Tanner Gragg

Position C

Height 6'1''

Weight 202 lbs.

Class Senior

Hometown Overland Park, Kan.

High School Blue Valley West

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Honors & Awards

2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
Fall 2016 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls
Spring 2017 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls

2018, Senior season
Started 13 of the 33 games he played in … Batted .157 (7-for-45) with two home runs and eight RBIs … Notched two hits in first start of season against Murray State (2/18) … Hit first home run of the season against Oklahoma (5/19).

2017, Junior season
Awarded 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls … Played 37 games and started 27 … Batted .244 (20-of-82) with four doubles and one home run … Recorded one hit against Liberty (2/18) … Made a start behind the dish at then-No. 23 Stanford (2/25) … Scored first run of the season against Houston Baptist (3/10) … Hit second-career double against Texas (3/31) … Hit first-career home run at West Virginia (4/9) to give Kansas its final lead … Tied a then-career-high in hits (2), runs (1) and RBIs (2) against the Mountaineers (4/9) … Season-high putouts (17) against Oklahoma State (4/15) … Career-high three hits and two runs scored at then-No. 19 Oklahoma (4/21) … Set a new career mark with three RBIs at then-No. 4 Texas Tech (5/18).

2016, Sophomore season
Started 12 of 19 games played … Registered 31 at bats and drew four walks … Tallied a .943 fielding percentage (83-for-88) … Made first start of 2016 against Northern Colorado (2/23) … Tied a then-career-high two at bats against UNC (2/23) and Utah (2/29) … Recorded first-career RBI and hit of the season vs. Purdue (3/12) … Career-high two RBIs against Baker (3/23) … Scored first run of season against Benedictine (3/30) … Career-high five at bats and two hits at then-No. 16 Missouri State (4/6) … Started first-career Big 12 game at Texas (4/16).

2015, Freshman season
Started two games and appeared in 10 for the Jayhawks … Made his collegiate debut against Oregon State (2/22) … Recorded his first-career hit against Chicago State (2/26) … Went 1-for-2 at the plate with one double against Chicago State (2/26) … Earned his first-career start behind the dish against New Mexico (4/8).

Blue Valley West HS
Rated Perfect Game’s No. 1 catcher and No. 2 overall prep player in the state of Kansas … Earned three letters under coach Bill McDonald … Helped his team win the 6A State Championship in 2013 … Named to the 2013 Preseason All-America Second Team by Perfect Game.

Personal
Son of Todd and Angi Gragg … Has an older brother, Corey … Majoring in business.