Red Raider Profile: Mason Randolph
November 03, 2011 | Baseball
Randolph played in 25 games as a freshman while making 14 starts
Nov. 3, 2011
Red Raider Profile: Mason Randolph | 
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The Texas Tech baseball team's fall season ended with the annual Red & Black Series at the of October, but throughout the remainder of the semester Texas Tech Athletics Communications will continue taking an inside look into the Tech program with Red Raider Profiles on each player.
Mason Randolph (C - 6-1, 190 - S/R - So./1L - Lubbock, Texas/Coronado)
Mason Randolph has proven a lot to the Texas Tech coaching staff during his first year and a half as a Red Raider. With an experienced catching core alongside of him with senior Kevin Whitehead and junior Bo Altobelli, Randolph has shown he is the future for the Red Raiders behind the plate with perhaps the strongest throwing arm on the team and is Tech's only switch hitter.
Not only has Randolph shown he can play at the Division I level, he had an impressive fall season where he tied for the team lead with 17 RBI. Only Altobelli had as many RBI as Randolph, the Lubbock native.
Randolph made 14 starts as a freshman and played in 25 games while scoring seven runs with 10 base hits, which included four doubles and four RBI.
He was solid as a freshman defensively while not allowing a passed ball in his opportunities behind the plate.
"Mason has had a great fall," fourth-year head coach Dan Spencer said. "He is very athletic and a very talented catcher. He has a big arm. He has really progressed and is a real Division I catcher. He has had a very good fall at the plate. He has driven in a lot of runs. We feel very good about our catching situation with Mason, Bo and Whitey."
In addition, Randolph was an all-state catcher at Lubbock Coronado High School for current Texas Tech director of baseball operations Jimmy Webster. Randolph, Webster and also freshman Blake Bass guided Coronado to the program's first regional semifinal appearance since 1995 as Coronado won 30 games for the first time in school history.
