Cooper Benson (LHP):
Arizona State
Friday Night Starter as a true freshmen
2020 (Fr.): 1–1, 3.60 ERA, 25 K in 20.0 IP, 4 appearances
2021 (RS Fr.): ~7.0 scoreless IP across 2 starts before a season-ending Tommy John surgery
Preseason Pac-12 Freshman of the Year candidate (Baseball America & D1Baseball, 2020)
Dylan Beavers (OF): UC Berkeley
Career: .294/.409/.615, 36 HR (7th-most in Cal history), 123 games
2020 (Fr.): .250, 1 HR in 12 games (COVID-shortened)
2021 (So.): .303/.401/.630, 18 HR, 49 RBI in 55 games — led the Pac-12 in home runs
2022 (Jr.): .291/.426/.634, 17 HR, 50 RBI, started all 56 games
Two-time All-Pac-12 First Team (2021, 2022)
ABCA All-West Region First Team, two consecutive years (2021, 2022) — first Golden Bear to do so since Andrew Vaughn
NCBWA All-America Third Team (2021)
Freshman All-American — NCBWA Second Team & Baseball America Second Team (2021)
Consensus Preseason All-American (2022) — incl. Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball preseason teams
Golden Spikes Award watch list (2022)
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team + Cape Cod League (Cotuit) — 2021 summer
Brooks Lee (SS): Cal Poly SLO
2020 (Fr.): 2 games as a pinch-hitter (1-for-2) before a knee/hamstring injury ended his season — COVID-shortened anyway
2021 (RS Fr.): .342, 10 HR, 57 RBI, school-record 27 doubles in 55 games — OPS over 1.000
2022 (Jr.): .357, 15 HR, 55 RBI, 25 doubles in 58 games — led the Big West in hits, walks, doubles, HR, runs, RBI, slugging (.664), and total bases
Brooks Wallace Award winner (2022) — nation's top collegiate shortstop
Two-time Big West Field Player of the Year (2021 Co-, 2022 outright)
Big West Co-Freshman Field Player of the Year (2021)
Two-time All-Big West First Team (2021, 2022)
10 career All-America honors — five in 2021, five in 2022 (consensus first-team All-American in 2022); first Mustang in program history to earn four-plus All-America awards in a single season
Co-National Freshman of the Year (Collegiate Baseball, 2021)
Two-time ABCA All-West Region First Team (2021, 2022)
Golden Spikes Award semifinalist (2021, 2022) + Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist (2022)
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team (2021)
Emilio Corona (OF): University of Arizona
2021 (Washington, Fr.): 20 G, .167/.167/.208, 1 RBI
2022 (Pima CC, JUCO So.): 55 G, .346, 13 HR, 60 RBI, 56 R, 29 XBH, 15 SB
2023 (Arizona): 38 G, .336/.369/.691, 11 HR, 44 RBI, 1.060 OPS
2024 (Arizona, Sr.): 56 G, .262/.322/.444, 6 HR, 30 RBI, 15 SB, led the Pac-12 in triples (7)
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (2024)
Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award watch list (2024)
Pac-12 regular-season & tournament champion (2024, team)
Second Team All-ACCAC (2022, Pima — JUCO)
Second Team All-NJCAA Region I, Division I (2022, Pima — JUCO)
Led the NJCAA in home runs and RBI through the first month of the 2022 season; finished 2nd in the ACCAC in HR, 3rd in RBI
Jakob Wright (LHP): Cal Poly SLO
2022 (Fr.): Missed the season due to injury (redshirt)
2023 (RS Fr.): 18.2 IP over 8 appearances, 30 K, 6.27 ERA — pitched only the second half coming back from injury; 11-strikeout, 5-inning outing vs. UC Santa Barbara
2024 (RS So.): 2.97 ERA, 101 K in 88.0 IP across 15 starts — the Friday-night ace of the rotation
All-Big West First Team (2024)
Ryan Tayman (C): Cal Poly SLO
2024 (Cal, Fr.): 21 G (16 starts), .254, 6 HR, 11 RBI — backup catcher/DH
2025 (Cal, So.): 39 G (33 starts), .274, 5 HR, 16 RBI
2026 (Cal Poly, Jr.): .357/.443/.673, 16 HR, 57 RBI, 19 doubles — led the Big West in HR, RBI, and slugging
Big West Co-Field Player of the Year (2026) — 7th Mustang ever to win it
All-Big West First Team (2026)
NCBWA All-America Third Team (2026) — Cal Poly's first All-American since Brooks Lee & Drew Thorpe (2022)
ABCA All-West Region First Team (2026)
Los Angeles Regional Most Outstanding Player + all-regional team (2026)
Two-time Big West Field Player of the Week (2026)
Buster Posey Collegiate Catcher of the Year watch list (2026)
ACC All-Academic Team (2025, at Cal)
Tied Cal Poly's single-season HR record + set the single-season putouts record (465); homered in four straight games (a school D1 record)
Carson Turnquist (RHP): Cal Poly SLO
2023 (Oklahoma, Fr.): 5 G, 5.1 IP, 7 K, 3.60 ERA
2024 (Cal Poly): Redshirt — Tommy John surgery (Dec. 2023)
2025 (Cal Poly): 4 G (1 start), 0–1, 16.87 ERA — rehab return, missed the first month
2026 (Cal Poly, breakout): 9–3, 4.01 ERA, 92 K in 76.1 IP as the Saturday starter — opponents hit just .190 against him; struck out 11 over 5 scoreless vs. UC San Diego
All-Big West Second Team (2026)