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Jersey Number 23
Tucker Childers
- Position:
- C/IF
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ripley, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Ripley
Career Notes & Records
Junior College: Owns the career record for home runs at Northeast Community College (23).
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2018 (Sophomore Season โ Northeast Mississippi C.C.)
Awards: Played for the National Junior College Athletic Association National Team and represented the United States of America at the National Baseball CongressโฆNamed first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior CollegesโฆEarned first-team NJCAA All-Region 23 honors.
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Season: Started all 46 gamesโฆHit. .352 with 57 hits, 42 runs scored, 53 RBIs and 17 walksโฆReached base in 36 of 46 games with hits in 32 of those contestsโฆPosted 16 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI gamesโฆPosted a pair of seven-game hitting streaks (March 5-13 & April 7-18)โฆReached base in a season-best 10-straght games from March 30-April 18โฆTotaled 26 extra-base hits, including a single-season school-record 13 home runsโฆHit home runs at Jackson State C.C. (2/18), against East Central C.C. (2; 2/27), versus Blue Mountain (3/12), against Motlow State C.C. (2; 3/13), at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/7), against Meridian C.C. (4/10), versus Holmes C.C. (2; 4/18), at Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (5/5) and at Meridian C.C. (2; 5/11)โฆPlated a season-best five RBIs at Jackson State C.C. (2/18) and versus Holmes C.C. (4/18)โฆCollected a season-high four hits at Mississippi Delta C.C. (3/21).
2017 (Freshman Season โ Northeast Mississippi C.C.)
Season: Appeared in 43 games with 36 startsโฆReached base in 37 of 43 games, including 33 games with a hitโฆOwned 14 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI gamesโฆOwned a nine-game hitting streak (March 29-April 14)โฆReached base in 13-straight games from March 24-April 14โฆCollected 21 extra base hits, including 10 home runsโฆHit home runs at Hinds C.C. (3/18), versus Jones County J.C. (4/1), against Itawamba C.C. (4/5), versus Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/8), in both games of a doubleheader against Meridian C.C. (4/11), at Holmes C.C. (4/19), at Northwest Mississippi C.C. (2; 5/2) and against Mississippi Gulf Coast (5/6)โฆDrove in a season-high seven RBIs with his two-home run game at Northwest Mississippi C.C. (5/2)โฆPosted a season-best three hits on four occasions.
High School
Lettered all four years for head coach Joel Gafford at Ripley High SchoolโฆNamed team captain and team MVP as a seniorโฆThree-time all-state honoree, earning first-team honors as a senior, and second-team accolades as a junior and seniorโฆTabbed District 1-4A Most Valuable Player as a junior and seniorโฆHelped the Tigers to the District 1-4A title as a seniorโฆAlso lettered three times in footballโฆOwned the school record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass upon graduation.
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Personal
Born Tucker Wayne Childers on August, 14, 1997 in Ripley, MississippiโฆSon of Ambra and Charles ChildersโฆHas one older sister, Parrish, and one younger sister, Charlie JoโฆFather, Charles, played football at Ole Miss from 1986-90โฆMajoring in management.
Junior College: Owns the career record for home runs at Northeast Community College (23).
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2018 (Sophomore Season โ Northeast Mississippi C.C.)
Awards: Played for the National Junior College Athletic Association National Team and represented the United States of America at the National Baseball CongressโฆNamed first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior CollegesโฆEarned first-team NJCAA All-Region 23 honors.
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Season: Started all 46 gamesโฆHit. .352 with 57 hits, 42 runs scored, 53 RBIs and 17 walksโฆReached base in 36 of 46 games with hits in 32 of those contestsโฆPosted 16 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI gamesโฆPosted a pair of seven-game hitting streaks (March 5-13 & April 7-18)โฆReached base in a season-best 10-straght games from March 30-April 18โฆTotaled 26 extra-base hits, including a single-season school-record 13 home runsโฆHit home runs at Jackson State C.C. (2/18), against East Central C.C. (2; 2/27), versus Blue Mountain (3/12), against Motlow State C.C. (2; 3/13), at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/7), against Meridian C.C. (4/10), versus Holmes C.C. (2; 4/18), at Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (5/5) and at Meridian C.C. (2; 5/11)โฆPlated a season-best five RBIs at Jackson State C.C. (2/18) and versus Holmes C.C. (4/18)โฆCollected a season-high four hits at Mississippi Delta C.C. (3/21).
2017 (Freshman Season โ Northeast Mississippi C.C.)
Season: Appeared in 43 games with 36 startsโฆReached base in 37 of 43 games, including 33 games with a hitโฆOwned 14 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI gamesโฆOwned a nine-game hitting streak (March 29-April 14)โฆReached base in 13-straight games from March 24-April 14โฆCollected 21 extra base hits, including 10 home runsโฆHit home runs at Hinds C.C. (3/18), versus Jones County J.C. (4/1), against Itawamba C.C. (4/5), versus Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/8), in both games of a doubleheader against Meridian C.C. (4/11), at Holmes C.C. (4/19), at Northwest Mississippi C.C. (2; 5/2) and against Mississippi Gulf Coast (5/6)โฆDrove in a season-high seven RBIs with his two-home run game at Northwest Mississippi C.C. (5/2)โฆPosted a season-best three hits on four occasions.
High School
Lettered all four years for head coach Joel Gafford at Ripley High SchoolโฆNamed team captain and team MVP as a seniorโฆThree-time all-state honoree, earning first-team honors as a senior, and second-team accolades as a junior and seniorโฆTabbed District 1-4A Most Valuable Player as a junior and seniorโฆHelped the Tigers to the District 1-4A title as a seniorโฆAlso lettered three times in footballโฆOwned the school record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass upon graduation.
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Personal
Born Tucker Wayne Childers on August, 14, 1997 in Ripley, MississippiโฆSon of Ambra and Charles ChildersโฆHas one older sister, Parrish, and one younger sister, Charlie JoโฆFather, Charles, played football at Ole Miss from 1986-90โฆMajoring in management.
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