Tommy Medica

8 Tommy Medica

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    215
  • Year:
    RS Junior
  • Hometown:
    San Jose, Calif.
  • High School:
    Bellarmine College Prep
  • Position:
    C/INF
  • College:
    2V

2010 Collegiate Baseball All-American
The top Bronco selected in the 2010 MLB Draft, 14th Round (424 Overall) by the San Diego Padres
The 29th catcher taken overall and San Diego's 14th pick as an organization
2010 First team All-WCC
Career .361 hitter, 3rd-best in SCU history
2008 All-WCC First Team
2008 All-Cape Cod League
29-game hitting streak (April 5-May 20, 2008)
USA National Team member (2007 Pan-American Games)
Baseball America Freshman All-American (2007)
Collegiate Baseball 'Louisville Slugger' Freshman All-American (2007)
2007 WCC Batting Champion (.373 BA)
2007 All-WCC First Team and All-WCC Freshman Team

RS JUNIOR (2010): Started in all 54 games, 50 of them in right or left field … was a unanimous All-WCC First Team selection … finished the year batting .386 with 13 homeruns and 21 doubles, firmly establishing himself as one of the most accomplished players in Santa Clara history … Medica’s career batting average (.369) ranks second all-time at Santa Clara, and is 6th all-time in hits (329) … his 2010 totals rank among the best single-season numbers in SCU’s 125-year baseball history: 67 RBI (T4th), 88 hits (T5th), 60 runs (T6th), 21 doubles (T6th), 152 total bases (6th), 13 homers (T8th) and .667 slugging percentage (10th) … led the West Coast Conference in RBIs (67) and total bases (152) … was named a third-team ‘Louisville Slugger’ NCAA Division 1 All-American by Collegiate Baseball … led the team in total plate appearances (263) … named the WCC ‘Player of the Month’ for March after hitting .403 (31-for-77), reaching safely in all 17 games (10 wins), collecting 12 extra-base hits, including 5 homers and 6 doubles … had a 21-game hitting streak from March 6 through April 9—the second longest streak in the nation at the time … earned WCC ‘Player of the Week’ honors the first week of May … led the team in stolen bases (15), multiple-hit games (27), and multiple-RBI games (20).

JUNIOR (2009): Made nine appearances on the season before redshirting the remainder of the year due to a shoulder injury ... was batting .429 with nine runs, seven doubles and one home run prior to his injury ... scored one run with a double and a stolen base against URI (Feb. 21) ... had two runs, two RBIs, a double and the Broncos' first homer of the season against NC State (Feb. 22) ... hit his third double of the season against Cal (Feb. 25) ... had two runs against SJSU (Feb. 27) ... went 4-for-4 at bat with two runs against SJSU (Feb. 28) ... tied his career-high two doubles against Oregon (Mar. 6) ... was injured in game three of the series against Oregon (Mar. 7) ... finished the year 3rd all-time at SCU in batting average (.361) and 7th in slugging percentage (.522).

SUMMER (2008): Played for the Harwich Mariners in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League where he finished third in the Cape in hitting with a .352 average, totaling 16 RBI in 32 games ...he was honored by the CCBL as a member of the 2008 All-League team ... Harwich won the league title ... named a top-50 player nationally by The College Baseball Blog.

SOPHOMORE (2008): Earned his second All-WCC First Team honor as a unanimous selection ... named to the Johnny Bench Award and Brooks Wallace Award watch lists ... started in all 55 games - 51 as catcher, 2 in left field and 2 as the DH ... produced a career-high and team best 29 game hitting streak (Apr. 5-May 20) that included 27 multi-hit games, four home runs and six doubles ... led SCU in on base percentage (.438), fourth in batting average (.342), tied for second in doubles (15) and tied for third in RBIs (44) ... ranked 15th in the WCC in batting average, 10th in hits and 8th in on base percentage ... is ranked in three career record categories - fifth in batting average, tied for sixth in hit by pitch, tied for eighth in slugging percentage ... had a career-high six at bats in game one against Utah Valley (Feb. 22), registering two runs, two hits and two RBIs ... had one RBI and one walk in game two against Utah Valley (Feb. 22) ... tallied two hits, one run and one RBI against Kansas State (Feb. 23) ... was 4-for-6 and tallied his first double of the season against Pacific (Feb. 27) ... went 5-for-12 in the series against SJSU (Feb. 29-Mar. 2), with two RBIs and three doubles ... started in left field for the Broncos against Fresno State (Mar. 4) before resuming duties behind the plate ... tallied two runs against the Bulldogs ... hit his first home run of the season against then-No. 11 San Diego (Mar. 6) ... went 2-for-4 in game two of the doubleheader against UC Davis (Mar. 15) with his second home run of the season ... registered a two-run double that registered the win over then-No. 14 San Diego (Mar. 29) ... posted his first triple of the season against LMU (May 2) ... was a double shy of hitting for the cycle against LMU (May 3) as he registered his second triple of the season and his fourth homer of the season ... posted home run No. 5, a 3 RBI shot, against Pacific (May 7) ... drove in three runs and scored two in game one against Saint Mary's (May. 9) ... drove in two runs against Pepperdine (May 16) ... posted home run No. 6 against Pepperdine (May 17) ... tied season high three hits against Pepperdine (May 18).

