Vance Bonior

Position:
Outfielder/Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bethesda, Md.
High School:
Walter Johnson

Career Program Records: Hit-By-Pitch – T-4th (25 total – 2025-pr.)

2026 – Sophomore: Academic All-MAC Team … Started in 39 of 42 games for the Minutemen … Posted a .270 batting average, a .418 slugging percentage and a .438 on-base percentage … Totaled 33 hits, 21 runs and 21 RBI … Tallied six doubles and four home runs ... Led the team in hit-by-pitches with 23 on the season, marking a single-season record in the program … Ranked fourth in the Mid-American Conference with his hit-by-pitch total … Recorded first career home run vs. Northern Illinois (4/3) … Had 68 putouts and no errors for a 1.000 fielding percentage … Registered a nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games … Had a hitting streak of five games, while tallying a 10-game reached base streak.

2025 – Freshman: Appeared in seven games at the plate for the Minutemen … Had a .250 batting average with one hit in four at-bats … Tallied three runs and two RBI … Made collegiate debut at Coppin State (3/1) with a hit, a run and a career-best two RBI … Registered first collegiate double at Coppin State (3/1) … Also had three appearances on the mound, registering a 7.71 ERA … Pitched 4.2 innings with four strikeouts … Recorded a career-best two strikeouts at Saint Louis (5/2).

Before UMass: Attended Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland … Coached by Steve Sutherland … Team Captain as a senior … A two-time First Team All-Region honoree as a senior and junior … A two-time Xposure Sports Maryland All-Star (senior, junior) … Tabbed to the PBR Maryalnd First Team All-State team as a senior … Participated as a senior in the Brooks Robinson Maryland Senior All-Star Game … Earned Second Team All-Division honors as a sophomore … As a senior, had a .423 batting average, a .606 slugging percentage and a .488 on-base percentage … registered 30 hits with five doubles, a triple and two homeruns … Had 24 RBI and eight stolen bases … Also competed in indoor track and field as a senior … Was the team MVP and Team Captain … Was a triple jump Montgomery County Champion and shot put Montgomery County Champion … Placed second in the high jump at the Montgomery County Championships … Played club for the DMV Prospects.