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Junior
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| Hometown:
Miami, Fla.
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| High School:
Miami Springs
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 210
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| Position:
C
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PERSONAL ACCOLADES
• 2010 Collegiate Baseball Preseason First Team All-America
• Member of the 2009 USA Baseball National Team
• 2009 All-ACC Second Team
• Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 27th round of the 2007 MLB Draft
• 2008 NCAA Coral Gables Regional All-Tournament Team
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
One of the country's top catchers, garnering 2010 preseason All-America honors ... Started 83 games behind the plate in his first two seasons, including 47 starts at catcher (and 10 at DH) last year ... Strong defensive catcher with a .978 career fielding percentage ... Is Miami's top power threat, homering once every 13.9 at-bats in his career ... In his two seasons in Coral Gables, has 23 homers and 73 RBI in 97 career games ... Played on Team USA's championship team at the 2009 World Baseball Challenge.
SOPHOMORE SEASON - 2009
• His 16 homers in 2009 led the Hurricanes, led all ACC catchers and ranks third among all returning ACC players
• Ranked second on the team in slugging percentage (.599) and total bases (118)
• Improved his batting average 65 points (.234 to .299) and his slugging percentage 147 points (.452 to .599) from his freshman to sophomore years
• Hit .338 (24-for-71) over UM's last 20 games
• Led the team with a .686 slugging percentage and ranked third with a .324 average in Atlantic Coast Conference play
• Recorded a career-high six RBI in win over Bethune-Cookman on May 9
• Had 17 mult-hit games - including six in Miami's last 12 games - and 11 multi-RBI games
• Recorded 15 hits over UM's last nine regular season league contests
• Ranked third on the team with 45 RBI
• Homered once every 12.3 at-bats
• Led the `Canes with a 1.081 OPS overall and a 1.127 OPS in ACC play
• Had first career two-homer game in win at No. 7 Virginia (3/22)
• Started 47 games at catcher and 10 at DH
• Had the third lowest strikeout total among all regular starters last season
• Hit .667 (8-for-12) with eight run scored and two RBI in a three game series at Wake Forest (5/14-5/16)
• Hit .250 in February (4-for-16), .324 in March (23-for-71), .204 in April (11-for-54) and .389 in May (21-for-54)
FRESHMAN SEASON - 2008
• Named to the NCAA Coral Gables Regional All-Tournament Team
• Started 33 games behind the plate, including 15 of UM's final 16 games
• Hit 69 points higher in ACC play than in the non-conference (.279-to-.210), but hit five of his seven homers against teams outside of the ACC
• Committed just six errors in 323 chances behind the plate (.981 fielding percentage)
• All four mult-hit games came in a span of 18 days (March 19 to April 5)
• Posted five hits in the Clemson series (4/4-6) and had a career-best 4-for-5 day with four RBI and three runs scored on April 5
• One of the three UM players that hit two homers in the ACC Tourney (5/21-25), hitting solo shots against Clemson (5/21) and Georgia Tech (5/22)
• Tied for second on the team with fellow catcher Jason Hagerty in recording eight RBI during NCAA postseason play
• Committed just one errror (Georgia Tech - 5/22) in UM's final 16 games
• Started 12 ACC games at catcher; Had a hit in nine of those 12 games
• Caught 10 of 35 attempted base-stealers
• Hit .250 in February (1-for-4), .258 in March (8-for-31), .320 in April (8-for-25), .171 in May (7-for-41) and .217 in June (5-for-23)
PREP CAREER
• Played for Phill Wisser at Miami Springs
• Rated the No. 19 high school prospect nationally by Baseball America
• Named Miami Herald's Class 6A Hitter of the Year in 2007
• Named an AFLAC High School All-American and a second team ABCA/Rawlings High School All-American
• Hit .447 with 48 RBI and 13 HRs in 2007, leading all Miami-Dade hitters
• Named All-Dade County three straight years and all-state in 2006 and 2007
• Led MSHS to the regional semifinals (2007) and quarterfinals (2006)
• Hit .461 with 29 RBI as junior and .433 with 25 RBI as a sophomore
PERSONAL
• Son of Maria and Elieser Gomez
• Has a younger sister Victoria Gomez
• Majoring in Business Mangament
