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Lightning Baseball Academy

Dave Tucker - President

Dave has been a Scout for the past 20+ years for the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles
He played sparingly at Bellevue College (helping team win World Series in 1979) and the University of Washington
Under Dave's guidance and leadership, over 450 of his student athletes have gone to college to play baseball!

All-American Pitcher, All-Region & All-Conference SS in 1 year at Seward County CC
All Conference, Team Captain, Team MVP, Offensive MVP, Defensive MVP as switch-hitting 3B at the University of Washington
Led team to NCAA Rice Regional
Finished career 9th on UW Home Run list (#1 for switch-hitters)
On Dean's List & earned the Mary Gates Scholarship awarded to top Student-Athlete
Member of WSAAC at UW (Washington Student-Athlete Advisory Council)
Drafted by Baltimore Orioles reaching AAA, 2x All-Star in 6 years of Professional Baseball (played 3B, 2B, 1B, SS, LF, P and C)
Player/Coach for Reno Silver Sox - led team to post season twice and a League Championship
Offered multiple professional coaching opportunities

4-year starter at University of Washington and Dallas Baptist University
Switch-hitting CF/RF/2B/3B helping UW to NCAA Oxford Regional Freshman year
1 of 4 2B in the country to have 10+ HR and 15+ SB at the NCAA D1 level at DBU
Led DBU in hitting 2006 at .350
Finished career with 30+ HR and garnering "All-Independent" League honors
Drafted by Baltimore Orioles and played 7 years of Professional Baseball
Only IF in Orioles minor league system over a 10-year span to be top 5 in AVG, OB %, Slugging % and OPS (1 of 5 total players!)
Offered coaching position with Baltimore Orioles

Lightning Baseball Academy

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