2026 Baseball Roster
Mateo Serna
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Doral, Fla.
- High School:
- American Heritage HS
2025 (SOPHOMORE)
Saw action in 51 games and started 47 as a sophomore for the Tigers ... The switch-hitting catcher belted nine home runs while driving in 36 runs to rank second on the team in both departments ... Hit .237 and added seven doubles and a triple ... Logged a dozen multi-hit games to tie for second-most on the team ... Notched eight multi-RBI games, good for third most on the team ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI against Binghamton (3/8) ... Homered twice in the SEC series against Ole Miss (3/21, 3/23) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and a pair of RBI against Mississippi State ... Went yard against Alabama in the first round of the SEC Tournament (5/20) ...
2024 (FRESHMAN)
Serna made 28 appearances and started in 26 contests during his freshman season, 16 starts coming as MU's catcher ... recorded 154 putouts on the year ... held a .240 batting average on offense, registering four multi-hit performances ... had a career-high five runs batted in against Missouri State (April 23) ... homered four times as part of his eight extra-base hits, the first coming against Purdue Fort Wayne (March 9).
HIGH SCHOOL
Brought his reputation as a skilled backstop to the Tigers after completing his prep career at American Heritage High School in Florida ... batted .332 with 14 home runs and 79 RBIs for his three-year prep career, including a senior campaign in which he went deep seven times and drove in 38 runs ... delivered an eight-RBI performance vs. Calvary Christian last March as a senior ... rated as the No. 5 catcher in the state of Florida in the class of 2023 by Prep Baseball Report.
PERSONAL
Son of Sergio Serna and Aloemar Beltran ... born October 27, 2004 ... has one sister, Yulianna ... majoring in parks, recreation, sport and tourism at Mizzou.
