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Michael Tucker ‘93 (Baseball, 1990-92) completed his 11th season of playing Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2005, playing with his sixth team after having been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies late in the 2005 season. A member of the 1992 United States Olympic Baseball Team, the first and only Olympic athlete from Longwood, he was a two-time NCAA Division II 1st-Team All-American (1991, 1992). Tucker was the 1992 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Division II Player of the Year, and the 1992 Baseball America Small College Player of the Year. He won the 1992 NCAA Division II Triple Crown, hitting .489 with 22 home runs and 74 RBI. A 1992 MLB Draft First-Round selection (10th overall) of Kansas City, Tucker still holds seven school-records, including career batting average (.428) and home runs (45). He has also played professionally for Atlanta, Cincinnati, the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco.
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