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2021 Baseball Roster

7 Tanner Cantwell

  • Position First Baseman
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eugene, OR
  • Previous School Treasure Valley CC
  • Major Communications

Biography

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Career Single-Game Bests (Hitting)
Category Total Date Opponent
At-Bats 5 4/3/21 7 times
Runs 3 4/2/21 at Central Washington
Hits 4 4/3/21 2 times
RBIs 4 3/7/20 2 times
2B 3 3/7/20 at Saint Martin's
3B 1 3/21/21 Saint Martin's
HR 1 4/2/21 10 times
Walks 2 4/2/21 3 times
Stolen Bases 1 4/2/21 3 times
Putouts 17 2/1/20 at Point Loma Nazarene
Assists 2 2/14/20 Sioux Falls
*Date of last occurrence if multiple | *Bold italics indicate school record

Career Single Game Bests (Pitching)
Category Total Date Opponent
Innings 4.2 2/10/18 at Dixie State
Strikeouts 6 5/4/18 vs. Central Washington
ERA 5.25 2/17/18 at College of Idaho
Pitches 76 2/17/18 at College of Idaho
*Date of last occurrence if multiple | *Minimum 2.0 IP for ERA | *Bold italics indicate school record

Awards
All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Season
Second Team 2021 (Senior)
GNAC Player of the Week Season
Mar. 2-9 2020 (Senior)
NCBWA West Region Player of the Week Season
Mar. 2-9 2020 (Senior)



2021: Second-team all-conference selection as a first baseman…ranked third on the team with a .321 batting average…ranked second on the team with 10 home runs and 34 RBIs…ranked third on the team with a .636 slugging percentage…reached base at a clip of .455…led the team with 20 walks drawn…stole five bases in eight attempts…ranked second on the team with 12 doubles…ranked third on the team with 45 hits…ranked third on the team with 37 runs scored…was 1 of 3 players to start all 40 games…had a season-high four hits on April 3 at Central Washington…had a season-high four RBIs on April 30 against Western Oregon…posted a .958 fielding percentage in a team-high 165 total chances…led the team with 151 putouts…turned 10 double plays…finished career No. 10 in school history with 14 home runs.

2020: NCBWA West Region player of the week March 2-9...GNAC Player of the Week March 2-9...Started all 18 games at first base and hit primarily fifth in the batting order...Hit .365 for second best on the team and sixth in the GNAC for batting average...Led the team and the GNAC with eight doubles...second on the team with four home runs...second on the team and third in the GNAC with 15 runs batted in...Held a .683 slugging percentage and 1.150 OPS...Led the team with a .467 on base percentage...walked nine times, second on the team...Third on the team in multi-hit games with six...Recorded season best four hits on March 7 against Saint Martin's...Had four runs batted in in a game on two occasions...stole one base on two attempts.

2019: Redshirted.

2018: Had nine at-bats while starting seven games and playing in 12…scored two runs…on the mound made seven appearances including four starts…struck out 17 batters in 14 2/3 innings pitched…allowed 27 runs on 15 hits…helped the Yellowjackets claim the 2018 GNAC regular season title and win a program-record 33 games.

Treasure Valley Community College: As a sophomore in 2017 started 11 games and ranked second on the team with 63 1/3 innings pitched…totaled 56 strikeouts and a 2.84 ERA while going 4-2 on the year…at the plate batted .276 in 170 at-bats…led team with seven home runs and 30 RBIs…added in nine doubles and stole seven bases…scored 33 runs and had 45 hits in 46 games played offensively…first-team all-NWAC utility player…as a freshman in 2016 carried a 2.03 ERA in 14 starts…led team with 85 strikeouts in 75 1/3 innings pitched…logged one complete game and an overall record of 10-3…at the plate had a .259 batting average in 58 at-bats…drove in 13 runs and had seven doubles…first-team all-league pitcher in the NWAC. TVCC Stats Page
 
Marist Catholic High School: Two-year letter winner on the diamond as both a pitcher and first baseman…was named Mid-West League Pitcher of the Year and a gold glove winner as a sophomore…first-team all-league first baseman as a junior…second-team all-state pitcher during senior year…also competed in football for the Spartans, playing quarterback and middle linebacker.

Coach Waddoups on Cantwell: "Tanner has game changing ability at the plate.  He is a cerebral hitter that understands the game and how to approach hitting.  He has continued to grow defensively and really picked it well helping out our entire infield."

Cantwell on choosing MSUB: “I chose to transfer to MSUB because of the way the baseball team plays the game. Coach Sutton, who was my former coach at TVCC, is a great coach who gets the best out of his players. The team plays hard and is willing to do anything needed in order to be successful on and off the field.”

Statistics

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2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2018Junior

    Pitcher/First Baseman
    6'0"
    27
  • RS

    2019Senior

    Pitcher/First Baseman
    6'0"
    RS
  • 7

    2020Graduate Student

    First Baseman
    6'0"
    7
  • 7

    2021Senior

    First Baseman
    6'0"
    7