Nominee for 2023 Saints Awards Male Career Achievement Award
2022 (Graduate)
Led the team with nine stolen bases ... Second on the team with 30 hits ... Started 30 games ... Had three hits, including a double, and one RBI vs. Millikin (2/27) ... Recorded three hits, inlcuding a triple, and two RBI vs. St. Mary's (4/3) ... Hit two doubles and three RBI vs. St. Mary's (4/3).
2021 (Senior)
First Team All-UMAC … Started in all 29 games … Third in the conference with five triples … Led the team with 33 runs … Tied for second on the team with nine doubles … Second on the team with 14 stolen bases … Third on the team with 35 hits … Hit for the cycle vs. North Central (5/4) … Recorded three doubles, one run, two RBIs vs. Bethany Lutheran (4/24).
2020 (Junior) – COVID shortened
Played in five games, including two starts … Recorded four strikeouts vs. UW-La Crosse … Earned two strikeouts vs. Macalester.
2019 (Sophomore)
Appeared in nine games, including eight starts … Had a season-high eight strikeouts in a complete-game win over Crown (4/26) … Struck out seven and didn’t allow a run in six innings vs. Macalester (4/16) … Recorded seven strikeouts vs. Concordia-Chicago (3/11).
2018 (Freshman)
Appeared in seven games, including three starts … Pitched four innings striking out two to earn first collegiate win vs. Iowa Wesleyan.
Pierz
All-State choice as a senior … Twice-named to the All-State Tournament Team … Named Morrison County Record Player of the Year as a senior … Named Class AA Player of the Year … Central Plains Region MVP … Three-time all-conference selection … Posted a 0.84 career ERA … All-section and all-conference in basketball as a senior … Made the Honor Roll.
Personal
Finance Major … Son of Sandy and Crock Tautges
Favorite Food: Cinnamon rolls
Favorite Movie: The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Favorite Athlete: Kevin Durant
Career Goal: Have a job in my career field when I graduate
What I Like About St. Scholastica: The small campus and friendly professors willing to work with you
