2016 Baseball Roster
Darien Tubbs
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 188
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cookeville, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- Cookeville HS
- NIL:
- R/L
Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.
2016- Junior
Starting centerfielder in 45 games this season ... Went 3-for-4 in the first game of the season against Tennessee with a double and scoring two runs ... Went 2-for-5 on 2/20 with a triple and two RBI ... Scored one run and went 2-for-5 in game two against SIUE (2/27) with a triple, a double, a stolen base and an RBI ... Hit his first home run of the season against SIUE on 2/28 ...Had a strong series against Eastern Illinois (3/18-3/20) where he went 2-for-5 with a double, one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base in game one and 2-for-2 with a triple, four runs scored, three RBI and two stolen bases in game three ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI against Southern Illinois on 3/26 ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs
scored and one RBI against Belmont on 4/25 ... Went 4-for-5 with a stolen base and one run scored against UConn on 4/30 ... Stole three bases against Houston on 5/6 ...
2015 - Sophomore
Second-team All-Conference outfielder as a sophomore in 2015 ... Started all 58 games in center field and in the lead off spot ... Led the team in several offensive categories, with a .321 batting average, 75 hits, 57 runs scored and 24 stolen bases ... Hit nine doubles, five triples and seven home runs with 38 RBI ... Had three separate double-digit hitting streaks during the season, including a season-best 14-game hitting streak ... Reached base in 31 straight contests during the year ... Managed to get on base in each of the first 53 games of the season, only failing to reach safely against ECU (3/28), and finished the year by reaching in 56 of the 58 games ... .390 on base percentage was third on the team and .491 slugging percentage ranked second ... Career high five hits in 5-for-5 performance with two runs scored against Arkansas (3/25) ... Hit game-winning inside the park home run and drove in three runs to clinch series win over East Carolina (3/29) ... Blasted two home runs (including a grand slam), an RBI triple, and went 3-for-5 with seven RBI and three runs scored in win over Belmont (4/21) ... Drove in four runs, scored three and went 3-for-3 against Mississippi Valley State (4/29) ... Finished second on the team with 19 multi-hit games and third on the team with eight multi-RBI games.
2014 - Summer (Asheboro Copperheads)
Played in seven games for the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plains League due to injury ... Hit .167 in 24 at-bats and logged three steals in four attempts.
2014 - Freshman
Started 53 games in centerfield and played in all 59 games ... Hit .226 and had eight extra-base hits, five doubles and three triples ... Was 20-for-26 on the basepaths ... Finished with 15 RBI while taking a walk 27 times ... Had 10 multi-hit games, including three games in which he had three hits ... Posted two games where he had two RBI ... Had a team-best 11-game hit streak ... Had first two-hit game at Samford (Feb 22) ... Posted back-to-back multi-hit games in doubleheader against SEMO (March 1) ... Had a double, triple, two RBI and run scored in win against Alcorn State (April 20) ... Was 3-for-5 with two runs scored against UConn (May 3) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a double against UT Martin.
Prep
Lettered four seasons as an outfielder at Cookeville High School under coach Butch Chaffin ... Named to the Tennessee Sports Writer's Association all-state team in 2012 and 2013 ... Was a Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association (TBCA) All-State First Team selection in 2013 ... Named a TBCA All-Midstate selection in 2012 and 2013 ... Batted .487 with 59 hits, 60 runs, 50 stolen bases to help Cookeville to a 34-2-1 record in 2013 ... Set single-season school records for hits (59), runs scored (60) and stolen bases (50) ... Member of Sunbelt champion Team Tennessee in 2012.
Personal
Son of Gregory and Regina Tubbs ... Father played for the Cincinnati Reds ... Majors in Health and Human Performance-Exercise and Sport Science.
