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8 Mark Tatera  
Mark Tatera

Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Eagan, Minn.

High School:
The Academy of Holy Angels

Last College:
Duke University

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 190

Position:
C/UT

Experience:
TR

Bats/Throws:
L/R


04/16/2013

Gophers Use a Four-Run Seventh to Get Past Augsburg

Trailing 1-0, Minnesota plated four runs in the bottom of the fourth for a 4-1 win

04/14/2013

Anderson Collects 500th Career Conference Win With Northwestern Sweep

Minnesota sweeps the Wildcats with a 7-1 win to improve to 7-2 in league action

04/13/2013

Gophers Clinch Series With 6-3 Win at Northwestern

Minnesota scored three runs on Northwestern wild pitches to aide in win

04/12/2013

Fourteen Strikeouts and Abrahamson's Home Run Lifts Gophers to 4-2 Win

Minnesota improved to 5-2 in the Big Ten and 20-13 on the season

04/07/2013

Gophers Fall in Second Game to Ohio State, 5-2

Minnesota played its second suspended game of the weekend

2012:
Redshirted the season.

DUKE CAREER:
Played in 28 games with the Blue Devils, including eight starts • held a batting average of .205 with eight hits, five runs, seven RBI, two doubles and eight walks • also had four hit by pitch • held a on-base percentage of .392 • made the ACC Academic Honor Roll. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Academy of Holy Angels • team captain as a junior and senior• hit .419 with 10 extra-base hits and 19 runs as a senior on the way to all-state, all-metro and all-conference honors...named first team Academic All-State as a senior • selected to play in the Lion's All-Star Tournament • member of three consecutive conference championships • named team's defensive MVP • selected as a member of Team Minnesota and played in the Midwest Classic Baseball Tournament two-year letterwinner in soccer and three in academics after holding a GPA of 3.6 or higher • member of the National Honor Society • four-year honor roll student • garnered high honors and Honor of Distinction all four years • nine-time recipient of the Missota Conference Gold Award, given for owning a GPA of at least 3.5 during the sport season.

PERSONAL: Majoring in biology, society and environment • born September 20, 1991 • son of Jim and Jane Tatera • has a brother, John, and a sister, Kim • father played baseball for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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