NIL Opportunities
2024 (Freshman): Played in and started 16 games in center field before having his season cut short due to a lower-body injury… Batted .328 and slugged .517 with 19 hits, five doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs… Recorded nine runs scored, five walks, 30 total bases, a .400 on-base percentage and two stolen bases in two attempts… Put together an eight-game hitting streak from March 1-10… Recorded six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI performances… Batted .353 with runners in scoring position… Did not commit an error in 47 chances in the field… Credited with four assists and 43 putouts… Went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a stolen base at College of Charleston (2/24)… Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base at Louisville (3/1)… Went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run, a walk, four RBIs and four runs scored at Ohio (3/5)… Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and an RBI at Georgia Tech (3/8)… Went 1-for-3 with a home run and a walk in the first game of a doubleheader at Georgia Tech (3/9)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Georgia Tech (3/9)… Went 3-for-6 with an RBI at Pitt (3/13).
High School: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics with the 526th overall pick in the 18th round of the 2023 MLB Draft… Played for Coach Scott Roebuck at Brownsville Area High School… Batted .651 and slugged 1.069 with 28 hits, two home runs, three doubles, five triples, 22 runs scored, 13 stolen bases and a .700 on-base percentage in 2022… Posted 48 hits, 18 doubles, six triples, five home runs, 36 RBIs and 19 stolen bases over 32 games played during the summer of 2022… Three-time All-County and three-time All-Section honoree… Also played basketball and soccer… Played summer/travel ball for Pittsburgh Hardball Academy under Coach Nelson Cooper… Played fall ball under Coach Fred Albert.
Personal: Parents are Derrick Tarpley Sr. and Janele Tardd... Has two sisters (Aniya and Justine)... Major is exercise science.
