Campbell University

2022 Big South All-Tournament Team
 
2022: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Appeared in 51 games and made 47 starts, primarily at second base… Slashed .245/.444/.378 in 143 at-bats… Finished Campbell career as program’s all-time HBP leader, being plunked 61 times… Earned 53 free passes this season, working 34 walks and 19 HPB… Hit first four home runs of career during the season… Went yard for the first time against PC on 3/26, and hit another home run the following day… Collected a season-high three hits in the first round of the Big South tournament against CSU on 5/26…  Drove in a season-high four runs against USC Upstate on 4/9, going 2-4 with a HR on the day… Scored three runs in three games, against PC, NC A&T, and UNCW… Named to the Big South All-Tournament team…

2021: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll... Appeared in 49 games and made 46 starts, primarily at third base… Slashed .232/.460/.268… Finished second in the nation in HBP with 27 on the season, led the country in HBP per game at 0.55… Worked 32 walks, the second most on the team… Scored 53 runs, good for tied for third on the team and in the Big South… Was HBP four times at Winthrop on 4/6… Was plunked multiple times in a game five times on the year… Went 3-4 with three runs scored against Winthrop on 4/2… Reached safely in the first 27 games of the year, extending his reached base streak to 35 going back to 2020…  

2020: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll…Started 15 games as a sophomore at both second and third base…Hit by 12 pitches, finishing tied for second in the country...Finished the shortened season hitting .250 with an OBP of .535…Tallied 11 total hits, including three-hit games against South Alabama (2/15) and Old Dominion (3/11)…Scored multiple runs in three games; against South Alabama (2/15), East Carolina (2/19) and Old Dominion(3/11)…Hit safely in his final four games of the year…Stole 4-of-5 bases on the year…

2019: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll... Played in 28 games as a rookie, making 15 appearances as a pinch runner while also starting four games in the infield… Ripped a double at William & Mary (3/10) for his first career hit as a Fighting Camel… Earned his first collegiate start at UNCG (4/16) and went 1-for-3 with a double… Made two starts at second base in the Charleston Southern series (5/3)… Reached base safely in three of his five at-bats in the CSU series opener (5/3), scoring a run each time he reached…

Prep: Lettered four years at Plainfield High School... Finished his high school career with over 100 hits, 100 runs and 100 stolen bases, and he is believed to be the only athlete in New Jersey’s high school baseball history to achieve the feat… Named first team all-state as a sophomore, junior and senior… Received first team all-county honors all four years… As a junior, was a perfect 44-for-44 on stolen base attempts… Helped lead the Cardinals to a conference championship in 2016 and 2017… Coached by Sean Radu…

Personal: Full name is Waldy Jose Arias… Born May 11, 2000, in the Dominican Republic… Son of Dickson Arias and Maria Perez… Has one brother, Junior... Sport management major…