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Jersey Number 20
Payton Tapia
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- Prev School:
- Fossil Ridge HS
Bio
2017
He appeared in 30 games and started in 13 of those games for the Bears...He had a .237 batting average on 59 at-bats for 14 hits...He had two home runs and 10 RBIs for 23 total bases...Defensively, he had a .982 fielding percentage with 49 putouts, five assists and only one error.
2016
Had 15 starts in 36 games which he appeared in ... Provided the Bears with two home runs and seven RBI's ... Finished the season with a .438 on base percentage ... Recorded 121 putouts to finish the season with a .992 fielding percentage.
2015
Played behind the dish in 36 games, starting 30 of them...Hit .274, driving in 20 runs on 31 hits...Hit two home runs and six triples...Stole one base...Hit first career home run against Nebraska (3/11)...Had a three hit game against Chicago State (3/20).
High School
Attended Fossil Ridge High School in Colorado...competed in baseball and wrestling earning a letter each year in both...All-conference honorable mention freshman and sophomore and senior year...All-conference honors junior year...hit .348 with 9 hrs and 19 RBIs
Personal
Son of Jay Tapia and Shannon Courtney...has a younger sibling Corte...uncle Shawn Courtney played baseball at UNC in 1984...majoring in marketing
He appeared in 30 games and started in 13 of those games for the Bears...He had a .237 batting average on 59 at-bats for 14 hits...He had two home runs and 10 RBIs for 23 total bases...Defensively, he had a .982 fielding percentage with 49 putouts, five assists and only one error.
2016
Had 15 starts in 36 games which he appeared in ... Provided the Bears with two home runs and seven RBI's ... Finished the season with a .438 on base percentage ... Recorded 121 putouts to finish the season with a .992 fielding percentage.
2015
Played behind the dish in 36 games, starting 30 of them...Hit .274, driving in 20 runs on 31 hits...Hit two home runs and six triples...Stole one base...Hit first career home run against Nebraska (3/11)...Had a three hit game against Chicago State (3/20).
High School
Attended Fossil Ridge High School in Colorado...competed in baseball and wrestling earning a letter each year in both...All-conference honorable mention freshman and sophomore and senior year...All-conference honors junior year...hit .348 with 9 hrs and 19 RBIs
Personal
Son of Jay Tapia and Shannon Courtney...has a younger sibling Corte...uncle Shawn Courtney played baseball at UNC in 1984...majoring in marketing
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