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Jersey Number 4
Jud Fabian
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/L
- Hometown:
- Ocala, Fla.
- High School:
- Trinity Catholic
Bio
2022 Second-Round MLB Draft Pick (67th overall, Baltimore Orioles)
2021 Second-Round MLB Draft Pick (40th overall, Boston Red Sox)
2x 2021 Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)
2021 Southeast-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team
2021 First Team All-SEC
2021 All-SEC Defensive Team
2021 SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 22)
Career Highlights:
In the News:
Career:
2022 (Junior*):
2021 (Sophomore*):
2020 (Sophomore):
2019 (Freshman):
TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL:
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3, seven times
Doubles: 1, 35 times
Home runs: 3, South Florida, May 3, 2022
Total bases: 8, five times
RBI: 8, South Florida, May 3, 2022
Runs scored: 4, Florida A&M, March 2, 2022; at No. 22 Miami, March 6, 2022
Walks: 4, at No. 22 Miami, March 6, 2022
Hit by pitch: 3, vs. Alabama, May 28, 2022
Struck out: 5, at No. 25 South Carolina, March 26, 2021; at Mississippi State, May 8, 2022
Sac flies: 1, nine times
Sac bunts: 1, four times
At bats: 6, 4 times
Stolen bases: 2, Winthrop, March 03, 2019 ; Florida State, March 12, 2019
Caught stealing: 1, 7 times
Putouts: 9, Tennessee, May 10, 2019
Assists: 1, six times
2021 Second-Round MLB Draft Pick (40th overall, Boston Red Sox)
2x 2021 Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)
2021 Southeast-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team
2021 First Team All-SEC
2021 All-SEC Defensive Team
2021 SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 22)
Career Highlights:
- Fabian Homers in Consecutive At-Bats vs. Vanderbilt's Leiter (HR #1 | HR #2)
- Fabian Becomes Fifth Gator to Hit 20 Homers in a Single Season
- All 20 Home Run Swings from Fabian's 2021 Campaign
In the News:
Career:
- Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles with the 67th overall pick of the second round of the 2022 MLB Draft
- Finished four-year UF career with the third-most home runs (56) in program history while ranking fifth all-time with 143 walks
- One of two Gators to eclipse back-to-back 20-homers seasons (Brad Wilkerson, 1997-98)
- Batted .246/.384/.541 across 198 games played including 196 starts in the Florida outfield
- Totaled 171 hits, 56 home runs, one triple, 35 doubles, 165 runs, 140 RBI, 143 walks and 24 stolen bases over 695 at bats
- Produced a .989 career fielding percentage with 458 putouts and six outfield assists across 469 defensive chances
2022 (Junior*):
- Preseason First Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball and Preseason All-SEC First Team)
- USA Baseball Golden Spikes Awards Preseason Watch List
- Became the second Gator to hit 20 home runs in back-to-back seasons (Brad Wilkerson, 1997-98)
- Totaled 56 career home runs, which ranks third in program history
- Recorded four multi-homer games to bring his career total to 10
- Started all 66 games for Florida in center field and did not make an error across 155 chances
- Batted .239/.414/.598 with a career-high 24 home runs, one triple, 10 doubles, 63 runs, 55 RBI, 62 walks and nine steals
- Also set career highs in on-base percentage, runs, RBI, walks and stolen bases
- Collected first multi-homer game of the season while going 3-for-4 with four runs and three RBI vs. Florida A&M on March 2
- Walked a career-high four times while tying his career high with four runs scored, going 1-for-2 with a double, stolen base and two RBI at No. 22 Miami on March 6
- Picked up 100th career RBI in game one of doubleheader vs. Seton Hall on March 12
- Hit two solo home runs to tie the game at 2-2 and later put Florida ahead, 3-2, vs. Bethune-Cookman on March 22, the first of which put him in sole possession of sixth on Florida's all-time home run list with 41 long balls
- Tallied four hits and two home runs over weekend series at Vanderbilt from April 15 to April 17
- Passed Gator great Mike Zunino for sole possession of fifth on Florida's all-time home run list with 48 homers with a two-run homer vs. Stetson on April 19
- Connected for a career-high three home runs and eight RBI vs. South Florida on May 3, using his eighth-career multi-homer and first-ever three-homer game to pass JJ Schwarz for fourth on Florida's all-time home run list
- Hit 20th home run of season vs. South Carolina on May 20, becoming the second Gator ever to hit 20 homers in back-to-back seasons
- Totaled 14 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI performances (second on team)
2021 (Sophomore*):
- 2021 Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
- Named All-SEC First Team and to the All-SEC Defensive Team in the outfield
- SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 22)
- Unanimous Preseason First Team All-American and Preseason All-SEC First Team (outfielder)
- USA Baseball Golden Spikes Awards Preseason Watch List
- Listed at No. 5 in Baseball America’s Preseason Top 150 as well as BA’s Top 100 2021 MLB Draft College Prospects lists
