Tucker Waddups
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- Height:
- 6-4
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- Weight:
- 250
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- Hometown:
- Logansport, IN
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- Position:
- P
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- Year:
- JR
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- High School:
- Pioneer
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Pioneer
Bio
2018 at Taylor: Opened TU career as a key pitcher in the starting rotation, drawing 12 starts and 15 appearances on the mound … Rated third on Taylor with 61 innings of work and second with 60 strikeouts … Logged five wins, including three-straight from February 23 to March 10 … Picked up a strikeout in every appearance, including a season-high 10 against IU South Bend on February 23 … Fanned at least four batters in 10 different contests … Started the season hot, dealing seven innings over two games without giving up a hit or an earned run … Put together four outings without allowing a run … Dominated against non-Crossroads League teams with a 2.03 earned run average and 34 strikeouts during 31 innings of work … Enjoyed success at Winterholter Field, picking up three wins and 33 strikeouts.
2017 at Anderson: Anchored AU rotation during freshman season, taking eight starts and posting a team-leading 2.78 earned-run average … Went 3-4 over 10 appearances, limiting foes to .237 average and piling up 54 strikeouts in 55 innings … Pitched at least five innings and yielded three runs or less in five starts … Fanned career-high 16 hitters over seven innings in a 14-9 win against Mount Saint Joseph on March 31 … Tossed a complete nine-inning game and did not allow an earned run in first collegiate start to record first career win on March 13 against Mount Saint Mary.
Prep: Four-time letterman for Richard Farrer at Pioneer High … Played for Indiana Mustangs and Mike Farrell on club level … Four-time All-Loganland and First-Team All-Hoosier North Athletic Conference standout … Four-time team captain … Set Pioneer career records on mound for ERA, strikeouts and wins … Set Pioneer career records at plate for home runs and runs batted in … Named First-Team All-Indiana as a senior … Also claimed Indiana All-Star, Loganland Player-of-the-Year and HNAC Player-of-the-Year honors.
Personal: Son of Murl and Kim Waddups … Majoring in sport management with a minor in marketing … Transferred to TU from NCAA Division III Anderson University.
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