Selected in the 36th round by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … Threw out a school record 46 would-be base stealers for his career, an impressive 44.2 percent (46-of-107) … Also finished his career ranked second in the CCU career record books in sacrifice hits (39), most fielding chances (1,296) and most putouts (1,173) … A 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection … A two-time Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List member (2016-17, 2017-18) and a two-time Big South Presidential Honor Roll member (2014-15, 2015-16).
2018 (Senior): Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 36th round (1,075th pick) in the 2018 MLB Draft … Played in 56 games, starting 45 contests behind the plate for CCU … Hit .252 with two home runs, 12 doubles, 23 RBIs and 24 runs scored … Totaled 39 base hits on the season … Was second on the team with 10 sacrifice bunts … Threw out 63.9 percent (23-of-36) would-be base stealers on the season which ranked second in the nation … One of just six catchers in all of NCAA DI to throw out 50 percent or more would-be base stealers … Also led the Sun Belt by throwing out 23 would-be base stealers … Led the league with six pick offs from the catcher position … Made just one error and posted a .998 fielding percentage behind the plate … Totaled seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games on the year … Recorded a season-high nine-game hitting streak on the year … Closed his career out reaching base safely in each of his last 10 games as a Chant … Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and run scored versus No. 17 Indiana (Feb. 19) … Was 1-for-4 with a grand slam, which proved to be the game-winner, versus Radford (March 4) … Went 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored versus UConn (March 13) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the win at No. 10 Clemson (March 20) … Was a combined 4-for-10 with a home run, two RBIs and three runs scored in the series versus No. 30 Texas State (March 23-25) … Came off the bench to go 1-for-2 with a double, a walk and score a run in the road win at Wake Forest (April 10) … Drove in the lone two runs of the game (1-for-4, double) in the series opening 4-2 loss at Troy (April 13) … Went a combined 3-for-9 (hitting safely in each game) with a double, two walks, two RBIs and three runs scored in the three-game series sweep at home over ULM (April 27-29) … Went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale 10-3 win at Louisiana (May 6) … Was a combined 3-for-9 with a double and run scored in the two wins over Appalachian State (May 18-19) … In the start versus UT Arlington, he went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a sac bunt and a run scored … Was on fire in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament, going 7-for-16 with four doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored … Went 1-for-2 with a walk, a sacrifice bunt, an RBI and two runs scored in the 16-1 win over LIU Brooklyn in the NCAA Regional … Also was 1-for-3 with a double, hit-by-pitch and a run scored in the loss to No. 30 Washington in the NCAA Regionals … A 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection … Named to the 2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.
2017 (Junior): Played in 52 games, starting 41 ... Ranked third in the NCAA (first in the Sun Belt) with 17 sacrifice bunts ... Ended the season in fine fashion as he batted .311 (14-for-45) over his last 16 games of 2017 ... Had a hit in 12 of the 16 games ... Specifically, in the final weekend series versus Appalachian State, he closed the season by going 2-for-6, hitting an RBI single in the opener and a two-run home run in the finale ... In that regular season finale, he laid down sac bunts (third and fifth innings) with Josh Crump coming around to score both times ... Then, in the seventh inning and CCU up 2-1, he hit a two-run home run which proved to be the difference ... Had a career weekend versus Arkansas State and was a Sun Belt Player of the Week candidate ... Batted .417 (5-for-12) with three runs, two home runs and seven RBIs, a walk and a stolen base ... Entered that weekend with just 27 RBIs in first 102 career games (seven for the weekend) and zero career home runs (two for the weekend) ... In game one versus A-State, CCU only had four hits in 6.2 innings until Beaird hit his first career home run to give CCU 2-0 lead in eventual 5-0 win ... In game two, had a career-high five RBIs and hit his second career home run -- a three-run shot to give CCU 6-0 lead in the fourth ... Added RBI singles in the fifth and seventh innings ... In game three, walked and scored what proved to be the game winner ... Was the lone bright spot in 11-3 loss to James Madison, going 2-for-3 with a run scored ... Hit a game-winning, two-run, walk-off single in 9-8 win over George Mason ... Had CCU's first hit -- an RBI single in the seventh inning -- of game two of Illinois doubleheader, a game CCU eventually won 6-0 ... Even though he struck out in his only plate appearance as pinch hitter in game two vs. Louisiana, he reached first on that at bat by a wild pitch and eventually scored the game-winning run the 9-8 walk-off win ... Was 2-for-5 with a double in the ULM opener and was 1-for-4 with a double, run scored and RBI in game two ... At UTA, he was 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored in the opener and was 1-for-3 with a walk in game two.
