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Anthony Tulimero

Position C/IF
Height 6'0"
Weight 190 lbs.
B/T R/R
Class Freshman
Hometown Temecula, Calif.
High School Vista Murrieta HS

HONORS & AWARDS

  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team

2021 (R-FRESHMAN)

  • Appeared in 54 games with 52 starts
  • Opening day starter at catcher
  • Hit .236 (45-for-191) with nine doubles, three home runs and 25 RBI
  • Logged a season-high three RBI twice – vs. Missouri (3/30) and at Oklahoma (4/10)
  • Recorded a season-high three hits in season opener against South Dakota State (2/19)
  • Nine-game hitting streak from March 30 against Missouri to April 11 at Oklahoma
  • 10-game reached bask streak
  • Five multi-RBI games and nine multi-hit games
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team

2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)

  • Appeared in 17 games with 15 starts at catcher or designated hitter, finishing with a team-high .314 average (16-for-51) with 10 RBI, two doubles, one hone run and five walks
  • Led Kansas in hits (16) and finished tied for first in RBI (10)
  • Opening day starter at catcher, recording first career hit at Belmont (2/14)
  • Four multiple-hit games – at Belmont (Feb. 16), at Charleston Southern (2/23), vs. Michigan State (2/28) and at Iowa (3/11)
  • First career home run vs. Western Carolina (3/1) at the First Pitch Invitational
  • Three multi-RBI games – at Charleston Southern (2/23), vs. Western Carolina (3/1) and vs. Indiana State (3/6)

VISTA MURRIETA HIGH SCHOOL

  • Three-time letter winner in baseball
  • Named to the All-League team in 2018
  • Named 2018 Perfect Game Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American
  • Invited to the Milwaukee Brewers Area Code Baseball tryouts
  • Played for the Mariners Scout Team
  • 2019 First Team Southwestern League MVP
  • 2019 Max-Preps California All-State Baseball Team
  • 2019 Press Enterprise Baseball Player of the Year
  • 2019 Press Enterprise All-Area First Team
  • 2019 Cal Hi Sports All-State Baseball First Team

PERSONAL

  • Born in Temecula, California
  • Son to Donald and Carmella Tulimero
  • Has three siblings, Danielle, Gabrielle and Gino