Tyler Hardman

Position:
Infield
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
204
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Corona, Calif.
Prev School:
Temescal Canyon HS

2020: Started all 18 games at first base during the season shortened due to COVID-19… batted .270 with 12 RBIs, 12 runs scored, five doubles and three home runs… added five walks, two steals and registered a .459 slugging percentage and .333 on-base percentage… posted a 1.000 fielding percentage in 116 total chances… had multiple hits in six contests… went 2 for 5 with four RBIs (all in the last three innings) including a two-run home run vs. Virginia (2/15; game 2)… was 3 for 3 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs vs. Texas Southern (2/18)… also doubled twice and drove in a run in the second game vs. TSU (2/19)… homered and stole a base vs. Illinois State 92/22; game 1)… singled twice and drove in a run in the Shriners College Classic vs. Arkansas (2/28)… homered and walked vs. San Diego State (3/6)… went 3 for 6 with an RBI and two runs scored vs. San Diego State (3/8).

2019: Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection… started all 56 games at first base… led the team with a .306 batting average, 67 hits, 13 doubles, six home runs and 42 RBIs… also scored 36 runs, drew 28 walks and posted a .394 on-base percentage… turned in a .994 fielding percentage… had team highs of 20 multiple hit games and 10 multiple RBI games… recorded a hit in 43 games… hit a grand slam and a two-run triple, posting a career-high six RBIs in a 6-1 win at San Diego (2/22)… went 2 for 3 with a homer, three RBIs and two runs scored vs. Cal State Fullerton (2/24)… was 3 for 5 with two home runs and four RBIs vs. Columbia (3/1; game 2)… went 3 for 4 and scored twice vs. UT Arlington (3/12)… hit a two-run homer vs. Kansas (3/22)… hit a two-run double in a 2-1 win at Minnesota (4/20)… went 2 for 3 with a homer, double, three RBIs and two runs at Texas (5/17; game 1). Summer 2019: Played in 44 games for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League… batted .262 with eight homers, five doubles, 17 RBI and 18 runs… named a CCBL All Star and won the CCBL Home Run Derby.

2018: Appeared in 48 games and made 37 starts… made 21 starts at designated hitter and 16 at first base… batted .207 with eight doubles, three home runs, 16 RBI and 21 runs scored… hit safely in 23 games… tallied two doubles and scored two runs vs. Texas Southern (3/13)… notched a pair of hits vs. West Virginia (3/24) and Baylor (3/29)… went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run at TCU (4/8)… recorded a pair of hits, including a homer, drove in two runs and scored twice at UT Arlington (4/24)… doubled and drove in two runs vs. Kansas State (5/6). Summer 2018: Played in 30 games for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League… batted .286 with four doubles, 13 RBI and 15 runs.

High School: Played four years of varsity baseball at Temescal Canyon… set the program’s single season record for batting average (.530), home runs (9) and hits (53) as a senior… earned 2017 Rawlings Perfect Game All-America Second Team and All-Region California First Team… named to the Perfect Game Underclass Second Team in 2016 and Honorable Mention in 2015… two-time All-CIF 3 First Team honoree… drafted in the 37th round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Colorado Rockies with the 1,106th overall selection… spent the 2017 summer season with the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks of the Futures League.

Personal: Major: Health and Exercise Science.