Longwood University Athletics

2026: Relief pitcher who made 18 appearances and earned CSC Academic All-District honors…Held a 3.63 ERA with 24 strikeouts against 15 walks in 17.1 innings of work while going 1-0…Made 12 scoreless appearances…Helped Longwood win five games in the Big South Tournament for the first time in team history, advancing to the Big South Championship game and finishing as runner-up…The team won 34 games, tying its Division I record…Had his best performance of the season in his final outing, going a career-long scoreless 3.2 innings against USC Upstate (May 24) in the Big South Championship game to force the ‘If Necessary’ game while striking out five against one hit and two walks…Earned the win against Presbyterian (April 18) by recording the final out via strikeout in the top of the ninth in a walkoff win…
 
Prior to Longwood: Played as a redshirt-freshman last season at VCU...Made seven appearances on the mound, throwing 7.0 innings...Struck out 10 and held opposing batters to a .200 batting average...Had a 14.14 ERA while walking 14...Redshirted in 2024 when the team won the A-10 Championship...

High School: Played baseball for four years at Fluvanna and helped lead the team to the state tournament as a junior...The team also finished as district runner-up in his senior season...2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-American and Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American...Helped win the 2020 WWBA Sophomore World Championship...Won the 2022 WWBA 17U Coastal Summer Championship...

Personal: Son of Erick and Denise Gomez...Has four siblings: Sabrina, Samantha, Carolina and Vanessa...Father, Erick, played baseball at Cal Poly Pomona...Member of the Dean's List and Athletic Directors Honor Roll...Aspires to be a director of information systems when his baseball career concludes...Favorite athlete is Fernando Tatis, Jr....Hobbies include graphic design, music and hiking...