2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 36
Tucker Shalley
- Position:
- RHP
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 215
- Hometown:
- Grafton, Ill.
- High School:
- Jersey Community
Career Highs
- Innings pitched: 1.1, Purdue, Apr 19, 2021
- Walks allowed: 2, Purdue, Apr 19, 2021
- Batters faced: 10, Purdue, Apr 19, 2021
- Field chances: 1, Northwestern, Mar 28, 2021
- Assists: 1, Northwestern, Mar 28, 2021
Freshman - 2021
- Pitched in two games out of the bullpen
High School
- No. 7 right-handed pitcher in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report and No. 13 by Perfect Game
- No. 341 right-handed pitcher in the nation by Perfect Game
- No. 24 recruit in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report and No. 31 by Perfect Game
- Top 500 recruit in the nation by Perfect Game
- Three-year letterwinner
- Played for head coach Darren Perdun at Jersey Community
- 8-6, 2.85 ERA, 95.2 IP, 142 SO combined between sophomore and junior years
- 2019 High School Baseball National Championship Team Illinois Selection
- Also played soccer and basketball at Jersey Community and was all-conference in basketball
Personal
- Born Sept. 16, 2001
- Son of Nathan and Kathleen Shalley
- One younger sister, Grace
- Played summer ball for the St. Louis Pirates
- Plans to major in Kinesiology
- Plans to get a job helping people in fitness or physical therapy following his playing career
- Committed to Illinois in October 2018
- Chose Illinois because, "It's been my dream school for as long as I could remember. My family always had season tickets to football and basketball games and baseball has always been my favorite sport. I grew up an Illini fan and it only seemed fitting to stay with the family. Especially because when I met the people and coaches there, that was the best part that sold it for me."
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