Hunter Tidwell Season 2017

AT SAN JOSÉ STATE: Completed his second season with the Spartans… Played all three outfield positions as a freshman… 2016 Academic All-Mountain West honoree.

2017: Played in 11 games, starting in 5... Started three games at left field, one at center field and one start as the designated hitter... Collected three RBI on two hits for the season.

2016: Played in 40 games, starting in 36… Started 22 games at center field, 8 at right field and five at left field with one start as the designated hitter… Hit .254 on the season in 122 at-bats… Collected his first hit, RBI and run against Santa Clara (2/23)… Got on base four times against Loyola Marymount (2/27) with three singles and a walk… Back-to-back two hit games against UNLV (3/5 & 3/6)… Hit a home run, a solo shot, against Fresno State (4/24)… Led the team in hit by pitch with seven.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, Calif. …Lettered three times for head coach Matt Mosiello…Set a school record with a .371 career batting average…Collected 98 hits, scored 60 runs and drove in 35 over his 85-game Broncos career…A Second Team All-Southwestern League as a sophomore in 2013…Named a First Team All-Southwestern League and Second Team All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) selection as a junior…As a senior in 2015, repeated as a First Team All-Southwestern League honoree and added All-Riverside County recognition.

MORE ON HUNTER: Plans to major in forensic science… Aspires to play professional baseball or work in the field of business after graduation…Parents are Rodney and Julie Tidwell…Has a younger sister, Hailey…Enjoys going to the beach and spending time with friends…Nickname is “Tiddy”…Born in Downey, C alif. …Now calls Murrieta, Calif., his hometown.