Youngstown State University

2026 (Freshman): Was the only Penguin to play in and start all 54 games… Made 45 starts at shortstop and nine at second base… Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team… Batted .250 and slugged .293 with 46 hits, eight doubles and 15 RBIs… Recorded 19 walks, 24 runs scored, 54 total bases, a .344 on-base percentage and 11 stolen bases in 15 attempts… Registered 10 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI performances… Put together a six-game hitting streak from May 8-15… Reached base safely in each of the final eight games of the season… Committed 12 errors in 253 chances for a .953 fielding percentage… Credited with 150 assists and 91 putouts while turning 26 double plays… Batted .267 and slugged .322 with five doubles and 11 RBIs over 24 games in Horizon League play… 3-for-4 with two runs scored at Pitt (3/25)… 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Northern Kentucky (3/27)… 2-for-4 with two runs scored at Milwaukee (4/3)… 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Wright State (4/12)… 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored in game one of a doubleheader at Oakland (4/17)… 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Oakland (4/17)… 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored at Toledo (4/21)… 2-for-4 with a double vs. Eastern Michigan (5/6)… 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Milwaukee (5/8)… 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored at Wright State (5/15).

High School: First attended Coral Gables Senior High School before finishing his prep career at True North Classical Academy in Miami, Fla.… Batted .381 with a .459 on base percentage, 64 hits, 46 runs scored, 21 RBIs, 13 extra-base hits and 33 stolen bases in 53 games played over two high school seasons… Named to the 2024 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Team… Named to the 2024 Florida 2A-16 All-District Team as a second baseman… Participated in Prep Baseball Report's 2024 Senior Future Games… Selected as a First Team All-American at second base in 2023… Named to the 2023 Florida 2A-16 All-District Team at second base… Named Second-Team All-Dade by the Miami Herald in 2023… Named to the 2023 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Team… Selected as the 2023 Offensive Player of the Year at True North Classical Academy… Ranked as the No. 67 overall player in Florida by Prep Baseball Report… Represented the baseball team of the Miranda State and the baseball team of the Distrito Capital State in Venezuela… Won a national track and field championship in Venezuela in 2021.

Personal: Parents are Wilmen Uriepero and Mayrobi Uriepero… Has a sister (Melany Anthonella)… Moved to the United States from Venezuela in January 2022... Major is business administration.