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29 Tanner Thach

  • Position IF
  • Class Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 225
  • Hometown Belvidere, N.C.
  • High School Perquimans County

Biography

  • Thach Named To Golden Spikes Award Watch List
  • MLB.com Top 100 Draft Prospects (#67)
  • D1Baseball Top 150 College Prospects (#47)
  • 2025 Perfect Game Preseason First-Team All-America
  • 2025 NCBWA Preseason First-Team All-America
  • 2025 D1Baseball Preseason Second-Team All-America
  • Second-ranked First Baseman in the nation by D1Baseball
  • 2025 Baseball America Preseason Second-Team All-America
  • 2025 CAA Preseason Player of the Year
  • CAA Preseason All-Conference
  • First-Team All-CAA
  • CAA All-Tournament selection
2025 (Junior): Selected by Colorado in the second pick in the eighth round and 277th pick overall ... First-team All-CAA selection ... Earned CAA All-Tournament honors ... Started all 58 games for the Seahawks at first base ... Led Seahawks with 12 home runs and was second with 46 runs batted in ... Also led team with 78 hits, 28 multi-hit games and 15 games with two-or-more RBIs ... Had hitting streaks of nine and 10 games ... Homered twice against Monmouth (5/3) and in the CAA tournament against Northeastern (5/24) ... Drove in two runs against Elon (5/15) to become UNCW's all-time leader.

2024 (Sophomore): Earned NCBWA Third-team All-America honors … CAA Co-Player of the Year … First-team All-CAA … CAA All-Tournament selection … Led Seahawks with school-record and conference-leading 27 home runs … Finished third in the league with 75 runs batted in … His 175 total bases tied UNCW’s single season record … Had three multi-home run games … Homered in five straight games (4/12 Towson – 4/19 at Northeastern) … Became the program’s all-time home run leader with 42 … Led UNCW in CAA play with .353 batting average, 13 home runs and 37 RBI’s … 26 multi-hit games and 24 games with 2+ RBI’s … Started all 61 games for the Seahawks … Committed just error in 553 chances … Fashioned a .998 fielding average.

2023 (Freshman): Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-America ... CAA All-Rookie honoree ... Also earned Honorable Mention All-CAA honors ... Named CAA Rookie of the Week three times ... One of two Seahawks to start all 57 games ... Set UNCW freshman records with home runs (15) and runs batted in (68) ... Fashioned 17 multi-hit games, including six three-hit games ... Had 17 games with multi-RBI's ... Drove in five runs three times and four four times ... Slammed a three-run homer in his first collegiate plate appearance against Ohio (2/17) ... Drove in five runs and scored three runs in his collegiate debut ... Homered, tripled and plated four runs against Iona (2/24) ... Homered twice in two games (Columbia, 3/4 and Northeastern, 5/6) ... Had eight-game stretch where he drove in a run in each game ... Had 14 runs batted in over that span ... Made a pair of one-inning appearances on the mound and struck out two in each outing (4/11 at NC State, 4/25 at North Carolina) ... Played with Cotuit in the Cape Cod League.

Prior to UNCW: Selected in the 18th round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants ... North Carolina 1A State Player of the Year his senior season for coach Justin Roberson at Perquimans County High School … Two-time All-State selection … Named first-team All-State by High SchoolOT ... Helped the Pirates to back-to-back 1A State Championships and was honored as the most valuable player both times … Four Rivers Conference Player of the Year his junior and senior seasons … Served as team captain his final two seasons with the Pirates … Tossed a pair of no-hitters for the Pirates … As a senior, fashioned a 13-0 record over the course of 18 appearances on the mound … Allowed eight runs, just one earned, for a 0.10 ERA … Struck out 139 batters and walked 27 in 73 innings … Opponents hit .117 against him … Hit .478 with 11 doubles and 12 home runs while playing first base … Scored 44 runs and knocked in 49 … During his junior season, he 8-1 with a 0.90 ERA … Fanned 99 hitters in 49.1 innings while limiting opposing lineups to a .11 average … Recorded a 24-3 record during his career at Perquimans County … Struck out 327 hitters in 173.1 innings … Had a 0.61 ERA for his career … Hit .477 with 28 doubles and 20 home runs over four seasons with the varsity … Scored 94 runs and drove in 95 … Struck out just 15 times and drew 59 walks for a .590 career on base average … Played with the Carolina Cubs (2019-21) and Edenton Steamers (2022) of the Premier Collegiate League.

Personal: Full name: Tanner Benjamin Thach … Son of Kristie and Richard Thach … Mom played softball at Elizabeth City State … Dad played baseball at Barton … His great uncle is Hall of Fame pitcher Jim “Catfish” Hunter.

Statistics

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2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2023Freshman

    IF
    6'4" 220 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2024Sophomore

    IF
    6'4" 220 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2025Junior

    IF
    6'4" 225 lbs
    29