#6 Mike Tamsin
Sr. - 3B - 6'2 - 245
Branford, Conn. Branford/Choate Rosemary Hall
2009: Tamsin leaves Northeastern as one of its greatest hitters ever with five career or season records to his name including single season hits and career hits...Tamsin finished his senior season with a team high .347 batting average and a .434 on-base percentage...tied for the team lead with 42 runs scored and led th team with 45 RBI...went 4-6 with two runs and four RBI in the Huskies victory over Towson on May 15...had two RBI in the final game of the Huskies sweep over Delaware...went 2-3 with two runs in the Huskies first game against Delaware...went 3-5 with four runs scored and two RBI against Harvard on April 7...hit his 228th career hit on March 28 making Tamsin the all-time hits leader at Northeastern...hit two home runs in the Huskies 14-3 rout of Hofstra on March 27 and racked up four RBI and scored three runs...Tamsin scored the game winning run in the Huskies 2-1 victory over JMU March 22...Tamsin finished the Florida trip leading the team in batting average, hits, RBI, and slugging percentage...cracked a two-run double against Miami (Ohio) March 7...Hit his first home-run of the season March 7 against Ohio State...hit a stand-up triple to drive in two runs as part of a three RBI game against Central Michigan March 6.
2008: Led the Huskies in batting average and on-base percentage for the third consecutive season, finishing with a .380 average and a .457 on-base percentage...set Husky single-season record with 73 hits...tied for CAA-lead with 48 hits in conference play...named first team All-CAA as a utility player...had a 19-game stretch between April 11 and May 10 in which he hit a blistering .480 (36-75)...went 2-3 with and RBI in the Huskies' season-opening, 10-9 win against Villanova Mar. 1...finished 2-4 with a double and a run scored in NU's 4-2 win over Western Michigan Mar. 6...went 3-5 with an RBI and a run scored in the Huskies' 10-9 win against IPFW Mar. 8...went 2-4 with an RBI-double in the second game of a doubleheader at Delaware March 15...went 3-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in the Huskies' 10-6 win at George Mason March 21...doubled and scored a run at George Mason on March 23...went 2-5 with a double vs. Boston College April 1...tripled and scored a run at Holy Cross April 8...combined to go 4-10 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs score in NU's doubleheader split at VCU April 11...finished 2-4 with a double and an RBI at VCU April 12...went 3-4, scored a run and was intentionally walked twice in the Huskies' 7-6, 10-inning win vs. Harvard in the Beanpot consolation game at Fenway Park April 15...combined to go 3-8 with two doubles in NU's doubleheader vs. Towson April 19...reached base four times in the Huskies' 5-3 win vs. Bryant April 29...combined to hit .571 (8-14) with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in the Huskies' weekend series vs. Hofstra May 2-3...went 4-5 with and RBI and two runs scored at UMass May 6...hit .583 (7-12) with a double, homer, three RBI and four runs scored in the Huskies' series win at William & Mary 8-10...finished 3-5 with two RBI and a run scored in NU's 10-2 win vs. James Madison May 15...went 2-3 with two runs scored in the Huskies' final game of the season vs. James Madison, breaking the NU single-season record for hits and finishing with 73 on the season.
2007: Led the Huskies with a .366 batting average, 63 hits and a .446 on-base percentage, while tying for the team lead with 39 runs and adding eight homers and 40 RBI in his sophomore season...named to the All-CAA second team for the second consecutive season...named to ABCA Northeast Region first team...named All-New England...went a perfect 3-3 with two runs in the Huskies’ 3-2 win against Bowling Green March 5...added a double, homer, three RBI and two runs scored in NU’s 10-4 win at Towson March 24...homered for the second straight game and drove in two at Towson March 25...smacked one of five Husky home runs in NU’s 9-3 win at James Madison April 7...added three hits and three runs in the Huskies’ 17-6 win vs. UMass in the first round of the Beanpot April 19...cranked a grand slam against Delaware April 28...went 2-5 with three RBI in the Huskies’ 6-4 win at Marist April 30...went 2-3 with a solo homer at Harvard May 2...went 3-3 with a double at UNC Wilmington May 4...went 2-5 with a homer and two RBI against UNC Wilmington May 6...added two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored in NU’s 8-7 loss to UConn May 7...batted 3-3 with three RBI and a run scored in the Huskies’ 17-12 win vs. UMass May 9...homered in NU’s 6-4 win at Hofstra May 11...homered for the second straight game against Hofstra May 12.
2006: Batted a team-high .353 with three homers and 34 RBI in his rookie season...played in all 50 games...named second-team All-CAA and CAA All-Rookie...named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America...hit his first collegiate home run at Savannah State March 18...reached base five times, doubling twice and drawing three walks, and had two RBI in an 11-0 win over Delaware...named CAA Rookie of the Week March 28...was 3-4 with two RBI in 7-4 win over UNC Wilmington...doubled twice and drove in a run in 9-6 loss to James Madison...hit his third homer of the season in 11-4 win over Holy Cross...went 3-5 with two doubles and two RBI in 7-6 win over UMass in Beanpot Tournament at Fenway Park...was 4-4 with two RBI against Towson...17-game hit streak was snapped on May 5...35-game streak of reaching base safely ended the next day.
High School: A three-sport star (baseball, football, basketball) at Branford High and Choate Rosemary Hall...a first team All-League, New Haven Register All-Area and first team CHSCA All-State in 2004 and ’05 in baseball...named 2004 New Haven Register Athlete of the Year...2005 Legion team finished third in national tournament...named to All-Tournament team and was 2005 Louisville Slugger Award winner.
Personal: Born Aug. 11, 1986...sister, Jackie, played ice hockey at Providence...Engineering major...Class of 2010.
#6 Mike Tamsin Career Statistics CAREER Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2006.... .353 50-47 173 28 61 15 0 3 34 85 .491 20 9 26 2 .439 3 0 1-1 35 1 1 .973
2007.... .366 44-44 172 39 63 10 1 8 40 99 .576 24 4 17 4 .446 4 0 2-2 97 5 3 .971
2008.... .380 50-50 192 31 73 12 1 2 26 93 .484 27 2 27 5 .457 2 0 0-1 93 43 2 .986
2009.... .347 53-53 213 42 74 10 3 5 45 105 .493 29 6 25 7 .434 3 0 4-7 99 81 12 .938
TOTAL... .361 197-194 750 140 271 47 5 18 145 382 .509 100 21 95 18 .444 12 0 7-11 324 130 18 .962
CAA ONLY Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2006.... .346 29-29 107 17 37 10 0 0 17 47 .439 12 6 16 1 .433 2 0 1-1 9 1 0 1.000
2007.... .321 28-28 109 21 35 5 1 7 26 63 .578 15 2 11 2 .406 2 0 0-0 57 1 2 .967
2008.... .397 30-30 121 18 48 10 0 2 19 64 .529 12 0 19 4 .448 1 0 0-1 58 26 2 .977
2009.... .360 24-24 86 21 31 5 2 3 20 49 .570 20 3 13 2 .486 2 0 3-4 65 44 4 .965
TOTAL... .357 111-111 423 77 151 30 3 12 82 223 .527 59 11 59 9 .442 7 0 4-6 189 72 8 .970
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