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2023 Baseball Roster

Aaron Draper
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Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper

30 Justin Tamelier

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Antioch
  • Highschool Deer Valley HS

Biography

Notable Awards
- All-CCAA Honorable Mention (2023)

As a Junior (2023)
- Received All-CCAA honorable mention
- Started 10 of 14 games on the mound
- Finished the season 3-4
- Threw a team-most 60 innings while posting a team third-best 3.75 ERA
- Threw a season-best 7 innings at Cal State Dominguez Hills on April 28
- Struck out a season-high 8 batters at Cal State Monterey Bay on April 7

Pre-Chico Days
- Spent four years at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill
- Appeared in a combined 42 games (19 starts), winning 11 games and striking out 169 batters in 160.1 innings of work
- Batted a team-high .340 and boasted the pitching staff’s lowest earned run average (3.34) in 2020
- Named First Team All-Big 8 Conference in 2021
- Second Team All-Big 8 Conference selection in 2022
- A 2018 graduate of Deer Valley High School in Antioch
- Earned four varsity letters
- Three-time Second Team All-Bay Valley Athletic League selection
- Named team MVP in 2017
- Was inducted into the Antioch Hall of Fame while receiving the Mike Lucido Award for Outstanding Baseball Player in 2018

Personal
- Born August 16, 2000, in Walnut Creek
- Son of Jeff and Debi
- Has one older brother, Jessie
- His parents are his heroes (“They have taken care of me my whole life and always gave me opportunities to become my own person”)
- The people he most admires in the sports world are Mike Trout and Steph Curry (“While they are two of the best to do it in their sports, they are also great people. They are great parents and husbands to their wives and families, and that’s who I want to be like when I’m older”)
- Why he chose to attend Chico State: “There’s not a culture like Chico State that you can find anywhere else in California. Chico has quickly become my home”
- His greatest sports moment is throwing a complete game against a rival high school “and throwing my glove in celebration while I struck out the last guy to win the game”
- The most interesting thing he’s ever done is going rock jumping into a lake
- The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished: “Making it to Chico State”
- Has learned by playing baseball to “give it your all or don’t bother showing up”
- Enjoys driving and listening to music when he has some free time
- Says that eSports is his biggest non-baseball talent
- Loves to bowl and play disc golf
- At the top of his bucket list: “Go to every major league baseball stadium”
- Best advice ever received came from his high school coach: “Live life with a purpose, and never care about what anyone says”
- Majoring in psychology
- Plans to focus on being a sports therapist/psychologist, and earning his Cal Fire credentials to become a fireman.

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