Honors and Awards
- 2022: Institute for Sport and Social Justice January Playmaker of the Month
- 2021: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Arizona 2023 (Senior)
Wrapped up collegiate career with appearances in 46 games (35 starts) as a senior...Hit .255 with 26 runs scored, 11 doubles, two triples, and 22 RBI...Came into the season with 22 career RBI and matched his four-year career total in just 141 at-bats...Set career-best marks in games played, starts, batting average, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, triples, and RBI as a senior...Collected eight multi-hit games and five multi-RBI performances...Posted career-best marks in runs (4) and hits (4) on April 8 against Washington (4x5, 4 R, RBI)...Made 26 appearances with 23 starts during Pac-12 play and performed well, hitting .264 with 16 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, and 13 RBI...Defensively, made 25 starts in right field, two in left field, and eight at designated hitter...One of 14 Wildcats to post a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage and led that group with 50 total chances...Also notched a pair of outfield assists.
POSTSEASON: Earned three appearances with one start during Wildcats postseason run...Drew a start in Arizona's opener against TCU at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.
Arizona 2022 (Junior)
Notched time in 36 games with 25 starts as a junior...Hit .212 with 12 runs scored, four doubles, and 11 RBI...Drew 11 walks to lead to a .313 on-base percentage...Logged three multi-hit games and a pair of multi-RBI performances...Drove in a career-high three RBI on March 13 at California (3x5, R, 2B, 3 RBI)...Posted strong numbers in Pac-12 play, hitting .256 with five runs scored, one double, and six RBI across 14 games and 43 at-bats...Started 16 games at second base, five in right field, two in left field, and two in center field.
POSTSEASON: Saw time in six games with no starts...Logged eight at-bats and hit .250 with one run scored...Pinch ran and scored go-ahead run in Arizona's elimination game victory over Miami at the NCAA Coral Gables Regional.
Arizona 2021 (Sophomore)
Saw time in a career-high 39 games with seven starts in his third collegiate campaign...Hit .244 (10x41) with 12 runs scored, one triple, one home run, and seven RBI...Drew five walks and posted a .347 on-base percentage...Picked up one multi-hit game and one multi-RBI performance...Impressed at the plate in limited Pac-12 conference play, hitting .462 (6x13) with six runs, one home run, and four RBI across 18 games (one start)...Swatted first career home run on May 21 at Oregon State, going 1-for-2 with a solo home run...Notched a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage across 22 chances in the outfield...Picked up three outfield assists.
POSTSEASON: Made six appearances and two starts, hitting .154 (2x13) with two runs, one triple, and one RBI...Logged an RBI single on June 4 versus Grand Canyon in the Tucson NCAA Regional...Started game three of the Tucson NCAA Super Regional against Ole Miss and went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a triple...Started the Wildcats College World Series opener versus Vanderbilt.
Arizona 2020 (Sophomore)*
Registered time in 11 games off the bench during sophomore season...Hit .222 (2x9) with four runs scored, one RBI, and one walk...Went a perfect 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts...Primarily served as a late-game pinch hitter and defensive replacement in the outfield...Boasted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
Summer 2019
Spent the summer with the Mankato MoonDogs in the Northwoods League...Played in 49 games and hits .258 with 19 runs scored, five doubles, one triple, two home runs, and 26 RBI...Played with fellow Wildcat teammate Dayton Dooney.
Arizona 2019 (Freshman)
Played in 31 games with one start as a freshman...Registered three hits with one double and three RBI in limited time at the plate...Collected first college RBI on February 16 against UMass Lowell...Notched first college base hit, a single, on February 27 against New Mexico..Went 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI in the first game of a doubleheader on April 20 at No. 2 ranked Oregon State...Served primarily as a late-game defensive replacement in the outfield, where he posted a .913 fielding percentage on 23 chances.
High School
Attended Riverside High School in Leesburg, Virginia as a senior and Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, Virginia as a freshman through junior…Lettered all four years in baseball as an outfielder and lettered twice in hockey as a forward…Named to First-Team All-Conference, First-Team All-District, First-Team All-Region, and First-Team All-State squads as a junior and senior…Selected to USA Today All-America Virginia Team as a junior and senior…Landed on Academic Honor Roll in freshman, junior, and senior seasons.
Personal
Tyler Adam Casagrande…Son of Zach and Gena Casagrande…Zach played baseball at James Madison University, Gena was a member of the James Madison cheerleading team…Has two younger sisters, Carter and Kennedy…Father, Zach, serves as the team orthodontist for the Washington Capitals…Majored in Business Management…Now pursuing graduate degree in Entrepreneurship...Chose Arizona for “the amazing coaching staff, great weather and campus, and a respected baseball program.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
