Nathan Targgart

Bio

2018 at Taylor: Posted another historic season, competing and starting in 58 games for Taylor … Led the TU offensive attack with a .386 average, 85 hits, 20 doubles, 63 RBI, 123 total bases, a .559 slugging percentage and career-highs of 29 walks and a .455 on-base percentage … Rested atop the Crossroads League in hits, total bases and runs batted in … Recorded 17 more runs batted in than the second-ranked student-athlete in the CL … Notched a 10-game hitting streak from February 14 to March 6 … Grabbed multiple hits in 25 contests, including a 2-for-5 day with two home runs and six RBI against Mount Vernon on May 4, helping him earn a Crossroads League Player-of-the-Week honor … Recorded 17 multi-RBI games, including 20 RBI in a four-game span from April 28 to May 4 … Knocked a homer in three-straight contests during the same stretch … Ranked 22nd for RBI, 23rd for hits and 29th for doubles in the NAIA … Crushed top-tier opponents, batting .455 with five runs against ranked squads … Went 73-for-157 in 44 TU victories, posting a .465 average, .701 slugging percentage and 59 RBI … Honored with a pair of Crossroads League Player-of-the-Week awards … Selected to First-Team All-Crossroads League … Excelled in the classroom as a NAIA Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Crossroads League recipient.

2017 at Taylor: Turned in one of most prolific hitting seasons in Taylor history, while starting all 56 games … Set TU single-season program records with 94 hits and 26 doubles … Added additional career-highs with 229 at bats, 47 runs, 10 home runs, 37 extra-base hits, 63 runs batted in, 152 total bases, a .410 batting average, and a .664 slugging percentage … Led TU in games started, at bats, hits, doubles, extra-base hits, RBI and total bases … Topped the Crossroads League in batting average, hits, RBI, doubles and total bases … Rated second in CL for slugging, fifth in homers and ninth in runs scored … Production matched up with anyone on NAIA level, ranking second in doubles and fifth in hits in the nation … Also finished 19th in total bases, 36th in average and 37th in RBI among all NAIA batters … Feasted against non-league pitching for .458 average … Batted .465 in Taylor’s 35 wins … Clubbed nine-of-10 homers while at home, posting .414 average, .758 slugging and 40 RBI over 32 games at Winterholter Field … Ripped off a 34-game hitting streak from February 10 through April 11 … Batted .429 with 24 extra-base hits, 34 runs, 37 RBI and 17-multi-hit games during that stretch … Collected 27 multi-hit games … Went hitless in only five-of-56 contests … Had at least one run or one RBI in 41-of-56 games, as TU went 31-10 when he produced at least one run compared to 4-11 when he did not … Collected five hits and drove home five in Taylor’s 20-10 win at USF on April 15 … Selected to All-Crossroads Leage Team … Named Honorable Mention All-American … Voted to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for outstanding work in the classroom.

2016 at Taylor: Started 57-of-58 games played during freshman season … Made immediate impact on middle of Taylor lineup while earning time at the infield corners and designated hitter slots … Hit .337 over 193 at bats with four home runs among 17 extra-base hits and a team-leading 52 runs batted in … Second on roster with 65 hits, 91 total bases and a .472 slugging percentage … Third in lineup in average, extra-base hits and home runs, as well as with 12 doubles … Ended second in Crossroads League in RBI, fourth in hits, fifth in total bases and ninth in doubles … Also rated among the league’s top-20 in batting average, slugging percentage, home runs and total runs scored with 30 … Registered 18 multi-hit games and 14 multiple-RBI outings … Had at least three hits in a single game seven times … Belted first collegiate home run in TU’s 7-3 win over No. 7 Lindsey Wilson on March 4 … Reached base safely in 16 of first 19 collegiate games and in 43 games total … Feasted on non-league pitching to tune of .398 average and 1.050 OPS over 26 games … Also saw the ball well at Winterholter Field with .390 average, .958 OPS and 30 runs batted in over 25 games on the home turf … Named First-Team All-Crossroads League.

Prep: Four-time varsity letterman for head coach Kevin Kinnison at Blackhawk Christian High … Led team in several offensive categories over all four seasons … Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Ed and Debbie Targgart … Majoring in finance … Prep teammate of current TU sophomore pitcher, Kole Barkhaus, during playing days at Blackhawk Christian.