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Tavian Josenberger
Position
INF/OF
B/T
S/R
Class
So.
Height
6-0
Weight
185
Hometown
Kansas City, Mo.
High School
Park Hill
NIL Opportunities
Contact
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 6, at Oklahoma, Apr 10, 2021
- Doubles: 1, 21 times
- Triples: 1, 6 times
- Home runs: 2, at Charleston Southern, Mar 09, 2022
- Total bases: 9, at Oklahoma, Apr 10, 2021
- RBI: 4, at Charleston Southern, Mar 09, 2022
- Runs scored: 3, 5 times
- Walks: 3, at Charleston Southern, Mar 08, 2022
- Hit by pitch: 2, Sacramento State, Apr 27, 2021 ; Missouri, Mar 30, 2021
- Sac flies: 1, 7 times
- Sac bunts: 1, 12 times
- At bats: 6, 4 times
- Stolen bases: 2, at Missouri State, Mar 16, 2022 ; Creighton, Mar 20, 2021 ; North Dakota State, May 01, 2021
- Field chances: 10, at K-State, May 06, 2022
- Putouts: 7, at FGCU, Feb 26, 2021 ; at K-State, May 06, 2022
- Assists: 6, 4 times
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- 2021 Big 12 All-Freshman Team honoree
- 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Tied program record with 24-game hitting streak
- Six hits in a game tied a program record and set a Big 12 single game record
SOPHOMORE – 2022
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- Started 52 games at second base
- .276/.357/.386 (58-for-210), 13 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 23 RBI, 43 R, 25 BB, 11 SB
- Led the team in runs scored (43)
- Second on the team in walks (25)
- 23-game on-base streak (4/2-5/6); longest by a Jayhawk in 2022
- 3-for-4, 3B, RBI, 2 R in the Buck O’Neil Classic while wearing No. 22 to honor Buck O’Neil
- 15 multi-hit games
- 12-game hitting streak (3/9-3/30 & 4/2-4/20)
- First Jayhawk with home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game since 1996 (at Charleston Southern 3/9/22)
- Back-to-back HR with Jans in the 5th inning at Charleston Southern 3/9/22
- Team-high 5 RBI vs. Illinois on opening weekend
- Preseason All-Big 12 team by Perfect Game
- No. 20 second baseman in the nation by D1Baseball
- No. 44 college prospect in the 2023 draft class by Baseball America
- No. 99 prospect in the 2023 draft class by D1Baseball
- No. 6 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by Baseball America
- No. 11 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
- No. 13 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
FRESHMAN – 2021
- All-Big 12 honorable mention and All-Freshman team honoree
- Appeared in 52 games with 51 starts
- Finished second on the team with a .316 average (62-for-196) with eight doubles, four triples, one home run and 31 RBI
- Tallied a 24-game hitting streak, which tied a program record and tied the 10th-longest performance in Big 12 history
- 29-game reached base streak along with hitting streak were both team highs
- Finished 6-for-6 against Oklahoma, becoming the first Jayhawk to do the feat against a Big 12 foe and tied a program record with six hits
- Finished the season with 14 multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games
- One of only two Jayhawks with five-or-more hits in a game this season
- First career start against South Dakota State (Feb. 20
- Finished 4-for-5 with two RBI and a double against Creighton (March 20)
- Started 24-game hitting streak at Lafayette (March 23) and finished it against North Dakota State (May 2)
- Season-high three RBI three times – at Omaha (March 13), vs. Missouri (March 30) and vs. Air Force (April 13)
- Led Kansas with 11 stolen bases on 13 attempts
- 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked No. 1 player in Missouri by Prep Baseball Report
- Missed junior baseball season with an injury
- Played three years of basketball
PERSONAL
- Born on October 23, 2001
- Son of Dionandre and Melissa Josenberger
- Father, Dionandre, played basketball at Fort Hays State
- Chose Kansas because, “It’s close to home which allows my family to come and watch me and I felt like I had the best chance to get on the field early.”
- Majoring in sport management