2025 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 28
Vytas Valincius
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 225
- Hometown:
- Lockport, Ill.
- High School:
- Baylor (TN)
- Prev School:
- John A. Logan CC
 University of Illinois Graduate |
 2025 All-Big Ten Second Team |
CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 4, vs. #18 UCLA, May 9, 2025
- Doubles: 3, vs. Indiana, April 13, 2025
- Triples: 1, vs. Ohio State, May 3, 2024
- Home runs: 2, vs. Western Illinois, April 23, 2024
- Total bases: 8, 2x, last: vs. #18 UCLA, May 9, 2025
- RBI: 7, vs. Indiana, April 13, 2025
- Runs scored: 3, 3x, last: vs. Indiana, April 13, 2025
- Walks: 3, vs. Michigan, May 20, 2025
- Hit by pitch: 1, 7x, last: vs. Western Illinois, March 11, 2025
- Sac flies: 1, 6x, last: vs. UCLA, May 21, 2025
- Sac bunts: --
- At bats: 5, 16x, last: at Ohio State, May 16, 2025
- Stolen bases: 3, vs. Bradley, May 6, 2025
- Field chances: 13, vs. Akron, Feb. 16, 2024
- Putouts: 12, vs. Akron, Feb. 16, 2024
- Assists: 1, 4x, last: vs. UCLA, May 21, 2025
2024 - SENIOR
- All-Big Ten Second Team - OF
- Started and played in 53 games, all at left field...slashed .348/.434/.520 to go along with 42 runs, 71 hits, 14 doubles, seven home runs, 58 RBI, 33 walks and 11 stolen bases.
- Led Illinois with 21 multi-hit performances...12 two-hit games (led team), eight three-hit games (led team), one four-hit game.
- Ranked third on the Fighting Illini with 14 multi-RBI games...eight games with two RBI, four games with three RBI, one game with four RBI, one game with five or more RBI.
- Went 11-for-12 on stolen base attempts on the season...entered the campaign with no stolen base attempts in his Illinois career.
- Set career-best marks in hits, doubles, RBI, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging and stolen bases.
- His .348 average ranked 10th among all Big Ten batters...after going 3-for-5 on Feb. 14 vs. Abilene Christian to open the season, his average never dipped below .300.
- Led the Illini in average, hits and doubles.
- Started season with a nine-game hitting streak (Feb. 14 - March 1)...went 13-for-37 (.351) with three doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI...drove in at least one run in eight of those contests, including five games with at least two...bookended the streak with three-hit games.
- Had a second nine-game hitting streak from April 1-15...went 20-for-35 (.571) with eight doubles, a home run and 18 RBI...had at least two hits in seven of those ballgames, including three, three-hit games...streak highlighted by a 3-for-5, three run, three double, seven RBI performance on April 13 vs. Indiana...set career-best marks for double and RBI in a single game.
- Swiped a career-high three bags on May 6 vs. Bradley.
- Had first-career four-hit game on May 9 vs. #18 UCLA...went 4-for-5 with two runs, a double, home run and an RBI.
- Drew a career-high three walks on May 20 vs. Michigan in the Fighting Illini's opening game of the Big Ten Tournament.
2024 - JUNIOR
- Started 54 games in his debut season at Illinois...slashed .267/.396/.513 to go along with 10 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs and 50 RBI.
- Made his Illini debut on Feb. 16 vs. Akron...went 2-for-3 with a run, home run and RBI.
- Had season-long nine-game hitting streak from April 27 - May 12...went 12-for-32 (.375) with two doubles, a triple and five home runs.
- Tallied a season-high six RBI on April 23 vs. Western Illinois by posting his first multi-home run game of the season.
- Drove in 18 RBI over a seven-game span from April 23 - May 4.
- His three-run home run on May 11 vs. Iowa was the team's 92nd of the season, which broke the program's previous all-time single-season home run record.
2023 - SOPHOMORE (JOHN A. LOGAN CC)
- Slashed .403/.540/.639 to go along with nine home runs and 58 RBI over 59 games.
- His OBP ranked 19th nationally among NJCAA DI qualifiers.
- Ranked among team leaders in, walks (1st, 61), hits (2nd, 77), RBI (2nd) and runs (4th, 66).
- Had 23 multi-hit performances during the season...had an stretch of seven-straight multi-hit games from April 4-11.
- Had season-high six RBI on Feb. 17 vs. Chattahoochee Valley.
- Slugged a season-high two home runs on both Feb. 17 vs. Chattahoochee Valley and on April 30 at Shawnee.
2022 - FRESHMAN (SOUTH CAROLINA)
- Played in five games for the Gamecocks his freshman season.
- Was 1-for-6 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored.
- Went 1-for-3 with an RBI vs. Appalachian State (March 1).
- Scored a run in a win over North Carolina (April 6).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Helped the Baylor School to a state title in 2021.
- Hit .400 with eight home runs his senior season.
- Ranked the No. 4 first basemen in the country by Perfect Game in the class of 2021.
- Ranked the No. 1 first baseman and No. 6 overall player in the state of Tennessee by Perfect Game in the class of 2021.
- Perfect Game Preseason All-Southeast Region first team (2021).
- Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-Southeast Region second team (2020).
- Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American high honorable mention (2019).
- Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American honorable mention (2018).
PERSONAL
- Born on Jan. 11, 2003
- Son of Joseph Wolyniec and Vaida Valincius
- Has one brother, Tomas.
- Chose Illinois because, "Of the coaches and environment."
- Majoring in sports management.
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