2017 Baseball Roster
Roster
Beck, Connor

Jersey Number 9
Connor Beck
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Midland, Texas
- High School:
- Midland
Bio
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Photo Gallery (2017)
SENIOR SEASON (2018)
Appeared in 27 games, starting five games in right field … recorded 35 at bats, finishing with three hits, two RBI and five runs scored … picked up five free bases with four walks … recorded a .200 on base percentage … went 2-for-2 swiping bases in between the bags … finished his Red Raider career with a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000 on 33 total putouts, including 11 in 2018 … BIG 12 GAMES … played in 11 Big 12 contests … scored the tying run in the bottom of the tenth against No. 14 Oklahoma, stealing third and scoring on a Grant Little groundout that would set up a walk-off balk … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … started the first four games of the season as the Red Raiders swept a four-game set with Maine … posted a .111 batting average in 27 plate appearances … made a start at No. 6 Kentucky on Mar. 9, reaching base once … went 1-for-1 at No. 6 Kentucky on Mar. 10 with a run scored … HOME GAMES … made 15 appearances and four starts at home … totaled two hits, two RBI and four runs scored in 24 plate appearances while drawing four walks.
JUNIOR SEASON (2017)
Played in 33 games, starting 16-of-18 in right field, two in left field, during his first year with the Red Raiders … put together a .289 average behind 76 at-bats … recorded 22 hits, including two doubles, one triple and a home run … also drove in nine RBI, while scoring 12 runs … picked up seven free bases, with four walks … went 3-for-4 swiping bases in between the bags … tallied seven multi-hit games, with three three-hit bids … posted three-hit games against LSU (March 5), Texas Southern (March 29) and Baylor (April 9) … also had two multi-RBI performances … had 20 putouts in the field with a clean fielding percentage … was relied on as a sub 15 times, which ranked second on the team … BIG 12 GAMES … hit .129 in 11 games, seven starts, with four hits, including a double … had two runs scored and a HBP … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … racked up a .400/.533/.462 line during non-conference play in 22 games … started 11 games and recorded 18 hits, with a double, triple and a home run … had nine RBI and 10 run scored, while earning six extra bases behind four walks and two HBP … also swiped three bases, going 3-for-4 on the base path … HOME GAMES … racked up a .372 batting average with a .378/.512/.417 line at the plate in 43 at-bats at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park … made 10 starts, playing in 18 games, and recorded 16 hits, including three for extra bases … drove in eight RBI and scored 10 runs, while earning four free bases … also went 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts in Lubbock … NEUTRAL SITE GAMES … hit .300 in six games on a neutral field … had three hits, including a double, as well as a run and a HBP … DAY GAMES … recorded a .352 average at the plate in 20 day games … had 19 hits, including two doubles and a triple, in 54 at-bats … also had six RBI and 10 runs scored, as well as six free passes with three walks & three HBP … picked up two stolen bases in the daytime … AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS … posted eight hits in 10 games against nationally-ranked teams … recorded two doubles, two RBI and four runs scored when facing ranked foes … STREAKS … put together an eight-game reached base safely stretch from Feb. 21-March 10 … that mark ranked ninth on the squad … also had a pair of three-game hitting streaks from Feb. 21-28 and March 22-29.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH (TCU & MIDLAND)
2016 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE) Hit .400 at Midland College with 15 home runs and 82 RBI … earned All-Conference honors from the Western Junior College Athletic Conference (WJCAC). 2015 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN) Appeared in 11 games and made one start at TCU ... made six appearances as a pinch hitter and four as a defensive replacement ... lone start of the season came as the designated hitter at Texas Tech on April 3 ... was 1-for-5 as a pinch hitter with a double ... reached base in four of 10 games in which he had a plate appearance ... made his collegiate debut on Feb. 14 as a pinch hitter against Southern Illinois ... collected his first collegiate hit, a double, against Wichita State on March 27 ... also tallied hits against Santa Clara on April 18 and against Texas Tech on May 21 in the Big 12 tournament. 2014 (FRESHMAN) Redshirt season.
MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner for coach Barry Russell at Midland High School … as a junior, earned all-district honors ... was also tabbed as the West Texas Player of the Week ... had an outstanding senior campaign that saw him earn second-team all-district honors ... selected as an honorable mention all-state performer ... named the West Texas Player of the Year ... participated in USA Baseball's 18U trials at the Tournament of Stars ... hit .340 with two home runs as a junior ... as a senior, hit .350 with four home runs and 35 RBIs ... was also a stand-out football player at Midland HS.
PERSONAL
Born in Midland, Texas … parents are Brent and Lisa Beck … brother to Blair … parents were both student-athletes at Texas Tech … father played football and mother played golf … majoring in university studies.
