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Jersey Number 23
Brock Mercado
- Position:
- Catcher/Utility
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Oceantown, N.J.
- Major:
- Management
Bio
2025 Season (Senior) - Appeared in 43 games making 35 starts as a senior mainly as a designated hitter...Totaled 27 hits including five doubles while driving in 13 runs and scoring 18 times...Also drew 16 walks...Registered a season-high nine putouts against Wofford on Mar. 18...Posted a season-high three hits on Apr. 19 at High Point while driving in two runs in that same game...Scored two runs on Apr. 29 at ETSU.
2024 Season (Junior) - Appeared in 40 games including making 37 starts behind the plate...Totaled 29 hits including four doubles and two home runs...Drove in 18 runs and scored 21 runs...Threw out 10 runners on the season...Registered a season-high three hits at Radford on Apr. 14...Scored twice on May 11 against Gardner-Webb...Drove in three runs on Apr. 14 at Radford...Posted three defensive assists on May 12 against Gardner-Webb.Â
2023 Season (Sophomore) - As a sophomore, Mercado appeared in 13 games and made eight starts...In 27 at-bats, Mercado hit .111 with three runs scored and three RBI...Worked a season-high three walks on March 4 vs. Iona...Also scored two runs in that contest...Drove in runs at Eastern Kentucky on February 26 and against UMass on March 11.Â
2022 Season (Freshman) - During his first season as a Bulldog, Mercado appeared in 18 games that included eight starting assignments...The New Jersey native hit .308 in 39 at-bats with seven runs scored, three doubles, and three runs driven in...Made his collegiate baseball debut on February 18 at Virginia Tech...Scored a run against the Hokies two days later...Tallied his first career hit on March 6 at Mercer...Posted a pair of multi-hit games as a freshman...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored vs. ETSU on April 19...Went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored vs. Winthrop on May 20...Closed out his freshman season on a five-game hitting streak.Â
Prior to UNC Asheville -Â Earned six varsity letters in high school in football, soccer and baseball...Helped his team post a 17-6 record as a senior where he hit .422 with 27 hits, 33 RBI, 12 doubles, two home runs, 18 walks and eight stolen bases...Overall, Mercado was a .404 hitter in high school with 80 hits, 51 runs scored, 58 runs driven in, and 28 stolen bases.
2024 Season (Junior) - Appeared in 40 games including making 37 starts behind the plate...Totaled 29 hits including four doubles and two home runs...Drove in 18 runs and scored 21 runs...Threw out 10 runners on the season...Registered a season-high three hits at Radford on Apr. 14...Scored twice on May 11 against Gardner-Webb...Drove in three runs on Apr. 14 at Radford...Posted three defensive assists on May 12 against Gardner-Webb.Â
2023 Season (Sophomore) - As a sophomore, Mercado appeared in 13 games and made eight starts...In 27 at-bats, Mercado hit .111 with three runs scored and three RBI...Worked a season-high three walks on March 4 vs. Iona...Also scored two runs in that contest...Drove in runs at Eastern Kentucky on February 26 and against UMass on March 11.Â
2022 Season (Freshman) - During his first season as a Bulldog, Mercado appeared in 18 games that included eight starting assignments...The New Jersey native hit .308 in 39 at-bats with seven runs scored, three doubles, and three runs driven in...Made his collegiate baseball debut on February 18 at Virginia Tech...Scored a run against the Hokies two days later...Tallied his first career hit on March 6 at Mercer...Posted a pair of multi-hit games as a freshman...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored vs. ETSU on April 19...Went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored vs. Winthrop on May 20...Closed out his freshman season on a five-game hitting streak.Â
Prior to UNC Asheville -Â Earned six varsity letters in high school in football, soccer and baseball...Helped his team post a 17-6 record as a senior where he hit .422 with 27 hits, 33 RBI, 12 doubles, two home runs, 18 walks and eight stolen bases...Overall, Mercado was a .404 hitter in high school with 80 hits, 51 runs scored, 58 runs driven in, and 28 stolen bases.
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville vs Presbyterian (Game 3)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville at Presbyterian (Game 2)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville at Presbyterian (Game 1)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville vs Gardner-Webb (Game 3)
Monday, May 13
