2023 Baseball Roster
Brock Tibbitts
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- New Albany, Ohio
- High School:
- New Albany
Career Notes & Records
Before injury in April of 2024, had started 149-consecutive games dating back to February of 2022 … was third-longest streak since at least 2008 without missing a game … finished one hit shy of 200-career hits … a career .313 hitter with 137 runs and 154 RBIs.
Reached base safely in 149 of 166 games started, with a hit in 115 of those games ... finished tied for No. 8 on the single-season RBI charts at Indiana with 68 on the season (2023) ... joined Carter Mathison (58) and Josh Pyne (57) as the first IU freshman trio to drive in 40 RBIs (43) in the same season in program history (2022) ... nine home runs is No. 7 on the Indiana freshman charts (2022)
2024 (Junior Season)
Awards: Named to the NCAA Knoxville All-Regional team (1B) after hitting .357 (5-14) with one home run, one double and four RBIs in three games for the Hoosiers … Academic All-Big Ten selection … CSC Academic All-District team … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Made 46 starts – 16 at catcher and 30 at first base … missed 14 games (entire month of April) due to a meniscus injury suffered against Indiana State (4/2) … started the final 16 contests – beginning in the month of May – after returning to the lineup … hit .316 with 55 hits, 12 doubles, four home runs and 43 RBIs in his junior campaign … delivered the go-ahead, bases-clearing triple in a win over No. 25 Dallas Baptist (3/2) … only four-hit game of the season came vs. Northern Kentucky (3/6) … tallied five-straight multi-hit games (3/12-3/17) … his ninth-inning single at Purdue began four-run comeback victory (5/5) … hit a first-inning home run in the NCAA Regional against Southern Miss (5/31) … finished the season with 17 multi-hit games … perfect 5-for-5 on runners caught stealing in action behind the plate.
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Earned second-team All-Midwest Region (1B) by the American Baseball Coaches Association ... Tabbed second-team All-Big Ten (1B) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on March 27 after a .500 average and seven RBIs in a four-win week against Indiana State and Ohio State.
Rankings: Tied for the Big Ten lead and finished No. 29 nationally in sacrifice files (7) … Ended the year No. 50 among Division I hitters in hits (86) … Ranked No. 51 nationally in RBIs (68) … Ranked tied for No. 73 in Division I in triples (4).
Season: Started all 63 games at first base ... Reached base safely in 58 of 63 games ... Was on-base multiple times in 43 games ... Owned a hit in 48 games ... Walked in 28 games ... Drove in an RBI in 35 games and scored a run in 39 games ... Had 22 games with both a run scored and an RBI in the same game ... Rode a 19-game reached base streak From April 29-June 4 ... Posted a season-best 11-game hitting streak from April 29-May 18 ... Added a 10-game hitting streak that spanned April 11-April 25 ... Posted 25 multi-hit and 20 multi-RBI games ... Homered against Purdue Fort Wayne (3/8), Morehead State (3/16), Ohio State (3/25), against Ball State (4/11) twice, at Illinois-1 (4/15), at Xavier (5/10) twice and in the series against Purdue (3/12-13) twice.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper … Named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team.
Season: Appeared in 55 games with 53 starts … Started games at first base (51) and left field (1) … Reached base safely in 46 of 55 games played … Owned a hit in 36 games … Walked in 27 games with seven multi-walk games … Made collegiate debut at catcher on Opening Day at Clemson (2/18) … Earned first collegiate start in the middle game of the series at Clemson (2/19) … First collegiate hit was an RBI double at Clemson (2/19) … First collegiate home run came as a part of a two-home run game against Miami (Ohio) (3/1) … First multi-home run game for an IU freshman since Grant Richardson at Maryland in 2019 … Owned a season-best eight-game hitting streak from May 7-May 19 … Season-long 15-game reached base streak spanned from April 24-May 19 … Posted 13 multi-hit games, 12 multi-RBI games and 12 multi-run scored games … Homered against Miami (Ohio) (3/1) twice, Cincinnati (3/8), at Troy (3/1) in the second game of a doubleheader, in the first game of a doubleheader versus Xavier (3/20), against Evansville (3/25), at Purdue (3/10) in the first game of a doubleheader, at Cincinnati (4/20) and at Michigan (5/8) … One of four IU hitters to amass 100 total bases on the season (100) … One of four position players to appear in all 59 games … Finished No. 2 on the team in doubles (13) … Ended the year No. 3 on the team in home runs (9) and walks (38) … Hit .300 or better in six of 14 weekend series, including three in Big Ten play.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Dave Starling at New Albany High School, where he was a three-year letterwinner … Rated the No. 65 catcher nationally and No. 2 in Ohio by Perfect Game … Slotted as the No. 14 overall prospect in Ohio by Perfect Game … Two-time team captain … Named team MVP as a senior … Guided the Eagles to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I state championship as a senior … Helped NAHS to the Ohio Capital Conference title as a sophomore … Tabbed second-team All-Central Region by Perfect Game as a senior … Named honorable mention All-Ohio and first-team all-district as a senior … Garnered Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year as a senior … Selected Also lettered three times in football and once in basketball … Earned first-team All-OCC as a senior in football … Earned second-team all-conference in football as a junior … Named Academic All-Ohio as a senior … Son of Heather and Jeff Tibbitts … Born on October 4, 2002 … Has two older sisters, Jaelynn and Kirsten … Father, Jeff, lettered in baseball at Florida State and Ohio University … Is a sport marketing & management major.
