Jacob Tanis

Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Peachtree City, Ga.
High School:
McIntosh

2010 (Sophomore): Emerged from his incredible sophomore campaign as one of the elite hitters in all of college baseball … Finished the season second on the team in hitting with a .388 average, while leading the Orange and Black in home runs (22), RBI (88), hits (104), total bases (197) and slugging percentage (.735) ... Led the A-Sun in RBI and hits, while ranking in the Top-5 in five other offensive categories including home runs (2nd), slugging percentage (2nd), runs scored (4th), doubles (T-2nd) and total bases (2nd) ... His 104 hits and 197 total bases both set new school single-season records ... Ranked among the national leaders in multiple statistical categories, finishing in the Top-50 in RBI (2nd), total bases (3rd), hits (10^th), home runs (12^th), doubles (19^th), slugging percentage (31^st) and runs scored (42^nd) ... Led the team with 34 multi-hit games and 22 multi-RBI games ... Voted onto the A-Sun All-Conference first team, Louisville Slugger All-American third team, the SEBaseball.com All-Atlantic Sun first team, the ABCA/Rawlings Division I All-South Region second team while being recognized as the Georgia Dugout Club Division I Player of the Year for his efforts … Went 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBI against then No. 3 Georgia Tech (March 23) … Set a new career-high with four hits against Savannah State (March 30) … Had a monster game against in-state rival Savannah State (April 7), going 3-for-5 with three home runs and seven RBI, both new career-highs … Dominated the competition by going 6-for-14 with two home runs, three RBI and six runs scored in securing the 2010 A-Sun Tournament MVP.

2009 (Freshman): Was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman team and the 2009 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team after recording a breakout season in his first year with the Bears … Appeared in 43 games, making 42 starts … Ranked in the top five in nearly every major statistical category as the everyday third baseman for Mercer … ranked first on the team in home runs (11), total bases (102) and walks (30) … Ranked second on the team in on-base percentage (.448) and slugging percentage (.642) … finished third on the team in RBI (35), runs scored (38) and doubles (13) … Collected 54 hits on his way to finishing fourth on the team with a .340 batting average … Stepped up his game with runners on base and two outs, hitting .347 (17-49) in such scenarios … Had 16 multi-hit performances … Put together three hit streaks of at least six games … contributed a huge game in his first collegiate start against SEC power Ole Miss (Feb. 21), going 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored … Put together his first of two multi-home run games of the season against Georgia State (Feb. 25) … Notched his other multi-home run contest to go along with four RBI against Stetson (April 11) … Went 3-for-4 with two RBI in Mercer’s A-Sun Championship first round match-up against Belmont (May 21).

High School: Earned four letters in baseball and two in basketball at McIntosh High … Named first team all-state and regional player of the year as a senior … Earned Offensive and Defensive MVP distinction as a senior for the Chiefs … A Georgia Dugout Club Top 100 honoree in 2007 … Named to the Elite 96 team by the Georgia Dugout Club in 2008 … Hit .564 with 44 RBI and nine homers during senior campaign … Played AAU baseball for the Dugout Club Strikers.

Personal: Son of Jim and Carol Tanis … Has one sister, Alysa, 22 … Majoring in business … Born on June 30, 1989 in Laguna Hills, Calif. … Lists favorite childhood memory as attending the Tulip Festival in Pella, Iowa.