- Ranked second in the SEC and tied-ninth nationally in home runs (20) while ranking ninth in the SEC in walks (40) and T-13th in slugging percentage (.560)
- Made 59 starts for the Gators in center field
- Became just the fifth player in the history of the program to hit 20 home runs in a single season
- Slashed .249/.364/.560 with 20 home runs, 10 doubles, 51 runs, 46 RBI, 40 walks and six stolen bases
- Posted four two-homer games over the course of the season (Feb. 24 vs. North Florida, May 1 vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt, May 7 at Kentucky and May 15 vs. Georgia)
- Homered twice on three straight Saturdays from May 1 to May 15
- Reached base safely in 23 consecutive games spanning from April 2 vs. Ole Miss to May 14 vs. Georgia, batting .304/.441/.759 during that time
- Collected a career-high five RBI vs. North Florida on Feb. 24
- Tied career high with three hits (3-for-4) vs. Texas A&M on March 20
- Recorded 17 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games
- Drove in five game-winning runs for the Gators
- Registered two outfield assists and finished with a .971 fielding percentage across 139 chances
2020 (Sophomore):
- Preseason All-SEC Second Team (outfielder)
- Started all 17 games in center field
- Batted .294 with 20 hits -- second-most on the team -- and a team-high 19 runs as Florida's leadoff hitter
- His five home runs were tied for 36th nationally, and his 19 runs were tied for 49th nationally
- Also drew 13 walks to post a .407 on-base percentage
- Recorded seven multi-hit games, including a three-hit outing at Jacksonville (Feb 18), and logged three multi-RBI games
- Hit a game-tying, two-out RBI double in the ninth inning of a road win at then-No. 1 Miami (Feb 22)
- Scored three runs twice (Marshall, Feb 16; South Florida, May 7)
- Drew 10 walks in the final six games of the season
2019 (Freshman):
- Played in 56 games, making 54 starts in center field as a true freshman after enrolling in January
- Batted .232 on the year with seven home runs and 26 RBI; tied for the team lead with 28 walks and seven stolen bases on the season
- Notched eight multi-hit games and had five games with multiple RBI
- Had 11 two-out RBI and led the team with five game-winning RBI
- Had a season-high seven-game hitting streak from Feb. 23 to March 5 in which he went 11-for-25 (.440) with five RBI, three doubles and a home run
- Hit two home runs against Yale on March 10
TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL:
- Skipped his senior season and enrolled early in January of 2019
- Named the Ocala Star-Banner’s 2018 Player of the Year and named to the 2018 Florida High School All-State Team
- Tied the single-season Trinity Catholic HS record with 11 home runs in 2018 and led all high school hitters in Marion County with a .453 average
- Helped lead Trinity Catholic to the Class 4A Region 1 Finals
- Played in the 2018 Under Armour All-American Game at Wrigley Field and the Perfect Game All-American Game at Petco Park in San Diego
- After a nine-pitch at bat, hit a walk-off home run to lead the Central Florida Gators to the 2016 Perfect Game WWBA Championship
- High school coach was former Gators pitcher Tommy Bond (at UF 1995-98)
| AVG | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB | PO | A | E | FLD% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | .232 | 56 | 54 | 168 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .411 | 28 | 5 | 45 | 2 | .353 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 132 | 2 | 1 | .993 |
| 2020 | .294 | 17 | 17 | 68 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .603 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 0 | .407 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2021 | .249 | 59 | 59 | 225 | 51 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 46 | .560 | 40 | 2 | 79 | 3 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 133 | 2 | 4 | .971 |
| 2022 | .239 | 66 | 66 | 234 | 63 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 55 | .598 | 62 | 10 | 69 | 5 | .414 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 154 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | .246 | 198 | 196 | 695 | 165 | 171 | 35 | 1 | 56 | 140 | .541 | 143 | 17 | 211 | 10 | .384 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 458 | 6 | 5 | .989 |
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3, seven times
Doubles: 1, 35 times
Home runs: 3, South Florida, May 3, 2022
Total bases: 8, five times
RBI: 8, South Florida, May 3, 2022
Runs scored: 4, Florida A&M, March 2, 2022; at No. 22 Miami, March 6, 2022
Walks: 4, at No. 22 Miami, March 6, 2022
Hit by pitch: 3, vs. Alabama, May 28, 2022
Struck out: 5, at No. 25 South Carolina, March 26, 2021; at Mississippi State, May 8, 2022
Sac flies: 1, nine times
Sac bunts: 1, four times
At bats: 6, 4 times
Stolen bases: 2, Winthrop, March 03, 2019 ; Florida State, March 12, 2019
Caught stealing: 1, 7 times
Putouts: 9, Tennessee, May 10, 2019
Assists: 1, six times
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