2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Tommy Beres
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Woodland Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Notre Dame HS
Notes
Three-year member of the UCLA baseball program ... Appeared in 45 games, starting 28 ... Slashed .195/.371/.293 for his career ... Hit a walk-off three-run home run as part of a wild 25-22 UCLA win over Oregon State in the 2022 Pac-12 Tournament.ย
Career Highlights
Two-time UCLA All-Academic Team
Nine-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)
2022
Played in 36 games, making 27 starts, in his redshirt sophomore season ... Slashed .200/.381/.307 for the year with 19 runs, 15 hits, five doubles, one home run, 13 RBIs, 14 walks, and eight HBPs over 75 at-bats ... All starts came behind the dish ... Had a career day on May 28 vs. Oregon State as part of the Pac-12 Tournament, capped off by hitting a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the tenth inning to hand UCLA a 25-22 win in one of the wildest games of the college baseball season ... Entered that game as a defensive substitute with UCLA trailing 14-10 in the sixth inning, proceeded to go 3-4 with a seven RBIs (including the game-winning HR and a two-run double as part of a nine-run ninth inning in which UCLA eliminated a 21-12 deficit to force extras) ... His 265 putouts ranked third on the team ... His team-high 10 sac bunts ranked second in the Pac-12 and No. 22 in the country ... Slashed .239/.426/.391 in non-conference play, including a .250/.464/.400 mark in midweek games ... Hit safely in three straight games from Mar. 5-11, a stretch that also saw him record his first-career extra-base hit (a double vs. Cal State Fullerton on Mar. 8) ... Reached base safely in a season-high seven straight games from Mar. 5-25 ... Was baseball's representative on the UCLA All-Academic Team at the end-of-year Scholar-Athlete Banquet (highest cumulative GPA on the team) ... Second consecutive season that Beres made the All-Academic Team ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall,ย winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed) ... Selected toย the 2022ย Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution).
2021
Appeared in nine games, making one start, as a redshirt freshman ... Had one single in seven at-bats for a .143 average ... Did not commit an error in 37 chances (two assists, 35 putouts) ... Made his NCAA debut as a defensive replacement behind the plate on Mar. 2 against Cal State Fullerton ... Recorded his first-career hit on Apr. 16 against Utah, a base hit to left in the eighth inning of a 20-0 UCLA win ... Was 0-3 with a walk and a run scored in his first career start, on May 11 at Loyola Marymount ... Batted .500 (1-2) in conference play ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12 units passed)ย ... Named to the 2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution) ... Was baseball's representative on the UCLA All-Academic Team at the end-of-year Scholar-Athlete Banquet (highest cumulative GPA on the team) ... Over the summer, played with the Bristol State Liners in the Appalachian League ... Appeared in 16 games, starting 14 ... Batted .245 (12-49) with one triple and 10 RBIs ... Made 13 starts behind the dish and one at DH.ย
2020
Did not appear in a game for the Bruins ... Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units).ย
Highย School
Earned two varsity letters in baseball at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif. โฆ Also received three letters in water polo โฆ Graduated with a 4.6 GPA โฆ Helped Notre Dame to a Mission League Championship in 2019.
Personal
Thomas Beres was born in 2001 to parents Kelly and Tom in New York City โฆ Has one younger sister, Lainey โฆ Chose to attend UCLA because of the โgreat academics and great baseballโ โฆ His mother attended UCLA โฆ Plans on majoring in aerospace engineering โฆ Was Valedictorian of his senior class at Notre Dame High School and received a perfect score of 36 on his ACT Exam โฆ Enjoys eating sushi.ย
Career Highs (as of conclusion of 2022)
At-Bats: 4 (four times)
Runs: 3 vs. Harvard (3/18/22)
Hits: 3 vs. Oregon State (5/28/22)
RBI: 7 vs. Oregon State (5/28/22)
Doubles: 1 (five times)
Triples: --
Home Runs: 1 vs. Oregon State (5/28/22)
Stolen Bases: --
