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Jersey Number 1
Terrell Tatum
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Collierville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Houston
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 167
Round 16, Pick 485 to Chicago White Sox in 2021 MLB Draft
2021 First Team All-ACC
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
2020 - Junior Season
2019 - Sophomore Season
2018 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
2021 First Team All-ACC
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
- Turned in the best season of his career at the plate, batting .317 with 12 home runs and a .534 slugging percentage
- Made 50 starts in 53 appearances, starting 42 games as the designated hitter and five in the outfield
- Named First Team All-ACC after batting .370 against conference opponents
- Went a career-best 4-for-6 on April 9 at Boston College with two RBIs and two runs scored
- Drove in a season-high three RBIs on four separate occasions (April 4 vs. Clemson, May 2 at Wake Forest, May 16 at Pittsburgh and May 22 vs. Florida State)
- Turned in 18 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI outings
- Had multi-homer games on April 30 at Wake Forest, May 16 at Pittsburgh and May 22 vs. Florida State
- Hit a home run on June 21 vs. Vanderbilt in the College World Series, which proved to be the game-winning run in a 1-0 win
- Held an 11-game reached base streak from March 2 to March 30, and a 15-game reached base streak from April 18 to May 22
- Selected as the 485th pick in the 16th round to the Chicago White Sox in the 2021 MLB Draft
2020 - Junior Season
- Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Played in 12 games, earning the starting nod in the outfield in nine of them
- Batted .292 on the season with seven hits, including a triple vs. UNCW on Feb. 25
- Drove in a run vs. Tennessee Tech on Feb. 23 with a sacrifice fly to left field, and scored eight of his own on the year
- One of six players on the team to draw double-digit walks with 10
- Finished tied for second on the team with seven stolen bases, including a 3-for-3 outing vs. Longwood on Feb. 18
2019 - Sophomore Season
- Appeared in 47 games, and earned the starting nod in 23 of them in the outfield
- Batted .207 with 19 hits, including a pair of doubles and pair of homers
- Tallied five multi-hit and four multi-RBI games
- His best outing of the season was on April 30 vs. UNCW when he went 2-for-5 with a single and home run, four RBIs, four putouts and an outfield assist
2018 - Freshman Season
- Appeared in 45 games, starting 22 of those contests at designated hitter
- Compiled a .271 batting average in his freshman season to go along with 23 hits
- Scored 25 runs and also had 10 RBI
- Recorded a .427 on-base percentage with 24 walks
- Finished the season 9-of-11 on stolen base attempts
- Enjoyed his best performance of the year against Notre Dame, as he was 3-for-3 with a career-best five RBI
- Put together an 11-game reached base safely streak and tallied an eight-game hitting streak
- Charted five multi-hit games
High School / Prep Career
- Batted .438 with six homers, 44 RBIs and 54 runs scored as a senior
- Recorded a school-record 35 steals in 2017
- Named a Class AAA all-state selection from the Tennessee Sports Writers Association
- Scored the second most runs in a single season in school history and posted the fifth-highest batting average
- Dad, Terry, played football at Arkansas from 1982-85.