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#26 Garrett Tuck
Position: Infield
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
Year: Junior
City/State: Arcadia, CA
High School: Arcadia HS
College: Muir
Major: Economics
Experience: 2 Letters
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TRITON NOTES
Third-year Triton who will start somewhere on the infield, either at shortstop or third base ... 35 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games for career.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2013
Tino Martinez Award watch list ... NCBWA Preseason All-West Region First Team.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012
ABCA All-West Region Second Team ... Daktronics All-West Region Second Team ... NCBWA All-West Region Second Team ... All-CCAA First Team ... NCAA West Regional All-Tournament ... All-CCAA Tournament ... NCBWA West Region Player of the Week (4/24) ... Two-time CCAA Player of the Week (3/19, 4/23) ... With Nick La Face, one of just two Tritons to have both played in and started all 57 games ... All 57 starts came at shortstop ... Second on the team, fourth in the league and 46th nationally in hits (77) ... Second-highest batting average (.362) for UCSD, tied for fourth in the CCAA ... Tied for 11th in Division II and second in the CCAA with seven sacrifice flies ... Had 21 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games ... Went 4-for-5 with a double, two runs and four RBI at San Francisco State (3/17) ... Was also 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (4/12) ... Drove in four more runs at Western Oregon (5/18) during NCAA West Regional ... Seven three-hit games ... Scored four runs vs. Cal State San Bernardino (4/21) and three at CSUDH (4/15) ... Four games with multiple stolen bases, including a season-high three at CSUDH (4/15) ... Longest hit streak of season was 13 games from Mar. 11-Apr. 7 ... Also had an 11-gamer and a pair of seven-gamers.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011
NCBWA West Region Player of the Week (2/28) ... CCAA Player of the Week (2/27) ... Played in 56 of 57 games with 54 starts at shortstop ... Posted a 10-game hit streak between Feb. 20-Mar. 6 ... Had multiple hits in five of those games ... Recorded 14 multi-hit games, including going 4-for-4 with a double and a run in his fourth collegiate game vs. Western Oregon (2/6) ... Had a hit in five of his first six games as a Triton ... One of six Tritons to bat over .300 ... Tripled against Western Oregon (2/5) in his third game at UCSD ... Also had six multi-RBI games, including three at Cal State Monterey Bay (2/27) and three vs. Chico State (5/13) at the CCAA Tournament in Stockton ... Had no errors in his first nine collegiate games (32 chances) and later strung together 12 games (3/5-4/1) with no miscues (47 chances) in the field.

SUMMER BALL
Hit .250 (26-for-104) with two doubles, one home run and 11 RBI while playing with current teammate Blake Fassler for the Haysville (Kan.) Heat of the Jayhawk League during the 2012 summer ... Haysville won a third straight National Baseball Congress (NBC) Midwest Regional and tied for ninth at the NBC World Series in Wichita, Kan. ... Played Babe Ruth for the Arcadia Astros from 2007-10 ... Team won the league all four years he was a member ... Won the Mark Loretta Utility Award.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2010 graduate of Arcadia (Calif.) High School ... A four-year varsity player ... Picked up a slew of honors as a senior, including All-CIF First Team, All-Area First Team and Pacific League MVP ... All-Area First Team and second-team all-league in 2009 ... Team MVP in 2009 and 2010 ... All-league honorable mention in 2007 ... Batted .444 and held a 2.29 ERA in 2010 ... Had 55 strikeouts in 55 innings pitched ... Arcadia won Pacific League titles in 2009 and 2010 ... Team made CIF appearances each year he played ... Apaches went 73-31 in his four years ... Also played football for AHS.

PERSONAL
Born on Apr. 6, 1992, in Arcadia ... Parents are Scott and Kristin Tuck ... Father is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona ... Has two younger brothers, Cameron and Ryan ... Economics major at Muir College ... Hobbies include playing cards, listening to music and playing basketball ... A fan of the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite movie is Remember the Titans ... Listens to Rebelution, Sublime, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., J. Cole and A Tribe Called Quest ... Likes to eat sushi.

CAREER HIGHS (current through 2012 season)
At-bats: 6, 2 times (last 4/1/12 at Cal State Stanislaus-1)
Runs: 4, 4/21/12 vs. Cal State San Bernardino-1
Hits: 4, 3 times (last 4/16/12 vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills)
Doubles: 2, 2 times (last 
4/16/12 vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills)
Triples: 1, 2/5/11 vs. Western Oregon
Home Runs: 0
RBI: 4, 2 times (last 5/18/12 at Western Oregon)
Walks: 2, 3 times (last 4/26/12 vs. Cal State L.A.)
Stolen Bases: 3, 4/15/12 at Cal State Dominguez Hills-1

CAREER STATISTICS (current through 2012 season)

Year AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT FLD%
2011 .308 56 54 185 28 57 6 1 0 21 65 .351 5 3 28 3 .333 2 5 2-3 .957 (65-156-10)
2012 .362 57 57 213 33 77 10 0 0 36 87 .408 19 2 20 3 .407 7 7 15-20 .921 (66-154-19)
TOTALS .337 113 111 398 61 134 16 1 0 57 152 .382 24 5 48 6 .374 9 12 17-23 .938 (131-310-29)

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
2011
2012

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