Eric Gutierrez

Texas Tech Red Raiders – No. 12

First baseman

Born: December 28, 1993 (age 23)
McAllen, Texas

Bats: Right

Throws: Left

Career highlights and awards

Baseball America 1st Team All American (2016)
D1Baseball.com 2nd Team All American (2016)
ABCA/Rawlings 3rd Team All American (2016)
Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (2016)
ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award (2015)
2x Big 12 Conference Home Run Leader (2014, 2016)
3x First Team All Big 12 Conference (2014, 2015, 2016)

Eric Gutierrez
College	Texas Tech
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Sport	Baseball
Position	First basemen
Jersey #	12
Class	Senior
Major	General Studies
Career	2013–2016
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Nationality	Mexican-American
Born	McAllen, Texas
High school	Sharyland High School
Career highlights
Awards
Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (2016) ABCA Rawlings Gold Glove Award (2015)
Honors
All-Big 12 Conference 1st Team (2014, 2015, 2016) Baseball America All-American 1st Team (2016) Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American 2nd Team (2016) ABCA All-American 3rd Team (2016) ABCA All-Midwest Region 2nd Team (2015) Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American (2013) College Home Run Derby participant (2014, 2015)
Records
Career Big 12 Conference Player of the Week awards (5)
Championships
Big 12 Conference Regular Season Champion (2016)
Tournaments
2014 College World Series 2016 College World Series

Eric Gutierrez, born in McAllen, Texas, is a Mexican-American college baseball first basemen for Texas Tech.

Gutierrez played baseball at the high school level for Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas. During his senior year, he was named 1st Team All-State, 1st Team All-District, and garnered an ESPNU National Player of the Week. In 2011, he was named a Louisville Slugger All-American.

He signed to play college baseball with Texas Tech.

Gutierrez played college baseball at the Division I (NCAA) level for the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 2013 to 2016, starting every game of his career.

In his freshman season in 2013, he had a batting average of .251, a .435 slugging percentage, a .377 on-base percentage, and a .991 fielding percentage. He led the team in home runs, total bases, slugging percentage, hit-by-pitch and fielding percentage. He also set a school record for hits-by-pitch for a freshman. Gutierrez was named as a Collegiate Baseball Magazine Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American for his performance.

In his sophomore season in 2014, he had a batting average of .302, a .539 slugging percentage, a .399 on-base percentage, and a fielding percentage of .997 while leading the Big 12 Conference in home runs with 12. He was named American Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Regional 2nd Team, All-Big 12 1st Team, NCAA Coral Gables Regional All-Tournament Team and earned two Big 12 Player of the Week Honors.

The 2014 season also saw the Red Raiders first College World Series appearance, after which Gutierrez was selected to participate in the College Home Run Derby in Omaha, Nebraska. He would break the all-time College Home Run Derby record with 52 home runs before finishing as the runner-up to University of Texas catcher and his former high school teammate Tres Barrera.

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