Biography
Hit for the Cycle - April 9, 2022 at UNLV
NEVADA CAREER
RS JUNIOR (2022): Appeared in all 55 games, starting 54 ... Batted .316, led the team in triples (six), shared the team lead in doubles (18), finished second on the team in hits (75) ... Hit seven homers, second on the team in RBIs (51), scored 49 runs, and stole 10 bases ... Hit for the cycle April 9 at UNLV, going Home Run, Single, Double, Triple ... Went 3-for-5 with a homer, double, two RBIs and two runs scored at Grand Canyon (Feb. 20) ... Drove in six runs on three hits, including a homer and double, at Air Force (March 4) ... Went 4-for-6 with a triple and three RBIs against San José State (March 12) ... Drove in two runs against Dixie State (March 15) ... Went a combined 5-for-10 with a double, two RBIs, and two runs scored over two games against No. 2 Oregon State (March 29-30) ... Stole two bases, had three hits, two RBIs, two runs scored against Sacramento State (April 5) ... Hit for the cycle at UNLV (April 9) ... Had an RBI triple in 2-for-5 game against Air Force (April 15) ... Went 3-for-5 with a triple, a homer, two RBIs against Air Force (April 16) ... Doubled twice in four-hit, two-RBI effort against Saint Mary's (April 19) ... Homered, went 2-for-6 with three RBIs at San José State (April 23) ... Tripled and drove in the only two runs of the game in 2-0 Nevada win at Arizona (April 30) ... Came up just a home run shy of another cycle, against New Mexico, going 3-for-6 with a double and triple, and four RBIs (May 6) ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs at San Diego State (May 13) ... Homered, drove in two runs, went 3-for-5 in win over Fresno State (May 19) ... Batted .455 (5-for-11) over three games at the MW Championship (May 26-28), including going 2-for-3 with a solo homer in win over UNLV (May 27) ... Finished the season on a 12-game hitting streak, batting .420 (21-for-50) over that stretch.
RS SOPHOMORE (2021) -- All-Mountain West First Team selection … Named the Mountain West Player of the Week on April 12 … Played and started in all 45 games in center field … Ranked seventh in the nation in hits per game (1.67) … Batted .393 in his first season with the Wolf Pack and led the team with 75 hits on the year … 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 the base paths, which led the team … Recorded 124 putouts and five assists to just two errors to post a fielding percentage of .985 … Ranked in the top 10 in the Mountain West in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, at-bats, sacrifice bunts and stolen bases … Led the team with 21 multi-hit games, including a season-high four against Fresno State on March 20 … Posted nine multi-RBI games, led the team with a reached base streak of 20 games and tied for the team lead with a season-long hitting streak of 14 games … Notched an eight-RBI performance against Fresno State on March 20, which was tied for the fifth-most RBI nationally in a single game in 2021 … Letter winner.
PRIOR TO NEVADA -- Spent two years at San Joaquin Delta College before transferring to Nevada … Earned an associate’s degree … Part of a Big 8 conference title in 2019 … During the shortened 2020 season he played in 21 games and batted .409 with 21 RBI, 36 runs scored and 28 stolen bases.
HIGH SCHOOL -- Graduated Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif. where he was a three-time letterwinner in baseball … Part of a Bay Valley Athletic League championship in 2017 and earned first team all-league honors in 2018.
PERSONAL -- Son of Steve Gomez and Carol Bayramian … Has two older brothers, Domenic and Damien … Business major with a minor in marketing … Chose Nevada because of the great business program and great coaching staff … Lists Mookie Betts as his sports hero … Enjoys meditating, training, playing golf and spending time with family in his free time.
