Beau Root

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Washington Depot, Conn.
Prev School:
Middlebury College
High School:
The Taft School

2025 Season: Played in 40 games and made 29 starts in the outfield and at designated hitter. Hit .341 with three doubles, one triple, five homers and 26 RBI. Added 33 runs scored, 17 walks and four stolen bases. Collected his first hit at UConn at FAU (2/22). Had a four-hit game at No. 17 North Carolina (3/19). Registered a pair of three-hit efforts at UNC Greensboro (3/21-3/23). HIt his first home run, a three-run shot, in a win at Xavier (3/29). Recorded a three-hit game at Boston College (4/15). Hit an inside the park home run at Dunkin' Park against UMass (4/22). Hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning at Villanova (5/2) to lead the Huskies to series opening win. Followed it up with four hits including two doubles, three runs scored and two runs batted in at Villanova (5/3). Homered against Creighton (5/24) in the BIG EAST Championship game.

2024 Summer Ball: Played in 29 games for the Vermont Mountaineers in the New England Colligate Baseball League. Slashed .247/.369/.409. Recorded 23 hits including four triples and two home runs while knocking in 16…Hit a home run and drove in two vs Keene (6/14)…Went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs vs Bristol (7/23).

2022-2024 Seasons (Middlebury College): 2024 First Team All-NESCAC. 2024 ABCA Second Team All-Region. During the 2024 season, he led the NESCAC in runs scored (55), hits (63) and co-led in total bases (100). Set program record with 15 career triples and set single-season record wth 55 runs scored. Second in Middlebury history with 61 stolen bases and 63 hits.

Personal: Parents are Kathy and Matthew. Has one sister, Leigh.