Tino Bethancourt Season 2021

2023 SEASON (As a Redshirt Sophomore): Tied for fourth on the team with 51 games played, batting .210 with three homers, 23 RBIs and 17 runs scored… Ranked fourth on the squad with eight stolen bases and was slotted fifth after hitting .282 in RBI opportunities… Made a career-high 41 starts, including 31 at third base and 10 at first, helping the Scarlet and Black clinch a share of the Mountain West regular-season championship… Finished with multiple hits in seven games and logged two or more RBIs in four contests… Went 2-for-2 with a solo homer in the Aztecs’ 3-2 victory over Hawai’i on the final day of the Tony Gwynn Legacy (2-27-23)… Enjoyed a monster game in SDSU’s 28-8 romp vs. UNLV, crafting a 3-for-5 performance at the plate with a collegiate-best six RBIs, highlighted by a three-run blast (3-4-23)… Matched his career high with three more hits in the series finale at New Mexico, contributing an RBI and two runs scored, as the Scarlet and Black exploded for a 19-7 triumph to complete a weekend sweep (4-2-23)… Went deep with a solo shot in the Aztecs’ 7-2 setback at No. 25 USC (4-7-23)… Drew a bases-loaded walk and added a run-scoring single in SDSU’s 5-0 shutout at San José State (5-6-23)… Equaled his career best with three hits apiece in the final two games of a road series at Air Force (5-13/14-23)… Broke a 6-6 tie with a two-run seventh-inning single in the series finale against New Mexico, completing a furious comeback that secured the MW regular-season co-championship for SDSU (5-20-23)… Scored on a sacrifice fly for the Aztecs’ lone run in their 12-1 first-round loss to Air Force at the Mountain West tournament (5-25-23).

2022 SEASON (As A Redshirt Freshman): Started 40 of 41 games, batting .248 with one home run, 12 RBIs and 20 runs scored … Tied for second on the squad with 27 walks and shared the fourth spot with six stolen bases in seven attempts … Finished with a .416 on-base percentage … Made 24 starts at third base and 16 at first … Walked twice and scored in his collegiate debut vs. TCU at the MLB4 Tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona (2-19-22) … Also crossed the plate after recording his first collegiate hit with a single up the middle at UC Irvine (2-22-22) … Collected a pair of hits in the second game of a road series at San José State, one of which produced a career-high two RBIs (3-19-22) … Set personal bests with three walks and two stolen bases in the second game of a home set vs. the same SJSU club (4-9-22) … Also established a career high with three hits, including a double and a run-scoring single to punctuate the Aztecs’ 10-3 victory in their series opener at New Mexico (4-14-22) … Drove in the go-ahead run with a double to center in SDSU’s 4-3 triumph at Long Beach State (4-26-22) … Logged his fourth multi-hit game of the season with a pair of singles in the opener of a weekend series at Fresno State (4-29-22) …  Also drew a walk and scored against the Bulldogs, helping the Scarlet and Black to an 8-4 triumph.

2021 SEASON (As A Freshman): Did not compete.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Graduated in 2020 from Oak Ridge High in El Dorado Hills, California, where he was a four-year varsity letterwinner … His senior campaign was limited to three games due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Played 78 games during his prep career, batting .285 with three homers, 16 doubles, 37 RBIs and 50 runs scored, according to MaxPreps … Also finished with 12 stolen bases and a .427 on-base percentage … Helped the Trojans capture the Sierra Foothill League championship as a sophomore (2018), along with consecutive appearances in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs (2018-19) … Ranked as the No. 24 shortstop in California by Perfect Game and No. 106 in the state overall … Was also listed among the top 500 prospects nationally for the class of 2020 by the same website and No. 154 at the shortstop position … Additionally earned a high grade of 9 by Perfect Game … Garnered preseason second-team all-region accolades in California by Perfect Game prior to the 2020 campaign after receiving preseason underclass All-America high honorable mention the previous two years … Participated in the prestigious Perfect Game National Showcase in 2019 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona … Earned all-tournament honors as a member of the NorCal Baseball Prime at the 2019 WWBA 17U West National Championship in Surprise, Arizona … Merited the same distinction while competing for the NorCal 2020 Blue squad at the 2017 Perfect Game West MLK Freshman Championship at Camelback Ranch in Phoenix … Chose the Aztecs over the likes of Arizona State, Oregon, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego and San José State.