Biography
Arizona 2023 (Junior)
Set career-high marks in nearly every counting stat across 35 games (33 starts) as a junior...Hit .331 with 19 runs scored, 13 doubles, one triple, one home run, 17 RBI, a .466 slugging percentage, and a .404 on-base percentage...Split time at catcher with teammate Tommy Splaine...Picked up multiple hits in 11 games and drove in multiple RBI four times...Posted a pair of four-hit games early in the season, setting his career high: Feb. 28 against California Baptist (4x5, R, 2B, 4 RBI) and March 4 against North Dakota State (4x6,R, 2B, 2 RBI)...Opened the year hitting .423 across his first 13 games (12 starts), going 22-for-52 with eight doubles and 11 RBI over that stretch...Made 17 starts during conference play, hitting .292 with 10 runs scored, five doubles, one home run, and five RBI...Started 29 games at catcher and four at designated hitter...Defensively, logged a .984 fielding percentage on 255 total chances behind the plate. POSTSEASON: Made two appearances with one start during the Wildcats postseason run, hitting .333 (2x6) with a pair of singles...Started against Oregon State at the Pac-12 Tournament and went 1-for-5...Entered as a defensive replacement in elimination game against Santa Clara at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional and went 1-for-1.
Arizona 2022 (Sophomore)
Saw time in 18 games with eight starts...Hit .303 with 11 runs scores, four doubles, one triple, and one RBI...Drew five walks and posted a .395 on-base percentage...Earned first career start on Feb. 27 against Milwaukee and went 3-for-4 with one run, one double, and one triple...Hit a double in three consecutive starts from April 10–23, batting .500 (6x12) with five runs scored over that stretch...Made four appearances (all starts) in Pac-12 play and hit .429 with seven runs, three doubles, and one RBI...Made one start and catcher and seven at designated hitter. POSTSEASON: Made five appearances with two starts during Arizona's postseason run.
Arizona 2021 (Freshman)
Made five appearances in his first season with the Wildcats...Hit .333 (1x3) in limited plate appearances...Made collegiate debut on Feb. 28 versus SE Louisiana and went 1-for-1...Caught four innings and registered a 2.25 catcher ERA (1ERx4.0IP)...Perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on three chances. POSTSEASON: Did not make postseason appearances.
Before Arizona
Attended Chandler-Gilbert Community College in 2020…Played in 15 games at CGCC and hit .268 with five runs, six RBI, and two stolen bases in shortened 2020 season…Prepped at Basha High School in Gilbert, Arizona…Lettered three years in baseball as a catcher and first baseman under head coach Jim Schilling…Selected to 2019 Perfect Game Preseason All-America team…All-Conference as a junior and senior…All-District Chandler Unified School District as a junior and senior…All-Premier Region as a junior and senior.
Personal
Cameron David LaLiberte…Son of Brian and Dawn LaLiberte…One younger brother, Chase…Enjoys woodworking in his free time…Built a 40-foot pergola in his backyard; hung a net on it and used it as a batting cage…Majoring in Physiology & Medical Services with an emphasis in Exercise & Extreme Physiology…Chose Arizona because, “It has always been my dream school and it offered the ability to stay in-state and close to home.”
