Tim Tawa Season 2020

In The News

• 5/11/20: Diving into the Draft - David Kiefer (GoStanford.com)

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 Champion (2018)
• College World Series All-Tournament Team (2021)
• Stanford Regional Most Outstanding Player (2021)
• Two-time Stanford Regional All-Tournament team (2019, 2021)
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention (2019)
• Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America first team (2018)
• Perfect Game Freshman All-America second team (2018)
• All-Pac-12 (2018)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team (2021)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2019)
• Played in 184 games, starting 180, over his career
• Batted .274 with 132 runs scored, 43 doubles, three triples, 28 home runs and 123 RBIs
• Slugged .460 with a .322 on-base percentage while drawing 44 walks
• Swiped 30 bases in 39 career attempts

As a Senior (2021)

• College World Series All-Tournament Team
• Stanford Regional Most Outstanding Player
• Stanford Regional All-Tournament team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Hit .290 with 46 runs scored, 13 doubles, 12 homers and 39 RBIs over 52 games played and 51 starts
• Slugged .519, reached at a .357 clip ad stole 14 bases in 17 attempts
• Hit safely in nine straight games from March 4 to March 20 (.464, 8 R, 5 2B, 3 RBIs) and 37 of his 52 games played
• Amassed a team-best 18 multi-hit games and managed seven multi-RBI contests
• .386 average with 13 runs scored, three doubles, five homers and 10 RBIs in postseason play, compiling four three-hit games over the nine games in the tournament
• Batted .526 (10 for 19) with seven runs scored, two doubles, three homers and eight RBIs in the four games at the Stanford Regional
• Hit .400 over the three games at the College World Series, finishing with three runs scored, a double, a homer and a stolen base
• Collected 17 runs scored, four doubles, four homers and 14 RBIs in Pac-12 play
• 3 for 4 with three runs scored, two homers and four RBIs vs. NDSU to open the Stanford Regional (June 4)
• Collected a double as part of a 3 for 6 game against No. 5 Arizona in an elimination game at the CWS (June 21)
• Batted 3 for 5 with a homer, two runs scored and three RBIs in the Championship game against No. 17 UC Irvine from the Stanford Regional (June 7)
• Went 3 for 5 with two homers and a career-best six RBIs against Fresno State (March 28)
• 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles against San Francisco (March 5)
• Drove in four runs and collected a homer at Washington State (April 3)
• Homered as part of a 2 for 4 day with five RBIs at Arizona State (April 18)

As a Junior (2020)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Batted .213 in 16 appearances, finishing with seven runs, two doubles, one home run and six RBI.
• 2-for-4 with a double against Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 14).
• Home run and two RBI at Texas Tech (Feb. 22).
• 2-for-4 against Kansas State (March 7).

As a Sophomore (2019)

• Stanford Regional All-Tournament team 
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• 3-for-5 with 3 runs and 2 RBI at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18)
• 2-for-4 with a run and stolen base against UNLV (Feb. 23)
• Game-winning RBI single at Cal State Fullerton (March 1)
• 2-for-5 with an RBI against Utah (March 23)
• 2-for-4 with a run and RBI against Utah (March 24)
• 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI at Washington State (March 30)
• 1-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a run at Washington State (March 31)
• Game-winning RBI against Fresno State (April 2)
• 1-for-4 with two runs at San Francisco (April 9)
• 2-for-3 against Washington (April 14)
• Three-run home run against UC Davis (April 16)
• 2-for-6 with a run at Oregon (April 19)
• 2-for-4 with a run against Arizona (April 26)
• 1-for-3 with two RBI against Arizona (April 27)
• 2-for-4 with two runs against Arizona (April 28)
• 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and two runs at Cal (May 12)
• 2-for-4 with two runs and a double at Arizona State (May 24)
• Go-ahead, three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth at Arizona State (May 25), Stanford went on to win, 3-2
• 3-for-3 with a double and two runs against Fresno State (June 2)

As a Freshman (2018) • Pac-12 Champions

• Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America first team
• Perfect Game Freshman All-America second team
• All-Pac-12
• Batted .296 with seven home runs, 41 RBI, 44 runs and a team-high 18 doubles
• All-Pac-12
• 3-for-6 with two doubles and an RBI in Stanford’s 4-3 win over Wright State (June 1)
• 3-for-4 with a double at Washington (May 24)
• 4-for-5 with two RBI and four runs in Stanford’s 25-5 win at Utah (May 5)
• Home runs in back-to-back wins over California (April 27-28)
• 3-for-5 with a run and two RBI in Stanford’s 7-2 win at Arizona (April 22)
• 3-for-6 with two runs, three RBI and a home run in Stanford’s 13-11 win at UCLA (April 7)
• 2-for-4 with two RBI and a home run in Stanford’s 4-3 win over Gonzaga (April 2)
• 2-for-4 with a home run in a win over San Diego (March 27)
• 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs in an 18-0 win over USC (March 25)
• Two runs in Stanford’s 9-3 win at Texas (March 10)
• Two hits, two runs and one RBI in Stanford’s 7-1 win at Texas (March 9)
• Three hits and one run in Stanford’s 8-6 loss at Texas (March 8)
• Two hits and two RBI in Stanford’s 7-4 win over Michigan (March 4)
• Walk-off, three-run home run in Stanford’s 3-2 win over Michigan (March 3)
• Two hits, two runs and two RBI in a 6-2 win over Rice (Feb. 23)
• Hits in his first six collegiate games
• Had one hit, one run and one RBI in his collegiate debut, a 5-1 win against Fullerton (Feb. 16)

Prior to Stanford

• 2017 Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year
• Three-time Gatorade Football Player of the Year (2014-16)
• Two-time Oregon state Football Player of the Year (2015, 2016)
• Two-time MaxPreps All-American in football (2015, 2016)
• 2016 Oregonian High School Athlete of the Year
• 2016 MaxPreps Male Athlete of the Year
• Two-time team captain of the football and baseball teams
• Set state record for career touchdown passes and passing yards in a season and career
• Led football team to 2016 league and state championships
• Led baseball teams to three league titles (2014, 2015, 2017) and two state runner-ups (2015, 2017)
• Played in six state championships in nine varsity seasons (baseball, basketball, and football combined)
• Served as youth coach at baseball and football camps

Personal

• Son of Lisa Dunne and John Tawa
• Has two younger brothers, Casey and Jordy