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Jersey Number 55
Brock Tapper
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 185
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Nesbit, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- DeSoto Central HS
Bio
Honors / Awards
2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll2023 (Freshman Season)
Season: Made 15 appearances out of the bullpen on the season… Had a record of 2-1 on the season… Pitched 22.2 innings on the year and had an ERA of 4.76… Had 23 strikeouts and only issued 14 walks… Had two games with four strikeouts, Arizona State (Feb. 24) and at Kentucky (March 18), which are career-highs… Pitched a season-high 3.2 innings on Feb. 24 against Arizona State… Had ten scoreless outings.
ULM (2/21): Made his collegiate debut in an inning pitched. Arizona State (2/24): Picked up four strikeouts, a season-high, in 3.2 innings of work. Ohio State (3/3): Collected two punch outs in a single inning pitched. Lipscomb (3/11): Allowed a single hit in 0.1 innings pitched. Nicholls (3/14): Earned his fifth 0.00 ERA game of the season in 2.0 innings…Allowed a single hit and earned his first win. Kentucky (3/18): Tied his career-high strikeouts of four in 2.0 innings of work against the Wildcats. Vanderbilt (3/24): Struck out one Commodore in 1.1 innings pitched. Samford (3/28): Gave up a single hit and run while striking out a Bulldog in his 1.0 inning of work. South Carolina (4/1): Came in a relief pitcher in the sixth inning. Alabama (4/7): Punched out two of the Tide in 1.2 innings pitched. UAB (4/11): Did not allow a run or a hit and struck out one through 1.0 innings. Ole Miss (4/25): Struck out a lone Rebel in 2.0 innings of work. Tennessee (4/28): Allowed a single hit against the Vols in 0.2 innings pitched. LSU (5/12): Struck out two Tigers in 3.0 innings pitched. Texas A&M (5/19): Punched out three of the Aggie batters without allowing a hit or run in 2.0 innings of work.
High School
Played four years at DeSoto Central HS under head coach Mark Monaghan…Accumulated a career win-loss record of 16-4, collecting 128 strikeouts in 92 total innings of work…Also compiled a batting average of .366 in his career…Was a part of two state-championship winning seasons in 2018 and 2019, and state runner up in 2022…Also was named to the all-state team twice.
Personal
Born Leeallen Brock Tapper in Memphis, Tenn. on March 19, 2004…Son of Sidney and Tobie Tapper,…Has two brothers, Hayden and Easton.
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