| Trey Wiedman |
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Outlook for 2009: Coaches are excited with Trey's increased strength and diligence in the weight room...Has outstanding power potential and will be counted on heavily somewhere in the middle of the Tiger lineup...Much-improved defensive skills at first base and could also see time as a corner outfielder.
2008 (Sophomore): Team's top returning offensive threat...Led squad in nearly every offensive category in 2008...Finished with a team-best .302 batting average, .467 slugging percentage, 93 total bases, 60 hits, 39 RBI and eight home runs...Started in all 50 games he appeared in...Made 40 starts at first base, seven in right field and three as the DH...Hit primarily in the clean-up spot in the Tiger order...Second on the team with 34 runs scored...Legged out nine doubles...Drew 20 walks and was perfect in three stolen-base attempts...Solid in the field with a .987 fielding percentage...Hit .342 with runners in scoring position...Drove in 12 two-out RBI... Conference USA co-Hitter of the Week (3/3/08)...Led Tiger offense with 17 multi-hit games...Tied for team lead with nine multi-RBI performances...Put together a career-long seven-game hit streak (4/29/08-5/10/08)...Tied a Memphis record with hits in seven consecutive at-bats over a two-game span...Recorded a career-high 5-for-5 night vs. UT-Martin (2/26/08)...Followed that outing with a 2-for-2 game vs. Murray State (2/27/08)...Homered five times in the first 16 contests...Went 2-for-5 with a homer, two runs and a career-best four RBI in a win over Samford (3/18/08)...Drove in four runs vs. Middle Tennessee (4/23/08)...Scored a career-high three runs in a 3-for-5 effort vs. SEMO.
2007: Redshirted the 2007 season.
2006 (Freshman): Hit .303 in 18 games as a Tiger rookie...Made five starts in leftfield...Had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs...Hit .375 with runners in scoring position...Recorded three multiple-hit games...Batted .333 as a starter and just .267 off the bench...Broke into the starting lineup for the final three games of the C-USA Tournament...Went 3-for-11 with a double...Had two hits against No.1 Rice...Ripped a career-best three hits vs. Mississippi Valley (4/30/06).
Summer 2006: Had a standout summer season for the Mellville Millionaires of the Western Major League...In 36 games, hit .309, with a pair of homers, 30 RBI, 14 doubles and four stolen bases.
Prep: Prepped at Houston High School for former Tiger Lane McCarter...Played both third base and the outfield...All Tennessee Baseball Report Second Team selection in 2005 after hitting .400 and driving in 50 runs...Added six round trippers...Selected as a 2005 Commercial Appeal Best of the Preps/All-Metro selection...Helped guide a talented Houston Mustang team to a 36-8 mark and a AAA state championship in 2005...2005 The Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) All-State performer...Houston went 28-13 in the spring and an 18-13 record over the summer... Helped lead his team to a regional championship in 2003...Was named one of the top 15 juniors in the Shelby-Metro area in 2004...Hit .354 with seven home runs and 26 RBI as a junior...Posted a .323 career batting average with eight home runs and 104 RBI at Houston...Participated in the 2003 Midwest Prospects, 2004 Perfect Game National Underclass Showcase, Ft. Myers, Fla., 2003 Western Undergraduate Showcase and 2004 Blue-Grey Classic Middle Tennessee State University...Also played basketball and football.
Personal: Full name is Thomas G. Wiedman III...Son of Thomas and Denise Wiedman...Was a member of Who's Who Among American High School Students...Majoring in exercise science/health and human performance.
Wiedman's Career Statistics
Yr Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO SB-A
06 .303 18- 5 33 4 10 2 0 0 2 12 .364 3 1 10 0-0
07 Redshirted
08 .302 50-50 199 34 60 9 0 8 39 93 .467 20 3 51 3-3
Tot .301 68-55 232 38 70 11 0 8 41 105 .452 23 4 61 3-3
