FHSU Athletics

Baseball (1996-97)
Jerry Valdez, native of El Paso, Texas, played for the FHSU baseball team for two seasons (1996 and 1997). Valdez earned NCAA Division II All-American, All-West Region, and All-West Region Tournament honors at catcher in 1997. He helped the Tigers to their first West Regional berth at the NCAA Division II level. He was an All-RMAC First Team selection in both of his seasons and was named to the All-West Region Second Team in 1996. Valdez still owns the single-season record for RBIs in a season with 96 in 1997. He also holds the single-season record for doubles with 28 and total bases with 184, each in 1997. His career total of 51 doubles is third-best in school history. His 164 RBIs is fourth on the career RBI list. Valdez had a career batting average of .408, which is second-best at FHSU. Valdez held the single-season home run record at FHSU with 20 in 1997, until Jeff Bieker eclipsed that mark twice in 2004 and 2005. His 36 home runs are third-most in a career at FHSU. Valdez is second on the career slugging percentage list (.799).