Sam Flores Season 2026

BEFORE PURDUE
• Played in 37 games in his lone season (2025) at Kansas State, making 25 starts
• Posted a .283/.348/.424 slash line with eight XBH and 17 RBI in 99 at-bats for K-State
• Started on Opening Day at DH and also made starts in a Big 12 Tournament game vs. Houston and an NCAA Regional game at Texas, hitting safely in both postseason contests
• Enjoyed an eight-game hit streak in April, recording a double and multiple hits in four consecutive games
• Hit his way into an everyday starter role and started all three games of three consecutive Big 12 series (April 18-May 3)
• Had three-RBI games in midweek action vs. Missouri State and Nebraska; homered vs. MSU, Kansas and Houston
• Transferred to K-State after two years (2023-24) at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas
• Enjoyed a breakout season in 2024, batting .316/.419/.545 with 27 XBH, nine homers, 68 RBI and 16 steals
• First Team All-Conference third baseman and three-time NTJCAC Hitter of the Week
• Helped lead McLennan to a Region V Tournament championship to qualify for the 2024 NJCAA Division I World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado
• In McLennan’s opening game of the NJCAA World Series, started at third base and hit a solo homer vs. Purdue teammate Ali Banks’ Georgia Highlands team
• NJCAA Second Team All-Academic in 2023
• Also played summer ball for the Kelowna Falcons of the West Coast League in 2024 and the Rockford Rivets of the Northwoods League in 2025

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach John Cobb at Lufkin High School in Eastern Texas
• District 15-5A Offensive Player of the Year and UIL District 16-5A Offensive MVP as a senior
• Batted .500 with five homers and 37 RBI to earn the district’s top honors as well as All-East Texas
• Set single-season school records for hits, doubles, triples, XBH, batting average and RBI
• Two-time All-State honoree – first team as a senior, second team as a junior – as well as two-time first team All-District
• Two-time Academic All-State
• Graduated Suma Cum Laude
• National Honor Society
• Member of the SFA STEM program and academic decathlon team
• Also played travel ball for the Texas Twelve club

PERSONAL
• Major: Economics
• Born in Nacogdoches, Texas
• Parents are Oralio and Kim Flores
• Family also includes older siblings Victoria and Adam Brazil