Hitter of the Week... collected second SLC Hitter of the Week selection batting .526 (10-for-19) with five extra-base hits, including two home runs, eight runs scored and six RBI in four games... hit home runs in three consecutive games - four home runs total - while going 7-for-11 with 13 RBI and seven runs scored against Central Arkansas (two games) and Northwood (Apr. 18-21)... posted six consecutive multi-hit games going 13-for-25 (.520) with seven runs and two doubles (May 9-21)... member of the Capital One/Southland Conference 2009 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll... named to the UT Arlington Spring 2009 Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll.
SLC Tournament
Appeared in both tournament games, making two starts in center field... went 2-for-3 with two singles against Texas State (5/21)... recorded an RBI while going 1-for-4 against Southeastern Louisiana (5/22).
2008 (Freshman)
Led Mavericks in all three triple-crown categories batting .376 with seven home runs and 51 RBI... Southland Conference Freshman of the Year... second team All-SLC... rivals.com Freshman All-American... first team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American... second team Baseball America Freshman All-American... Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American... second team PING! Freshman All-American... became second freshman in UT Arlington history to earn Freshman All-American honors (Darrell Preston - 2001)... recorded the highest freshman batting average (.376) in UT Arlington history... played in 50 games while making all 50 starts in center field... led all SLC freshmen in batting average, while ranking third in the conference and 125th in the NCAA (.376)... led team with 110 total bases... recorded a .977 fielding percentage with just three errors in 132 chances... batted .382 against left-handed pitching and .373 against right-handed pitchers... recorded a .425 batting average with runners on-base and .444 (4-for-9) with the bases loaded... tallied a .397 average with runners in scoring position and a .410 average while batting with two outs... led team with 26 RBI in SLC competition and tied for the team lead in triples (2) and home runs (3)... batted .340 in SLC play... second on the team with 24 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games and three four-hit performances... tied for team lead with 13 multiple RBI games, including a pair of three, four and five RBI games... recorded two separate season-high nine-game hitting streaks... went 14-for-37 (.378) with eight RBI and four doubles from April 9-April 20... went 19-for-37 (.514) with eight RBI from April 26-May 10... batted .462 (12-for-26) in six games against Big 12 opponents, recording five runs, three doubles, two home runs, eight RBI and four walks... made collegiate debut going 2-for-4 with an RBI against Arkansas-Little Rock (2/22)... went 4-for-4 and tied season highs with three runs, four hits, and collected first career home run against Arkansas-Little Rock (2/24)... in four-game period against Alabama (two games), Nevada and Dallas Baptist, recorded four straight multi-hit games with a .474 average (9-for-19) with five RBI... went 5-for-9 with four runs scored, six RBI, a triple and hit first career grand slam in a non-conference doubleheader against UT Pan American (4/1)... posted three RBI and went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a double and triple with two walks against Southeastern Louisiana (4/19)... recorded three straight multi-hit games against Northwestern State (two) and Baylor going 6-for-13 with two RBI... went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI and a run scored against Stephen F. Austin (5/10)... led team to a win over then-No. 7 Texas A&M at Clay Gould Ballpark going 4-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, home run and tied a season-high five RBI (5/13).
High School
Came to UTA after earning District 4-5A Most Valuable Player honors as a senior at Timberview...hit .506 as a senior with 42 hits, 17 stolen bases and six home runs...hit .443 as a junior with 35 hits, nine stolen bases and two homers en route to earning first team All-District 15-4A honors as a junior second baseman...member of the A-B Honor Roll...was a first team All-District 15-4A pick as a sophomore catcher.
Personal
Son of Charles and Charea Choice... born Nov. 10, 1989... an interdisciplinary studies major at UT Arlington.
