Honors and Awards
- 2019 Alaska Baseball League All-Star (starter)
- 2019 Alaska Baseball League First Team All-League
- 2019 Arizona Summer Pitcher of the Year
Arizona 2021 (Sophomore)
Logged 20 appearances and posted a 4-0 record with one save and a 2.91 ERA (7ERx21.2IP)...Notched career-high marks in games, innings, and strikeouts (26)...Fanned 26 batters in 21-plus innings for a 10.80 K/9...Limited opposing hitters to a .268 batting average...Allowed just two earned runs over his final 11 appearances of the year, dropping his ERA from 4.50 to 2.91...Struck out a career-high four batters on April 20 versus New Mexico State (2.2,1,0,0,2,4)...Worked a season-high 3.2 innings on April 6 versus Arizona State (3.2,1,0,0,0,3)...Allowed just five extra-base hits all year and only one home run...Earned second career save on April 10 versus California (0.2,0,0,0,0,1)...Made eight appearances in conference play, going 1-0 with one save and an 8.31 ERA (4ERx4.1IP)...Struck out five batters in Pac-12 contests.
POSTSEASON: Made one postseason appearance, game three of the Tucson NCAA Regional against UC Santa Barbara (0.2,1,0,0,0,2).
Arizona 2020 (Sophomore)*
Made three relief appearances spanning 1.1 innings of work...Struck out three batters.
Summer 2019
Played with the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaska Baseball League...Selected as a starting pitcher in the Alaska League All-Star Game...Earned First Team All-League honors at the end of the summer...Logged time in 10 games (eight starts) with a 3-1 record and a 1.52 ERA...Struck out 42 batters over 47.1 innings of work...Finished the year ranked second in the league in ERA, tied for third in wins, and fourth in strikeouts.
Arizona 2019 (Freshman)
Saw time in 17 games, all in relief, as a freshman...Went 1-0 with one save and a 4.50 ERA (10ERx20.0IP), the third-best mark among regular relievers on the team...Limited opposing hitters to a .282 batting average...Struck out 13 batters in 20.0 innings of work...Earned first career win on March 19 against New Mexico State; worked 1.1 scoreless frames with one strikeout...Locked in first career save in collegiate debut on February 16 against UMass Lowell; tossed 4.0 innings and allowed two earned run on four hits while striking out two...Struck out a career-high three batters through 2.0 innings of scoreless, one-hit work on March 5 against Michigan State...Held opponents without an earned run in seven straight games from February 20 - March 29; allowed just three hits and struck out six over that stretch (5.2 IP)...Allowed just two home runs all season.
High School
Attended Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista, Calif.…Played under head coach R.C. Martinez…Across two seasons posted a 3-0 record with a 2.50 ERA…Struck out 131 batters in 86.2 innings of work…Selected to the USA Baseball 17U National Team Development Program in 2016.
Personal
Randall Otto Abshier…Son of Randall and Bernadette Abshier…Parents both graduates of San Diego State University…Brother, Ryan, and sister, Savannah…Majoring in General Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Society…Chose Arizona “to be the best baseball player possible.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
