Honors and Awards
- 2023: Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
- 2023: Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team
- 2021: Tucson NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2021: Pac-12 Player of the Week (6/1)
- 2019: Major League Dreams Showcase selection
Arizona 2023 (Senior)
Posted career best year in final collegiate season...Started 51 games and hit .328 with 42 runs, 14 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, 42 RBI, and a .591 slugging percentage...Earned Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention selection...Also drew 16 walks for a .396 on-base percentage...Posted career-high marks in games played, starts, batting average, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, and slugging percentage...One of six Wildcats to notch double-digit home runs, believed to be a program record...One of six qualified batters to post a batting average over .300...Collected multiple hits in 18 games and registered 10 multi-RBI efforts...One of three players to notch a three-double game, on April 7 against Washington (3x5, 2 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI)...Drove in a career-high six RBI on April 22 against Utah (3x5, 3 R, HR, 6 RBI)...One of five Wildcats to record a hit streak of 10+ games, working a 10-game streak...Also put together a 13-game on-base streak and reached base safely in each of his last 11 collegiate games...Injured on March 25 at Arizona State and exited the game; was hitting .203 on the year at the time of his injury...Over his final 33 games hit .395 (51x129) with 37 runs, nine doubles, 11 home runs, and 38 RBI to raise batting average to final mark of .328...Led the program in Pac-12 play, hitting .364 over 26 starts...Also collected 23 runs, seven doubles, five home runs, and 22 RBI against conference opponents...Made 47 starts at third base and four at designated hitter...Defensively, posted a .918 fielding percentage on 110 total chances.
POSTSEASON: For a third straight year, posted some of his best performances of the year during the postseason...Started all six games and led the team with a .381 batting average...Added seven runs, two doubles, two home runs, and four RBI in the postseason...His 16 total bases were tied for second on the team...Earned a spot on the Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team after hitting safely in all four games in Scottsdale to post a .500 (7x14) batting average and collect seven runs, two doubles, two home runs, and four RBI...Started both of Arizona's games at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.
Arizona 2022 (Junior)
Made 44 starts for the Wildcats...Missed majority of opening month of the season due to injury...Finished the year hitting .247 with 22 runs scored, eight doubles, one triple, five home runs, and 22 RBI...Drew 18 walks and posted a .333 on-base percentage...Tallied 12 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI performances...Swatted season-high two home runs, his first of the year, on April 5 at Arizona State (2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI)...Started 35 games at third base.
POSTSEASON: Came alive across eight postseason starts, hitting .310 with four runs, three doubles, one home run, and six RBI...Drew five walks for a .400 on-base percentage...Swatted a solo home run in Arizona's elimination game against Miami at the NCAA Coral Gables Regional.
Arizona 2021 (Sophomore)
Saw time in 47 games with 39 starts, playing almost exclusively at third base...Posted a .298 batting average with 28 runs, eight doubles, three triples, seven home runs, and 30 RBI...One of five Arizona regulars to slug over .500 with a .546 slugging percentage...Drew 15 walks for a .369 on-base percentage...Collected 10 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI performances...Drove in a season-high five RBI on May 28 vs. Dixie State; finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs, one double, two home runs, and five RBI...Dixie State game was first of two career multi-HR games, with the second coming five games later in the Tucson Super Regional opener vs. Ole Miss; went 3-for-4 with three runs, one triple, two home runs, and two RBI...Hit 6-of-7 home runs on the year during a six-game stretch from May 28 - June 11; drove in 12 RBI over that stretch...Defensively, logged a .896 fielding percentage on 77 chances and helped turn two double plays.
POSTSEASON: Major contributor to the Wildcats tournament run, hitting .382 (13x34) with nine runs, two triples, four home runs, and nine RBI across eight starts...Named to the Tucson NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after going 7-for-12 with four runs, one triple, two home runs, and five RBI...Picked up five hits and four RBI across three games in the Super Regional vs. Ole Miss...Collected one hit, one walk, and two runs scored at the College World Series.
Arizona 2020 (Sophomore)*
Saw time in 14 games (11 starts) with the Cats in sophomore campaign...Hit .133 (4x30) with four runs scored and eight RBI...Also drew nine walks and posted a .372 on-base percentage...Picked up multiple hits and one RBI on March 1 vs. Rhode Island (2x4, 1 RBI, SB)...Went a perfect 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts...Spent time defensively at third base.
Summer 2019
Logged time in 59 games for the La Crosse Loggers in the Northwoods League...Hit .279 with 30 runs scored, 15 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, and 42 RBI...Ranked second on the team behind fellow Cat Ryan Holgate in home runs and RBI.
Arizona 2019 (Freshman)
Played in 36 games with 21 starts as a freshman...Hit .301 (25x83) with 23 runs scored, seven doubles, one triple, two home runs, and 17 RBI...Registered a .482 slugging percentage and a .412 on-base percentage...Recorded multiple hits in six games and multiple RBI in four games...Went 3-for-4 with one run scored and a career-high three RBI on April 30 against New Mexico State..Went 2-for-3 with four runs scored and two doubles on May 23 at Washington State...Saw time on defense at third base, second base, and first base, posting a .985 fielding percentage along the way.
High School
Prepped at John W. North High School in Riverside, Calif…Lettered all four years in baseball while pitching and playing third base, shortstop, and first base…Combined to hit .317 with 32 doubles, 19 home runs, and 78 RBI in four seasons…On the mound went 17-10 with a 2.20 ERA…Named team’s Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior…Selected to First-Team All-State as a junior, Second-Team All-State as a senior and sophomore.
Personal
Antonio Bailey Bullard…Father, Kim, and mother, Blanca…One younger brother, Jesse…Majoring in General Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Society…Came to Arizona because he “wanted to be in a winning atmosphere, with the greatest coaching staff in the world.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
