LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego Athletics returns with its second season of the video series Between Two Zooms. In the second season, fans will get the opportunity to hear from Scholar-Athletes and members of the Triton Community.

Today's edition features the newest addition of the Houston Astros, Shay Whitcomb. The junior shortstop was recently drafted in the fifth round and 160th overall in the 2020 MLB draft, making him the highest Division II player from UC San Diego to be drafted. Whitcomb sat down with play-by-play broadcaster Ted Mendenhall to discuss his experience on draft day, time with the Tritons and his experience with the Cape Cod League last summer.



Check back on UCSDtritons.com next week when Ted Mendenhall chats with the Tritons two Outstanding Senior Scholar-Athlete, Sreeganesh Manoharan and Natalie Saddic.

Between 2 Zooms Archives
Season One
Heidi VanDerveer, women's basketball
Eric Olen, men's basketball 
Earl Edwards, Director of Athletics
Kevin Ring, men's volleyball 
Patti Gerckens, softball
Eric Newman, baseball
Brad Kreutzkamp, women's water polo

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program begins a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.