VSU freshman baseball player Tahraun Hammond logs impressive stats
Fred Jeter | 4/28/2022, 6 p.m.
As freshmen baseball players go, few have posted more impressive statistics than Virginia State University’s Tahraun Hammond.
From Essex High School in Tappahannock, the college new- comer leads the Trojans in most offensive categories.
Through games of April 24, Hammond was hitting .364, with 44 hits, 31 runs scored, 12 doubles and 22 RBIs. He also has three home runs and eight stolen bases in nine tries.
The right-hander plays mostly infield positions, but also takes his turn on the pitching mound with 22 strikeouts in 18.1 innings.
The CIAA does not have enough member schools with baseball teams for a season-ending tournament. Therefore, the Trojans’ season is likely to end April 30 and May 1 with doubleheaders in Ettrick against Salem University of West Virginia.
