2016 Season Highs

• 4.0 innings pitched vs. Emory on Mar. 12, 2016
• 4 strikeouts (3x)

Career Highs

• 4.1 innings pitched vs. Pitt-Greensburg on April 10, 2015
• 5 strikeouts vs. NYU on March 12, 2015
• 4.1 scoreless innings pitched vs. Pitt-Greensburg on April 10, 2015

2016: Appeared in 14 games out of the bullpen for the Spartans during the season… Recorded a 2-1 record with a save, and his 0.67 earned run average was a program record… Struck out 25 batters in 27 innings of work, and held the opposition to a .172 batting average… Allowed an earned run in only two outings during the year… Opponents hit just .094 (three-for-32) with two outs in an inning… Selected to the UAA All-Tournament Team after allowing just one run in 10.0 innings of work during his four tournament appearances… Had five outings of at least two scoreless innings… Struck out a season-high four batters on three occasions… Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team and the Academic All-District squad… Also earned UAA All-Academic honors.

2015: Appeared in 15 games out of the bullpen during his junior season…went 4-1 with a 2.79 ERA…held opponents to a .219 batting average, allowing 23 hits and ten walks over 29.0 innings of work…pitched a pair of scoreless innings with three strikeouts and just one hit allowed against Emory on March 9…had seven-consecutive scoreless outings, spanning 11.0 innings, between March 25 and April 15…pitched 4.1 hitless innings with two strikeouts against Pitt-Greensburg on April 10…earned UAA All-Academic recognition.

2014: Pitched in 12 games with one start…earned UAA All-Academic honors...went 2-0 and struck out 12 batters in 15.2 innings pitched…threw 2.1 shutout innings in relief in game two of a doubleheader at Ohio Wesleyan on March 22.

2013: Made seven relief appearances as a freshman…did not allow a run in four appearances, including a season-best 3.1 innings of shutout ball with three strikeouts in game one of a doubleheader versus Wooster on April 7.

Personal: Earned three varsity letters at West Springfield High School…member of 2010 Virginia High School League AAA State Championship team…2012 first-team All-Patriot District and All-Northern Region Honorable Mention at pitcher…2012 Washington Post All-Metropolitan Honorable Mention…2012 Northern Region Champions…graduated with honors…AP Scholar with Distinction…son of Bruce and Kim Tagg.