Jefferies Tatford

Position:
Outfield/First Base/Catcher
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 210
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Thomas More

Tatford’s Accolades
All-Sun Belt Conference (2007)
Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team (2007)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2004)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2005)

2007: Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference Selection...Named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team...One of just two players on the team to start all 62 games for the Cajuns...Second on the team with a .351 batting average...Had a career high 10 homeruns, two triples and 18 doubles in his final season...Drove in a career high 46 RBI on the year...Drew a career high 42 walks, second on the team behind fellow senior Devon Bourque...For the third consecutive year, led the team with number of times hit by a pitch...Finished the year with 16 HBPs, second most in a single season...Finished his career with a school record 48 hit by pitches...Ranked in the Cajuns’ top-5 in 12 offensive categories (batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, runs scored, hits, runs batted in, doubles, triples, homeruns, total bases, walks and hit by pitches)...Tied a career high with five RBI against Western Kentucky on April 7...Had a career high nine total bases against Arkansas-Little Rock on May 13...Drew a career high three walks against McNeese State on March 21.

2006: One of just two players on the Cajuns squad to start all 59 games...Second on the team with a .336 batting average...Had a .481 slugging percentage and a .426 on base percentage...Tied UL single season record with 17 HBPs...Ranked 50th in the NCAA in hit by pitch...Had 72 hits, including 17 doubles, a triple and four homeruns, with one grand slam...Second on the team with a .990 fielding percentage (5 errors in 506 attempts)...Scored 36 runs with 38 RBI...Had 23 multiple hit games and eight multiple RBI games...1-of-4 Cajuns to have a hitting streak at least 10 games...Had a season-high five RBI in a 4-for-5 performance against Western Kentucky...One of just two Cajuns to hit more than one homerun in a game...Hit a pair of homers against Middle Tennessee in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, finishing the game 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI.

2005: Played in 52 games with 38 starts...Boasted a .336 batting average...Had 48 hits including 13 doubles, one triple and three homeruns...Scored 31 runs and drove in 32 runs on the season...Drew seven walks in 2005...Recorded 70 putouts and six assists in 78 opportunities.

2004: Appeared in nine games during his freshman campaign...Made his first career start against Siena March 3...Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI...In Tatford’s next start, went 1-for-3 with a run and a stolen base against Texas Southern.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner in baseball for head coach Ken Roebuck and in football for head coach Jim Hightower at St. Thomas More HS...Led STM to three district championships (2000, 2001, 2003)...Was a two-time All-State selection (2002, 2003), three-time All-District selection (2001, 2002, 2003), two-time All-Acadiana (2002, 2003) and was the 2003 All-District MVP...Led Cougars to a 30-9 record in 2001...Made four-straight Class 4A playoff appearances with STM.

Personal: Full name is Jefferies Lee Tatford...Born on September 16, 1984, in Lafayette, La...Son of Lee and Doris Tatford...Has three brothers (Regan, Byrnes, Evan)...Majoring in Civil Engineering...Selected in the 42nd round of the MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs in 2003.