POSTING ITS FIRST-EVER 50-WIN SEASON, THE TIGERS ADVANCED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OF AN NCAA REGIONAL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1981. SPEED WAS THE PRIMARY WEAPON FOR THE SQUAD, WHICH ECLIPSED THE PREVIOUS STOLEN BASE MARK BY SWIPING 151 BAGS (40 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS TOTAL), A MARK THAT STANDS TO THIS DAY. ALL-AMERICAN MARK LITTLE BROKE SIX SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS AND WAS THE GREAT MIDWEST CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. THE TIGERS FELL IN THE NCAA REGIONAL FINAL TO EVENTUAL NCAA CHAMPION CAL-STATE FULLERTON, BUT NOT BEFORE KNOCKING THIRD-RANKED OKLAHOMA STATE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
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JEFF HOEKSTRA 2012 Tigers Baseball Yearbook Page 26
NATE WEIMER University of Memphis