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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
Bio
Career Notes & Records
Junior College: Owns the career record for home runs at Northeast Community College (23).
2018 (Sophomore Season – 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 Congress…Named first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges…Earned first-team NJCAA All-Region 23 honors.
Season: Started all 46 games…Hit. .352 with 57 hits, 42 runs scored, 53 RBIs and 17 walks…Reached base in 36 of 46 games with hits in 32 of those contests…Posted 16 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI games…Posted a pair of seven-game hitting streaks (March 5-13 & April 7-18)…Reached base in a season-best 10-straght games from March 30-April 18…Totaled 26 extra-base hits, including a single-season school-record 13 home runs…Hit 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)…Plated a season-best five RBIs at Jackson State C.C. (2/18) and versus Holmes C.C. (4/18)…Collected a season-high four hits at Mississippi Delta C.C. (3/21).
2017 (Freshman Season – Northeast Mississippi C.C.)
Season: Appeared in 43 games with 36 starts…Reached base in 37 of 43 games, including 33 games with a hit…Owned 14 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games…Owned a nine-game hitting streak (March 29-April 14)…Reached base in 13-straight games from March 24-April 14…Collected 21 extra base hits, including 10 home runs…Hit 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)…Drove in a season-high seven RBIs with his two-home run game at Northwest Mississippi C.C. (5/2)…Posted a season-best three hits on four occasions.
High School
Lettered all four years for head coach Joel Gafford at Ripley High School…Named team captain and team MVP as a senior…Three-time all-state honoree, earning first-team honors as a senior, and second-team accolades as a junior and senior…Tabbed District 1-4A Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior…Helped the Tigers to the District 1-4A title as a senior…Also lettered three times in football…Owned the school record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass upon graduation.
Personal
Born Tucker Wayne Childers on August, 14, 1997 in Ripley, Mississippi…Son of Ambra and Charles Childers…Has one older sister, Parrish, and one younger sister, Charlie Jo…Father, Charles, played football at Ole Miss from 1986-90…Majoring in management.
Junior College: Owns the career record for home runs at Northeast Community College (23).
2018 (Sophomore Season – 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 Congress…Named first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges…Earned first-team NJCAA All-Region 23 honors.
Season: Started all 46 games…Hit. .352 with 57 hits, 42 runs scored, 53 RBIs and 17 walks…Reached base in 36 of 46 games with hits in 32 of those contests…Posted 16 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI games…Posted a pair of seven-game hitting streaks (March 5-13 & April 7-18)…Reached base in a season-best 10-straght games from March 30-April 18…Totaled 26 extra-base hits, including a single-season school-record 13 home runs…Hit 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)…Plated a season-best five RBIs at Jackson State C.C. (2/18) and versus Holmes C.C. (4/18)…Collected a season-high four hits at Mississippi Delta C.C. (3/21).
2017 (Freshman Season – Northeast Mississippi C.C.)
Season: Appeared in 43 games with 36 starts…Reached base in 37 of 43 games, including 33 games with a hit…Owned 14 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games…Owned a nine-game hitting streak (March 29-April 14)…Reached base in 13-straight games from March 24-April 14…Collected 21 extra base hits, including 10 home runs…Hit 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)…Drove in a season-high seven RBIs with his two-home run game at Northwest Mississippi C.C. (5/2)…Posted a season-best three hits on four occasions.
High School
Lettered all four years for head coach Joel Gafford at Ripley High School…Named team captain and team MVP as a senior…Three-time all-state honoree, earning first-team honors as a senior, and second-team accolades as a junior and senior…Tabbed District 1-4A Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior…Helped the Tigers to the District 1-4A title as a senior…Also lettered three times in football…Owned the school record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass upon graduation.
Personal
Born Tucker Wayne Childers on August, 14, 1997 in Ripley, Mississippi…Son of Ambra and Charles Childers…Has one older sister, Parrish, and one younger sister, Charlie Jo…Father, Charles, played football at Ole Miss from 1986-90…Majoring in management.
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