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Jersey Number 44
Aaron Soto
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Miami Lakes, Fla.
- High School:
- Archbishop McCarthy HS
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- Named to Perfect Game's Summer Collegiate All-American Honorable Mention
2016 - SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in 17 games (eight starts) and posted a 6-2 record with a 3.63 ERA, allowing 30 runs (25 earned) over 62.0 innings with 40 strikeouts.
- Threw 0.2 inning in Tennessee's SEC Tournament matchup vs. No. 5 seed LSU, allowing two hits and walking one batter in the outing.
- Posted back-to-back wins in relief during UT's final regular-season series at Georgia, combining to throw 7.2 scoreless innings and allowing just two hits to help the Vols clinch an SEC Baseball Tournament bid with a series win over the Bulldogs (May 19-21).
- Went 5.1 innings in his Sunday start vs. #11-ranked LSU, allowing six runs (three earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts to receive no decision (May 15).
- Pitched 6.0 innings in his start vs. Missouri, allowing three runs on six hits and striking out three (April 29)
- Tossed a career-long 7.2 innings vs. #4 Vanderbilt, allowing three earned runs and striking out four batters (April 22).
- Struck out six while allowing just one run on six hits in 6.1 innings to earn the win during his start vs. Auburn (April 14).
- Notched his third career start vs. South Carolina on April 8. Soto threw 5.0 innings and allowed seven runs (six earned) and tied his career-high three strikeouts for the third time this season
- Tossed a career-high 7.1 innings while picking up the win versus #12 Kentucky on April 1. He held the Wildcats scoreless over seven frames and did not allow a leadoff baserunner until the top of the eighth, finishing the outing with three strikeouts.
- Recorded his first start of the season, pitching 4.1 scoreless innings at #22 Alabama (March 26)
- Picked up the win vs. Tennessee Tech by throwing two scoreless innings in relief, giving up no hits and striking out two (March 22).
- Held opponents scoreless in three consecutive appearances, vs. Central Michigan (Feb. 28), Cincinnati (March 2) and Southeastern Louisiana (March 6)
- Pitched one inning vs. Central Michigan, striking out two out of three batters faced (Feb. 28).
- Made his first appearance of the season vs. Memphis (Feb. 20), tossing 1.2 innings and allowing four runs.
2015 - FRESHMAN
- Appeared in five games for the Vols, recording a 4.15 ERA with four strikeouts through 4.1 innings of work.
- Recorded his first appearance as a Vol on April 3 at Ole Miss, throwing two strikeouts and allowing one run on two hits and a walk in 1.0 inning.
- Delivered one strikeout and allowed one hit through 1.0 inning on the hill vs. Belmont on May 6.
- Threw 1.1 innings against UNC Asheville, allowing one run on three hits and striking out one batter (May 12).
- Went 6-1 with a 0.88 ERA over 50.2 innings with the Anchorage Bucs of the Alaska Baseball League in 2015, helping the team to an ABL Championship title. On the season, he fanned 30 batters and made seven starts (nine appearances).
- Tossed 9.0 scoreless innings in Game 2 of the Alaska Baseball League Championship vs. the Matsu Miners.
- Also batted in seven games for the Bucs during his summer campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Two-year letterwinner and captain at powerhouse Archbishop McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches, Florida.
- Named First Team All Broward County as a senior and a junior in 2013.
- Won a state championship with the Mavericks in 2013, the school's fourth consecutive title.
- Hit .398 with seven home runs during his junior campaign as the team went 26-5 that year, earning his All-Broward Country honors.
- Garnered Max Preps First Team All-Freshman Team honors after his rookie season with Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- Ranked as the 16th-best lefty in the state of Florida by Perfect Game in 2013.
- Received Perfect Game Underclass All-American Honorable Mentions twice.
- Played travel ball with the South Florida Elite Squad for one season, pitching a complete game two-hitter in the Perfect Game World Series Championship en route to his Elite Squad taking home the crown.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Aaron Michael Soto
- Born September 13, 1995
- Son of Addys and Miguel Soto
- Has one sibling, Alfredo
- Majoring in Sociology-Criminal Justice
- Recipient of the Michael Chadwell Welch Memorial Scholarship
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