Tyson Bass

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

Position:
OF
B/T:
R/R
Height:
6-3
Weight:
211
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Lucama, N.C.
High School:
Hunt

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2025)
• Started all 61 games in right field for the Diamond Heels.
• Finished the season hitting .292 with 11 home runs, 10 doubles, a triple, and 47 RBIs.
• Third on the team in steals going 12-14.
• Picked up his first home run in Carolina blue against Stony Brook (3/02), racking up four hits and four RBIs on the day.
• Hit the team’s only grand slam of the season in a 12-10 win over Elon (4/08), his first of two homers on the day.
• Led all ACC outfielders in defensive runs saved at 12.14.

AT NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN (2021-2024)
• Played in 173 games for the Bishops, starting all but one and making exactly 700 plate appearances.
• Named the 2024 N.C. Wesleyan Male Athlete of the Year.
• Broke the program’s single season (21) and career (48) home runs records as well as the career runs mark with 227.
• Piled up awards in his senior season: ABCA First-Team All-America, D3Baseball.com Second-Team All-America, USA South Conference Player of the Year, ABCA & D3Baseball.com Regional Player of the Year, USA South First-Team All-Conference.
• Helped N.C. Wesleyan to back-to-back conference championships and three regional appearances in his four years. The Bishops hosted their first regional in 15 years at the end of the 2023 season.
• Finished his career ranking in the top five in program history in RBIs (174), single-season hits (79), and stolen bases (89).

HIGH SCHOOL
• Named Conference Player of the Year and All-State his junior year.
• Also ran track.

PERSONAL
• Son of Chris and Julia.
• Has one brother, Ryan.
• Chose UNC because it is both an elite baseball program and an elite school.