SUMMER (2007) - USA NATIONAL TEAM: Played for the USA National Team the summer after freshman season, joining the top freshman and sophomore collegiate baseball players in the country in competing in the Pan-American Games in Brazil and the World Port Tournament in the Netherlands ... also played in the 36th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championship Series in Durham, NC, where Medica enjoyed a great deal of success against international pitching, launching his first home run of the summer over the famed Durham Bull ... helped Team USA go 11-5 in its pre-Pan-American Games schedule, which included series' against Chinese Taipei and Japan ... at the Pan-American Games, Medica and the Americans reached the Gold Medal Game before losing to Cuba, Medica went 1-for-3 with a run scored in the semifinal win over Brazil.

FRESHMAN (2007): Turned in a spectacular rookie campaign in 2007, capturing the West Coast Conference batting title with a .373 average en route to being named to both the All-WCC First Team and All-Freshman Team ... Collegiate Baseball 'Louisville Slugger' Freshman All-American ... Baseball America Freshman All-American ... All-Ping! Baseball Freshman Team ... despite missing 11 games and parts of three others due to a hand injury that shelved him for a month early in the season, Medica managed to hammer out 60 hits on the year, including nine doubles, four triples, and a home run ... he also drove in 23 runs while scoring 32 ... appeared in 44 games, starting 41 ... had multi-hit games at Hawaii on Jan. 28, and against Utah on Feb. 2 and 4 ... suffered a hand injury Feb. 9 at San Diego State that forced him to miss 11 games and serve in pinch-hit capacity for three others ... returned to lineup full-time on March 10 at Fresno State ... began a 13-game hitting streak at Portland on March 30 with a 3-for-4 effort that included two doubles and three runs scored ... streak last from March 30-April 21, in which he batted .518 (29-for-56) with six doubles, three triples, six RBIs, and 13 runs scored ... batted .706 with a double and two triples in four games over the week of Apr. 2-8, including a 5-for-5 effort at San Francisco on Apr. 7, and earned WCC Player of the Week and Collegiate Baseball News National Honor Roll recognition ... hit safely in 22 of 23 games from March 30-May 8 ... went 3-for-4 with a double and career-high six RBIs against Fresno State on Apr. 24 ... tripled and drove in three runs against Loyola Marymount Apr. 29 ... went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and runs scored at Stanford May 1 ... went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer, his first at the collegiate level, in the season finale against Sacramento State on May 20.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, Calif. ... West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) MVP leading Bellarmine to the Central Coast Section (CCS) title as a senior ... also named a All-WCAL First Team player, Bellarmine's team MVP, and was honored by The Mercury News on its All-CCS First Team ... in 2005 Bellermine ranked No. 1 in the WCAL and went to the playoffs ... named All-WCAL First Team player in 2005 ... 2004 All-WCAL Honorable Mention ... played for Coaches Gary Cunningham, Tom Medica, Al Bacosa and alongside current Santa Clara teammate Nate Garcia while at Bellarmine ... participated in the 2004 AAU Junior Olympics and USA Baseball Junior Olympics ... 2005 Summer Series Wood Bat Tournament player ... in 2006 invited to USA Baseball Junior National Team Trials.

PERSONAL: Born in San Jose, Calif. ... son of Tom and Carole Medica ... has one older sister, Kim ... enjoys playing golf, cars, and hanging out with friends ... aspires to play professional baseball and own a successful business.

CAREER STATS:

Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2007....  .373  44-41   161   32   60   9   4   1   23   80  .497   6  13  15   5  .436   1   5   5-7    258  39   5  .983
2008....  .342  55-55   222   43   76  15   2   6   44  113  .509  29  11  17   6  .438   3   1   1-2    432  51   4  .992
2009....  .429   9-9     35    9   15   7   0   1    4   25  .714   1   1   6   3  .459   0   0   1-1     62  11   2  .973
TOTAL...  .361 108-105  418   84  151  31   6   8   71  218  .522  36  25  38  14  .439   4   6   7-10   752 101  11  .987