Hokie ClubPlayer Rankings
• 2021: No. 100 Incoming ACC freshman by Perfect Game ... No. 5 shortstop and No. 9 overall player from Kentucky by Perfect Game.
2024 at Virginia Tech
• Statistics: Played in 42 games, making 25 starts (10 - right field, 7 - left field, 6 - first base, 2 - designated hitter) ... Batted .189 through 90 at-bats ... Registered 17 hits, three doubles and two home runs ... Scored 19 runs and totaled 13 RBIs ... Drew 16 walks and six HBPs, posting a .342 on-base percentage ... Stole three bases on four attempts ... Flexed a .989 fielding percentage, committing one error at first base ... Helped field two double plays.
• Feats & Streaks: Recorded three multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Reached his season high for hits (three) two times: against Stony Brook (March 2-3) ... Set a season high for RBIs (three) against Stony Brook (March 2).
• Highlights: Hit a two-RBI single during Virginia Tech's 10-5 win at Charlotte (Feb. 17) ... Went 2-for-4, bagging two RBIs on a double and a home run during the Hokies' 14-4 victory at Radford (Feb. 27) ... Batted 6-for-9 and tallied four RBIs during Virginia Tech's three-game series against Stony Brook (March 1-3); charted two three-hit performances against the Seawolves; belted three RBI hits during game two, including a solo home run ... Recorded RBI singles against No. 21 Wake Forest (April 6) and No. 7 Duke (April 21) ... Knocked a pinch-hit double during the eighth inning against Miami (May 10) ... Made two outfield starts during Virginia Tech's two games at the 2024 ACC Baseball Championship against No. 17 Duke (May 21) and No. 12 NC State (May 22); combined to draw four walks.
2022 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes: Played in 25 games, making 11 starts (nine as designated hitter) … Batted .237 while recording 38 at-bats … Registered nine hits, including a home run, slugging .316 … Scored nine runs and totaled five RBIs … Drew 12 walks and was five times a hit batsman, achieving a .456 on-base percentage … Went errorless on 25 defensive chances at first base.
2021 at Virginia Tech
• Did not make an appearance and redshirted.
High School
• Earned varsity letters all four years playing for coach Chris Langston at Lafayette … During career, was a two-time all-region first team honoree and a two-time all-city first team member ... Also earned Perfect Game Preseason All-American honors three times ... Named to the Prep Baseball Report Kentucky 2020 Dream Team ... Helped the Generals to a pair of district titles.
Personal
• Samuel David Tackett … Born June 11, 2002 in Lexington, Kentucky … Son of David and Robin Tackett ... Has a younger sister, Sarah
• Majoring in accounting and information systems.