2016 (Sophomore): Played in 59 games, starting 46 as the primary catcher for the season ... Helped CCU rank fourth in the NCAA in sacrifice bunts as he laid down 12 sac bunts and the runner he advanced scored 11 times with the lone exception coming in the loss to TCU in CCU's game two of the College World Series ... Only batted .208 for the season but his defensive role was unmeasurable ... In fact, when CCU pitching coach Drew Thomas had to miss the South Carolina game, Beaird called the complete game in a 4-2 loss ... Only made three errors and went gone error-free in his final 35 games ... Threw out 12 base stealers and teams only attempted to steal 32 times with Beaird behind the plate ... Reached base 33.3 percent of the time (9-of-27 opportunities) when leading off an inning and eight of his 18 RBIs came with two outs ... Was called on to sac bunt versus Marshall, but ended up getting a bunt single and scored to help CCU's rally in the win ... Was 1-for-2 with two RBIs, two runs scored and two walks in the Wake Forest win ... His two-run single in the seventh gave CCU a 7-2 lead and proved to be the game winner as WF scored four in the ninth in CCU's 7-6 win ... Drove in the game-winning run with a sac fly in the sixth inning at UNC Wilmington (Mar. 16) ... Went 2-for-3 in games one and two of the Gardner-Webb series with two RBIs in game one and two runs scored in game two ... Played a key role in the win over College of Charleston as he was 1-for-1 with an RBI and a safety squeeze RBI ... Also walked and scored ... On defense, picked off a runner on first and threw out a base stealer ... In CCU's other win over CofC, he was 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored ... Although he was 1-for-3 with a double in game two of Campbell series, it was his sac bunt in the ninth that led CCU to the victory ... On the bunt, Campbell tried to throw out Seth Lancaster at third but it was late and errant, allowing Lancaster to score for 6-5 walk-off win ... At NCAA Regional, walked and scored versus Saint Mary's ... Was 1-for-2 with a walk in CCU's 4-0 win over NC State ... Had an RBI ground out to give CCU a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning in the "if necessary" win over NC State ... At Baton Rouge Super regional, he started game one and executed a safety squeeze to record CCU's 11th run ... At the College World Series, he played in three games, starting two and was 1-for-5 with a walk and sac bunt.
2015 (Freshman): Played in 22 games with seven starts, including the 2015 Big South Championship game and all three CCU games at the NCAA College Station Regional ... Only made one error in 96 attempts ... Was penciled into the starting lineup of the Big South Championship just minutes before first pitch due to an injury to Casey Schroeder and delivered an RBI single to give CCU a 4-0 lead ... Had an RBI single in his lone at bat in a win over Winthrop (Mar. 27) ... In his collegiate debut, went 1-for-1 with a run scored versus Canisius (Feb. 16) ... Was 1-for-1 with a stolen base in game one of a doubleheader at Presbyterian ... In a start versus Albany, was 0-for-5, but delivered an RBI and scored a run ... In a win at High Point (Apr. 13), was hit by a pitch and later scored.
High School: Named to the Johnson City Press Super 22 ... Batted .329 while driving in 21 runs ... As a junior, batted .261 with two doubles and 14 RBI.
