Cliff Pastornicky Athlete Profile

#4 Cliff Pastornicky

Position: Shortstop Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Roster Years: 1978-1980 Hometown: Bellevue, WA Last School: Newport High School

Personal

Father Ernest played for the Chicago Cubs ... majored in business

Before BYU

Prepped at Newport High where he was a three-year member of the honor society ... was all-state in soccer and All-American in football as well as a shortstop ... was also a pitcher.

Stats

Year    Avg.   G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   RBI    TB   BB   SO  SB
1978   .339   30   59   22   20    3    1    3    14    36    7    3   3
1979   .340   70  253   56   86   15    0   13    54   140   14   15   6
1980   .385   54  208   57   80   11    5   15    70   146   16   15  10

1978 | Freshman Year

Played for the Boulder Collegians in Colorado, helping them to National Semi-Pro championship title.

1979 | Sophomore Year

All-Central NCAA Regional ... All-Western Athletic Conference ... All-Riverside Tourney and leading hitter for the tournament at .525.

1980 | Junior Year

Drafted in the eighth round by the Kansas City Royals ... All-Mideast NCAA Regional ... unanimous All-Western Athletic Conference ... hit four homers in one game against Utah (4/25) to tie an NCAA record ... set the BYU career home run record with 31 homers ... won BYU's Cameron Tucket Award.