Tagger Tyson

The Cardinals lined up for the anthem in Omaha.

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The Cardinals after winning the 2025 Louisville Super Regional.

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Tagger Tyson after a home run against Cal.

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B/T:
R/R
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
High School:
Oceanside Collegiate Academy
Prev School:
Oceanside Collegiate Academy

CAREER HONORS
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team

2025: Played in 33 games, making 19 starts (18 at C, 1 at DH) ... Finished with a .296 average, 10 doubles, one triple and one homer ... Drove in 14 and scored 12 times ... Made his collegiate debut starting behind the plate against Oklahoma State on Feb. 15, tallying a triple and scoring twice ... Doubled twice and drove in a run against Western Michigan on Feb. 23 ... Reached base all five plate appearances and scored three times against Butler on Feb. 26 ... Had two hits in the win over Morehead State on March 4 ... Had a pinch-hit RBI double to add an insurance run late against North Carolina on March 16 ... Recorded the first four-hit game of his career at Virginia Tech on March 22, going 4-for-6 with two RBIs and two runs scored ... Went 3-for-5 with his first career home run and a career-high four RBIs in the win over Cal on March 30 ... Returned on April 29 against EKU after missing eight games with an injury ... Had two hits and drove in a run at Notre Dame on May 3.

2024: Did not see any game action.

High School: Lettered in baseball and football at Oceanside Collegiate Academy … 2023 SCBCA 2A Co-Player of the Year … As a senior, hit .474 with 19 extra-base hits, 40 RBIs and 12 stolen bases … Helped OCA to a 2A state championship as a senior … Hit a walk-off home run to send team to state finals … Ranked the No. 11 player and top catcher in South Carolina by Prep Baseball Report.

Personal: Son of Torre and Jennifer … Has one younger sibling – Taryn … Father, Torre, played baseball at Missouri from 1995-98 and was in the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees minor league systems from 1998-2002 … Father also managed the Charleston RiverDogs from 2007-09 and Tampa Yankees in 2010 … Majoring in Exercise Science … Chose Louisville over Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Missouri, South Carolina and Clemson … Favorite movies are the Batman series with Christian Bale … Fan of the St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Cardinals and Bayern Munich … Favorite athlete is Drew Lock … Enjoys video games.