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16 Tad Tjaden

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-6
  • B/T L/L
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Dell Rapids, S.D.
  • High School Dell Rapids

Biography

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2026: Pitched in 12 games with five starts ... finished 1-4 with a 8.57 ERA in 34 2/3 innings with 34 strikeouts ... struck out season-high seven vs. Dakota Wesleyan (3/9) in tossing five innings to earn first career victory ... tossed season-high six innings at Sioux Falls (4/8).

High School: 2025 graduate of Dell Rapids HS ... named SDHSBA Class B Player of the Year ... earned 2025 South Dakota American Legion State 'B' Player of the Year ... member of three Class B state championship teams ... named school Athlete of the Year ... also letter winner in football and member of two state championship teams ... two-time all-conference in basketball. 

Personal: Born April 11, 2006 ... son of Shannon and Tommy Tjaden ... business major.

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