Tyler Plantier

Photo by: Ken Lanese - Florida State Athletics

Photo by: University of Richmond Athletics

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Photo by: Delvin Jones - Georgia Tech Athletics

Photo by: Elle Forte - Elle Forte Photography

Photo by: University of Richmond Athletics

Photo by: Delvin Jones - Georgia Tech Athletics

Position:
Infield
Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Poway, Calif.

2019
ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region
First Team All-Atlantic 20
A-10 Player of the Week (Feb. 18 and April 17)
Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2019

A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-East Region
First Team All-Atlantic 10 at third base
Two-time A-10 Player of the Week
Started 50 games and tied for the team lead with 12 home runs
Drove in 50 runs and hit for a .320 average in 197 at bats
Earned a .415 on-base percentage after drawing 28 walks
Scored 47 runs and led the team with a .543 slugging percentage
16 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs in 14 contests
Had an eight-game hitting streak and a 13-game reached base safely streak throughout the season
Started the season with a 3-for-6 game at Georgia State (2/15), going 3-for-6 with three RBI, scored two runs and hit his first home run of the year
Drove in three more runs with a homer in a 2-for-5 game at Georgia Tech (2/16)
Drove in three more runs on three hits in the nightcap of the doubleheader against Bowling Green (2/24)
Hit home runs in back-to-back three-hit games against George Mason (3/29-30)
In the three-game series at Dayton, went 10-for-15 with 11 RBI, two home runs, a double and scored five runs, earning A-10 Player of the Week honors
In the opener at Florida State, went 1-for-3 with two RBI and hit an opposite field home run
Went 3-for-5 with three home runs and seven RBI in the win over Saint Louis (5/16)

2018 (Graduate)

Saw action in 40 games including 39 starts in his first season with the Spiders
Finished the season with an average of .291 with 43 hits, including 14 doubles
Had five home runs and 21 RBI
Made his first start for the Spiders at third base vs. No. 13 Louisville (2/16)
Hit his first career homer as a Spider in a win vs. Maryland (3/27)
Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (5/14)
Had two RBI in a game twice this season

Summer 2018 (Madison Mallards - Northwoods League)

Midseason and postseason Northwoods League All-Star
Second in the NWL with 14 home runs during the summer
Hit for a .313 average
Earned a .950 OPS, hitting for a .313 average with a slugging percentage of .538

2017

Redshirted due to NCAA transfer rules

2016 (Sophomore at UC San Diego)

All-CCAA Second Team at designated hitter
UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/4) .
Appeared in 47 games with 41 starts, with 35 at designated hitter, four at third base and two at first base
Led team with 34 RBI and five sacrifice flies, and third with seven stolen bases on nine tries
Produced UCSD's longest reached base streak of season, of 17 games
Top hit streak was seven games.

2015 (Freshman at UC San Diego)

Appeared in 33 games, drawing 11 starts
Made college debut as a fifth-inning pinch-hitter vs. Western Oregon (2/2), remaining in the game at third base

High School

A 2014 graduate of Del Norte High School in San Diego
Earned All-Valley League First Team distinction as a senior, when he hit .407 with 14 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 30 RBI
Helped lead DNHS to Valley League title as a junior, batting .271 with seven doubles and two home runs for the Nighthawks.

PERSONAL

Born Oct. 3, 1995 in Poway
Parents are Phil and Jennifer Plantier
Father played parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball for five different franchises
Mother attended UC San Diego
Has an older brother named Ryan and a younger sister named Emily
Ryan played baseball at Cornell through the 2014 season

Career Bests at Richmond
Runs: 3, four times
Hits: 4, at Dayton - Game 1 (4/13/19)
RBI: 7, vs. Saint Louis (5/16/19)
Walks: 2, eight times