Gannon University Athletics

Career Accolades 

• All-PSAC West First Team (2019)
• D2CCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team (2019)
• ABCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team (2019)

 
Beach holds the Gannon single-season record with 14 home runs in 2019 at the time of his graduation.
 
2019 (Sr.): Played in 47 games with 45 starts as an outfielder… Hit .294 with 40 RBI and eight doubles… Launched 14 home runs, the most in Gannon history for a single season… All-PSAC West First team selection… All-Atlantic Region selection by D2CCA and ABCA… Second in the conference in home runs and 34^th in NCAA DII… Completed an internship with the Gannon SI Dept. during the season, helping the staff with content for the 10^th Annual Golden Knight Awards… Sixth in the PSAC with a .643 slugging percentage… Notched 10 multi-hit games, including two games with three hits… Had 11 games with at least two RBIs… Had a five-game hitting streak over the course of the season… Saw time in six different spots in the batting order, playing in 22 games in the fifth spot… Hit .600 with the bases loaded, converting in three of five chances… Cracked a grand slam against NYIT (3/7/19)… Collected three hits against Wayne State (3/9/19)… Hit a pair of doubles and drove in three runs against Clarion (4/1/19)… Homered and hit a double against Seton Hill (4/7/19)… Hit a home run in opening round of PSAC Tournament against East Stroudsburg (5/8/19). Game-by-Game Stats

2018 (Jr.): Played in 26 games with 20 starts… Hit .254 with one home run, 14 RBI, six doubles and nine walks… Had three multi-hit games and four games with multiple RBI… Recorded a hitting streak of five games… Made one start in LF with 19 starts coming in RF… Gannon went 15-4 when Beach started in RF… Played in six different spots in the batting order… Had a .390 OB%.

2017: Played in 28 games, starting 25 … saw action as an outfielder and first baseman … finished second among Golden Knights in walks (16) … reached base 63.6 percent (14-22) of the time when leading off an inning … drove home a run 66.7 percent (4-6) of the time when hitting with a runner on third base and less than two outs … produced five two-out RBIs … recorded four multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI performances … batted in seven of the nine lineup positions, topped by 10 appearances in the clean-up role … named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Rookie of the Week on April 11 after hitting .417 with a .583 slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage during five games … raised his average 36 points during the award-winning week … recorded his first career run, first career double and first two career hits during his first appearance of the season against Tiffin at the Russ-Matt Invitational in Winter Haven, Florida … added two more runs with a pair of walks during a 5-3 victory in the nightcap against Tiffin … went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a season-high four RBIs during a 15-1 win against West Virginia Wesleyan on the final day of the Russ-Matt Invitational … crossed the plate a season-high five times during an 18-6 victory against Lake Erie, finishing 1-for-3 with two walks and one hit by pitch … scored multiple runs in a game five times … drew a walk in 12 different contests, including a season-best three during an 11-6 win against Slippery Rock … scored twice and had a RBI against the Rock despite having only one official at-bat … was errorless during his first 21 appearances, spanning 51 fielding opportunities.

2016: Redshirted … started the season opener at Limestone (S.C.), before suffering a season-ending injury … had two at-bats during the opener.

High School: Played for head coach Frank Zebrawsky at Canon McMillan (Pa.) High School … was a two-time all-section first-team honoree as a junior and senior … named to the honor roll all four years … was a member of the German National Honor Society.

Personal: Business major … is the son of Kellie and Richard … has one sister and one brother.