Taylor Sparks

Height:
6-4
Weight:
225
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Long Beach, Calif.

2014

National Collegiate Writers Baseball Association preseason first-team All-American
Collegiate Baseball "Louisville Slugger" preseason third-team All-American
Baseball America preseason first-team All-American
Perfect Game preseason first-team All-American
College Sports Madness preseason first-team All-American
College Sports Madness projected Big West Player of the Year

2013

Big West Co-Player of the Year
All-Big West Conference first-team
American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove winner
ABCA All-West Region second team
Collegiate Baseball “Louisville Slugger” third-team All-American
Big West Player of the Week
Ranked 93^rd in the country and second in the Big West in hits with 80
Ranked 93^rd in the nation and second in the conference in batting average at .360
Topped the conference and 60^th in the country in slugging with a .581 clip
68^th in the country in home runs with 10 and 64^th in home runs per game (.18)
58^th in total bases with 129
Fifth in the Big West with four triples
Posted 11 doubles
Career-high five RBI against Hawai’i
Personal-best five hit-game against Pacific
Owned a 10-game hitting streak and reached safely in 14 consecutive games
Logged 23 multiple-hit games and a team-high 11 multiple-RBI games
Played with Team USA over the summer
Voted the top American player in the USA-Japan series
Batted a team-best .396 with 21 hits and 10 RBI
Scored 11 runs and had seven steals

2012

Recorded 25 hits and drove in 12 runs in his first year
Had five doubles and three triples
Led the team with three home runs
Scored 20 runs and stole a pair of bags
Went 4 for 5 against Cal State Bakersfield for a career-high
Drove in a season-high two runs versus Dartmouth and Pacific
Five multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI games
Longest hit streak was four games
Spent the summer with the Wenatchee Apple Sox
Helped the club win its fifth West Coast League championship
Drove in three runs in the championship game
Voted a Summer Collegiate All-America third team by Perfect Game
Named the top prospect out of the West Coast League by Baseball America
Hit 11 home runs to win the WCL Home Run Derby

St. John Bosco High School

All-Trinity League first-team honoree as a senior
Also lettered in football

Personal

Two-time Big West scholar-athlete
Voted the 2008-09 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Parents are Julie and Don
Has two siblings, Jake and Kadie
Majoring in sociology

Career Highlights

AB: 6 vs. CS Northridge, 4/12/13
H: 5 at Pacific, 4/20/13
R: 3 vs. Texas southern, 2/19/12; at UC Santa Barbara, 5/3/13
2B: 1 multiple times
3B: 1 multiple times
HR: 2 vs. Hawaii, 4/7/13
RBI: 5 vs. Hawaii, 4/7/13

CAREER TOTALS
Year	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.202	45-39	124	20	25	5	3	3	12	11	44	2-3
2013	.360	55-55	222	38	80	11	4	10	50	6	40	7-10
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Totals	.303	100-94	346	58	105	16	7	13	62	17	84	9-13

LAND’ON one over the fence 👊

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2014 Baseball

Taylor Sparks

2014

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2012

St. John Bosco High School

Personal

Career Highlights

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