UIndy Athletics

AWARDS
2022 All-GLVC Second Team
2022 GLVC Player of the Week (2/21)
2022 Academic All-GLVC
2021 Academic All-GLVC
2021 GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship honoree
2020 Academic All-GLVC

2022
Appeared in and started 41 games for the Greyhounds ... finished second on the team with a .338 batting average which included 53 hits, 13 doubles, and five home runs ... totaled up 13 multi-hit games with his season-high coming on Feb. 2 against Notre Dame (OH) where he went a perfect 5-5 at the plate with a double, two RBIs, and four runs scored ... corralled seven multi-RBI games which included his season-high of three coming in an upset win over No. 8 Illinois Springfield (4/30) which saw him hit the game-winning RBI against the Prairie Stars ... earned GLVC Player of the Week honors on Feb. 21 ... was tabbed as a Second Team All-GLVC selection ... managed Academic All-GLVC honors.

2021
Was just one of two players on the team to play in and start all 44 games on the season ... ended the year with a .321 batting average which included the second-most hits on the team at 44 ... tallied a total of seven doubles, two triples, and 13 RBIs alongside 39 runs scored ... produced 14 multi-hit games with his season-high of three happening in three separate contests ... notched a pair of multi-RBI games against McKendree (4/25) and Tusculum (2/21) ... earned Academic All-GLVC honors ... was selected as a James R. Spalding Sportsmanship honoree.

2020
Started all 15 games at shortstop in the shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in his first year with the Greyhounds ... finished with 12 hits, one of them being a double, for a batting average of .320 ... finished with a fielding percentage of .889 with 35 assists ... collected Academic All-GLVC honors.

PRIOR TO UINDY
Spent two years at Ivy Tech before landing at UIndy ... in high school, he was a three-time All-Conference selection ... hit .365 with 20 RBIs ad 27 runs scored as a junior to earn All-City honorable mention ... was a first team All-City selection and All-State honorable mention honoree his senior season after hitting .455 with 24 RBIs, 36 runs scored, and 32 stolen bases.

PERSONAL
Son of Martin and Deanna Vela ... has an older brother, Christian ... born on August 17 ... studying Sports Journalism and Business.