Mitchell Beacom Class: RS Sophomore Hometown: San Diego, Calif. High School: University City Height / Weight: 6-8 / 235 Position: LHP Bats/Throws: L/L

2009 (summer)
Made 12 relief appearances for the Holyoke Blue Sox of the New England Collegiate League...went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 15.0 innings, recording 19 strikeouts and four walks...limited the opposition to a .250 batting average and did not allow any extra-base hits.

2009
Made eight appearances, all in relief...posted a 6.00 ERA, recording 14 strikeouts and four walks in 9.0 innings...notched one save and did not record a decision...secured his first career save in a 5-3 win over UC Santa Barbara (March 10), helping UCLA snap a 10-game losing streak - hurled 3.0 scoreless frames, scattering two hits while logging four strikeouts and no walks...recorded two strikeouts in his collegiate debut, tossing one scoreless innings against UC Riverside (Feb. 25)...notched two strikeouts in one scoreless inning at UC Riverside (April 21).

2008 (summer)
Made 10 appearances, including one start, for the Wenatchee AppleSox of the West Coast Collegiate League...posted a 3.28 ERA in 15.1 innings, recording seven strikeouts...Wenatchee finished first in the WCCL's East Division.

2008
Redshirted.

High School
Four-year baseball letterwinner at University City High School under head coaches Joe Radovich and Jeff Dufek...captured first-team All-CIF and All-Section honors, in addition to being named a first-team All-Academic selection and the Western League Player of the Year in 2007...gained CIF Division III pitcher of the year accolades and was nominated for "Athlete of the Year" honors from CalHiSports.com; earned CalHiSports All-State honors...named baseball team MVP and University City High School Male Athlete of the Year accolades as a senior...recorded a 7-4 record and 1.88 ERA in 81.2 innings as a senior, totaling 82 strikeouts and 32 walks; surrendered one home run against 350 batters... logged a .385 average as a first baseman, collecting three home runs, three triples, five doubles, 32 RBI, 30 walks and a .511 on-base percentage his senior season...helped lead University City to its first section baseball championship, the 2007 CIF Division III title, with an 8-6 win over St. Augustine; hit 3-for-4 with two RBI in that game...missed his entire junior season and a portion of his sophomore year with a foot injury...recorded a 1-2 record and 1.00 ERA as a sophomore...hit at a .351 clip as a freshman...at the Area Code camp in December 2005, earned MVP honors as a pitcher...competed on the Orange County Braves scout team...also was a three-year varsity water polo letterwinner as the team's goalkeeper, capturing all-Western League first-team honors after breaking the school's career record for blocks; earned defensive MVP honors three times.

Personal
Full name: Mitchell Ray Beacom...born July 4, 1989 in San Diego, Calif...Mitch is the younger of John and Luann Beacom's two sons...has one older brother, Jaime, who attends UC Berkeley...mother, Luann, was a four-year All-American swimmer at UCLA...father, John, also attended UCLA, as well as two of his aunts, one uncle and one grandfather...is ambidextrous, but plays baseball left-handed...geography and environmental science double major.

Career Highs
Innings Pitched - 3.0 vs. UC Santa Barbara (3/10/09)
Strikeouts - 4 vs. UC Santa Barbara (3/10/09)

MITCHELL BEACOM'S CAREER STATISTICS