Photo Gallery (2017)
SENIOR SEASON (2018)
Appeared in 27 games, starting five games in right field … recorded 35 at bats, finishing with three hits, two RBI and five runs scored … picked up five free bases with four walks … recorded a .200 on base percentage … went 2-for-2 swiping bases in between the bags … finished his Red Raider career with a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000 on 33 total putouts, including 11 in 2018 … BIG 12 GAMES … played in 11 Big 12 contests … scored the tying run in the bottom of the tenth against No. 14 Oklahoma, stealing third and scoring on a Grant Little groundout that would set up a walk-off balk … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … started the first four games of the season as the Red Raiders swept a four-game set with Maine … posted a .111 batting average in 27 plate appearances … made a start at No. 6 Kentucky on Mar. 9, reaching base once … went 1-for-1 at No. 6 Kentucky on Mar. 10 with a run scored … HOME GAMES … made 15 appearances and four starts at home … totaled two hits, two RBI and four runs scored in 24 plate appearances while drawing four walks.
JUNIOR SEASON (2017)
Played in 33 games, starting 16-of-18 in right field, two in left field, during his first year with the Red Raiders … put together a .289 average behind 76 at-bats … recorded 22 hits, including two doubles, one triple and a home run … also drove in nine RBI, while scoring 12 runs … picked up seven free bases, with four walks … went 3-for-4 swiping bases in between the bags … tallied seven multi-hit games, with three three-hit bids … posted three-hit games against LSU (March 5), Texas Southern (March 29) and Baylor (April 9) … also had two multi-RBI performances … had 20 putouts in the field with a clean fielding percentage … was relied on as a sub 15 times, which ranked second on the team … BIG 12 GAMES … hit .129 in 11 games, seven starts, with four hits, including a double … had two runs scored and a HBP … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … racked up a .400/.533/.462 line during non-conference play in 22 games … started 11 games and recorded 18 hits, with a double, triple and a home run … had nine RBI and 10 run scored, while earning six extra bases behind four walks and two HBP … also swiped three bases, going 3-for-4 on the base path … HOME GAMES … racked up a .372 batting average with a .378/.512/.417 line at the plate in 43 at-bats at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park … made 10 starts, playing in 18 games, and recorded 16 hits, including three for extra bases … drove in eight RBI and scored 10 runs, while earning four free bases … also went 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts in Lubbock … NEUTRAL SITE GAMES … hit .300 in six games on a neutral field … had three hits, including a double, as well as a run and a HBP … DAY GAMES … recorded a .352 average at the plate in 20 day games … had 19 hits, including two doubles and a triple, in 54 at-bats … also had six RBI and 10 runs scored, as well as six free passes with three walks & three HBP … picked up two stolen bases in the daytime … AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS … posted eight hits in 10 games against nationally-ranked teams … recorded two doubles, two RBI and four runs scored when facing ranked foes … STREAKS … put together an eight-game reached base safely stretch from Feb. 21-March 10 … that mark ranked ninth on the squad … also had a pair of three-game hitting streaks from Feb. 21-28 and March 22-29.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH (TCU & MIDLAND)
2016 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE) Hit .400 at Midland College with 15 home runs and 82 RBI … earned All-Conference honors from the Western Junior College Athletic Conference (WJCAC). 2015 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN) Appeared in 11 games and made one start at TCU ... made six appearances as a pinch hitter and four as a defensive replacement ... lone start of the season came as the designated hitter at Texas Tech on April 3 ... was 1-for-5 as a pinch hitter with a double ... reached base in four of 10 games in which he had a plate appearance ... made his collegiate debut on Feb. 14 as a pinch hitter against Southern Illinois ... collected his first collegiate hit, a double, against Wichita State on March 27 ... also tallied hits against Santa Clara on April 18 and against Texas Tech on May 21 in the Big 12 tournament. 2014 (FRESHMAN) Redshirt season.
MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner for coach Barry Russell at Midland High School … as a junior, earned all-district honors ... was also tabbed as the West Texas Player of the Week ... had an outstanding senior campaign that saw him earn second-team all-district honors ... selected as an honorable mention all-state performer ... named the West Texas Player of the Year ... participated in USA Baseball's 18U trials at the Tournament of Stars ... hit .340 with two home runs as a junior ... as a senior, hit .350 with four home runs and 35 RBIs ... was also a stand-out football player at Midland HS.
PERSONAL
Born in Midland, Texas … parents are Brent and Lisa Beck … brother to Blair … parents were both student-athletes at Texas Tech … father played football and mother played golf … majoring in university studies.
Highlights: Cincinnati (Big 12 Tournament)
Wednesday, May 21
Behind the Mic - UC vs TTU
Wednesday, May 21
Preview Presser: Cincinnati (B12 Tournament)
Tuesday, May 20
Highlights: BYU (Game Three)
Saturday, May 17