#24 Cade Beloso Season 2023
LSU Graduate – Spring 2022 (Sport Administration)
2022, 2021 & 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2019 Honorable Mention All-Louisiana
A left-handed hitting first baseman/DH with power … missed nearly the entire 2022 season after suffering a knee injury just prior to LSU’s season opener … played the 2019 and 2020 seasons as LSU’s starting first baseman and he was the Tigers’ primary DH in 2021 … was named the 2018 Louisiana High School Player of the Year after leading John Curtis High School to the state championship … powerfully-built slugger who has great bat control and rarely strikes out … a member of the 2022, 2021 and 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll, and the 2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as a sport administration major.
2022 Season
Suffered a knee injury in pregame activities prior to LSU’s season opener versus Maine on February 18, and he spend the season rehabilitating the injury … Beloso was able to make two pinch-hit appearances during the season, versus Grambling on April 5 and at New Orleans on April 26.
2021 Season
Played in 51 games (45 starts at designated hitter), batting .226 (37-for-154) with 10 doubles, one triple, three homers, 29 RBI and 21 runs … Provided game-tying RBI with a fielder’s choice grounder in the bottom of the eighth inning on June 7 in the NCAA Regional championship game win over Oregon … 3-for-5 vs. Louisiana Tech (May 11) with two doubles, three runs and one RBI … compiled an eight-game hitting streak from April 6-20 … led the Tigers in hitting during the South Carolina series (April 15-17), batting .444 (4-for-9) with one homer and one RBI … in LSU’s series victory at Kentucky (April 9-11), he batted .500 (5-for-10) with one double, seven RBI and two runs scored … collected four RBI with a pair of two-run singles in April 9 win at UK and contributed a sacrifice fly and an RBI single the next day at UK in another LSU win.
2020 Season
Started all 17 of LSU’s games at first base, batting .312 (20-for-64) with four doubles, one triple, one homer and 12 RBI … in a three-game stretch vs. Eastern Kentucky and Louisiana Tech (Feb. 22-26), he was 6-for-11 with one double and eight RBI … 3-for-3 in LSU win over Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 23) with three RBI and one run … 3-for-4 in LSU win over Indiana (Feb. 15) with two doubles and one RBI.
2019 Season
Played in 62 games (58 starts), batting .279 (61-for-219) with three doubles, 10 homers, 52 RBI and 30 runs … started 44 games at first base and 14 games at designated hitter … batted .344 (21-for-61) with runners in scoring position … named to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament team after hitting .375 (3-for-8) with one homer and three RBI … 5-for-15 (.333) in SEC Tournament with four RBI … 4-for-10 in Auburn series (May 16-18) with one homer, four RBI and two runs scored … recorded his second two-homer game of the season on May 5 versus Ole Miss, as he launched two solo shots … collected five hits in Florida series (April 18-20) with two doubles, one homer and five RBI … tied his career high with four RBI vs. UL Lafayette (April 16); delivered a three-run homer and an RBI single … hit .455 (5-for-11) in the Texas A&M series (April 5-6) with two RBI … blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning of a seven-inning game versus California (March 9) to provide the winning 5-4 margin … the dinger was the second of the game for Beloso, who also launched a solo shot … launched a three-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift LSU to a 6-5 win over Army (Feb. 16).
Prior to LSU
A four-year letterman in baseball, playing his first two years at Richmond Foster High School in Richmond, Texas, before transferring to John Curtis Christian School in River Ridge, La., where he helped led the team to back-to-back Division I Louisiana State Championships … played in the summer of 2018 in the Great Lakes Collegiate League as a member of the Lima (Ohio) Locos, batting .320 with 12 doubles, four homers, 30 RBI and 32 runs scored; was voted to the GLCL All-Star team and named the No. 4 prospect in the league by Baseball America … batted .489 in 2018 at John Curtis High School with seven doubles, three triples, 13 homers, 38 RBI and five steals … also pitched 14 innings, and posted a 2-1 record, adding four saves with a 3.00 ERA and 17 strikeouts … batted .420 in 2017 at John Curtis with 19 doubles, eight homers and 39 RBI … on the mound he compiled a 4-0 record, adding four saves in 10 pitching appearances with a 1.07 ERA with 20 strikeouts … voted 2018 All State MVP, Louisiana’s Mr. Baseball and Louisiana Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year … two-time New Orleans Advocate and Times Picayune All-Metro Player of the Year (2017 & 2018) … named District 23-5A Freshman Player of the Year in 2015 and All-Houston Metro 5A -1st Team in 2015 and 2016 …earned All-America honors from Rawlings Sports, Perfect Game, Baseball America, Prep Baseball Report, Collegiate Baseball and Max Preps … also a two-year letterman in football and was a member the 2018 Louisiana State runners-up football team at John Curtis, where he played outside linebacker.
Personal
Full name is Cade Allen Beloso … parents are Rodney and Tiffany Beloso … has one older brother, Chase, who played college baseball at UNC Pembroke and Wake Tech Community College … on choosing to attend LSU: “one of my dreams growing up since I was eight or nine years old was to play baseball at LSU.” … majoring in sport administration at LSU … born on June 29, 2000, in Metairie, La.
Beloso’s LSU Career Highs
At-Bats: 7 vs. UT San Antonio (3/14/21)
Hits: 3 on 10 occasions; most recently vs. Louisiana Tech (5/11/21)
Runs Scored: 3 vs. Ole Miss (5/5/19); vs. Louisiana Tech (5/11/21)
Doubles: 2 vs. Indiana (2/15/20); vs. Louisiana Tech (5/11/21)
Triples: 1 vs. Southern (2/18/20); vs. UT San Antonio (3/13/21)
Home Runs: 2 vs. California (3/9/19); vs. Ole Miss (5/5/19)
RBI: 4 vs. Southern (2/27/19); vs. UL-Lafayette (4/16/19); at Kentucky (4/9/21)