Ethan Lizama

PRIOR TO CAROLINA

• Attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky., for two seasons
• Conference USA Championship Most Valuable Player (2025)
• Conference USA All-Tournament Team (2024, ’25)
• Played in 60 games with 56 starts for the Hilltoppers in 2025, hitting .336 with 15 home runs, 18 doubles, four triples, 60 RBI, 56 runs scored and six stolen bases
• Hit .389 with seven RBI in the 2025 Conference USA Tournament to earn MVP honors
• Had six three-hit games and eight three-RBI games as a senior
• Went 7-for-15 with two home runs, one triple, one double, six runs scored and six RBI in the New Mexico State series (May 9-11, 2025)
• Had a walk-off double in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament against New Mexico State (May 21, 2025)
• Hit .309 with 16 doubles, a team-best nine home runs, 39 runs scored and 42 RBI in 2024 for WKU
• Had two home runs in the Conference USA Tournament game against Dallas Baptist (May 25, 2024)
• Had five hits against Austin Peay (March 12, 2024), the most in a single game for a WKU player since 2018
• Played two years at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Fla., appearing in 92 games over two seasons
• Had 17 home runs, 96 RBI, 71 runs scored and eight stolen bases in his Gulf Coast State career
• Prepped at Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, Calif., where he lettered in five sports (baseball, basketball, football, soccer and volleyball)
• Named to the All-Island first team
• Also played baseball at Notre Dame High School in Talo’fo’fo, Guam, as a freshman
• IIAAG First Team (2019)

PERSONAL

• Born on March 26, 2003
• Son of Jesse and Elizabeth Lizama
• Earned a degree in exercise sciences from Western Kentucky