Biography
2019 All-Big South Honorable Mention
April 24, 2017 Big South Freshman of the Week
May 15, 2017 Big South Freshman of the Week
2020: Hit .196 across 16 games (15 starts) with 11 hits…Added four steals…With a triple in the season-opener against Purdue Fort Wayne on February 14, Tucker moved into a tie for fourth all-time in career triples (13). He scored multiple runs in three games while totaling nine runs scored on the season…In addition, he had two multi-hit games, with a season-best three hits against NJIT on February 22 where he went 3-5 with a run scored, two RBI and a home run…Went 2-5 with three runs scored on opening day against Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 14…
2019: Named All-Big South Honorable Mention after leading the Lancers with a .297 batting average…posted a team-best .376 on-base percentage while racking up six doubles, one triple and three homers…tied for the team lead with 13 stolen bases on 14 attempts… second on the team with 12 multi-hit games… cranked out three four-hit games (4-5 at UNC Asheville on 3/29 and 3/31, 4-4 at Campbell on 5/16)…crushed a leadoff home run against George Mason on the first pitch he saw while going 2-5 with a run and an RBI (2/26)…went 4-5 with two runs and an RBI at UNC Asheville for his first career four-hit game (3/29)…finished a home run short of the cycle on 3/31 at UNC Asheville while going 4-5 with three runs scored, two RBI, a double, a triple and three stolen bases…picked up three hits against Charleston Southern while going 3-5 with a double and a run scored (4/6, game two)…swatted second home run of the season at High Point to go 1-3 with a run scored and an RBI (4/13)…had a season-high three RBI at Radford after going 2-4 with a run scored and a home run (4/20, game two)…
2018: Started all 54 games played in sophomore season, playing at natural shortstop position after playing in left field in 2017 ... hit .227 with 10 doubles, four triples, two home runs, and 25 runs scored ... was second on the team with 30 RBI ... was second on the team and eighth in the conference with 19 stolen bases ... second on the team with 13 multiple-hit games and second with nine multi-RBI games ... racked up four three-hit games, including a 3-for-5 game and three RBI against Gardner-Webb in Longwood's win to clinch a postseason berth (5/20) ... stole a career-high four bases at Presbyterian (5/13).
2017: Was a standout performer in freshman season, finishing second on the team with a .298 batting average ... played in 51 games with 48 starts ... picked up seven doubles, three home runs, and led the Big South with seven triples, the second most in program single-season history ... led the team with an .814 OPS, .449 slugging percentage, and was tied for the team lead with 89 total bases and three home runs ... finished the season riding an 11-game hitting streak ... was second on the team with 17 multi-hit games ... had a career-high five RBI in 2-for-5 game at Savannah State ... homered in the second game of a doubleheader at Radford (3/25) ... hit a home run in both ends of a doubleheader against Winthrop (4/21); hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning of game one ... won the April 24 Big South Freshman of the Week award after hitting .375 for the week with two home runs, four RBI, and three stolen bases ... won his second Big South Freshman of the Week honors on May 15 after hitting .400 for the week with a 1.038 OPS and six runs scored.
High School: Lettered in baseball all four years at Bluestone High School … named conference player of the year first team all-conference, first team all-region, and second team all-state at shortstop as a senior … second team all-conference selection at shortstop as a junior … named to all-conference second team at second base as a sophomore … during four-year high school career surpassed the 100 hit and 100 steal thresholds and had a batting average above .400 … lettered in basketball for three years and cross country for three years … all-conference selection in basketball.
Academics: Majoring in kinesiology … member of the National Beta Club and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
Personal: Born Antwaun Malik Tucker on February 15, 1998 … son of Kelvin and Teisha Tucker … has two sisters, Jasmine Driggs and Kaylin Tucker … uncle is Longwood Athletics Hall of Fame slugger and former major leaguer, Michael Tucker … Michael Tucker played for Longwood from 1990 through 1992 and starred on the 1991 team that made it to the Division-II College World Series … Michael Tucker holds five Longwood offensive records, including the records for highest career batting average (.428), highest career slugging percentage (.874), and most career home runs (45) … Michael Tucker was the first round pick of the Kansas City Royals in the 1992 MLB First-Year Player Draft and played in the majors for the Royals, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets in his 17-year professional career.
