University of South Alabama Athletics

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore):  Started all 50 games in which he appeared ... Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection ... Batted .340 with nine doubles, one triple, 30 RBIs, 47 runs scored and one stolen base while posting a .444 on-base percentage ... Ranked third in the conference in walks (38) in 2022 ... Ranked seventh in the SBC in batting average (.367) in league games, tied for seventh in walks (19) and RBIs (27), and eighth in on-base percentage (.458) ... Committed just two errors in 125 total chances for a .984 fielding percentage ... Hit .367 with six doubles, 27 RBIs and 23 runs scored while posting a .458 OBP in 27 Sun Belt Conference games ... Recorded 23 multiple-hit and eight multi-RBI games.

Junior College:  Named first-team all-state in Region 8 by the Florida College System Activities Association Athletics as a sophomore last season at Miami-Dade CC  ... Helped the Sharks capture the 2021 FCSAA State/NJCAA Region 8 South Atlantic District championship to advance to the NJCAA National Tournament in Grand Junction, Colo. ... Also named to the FCSAA all-tournament team in 2021 ... Batted .395 with five doubles, one triple, 14 RBIs, 20 runs scored, four stolen bases and a .438 on-base percentage in 19 games played as a sophomore last year ... Lettered his freshman year at Hillsborough (Fla.) CC where he hit .337 with four doubles, two triples, 24 RBIs, 32 runs scored, 23 stolen bases and .442 OBP en route to first-team all-conference honors.

High School:  Lettered at Southwest Miami Senior High in Miami ... Batted .455 as a senior, .390 as a junior, .429 as a sophomore and .400 his freshman season ... Owns the program’s single-season record in stolen bases ... First-team all-Dade selection as a senior.

Personal:  Full name is Erick Orbeta ... Born April 19, 2000, in Miami, Fla. ... Son of Jorge and Cristina Orbeta ... Has one brother, Maximus, and one sister, Dana ... Major is undecided.