2022 (R-Senior): Appeared in 43 games with 39 starts: six in right field, two in left, and the remaining 31 in center ... Hit .283 with 41 hits, 30 runs scored, 18 RBIs, seven doubles, one triple, and three home runs ... Tied Ashton King and Bryce Hodge with 19 walks, second-most on the team ... Carried a season-long seven-game hit streak from the end of March to early April, including back-to-back three-hit games against George Washington (3/27) and Radford (3/29) ... Recorded his third three-hit game of the season against VMI (4/23), a game that saw a career-high three runs scored ... Drew his third career three-walk game against UNC Asheville (5/10), one of five Buccaneers to accomplish that this season ... After March 26, never went back-to-back games without a hit.
2021 (Senior): Beam made 48 starts in 2021 with 47 of them being in the outfield and one at DH … He hit .240 and held a .351 on-base percentage and slugging percentage … The senior outfielder tallied seven doubles, four home runs, and 22 RBI … The Knoxville native tallied his 100th career hit at NC Central (March 12) … Drove in a season-high three RBI at VMI (3/20) and at App State (5/11) and drew three walks on March 5 (Eastern Kentucky) … He led the team with 31 walks, seven more than any other player and 10th in the SoCon.
2020 (Junior)*: Started in 10 games during the shortened season … Logged three multi-hit games … Tied a career-high with six RBI against Wagner (3/7) … Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in ETSU’s win over Clemson (2/25) … Finished the season with a .314 batting average with 11 hits in 36 at-bats … Recorded a team-high 14 RBI throughout the season … His seven doubles were tied for a team-best and ranked seventh in the SoCon.
2019 (Sophomore): Played in and started 44 games — 43 in center field and one in left ... Batted .275 for the season while ranking third on the team in slugging percentage (.383) and on-base percentage (.374) ... Finished with 46 hits in 167 at-bats, nine doubles, three homers, 31 runs, and 25 RBI ... Stole seven bases in eight attempts ... Drove in a season-high and career-high six RBI during a 14-3 win over VMI on April 6, batting 4-for-5 with a homer, a double and three runs scored ... Was the only ETSU player to have multiple four-hit games in 2019 (at VMI, April 6 and vs. UNCG, May 5) ... Had ETSU's second longest hitting streak of the season at 10 games from March 30 through April 13 ... Was instrumental in ETSU's run in the Southern Conference tournament, batting 6-for-15 (.400) with four runs scored and at least one hit in each game.
2018 (Freshman): Played in 38 games with 31 starts as a true freshman ... Selected to the 2018 All-Southern Conference freshman team ... Batted .283 for the season and .292 in conference play with six doubles and two homers — both of which came in back-to-back innings vs. VMI ... One of three ETSU players to post a .400-plus on-base percentage, ending the season at .401 ... Was the only ETSU player to make starts at all three outfield positions, primarily manning left field with 20 starts.
Prior to ETSU: Lettered four years for the Bearden High School baseball team in Knoxville, Tenn. for head coach John Rice ... Hit .459 with seven dingers as a sophomore in 2015 ... Continued successful sophomore campaign on the mound with a 1.80 ERA ... Capped his senior season with a .380 batting average and five homers ... 2015 District 4-AAA MVP and 2015 TBCA all-state ... Four-year all-district member ... 2017 PrepXtra team ... Named to the super-freshman team.
Personal: Born September 8, 1998 … Son of Meredith and Andy Beam … Majoring in Finance.
*2020 season was shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic
