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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