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Beazley, Drew

14 Drew Beazley

  • Height
    6-2
  • Weight
    200
  • Position
    Infielder/Pitcher
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Johnston, Iowa
  • High School
    Johnston H.S.
  • Major
    Business Economics

Biography

PRONUNCIATION


HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2019)
  • All-Summit League Second Team (2019, 2021)
  • Summit League All-Tournament Team (2021)
  • Summit League Player of the Week (March 25, 2019)
  • Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
2022: Served as the team's primary first baseman, while also logging starts in the outfield and on the mound ... ranked second on the squad with 225 putouts and fifth on the team with six home runs ... became the first Jackrabbit since 2012 to record three doubles in a game, going 3-for-4 in first game of doubleheader at Incarnate Word (2/25) ... set the tone for a Jackrabbit victory at Minnesota with a three-run, first-inning home run (3/2) ... posted team-best 13-game hitting streak (4/3-5/14) ... collected five hits in three-game series at Northern Colorado, highlighted by 3-for-5 day at the plate with a home run, double and three runs batted in in middle game of weekend set (4/16) ... also homered in series finale at Northern Colorado (4/17) ... crushed an opposite-field grand slam as part of an eight-run third inning in second victory of the season over Minnesota to start second six-game hit streak (4/26) ... doubled, homered and drove in three runs in lone regular season matchup against North Dakota State (4/29) ... was 5-for-5 on stolen bases for the season ... top pitching performance came in second game of doubleheader at Central Arkansas, when he allowed only one run on two hits over four innings (3/5) ... recorded lone pitching victory of the season when he struck out season-high five batters in three-inning home start against Briar Cliff (4/20)

2021: Was a key two-way player for the Jackrabbits, seeing extensive action at both first base and at pitcher ... on the mound, was an all-Summit League selection after leading the team with four victories and a 2.16 earned run average ... started three games that resulted in Jackrabbit shutout victories ... at the plate, tied for second on the squad with 10 doubles and ranked fourth with 20 runs batted in ... recorded seven multi-hit games, starting with 3-for-5, two-double effort in win over Kansas (2/20) ... opened series at Northern Colorado by going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double, triple and three runs batted in (2/26) ... was the winning pitcher in Game 2 of doubleheader at Northern Colorado after pitching 3 1/3 strong innings in relief (2/27) ... tossed two scoreless innings of relief at Kansas State (3/10) ... posted career highs with four hits and four runs batted in to open doubleheader at Western Illinois (3/26) ... moved into the starting rotation at the start of April and did not allow a run in his first two starts — pitched three scoreless frames at Evansville (4/3), followed by four shutout innings in combined shutout of Omaha in Game 1 of twinbill (4/11) ... struck out three batters in each of his first two starts ... delivered game-winning single in bottom of the ninth inning as Jackrabbits rallied for 3-2 victory in Game 2 of doubleheader against North Dakota State (4/23) ... tallied three hits with a double and RBI in Game 1 of doubleheader at Oral Roberts (5/1) ... limited North Dakota State to two hits and struck out three over five shutout innings in second game of doubleheader (5/14) ... fanned season-high five batters and hurled five shutout innings as Jackrabbits blanked host Omaha, 7-0, in elimination game at Summit League Baseball Championship (5/28) ... recorded 10 or more putouts at first base in five games

2020: Started all 17 games ... shared team lead with five multi-hit games and two home runs ... tied for third on squad with nine runs batted in and four doubles ... went 2-for-6 with a home run versus Dallas Baptist (2/15) ... doubled in each of the last two games of series at Pacific (2/22-23) ... began seven-game hitting streak by leading off ninth inning with a triple and scoring game-winning run in season opener at UTRGV (2/28) ... collected two hits in both games of doubleheader at UTRGV, including hitting second homer of season in opener (2/29) ... equaled then-career high with three hits, including a double, and drove in two runs in victory at Air Force (3/7) ... also made five pitching appearances out of the bullpen ... did not allow a run in his final three outings, including striking out the side in final appearance of the season, at Kansas State (3/11)

2019: Was one of the top young players in The Summit League, earning second-team all-league honors as well as being named to the Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-America Team … split time primarily between first base and pitcher … began collegiate career with two hits and two runs scored in season opener versus UT Martin (2/15) … earned saves in each of his first two pitching appearances, versus Florida International (2/23) and at Central Arkansas (3/2) … doubled and hit first collegiate home run in second game of doubleheader against Western Illinois (3/16) … named Summit League Player of the Week after leading Jackrabbits to series win at Oral Roberts (3/22-24), hitting the game-winning home run in the top of the ninth (3/23) and wrapping up series by going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs (3/24) … ORU series was the start of a six-game hitting streak that included a pair of two-hit games in series at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/29-31) … also recorded save by pitching scoreless ninth inning in one-run win in series opener at Purdue Fort Wayne … drove in season-high four runs with a double and home run in series finale against Omaha (4/6) … ended season by hitting safely in 12 of 13 games and carried a streak of 21 games reaching base safely into the 2020 season … drove in pair of runs and pitched final inning in elimination-game win over Western Illinois at Summit League Baseball Championship (5/23)

BEFORE SDSU: Excelled both on the mound and as a position player at Johnston High School ... earned first-team all-state recognition his senior season after batting .418 and slugging .795 after tallying 26 extra-base hits (13 doubles, 6 triples, 7 home runs) ... as the team’s starting shortstop his junior season, he batted .333 with eight doubles and four home runs ... on the mound, he posted a 5-2 record during his sophomore season, then served as the team’s closer during a junior campaign in which he did not allow an earned run en route to a 1-0 record with six saves

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2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2019Freshman

    Infielder/Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2020Sophomore

    Infielder/Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2021Sophomore

    Infielder/Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2022Junior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2023Senior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    6'2" 200 lbs
    14
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