Eagle Passan Tres Barrera of Texas Longhorns wins 2014 College Home Run Derby

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

Eagle Passan Tres Barrera of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns Baseball Team won the 2014 College Home Run Derby on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska with a total of 41 home runs.

Barrera defeated seven other collegiate home run sluggers to earn the coveted 2014 College Home Run Derby broadcast live on ESPN on July 3rd.

Barrera belted 16 home runs in the first round to advance to the second round where he hit another five home runs totaling 21 to advance him into the finals against former high school teammate and Texas Tech University Red Raider Eric Gutierrez.

Barrera slammed 25 home runs in the final round while Gutierrez could only muster 18 home runs earning Barrera the 2014 College Home Run Derby with a total of 41.

Barrera took his father, Felipe Barrera, Jr., as his Home Run Derby pitcher and the two connected with another, one pitching and the other hitting them out of the park.

Barrera led the Texas Longhorns to the 2014 College World Series falling one game shy of the Championship Series. Barrera enjoyed a stellar freshman College Baseball season earning Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team honors and recently was named to the 2014 Second Team All-American Team by Perfect Game.

Barrera was born and raised in Eagle Pass, Texas but graduated from Mission Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas, where he was an All-American High School catcher and an All-State Shortstop, Pitcher, and Catcher. Barrera is the son of Sylvia and Felipe Barrera, Jr.

The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates Texas Longhorn Tres Barrera on winning the 2014 College Home Run Derby and wishes him great success in his future endeavors.