The asterisk next to 2020 and 2021 season bios indicate the NCAA’s decision to grant an extra year of eligibility for student-athletes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic; the student-athlete’s year of eligibility did not “advance” from 2020 to 2021 due to this NCAA ruling.
Junior (2022 – Nevada): Appeared in all 55 games, starting 54…Batted .316, led team in triples (six), shared team lead in doubles (18), finished second on team in hits (75)…Hit seven homers, second on team in RBI (51), scored 49 runs and stole 10 bases…Went 3-for-5 with homer, double, two RBI and two runs scored at Grand Canyon (Feb. 20)…Drove in six runs on three hits, including homer and double, at Air Force (March 4)…Went 4-for-6 with triple and three RBI against San José State (Mar. 12)…Drove in two runs against Dixie State (Mar. 15)…Went combined 5-for-10 with double, two RBI and two runs scored over two games against No. 2 Oregon State (Mar. 29-30)…Stole two bases, had three hits, two RBI and two runs scored against Sacramento State (Apr. 5)…Hit for cycle at UNLV (Apr. 9), going home run, single, double, triple…Had RBI triple in 2-for-5 game against Air Force (Apr. 15)…Went 3-for-5 with triple, homer and two RBI against Air Force (Apr. 16)…Doubled twice in four-hit, two-RBI effort against Saint Mary’s (Apr. 19)…Homered and went 2-for-6 with three RBI at San José State (Apr. 23)…Tripled and drove in only two runs of game in 2-0 Nevada win at Arizona (Apr. 30)…Came up just homer shy of another cycle against New Mexico (May 6), going 3-for-6 with double, triple and four RBI…Went 3-for-3 with double and two RBI at San Diego State (May 13)…Homered and drove in two runs in win over Fresno State (May 19)…Batted .455 (5-for-11) over three games at MW Championship (May 26-28), including going 2-for-3 with solo homer in win over UNLV (May 27)…Finished season on 12-game hitting streak, batting .420 (21-for-50) over that stretch.
2021 All-Mountain West First Team, OF
2021 Mountain West Player of the Week (4/12)
*Sophomore (2021 – Nevada): Played and started in all 45 games in center field…Ranked seventh in nation in hits per game (1.67)…Batted .393 in first season with Wolf Pack and led team with 75 hits…Totaled 24 extra-base hits, including six home runs, 16 doubles and two triples…Drove in 37 runs and scored 45 more…Was 12-for 15 on base paths, which led team…Recorded 124 putouts and five assists to just two errors to post fielding percentage of .985…Ranked in top 10 in Mountain West in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, at-bats, sacrifice bunts and stolen bases…Led team with 21 multi-hit games, including season-high four against Fresno State (Mar. 20)…Posted nine multi-RBI games, led team with 20-game on-base streak and tied for team lead with season-long hitting streak of 14 games…Notched eight-RBI performance against Fresno State (Mar. 20), which was tied for fifth-most RBI nationally in a single game in 2021.
Prior to Nevada: Spent two years at San Joaquin Delta College…Part of Big 8 conference title in 2019…Played in 21 games and batted .409 with 21 RBI, 36 runs scored and 28 stolen bases during shortened 2020 season.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Freedom High School…Helped lead Freedom to 2017 Valley Athletic League title…Earned first team All-League honors in 2018.
Personal: Son of Steve Gomez and Carol Bayramian…Has two older brothers, Domenic and Damien…Intends to major in economics.
