Player Rankings
• 2021: No. 100 incoming ACC freshman by Perfect Game (Sept. 23).
2023 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes: Played in 22 games, started six games, batted .308 while recording 39 at-bats … Registered 12 hits, including two doubles and two home runs, slugging .513 … Scored nine runs and totaled 11 RBIs … Drew six walks, achieving a .412 on-base percentage ... Hit a grand slam against Miami.
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.


Sam Tackett Season 2023
All-around effort helps Virginia Tech down Stanford at ACC tourney
Hokies defeat Cardinal, 7-4, to advance to Wednesday's second round of the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Sam Tackett, Brett Renfrow represent Hokies on 2025 All-ACC baseball teams
Tackett led Virginia Tech with his placement onto the 2025 All-ACC Second Team while Renfrow earned his second consecutive All-ACC Third Team mention
Grant Manning's five-plus scoreless innings back Hokies' 5-4 win against UVA
David Lewis hammered the go-ahead, pinch-hit home run for Virginia Tech on Friday night that evened this weekend's Commonwealth Clash presented by Smithfield at one game apiece
Virginia Tech stung by Virginia's late-inning offense during Clash opener
Sam Tackett's two-run home run during the bottom of the seventh inning brought the Hokies within a run of the Cavaliers despite the visitors pulling away and collecting the 12-2 result
Clay Grady's bat, glove shine for Hokies during 6-5 win against Mercer
Virginia Tech's junior shortstop charted two hits, reached base three times and turned a number of high-caliber defensive plays down the stretch on Sunday
Virginia Tech kept winless by Pitt in 20-inning, nine-hour doubleheader
Ben Watson delivered five hits, three doubles for the Hokeis while senior Cam Pittman hammered his first two home runs in a Hokies uniform
David McCann doubles, homers despite Hokies' midweek loss to Liberty
Virginia Tech led, 2-0, after three innings of play on Tuesday night before the Flames rallied to take the first of two home-and-home meetings this season, 13-4
Purple Rain: Hokies rally from weather delay to stun Duke in program's best ACC comeback
Trailing, 7-0, after three innings on Saturday, Virginia Tech scored eight unanswered runs before ultimately prevailing, 9-8, against the Blue Devils in 11 innings
Sam Tackett's late RBI double lifts Virginia Tech past VCU, 6-5
Veteran outfielder powers Hokies to victory, breaking the game's 5-5 stalemate with his pinch-hit extra-base hit during the top of the eighth inning in Richmond
Virginia Tech comes up short Sunday to No. 12 North Carolina, 7-4
Ben Watson reached base four times during the Hokies' series finale against the Tar Heels, tallying his 14th multi-hit game of the season
Hammerin' Hokies mash five homers to down No. 12 Tar Heels, 10-6
Home runs by Henry Cooke, Sam Tackett, David McCann and Ben Watson during the opening two innings of Saturday's game led to Virginia Tech's seventh ranked victory of the season (per D1Baseball)
Hudson Lutterman's home run nearly leads Hokies back against No. 12 UNC
Virginia Tech tied its season high for home runs (three) on Friday, despite coming up short during its 9-6 defeat against the Tar Heels
Five Reasons to Attend: Virginia Tech vs. No. 12 North Carolina
Hokies welcome Tar Heels for three-game set as season continues
Jared Davis swings three hits despite No. 25 Hokies' loss to No. 9 FSU
Virginia Tech's mid-game lead on Sunday tipped into Florida State's favor despite pairing four doubles with a triple by Clay Grady
No. 25 Virginia Tech records 17 strikeouts, upsets No. 20 Troy at English Field
Chase Swift, Josh Berzonski, Preston Crowl, Brendan Yagesh, Mathieu Curtis and Grant Manning combined for the Hokies' best nine-inning pitching performance since 2021
Virginia Tech rides Marciano's longest rookie start to 6-1 win against Irish
Firing 116 pitches on Saturday, freshman southpaw Jake Marciano racked up nine strikeouts, leading the Hokies to their series-evening result at Notre Dame
Virginia Tech stymied by Radford; split season series with Highlanders
Hokies witness five-game winning streak come to an end after being denied a run until the ninth inning of Tuesday's 8-1 defeat
Hokies Baseball, Softball tally series sweeps against ranked opponents on the same weekend
Both squads finding ways to win against the nation’s best
Hokies score second straight win at No. 16 Wake Forest to clinch series
Virginia Tech jumped out to the 8-0 lead on Saturday, outlasting the Demon Deacons to post its seventh win during its last eight games