University of Missouri Athletics

CAREER HONORS

• 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2020 Collegiate Baseball News Second-Team All-American
• 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2018 WCC All-Freshman Team
• 2017 WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll (Bronze)

JUNIOR (2020)

• Outstanding in first-year shortened campaign at Mizzou, hitting incredible .457 (21-for-46) with seven runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and four stolen bases
• Eye-popping .457 average paced the Southeastern Conference and ranked ninth in the NCAA
• 1.62 H/G ranked second in SEC, top 50 in the country
• Also recorded outstanding 1.196 OPS (.544 on-base percentage, .652 slugging percentage)
• .544 OBP ranked fifth in SEC and 24th in NCAA
• Exceptional definsively as well at first base, committing only one error in 113 chances (.991 fielding percentage)
• Paced Mizzou with seven multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests
• Throughout the season, recorded a team-high 10-game hitting streak and 11-game safely reached base streak
• Crushed right-handed pitchers at phenomenal .500 (15-for-30) clip, while hitting .375 (6-for-16) against left-handers
• Unbelievable situational hitting statistics, batting .458 (11-for-24) with runners on base and .429 (6-for-14) with two outs
• Produced multi-hit efforts seven times across his 12 games started
• Exceptional in Tigers' weekend in Houston against Big 12 competition, ultimately being named to 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic All-Tournament Team
• Across three contests at Minute Maid Park, hit .538 (7-for-11) with two runs scored, two doubles and nine total bases

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE / PEPPERDINE (2019)

• Appeared in 31 games (30 starts) in final season at Pepperdine as team's primary designated hitter
• Another productive season at the plate, hitting .309 (38-for-123) with 18 runs scored, seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 20 RBI
• Recorded 11 multi-hit games, highlighted by career-high five hit performance at San Francisco (May 5)
• Produced an RBI in 13 total contests, including four multi-RBI performances
• Big day at the plate at BYU (April 11), launching a home run and season-high four RBI

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN / PEPPERDINE (2018)

• Big first full season in Waves lineup, leading to WCC All-Freshman Team honors
• Became program's 24th all-time WCC All-Freshman Team honoree
• Paced the Waves with a .318 average, becoming the first Pepperdine hitter to eclipse a .300 average since 2015
• Recorded 54 total hits, 33 runs scored, 12 doubles and 20 RBI
• Paced the team with impressive 21 multi-hit efforts 
• Outstanding definsively as well, tallying a .994 fielding percentage while committing only two errors all season

FRESHMAN / PEPPERDINE (2017)

• Received NCAA medical redshirt after injury-shortened first-year campaign
• Before suffering injury, appeared in nine games (eight starts)
• Hit .222 with six total hits, three runs scored, three doubles and four RBI in limited action
• Produced season-high three RBI against C-SUN (Feb. 21)
• Produced first career multi-hit game versus Saint Joseph's (Feb. 19)

HIGH SCHOOL (WESTSIDE)

• Played three years at varsity level at Westside High School under head coach Michael Barrow
• Competed with Texas Drillers club team during summer months

PERSONAL

• Originally born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Son of Timothy Belk (father) and Tamika McCuistion (mother)
• Siblings: Cooper (brother), Mox (brother) and Jax (brother)
• Father played collegiate baseball at Texas (1991), earning SWC All-Tournament honors. Was later selected in the 15th Round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds
• Pursuing General Studies degree at the University of Missouri