2010 Named to the All-Big West Conference First Team ... Recorded career-highs in almost every statistical category ... Led the team in batting average, RBI, doubles, total bases, and walks while tying for first with Tony Nix in home runs ... Also ranked second in slugging percentage and hits, and was fifth in runs ... Posted 23 multi-hit games, including a career-best five at UNLV on Apr. 27, where he also hit three home runs and collected 16 total bases—both UCR single-game records ... Had a team-best 18 multi-RBI games including a career-high five against UC Davis on May 29 ... Earned UCR's Male Student-Athlete of the Year award and SAAC Sports Moment of the Year award at the 2009-10 Athletics Awards Ceremony ...
2009 Connected on the first home run of his career vs. UC Santa Barbara on May 17 ... Recorded five multi-hit games including a career-high three hits vs. UC Santa Barbara on May 17 ... Drove in a career-high two runs at UC Davis on May 10 ... Scored two or more runs twice including a career-high three runs at UC Davis on May 10 ... Hit .486 (17-35) over his final 11 games of the season driving in seven runs and scoring eight over that span to raise his average on the year from .043 to .310 ...
2008 Played in and started his first game as a collegian on Feb. 22 against Washington ... Recorded his first hit, a fourth-inning double to right center, in the second game of a double header at Nebraska on March 1 ... Drove in his first run as a collegian at Texas Tech on March 24 ... Also recorded the first multi-hit and multi-run games of his career that day with two hits and two runs scored ...
High School Letter winner in baseball for head coach Jared Snyder at Valencia High School ... Named 2005 and 2006 All-Foothill League ... Named 2006 All-Area ... Named 2005 defensive player of the year ... Named 2006 team MVP ... Member of the honor roll in 2005 and 2006 ... Participated in ASB and volunteered as a coach in a Park and Recreation league for football and baseball ...
Personal Justin Shults is the son of Robert and Chris Shults ... His sister, Jessica, plays softball at Oklahoma ... Majoring in psychology ... Roots for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Lakers, and USC football ... Favorite athletes are Taylor Mays and Andre Ethier ... Enjoys eating sushi and Italian food ... Watches "Chuck," "24" and "How I Met Your Mother" on television and considers "Waterboy" and "Wedding Crashers" as his favorite movies ... Listens to LMFAO ... Hobbies include playing videogames ... His most memorable sports moment is being 2006 MVP and Team Captain in high school ... Biggest influences are his parents because they pushed him to be a better player and a better person ... Career goal is to become a college baseball head coach ...
Justin Shults Career Offensive/Fielding Statistics (Click on each year for game-by-game statistics)
Career Multi-Hit Games
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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2008 |
1
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0
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0
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0 |
0 |
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2009 |
4
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1
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0
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0
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0
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2010 |
16 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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2011 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
31
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11
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1
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1
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0
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Career Multi-RBI Games
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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2008 |
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2009 |
1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2010 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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2011 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
14
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8
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2
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1
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0
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Career Multi-Run Games
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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2008 |
1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2009 |
1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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2010 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
9
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1
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2
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0
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0
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