2014 Baseball
Tommy Pluschkell
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Amador Valley HS
- Experience:
- 2V
Expected to back up Brian Mundell at first base in final season at Cal Poly.
2014: A .167 hitter as a junior with two hits, both singles ... hits were at Pepperdine and Cal State Northridge ... scored a run in both games as well ... played in 18 games with one start against Pepperdine ... earned team's Robin Baggett Scholar-Athlete Award for third straignt year ... played summer ball for Conejo Oaks, hitting .252 with three doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI with four steals.
2013: A .222 hitter in sophomore season with three doubles and seven RBI ... started 12 games, all at first base, and played in 32 other contests ... four sacrifice bunts ... went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI against UC Davis on March 28 ... drove in two runs against both Long Beach State on April 26 and UC Riverside on May 5 ... 150 fielding chances without an error ... hit .346 in night games ... named Cal Poly's Big West Conference Male Scholar-Athlete for 2012-13 academic year ... also earned team's Robin Baggett Scholar-Athlete Award ... played summer ball for Conejo Oaks in California Coastal League, hitting .253 with two home runs and 19 RBI.
2012: After playing just two games in first five weeks of season as a redshirt freshman, Pluschkell was inserted into starting lineup at first base in both games of San Diego State doubleheader March 24 and started 23 consecutive games ... 4-for-7 in San Diego State twinbill with one double and three RBI ... finished hitting .264 with three doubles and eight RBI ... 4-for-35 (.114) in last 17 games with one RBI, his average falling 93 points ... three-hit game in second game of doubleheader against San Diego State and seven two-hit games ... went 5-for-11 with a double and three RBI in UC Irvine series and 4-for-12 in Cal State Northridge series … had a four-game hitting streak ... 180 fielding chances with just one error at first base … earned team's Robin Baggett Scholar-Athlete Award … played summer ball for Bend Elks in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, hitting .181 with three doubles and a pair of RBI in 32 games.
2011: Redshirt … played summer ball for Menlo Park Legends and hit .282 with seven doubles, 12 RBI and three steals.
High School: A varsity infielder all four years under head coach Lou Cesario at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton ... hit .318 as a senior with three doubles, one home run and 26 RBI en route to All-East Bay Athletic League honorable mention honors ... helped Dons to 25-3 record, first place in the EBAL at 12-2 and the CIF-North Coast Section Division I championship ... Dons won last 14 games of 2010 season ... drove in three runs in four separate games ... a team captain ... also played football as a wide receiver and safety ... earned unweighted 4.0 grade-point average.
Personal: Son of Paul and Liz Pluschkell, both of whom attended Eastern Illinois University ... one brother, Bradley, who plays baseball at UC Davis, and two sisters, Allison and Jillian ... career ambitions are to be an engineer or architect ... born September 20, 1991, in Concord, Mass ... majors in general engineering.
