Anthony Tirado

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-1
Weight:
170
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Cheshire, Conn.
High School:
Cheshire Academy

2026 – Redshirt Sophomore: Brooks Wallace Award Watch List … Earned the start in all 44 games played … Recorded a .335 batting average, a .456 slugging percentage and a .403 on-base percentage … Tallied 61 hits, 37 runs, 20 walks and 25 RBI … Posted 13 doubles, a team-leading three triples and a home run … Had 22 stolen bases with two sacrifice flies and a two sacrifice bunts … Registered a career-high five hits and five RBI at Akron (3/15) … Hit first career triple vs. Kent State (3/20) … Earned a .955 fielding percentage with 89 putouts, 60 assists and seven errors … Ranked seventh in the Mid-American Conference in triples with three … Was eighth in the league in stolen bases (22) … Led the team with 16 multi-hit games, including one five-plus hit contest, and eight multi-RBI games … Went on a seven-game hitting streak and a 14-game reached base streak.

2025 – Redshirt Freshman: Started in 45 of 48 contests played for the Minutemen … Registered a .287 batting average with 51 hits, including nine doubles and four home runs, 44 runs and 27 RBI in 178 at-bats … Totaled 72 bases … Stole a team-high 17 bases … Led the team in runs (44) … Tied for third in the single season records in hit-by-pitch with 15 … Tallied a career-best four hits, including a homer, at Coppin State (3/2) … Had first collegiate home run at Coppin State (2/28) … Batted in a career-high three runs at Coppin State (3/2), vs. Dayton (4/6) and at St. Bonaventure (5/11) … Scored a career-best four runs at St. Bonaventure (5/11) … Hit first career double at Quinnipiac (3/4) … Recorded 11 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Had a seven-game hitting streak and a reached base streak of 14 … Totaled a .963 fielding percentage with 118 putouts, 11 assists and five errors … Contributed to two double plays.

2024 – Freshman: Did not compete.

Before UMass: Attended Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut ... Played under head coach Anthony Giano ... Team Captain as a senior ... Named Team MVP as a senior ... Earned New England Baseball Journal Second Team honors during senior season ... Landed on the All-NEPSAC First Team ... Named Western New England Prep Baseball League (WNEPBL) Cleary Division Player of the Year as a senior ... Holds school record in stolen bases with 21 ... Averaged .400 batting with 21 runs scored and 21 stolen bases ... Aided team to a conference championship ... Team finished No. 10 in the New England Baseball Journal ... Also competed for the US9 Prospects Club Team.