Honors and Awards
- 2023: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2023: ABCA Second Team All-West Region
- 2023: Pac-12 All-Conference
- 2023: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- 2022: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2022: Pac-12 Player of the Week (5/16)
- 2021: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2020: Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
Arizona 2023 (Junior)
Posted the best season of his collegiate career under head coach Chip Hale...Started 58 of the Wildcats 59 games and hit .360 with 68 runs scored, 20 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs, 51 RBI, and a .573 slugging percentage...Voted by the coaches to the Pac-12 All-Conference team...Drew 32 walks for a .432 on-base percentage...One of six Wildcats to notch double-digit home runs, believed to be a program record...Led the team and tied for sixth in the Pac-12 with 20 doubles...Led the team and ranked fourth in the Pac-12 with 91 hits...Worked career-best marks in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and stolen bases...Paced the team with 27 multi-hit games and ranked third with 15 multi-RBI efforts...One of five Wildcats with a hit streak in double digits, boasting an 11-game hit streak...Also logged a 21-game on-base streak that was the third longest on the team in 2023...Posted on of two five-hit performances by a Wildcat in 2023, going 5-for-5 against Arizona State on April 19; first five-hit performance by a Wildcat in over five years...One of three Arizona players to post a three-double performance, accomplishing the feat on May 12 at Stanford (3x5, 2 R, 3 2B, 2 RBI)...Ranked third on the team with a .341 batting average during Pac-12 play...Across 30 starts against conference foes, collected 34 runs, 11 doubles, two triples, three home runs, and 22 RBI...Tied for the team lead with 34 runs scored in Pac-12 play...Started all 58 games in center field and posted a .976 fielding percentage (3 errors) on 126 total chances...Excelled in the classroom as well, earning a CSC Academic All-District selection and a spot on the Pac-12 Spring Honor Roll.
POSTSEASON: Started all six of the Wildcats postseason games and hit .320 with five runs, two doubles, and one RBI...Hit safely in 5-of-6 postseason games.
Arizona 2022 (Sophomore)
Logged a career-high 62 games (61 starts) as a sophomore and hit .277 with 43 runs scored, 12 doubles, seven triples, six home runs, and 47 RBI...Led the Pac-12, paced the team, and ranked tied for four nationally with seven triples...Drew 21 walks and registered a .338 on-base percentage...Performed best when it mattered the most, hitting .347 with 24 runs, seven doubles, two triples, three home runs, and 26 RBI in 30 Pac-12 games...Notched the second best batting average on the team in conference play...Earned career-best marks in runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, and RBI...Named Pac-12 Player of the Week for May 16 after hitting .429 (6x14) with two runs, two doubles, one home run, and five RBI in Arizona's series victory over No. 2 Oregon State...Everyday starting center fielder, with 61 starts at the position...Logged a .985 fielding percentage on 204 chances with one outfield assist.
POSTSEASON: Started all eight games across the Pac-12 Tournament and NCAA Regional, hitting .290 with five runs scored, two doubles, one triple, one home run, and five RBI...Hit a solo home run in Arizona's elimination game victory over Miami at the NCAA Coral Gables Regional...Hit safely in 6-of-8 games with a pair of multi-hit performances against Arizona State (2x4) and Canisius (3x4)...Drove in three runs in elimination game victory over Arizona State at the Pac-12 Tournament.
Arizona 2021 (Freshman)
Logged time in 55 games with 38 starts...Posted a .305 (43x141) batting average with 34 runs scored, seven doubles, one triple, one home run, and 33 RBI...Drew 25 walks and struck out just 29 times...Registered a .417 on-base percentage and a .390 slugging percentage...Started in 21-of-30 Pac-12 contests with 29 total appearances; hit .273 (21x77) with 19 runs, five extra-base hits, and 14 RBI in conference play...Notched 12 multi-hit performances and 10 multi-RBI games...Recorded an 11-game hit streak from April 18 - May 8, the fourth-longest hit streak on the team in 2021...Defensively in the outfield made just three errors on 70 chances for a .957 fielding percentage.
POSTSEASON: Made five appearances with no starts while nursing an injury...Did not record an at-bat but scored two runs, one in the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss and one in the Wildcats College World Series opener versus Vanderbilt.
Arizona 2020 (Freshman)*
Appeared in all 15 of the Wildcats games, with 12 starts...Hit .361 (13x36) with six runs scored, two doubles, one home run, and seven RBI...Notched more walks (9) than strikeouts (5) en route to posting a .478 on-base percentage...His .361 batting average was the third-best mark on the team...Registered four multi-hit games and one multi-RBI performance...Made collegiate debut on Feb. 14 vs. Albany; went 0-for-1...Collected first career hit on Feb. 15 vs. Albany; went 1-for-4 with one run scored, one double, and one RBI...Hit first career home run on Feb. 21 vs. Southern Illinois in the Tony Gwynn Legacy event; collected a career-high three hits in the game (3x3, 1 R, HR, 1 RBI)...All 12 starts came in left field, where he posted a .947 fielding percentage on 19 chances...Following the conclusion of the shortened season, was ranked No. 24 in
D1Baseball 2020 Top Freshmen Hitters list; one of only two Pac-12 players in the Top 25.
High School
Two-sport athlete at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego…Played baseball under head coach Kirk McCaskill…Lettered all four years in baseball, and three years as a RB/LB in football…As a senior, hit .387 with 37 runs scored, 11 doubles, and six home runs…Named second team All-Conference as a junior and earned first team All-Conference as a senior…First team All-City as a junior and senior…Tabbed with All-District and All-Region honors as a sophomore, junior, and senior…Selected as first team All-State after senior year…Across three varsity football seasons ran for 2,906 yards and 44 touchdowns, posting a career average of 111.8 yards per game...Holds San Diego city record for most touchdowns (8) and points (50) scored in a single game…Three year member of Academic Honor Roll as a sophomore, junior, and senior.
Draft
Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 40
th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.
Personal
Sean McPherson Bingham…Son of Roger and Shelley Bingham…Dad played lacrosse and football at Navy…Older brother, Shane, and older sister, Amanda…Cousins Brent and Bob Wheatley played baseball at USC…Cousin Taylor Wheatley played volleyball at USC…Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Economy and Industry…Chose Arizona because, “The coaches are what first got my attention; I really wanted to play for coach Jay. I also felt if my goal was to be a professional baseball player, then this was the best school for me to develop at.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
