Tanner Watson
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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Weight:
- 190
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- Hometown:
- Granger, IN
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- Position:
- C/OF
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- Year:
- SO
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- High School:
- Elkhart Christian
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Elkhart Christian
Bio
2015 at Taylor: Played in 48 games, starting 43 times at the catcher and outfield positions … Ranked third on roster with .343 average, 33 runs batted in, three home runs and .448 slugging percentage … Ended fourth on squad with 64 total bases and fifth with 49 hits and a .410 on-base percentage … Ranked among Crossroads League’s top-20 players in average, slugging, hits, total bases and RBI … Led Trojans with .373 average over 23 games on the home turf … Collected 14 multi-hit games … Drove in two-or-more runs in 10 games … Had hitting streaks of seven and nine games … Scored four times and knocked in four runs in 24-3 win over Saint Francis on April 21 … Closed season by hitting .390 with eight extra-base hits and only eight strikeouts over final 30 games … Reached safely in 26 of final 30 games … Threw out nine-of-21 runners attempting to steal … Earned All-Crossroads League honors … Named Crossroads League Newcomer of the Year.
Prep: Four-time letterman for head coach Chris Lemert at Elkhart Christian Academy … Member of National Honors Society.
Personal: Son of Mike and Kris Watson … Majoring in finance.
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