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Career Accolades
- Pac-12 Champion (2018)
- College World Series All-Tournament Team (2021)
- Stanford Regional Most Outstanding Player (2021)
- Two-time Stanford Regional All-Tournament team (2019, 2021)
- All-Pac-12 honorable mention (2019)
- Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America first team (2018)
- Perfect Game Freshman All-America second team (2018)
- All-Pac-12 (2018)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America second team (2021)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2019)
- Played in 184 games, starting 180, over his career
- Batted .274 with 132 runs scored, 43 doubles, three triples, 28 home runs and 123 RBIs
- Slugged .460 with a .322 on-base percentage while drawing 44 walks
- Swiped 30 bases in 39 career attempts
As a Senior (2021)
- College World Series All-Tournament Team
- Stanford Regional Most Outstanding Player
- Stanford Regional All-Tournament team
- CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Hit .290 with 46 runs scored, 13 doubles, 12 homers and 39 RBIs over 52 games played and 51 starts
- Slugged .519, reached at a .357 clip ad stole 14 bases in 17 attempts
- Hit safely in nine straight games from March 4 to March 20 (.464, 8 R, 5 2B, 3 RBIs) and 37 of his 52 games played
- Amassed a team-best 18 multi-hit games and managed seven multi-RBI contests
- .386 average with 13 runs scored, three doubles, five homers and 10 RBIs in postseason play, compiling four three-hit games over the nine games in the tournament
- Batted .526 (10 for 19) with seven runs scored, two doubles, three homers and eight RBIs in the four games at the Stanford Regional
- Hit .400 over the three games at the College World Series, finishing with three runs scored, a double, a homer and a stolen base
- Collected 17 runs scored, four doubles, four homers and 14 RBIs in Pac-12 play
- 3 for 4 with three runs scored, two homers and four RBIs vs. NDSU to open the Stanford Regional (June 4)
- Collected a double as part of a 3 for 6 game against No. 5 Arizona in an elimination game at the CWS (June 21)
- Batted 3 for 5 with a homer, two runs scored and three RBIs in the Championship game against No. 17 UC Irvine from the Stanford Regional (June 7)
- Went 3 for 5 with two homers and a career-best six RBIs against Fresno State (March 28)
- 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles against San Francisco (March 5)
- Drove in four runs and collected a homer at Washington State (April 3)
- Homered as part of a 2 for 4 day with five RBIs at Arizona State (April 18)
As a Junior (2020)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Batted .213 in 16 appearances, finishing with seven runs, two doubles, one home run and six RBI.
- 2-for-4 with a double against Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 14).
- Home run and two RBI at Texas Tech (Feb. 22).
- 2-for-4 against Kansas State (March 7).
As a Sophomore (2019)
- Stanford Regional All-Tournament team
- All-Pac-12 honorable mention
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
- 3-for-5 with 3 runs and 2 RBI at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18)
- 2-for-4 with a run and stolen base against UNLV (Feb. 23)
- Game-winning RBI single at Cal State Fullerton (March 1)
- 2-for-5 with an RBI against Utah (March 23)
- 2-for-4 with a run and RBI against Utah (March 24)
- 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI at Washington State (March 30)
- 1-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a run at Washington State (March 31)
- Game-winning RBI against Fresno State (April 2)
- 1-for-4 with two runs at San Francisco (April 9)
- 2-for-3 against Washington (April 14)
- Three-run home run against UC Davis (April 16)
- 2-for-6 with a run at Oregon (April 19)
- 2-for-4 with a run against Arizona (April 26)
- 1-for-3 with two RBI against Arizona (April 27)
- 2-for-4 with two runs against Arizona (April 28)
- 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and two runs at Cal (May 12)
- 2-for-4 with two runs and a double at Arizona State (May 24)
- Go-ahead, three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth at Arizona State (May 25), Stanford went on to win, 3-2
- 3-for-3 with a double and two runs against Fresno State (June 2)
As a Freshman (2018) • Pac-12 Champions
- Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America first team
- Perfect Game Freshman All-America second team
- All-Pac-12
- Batted .296 with seven home runs, 41 RBI, 44 runs and a team-high 18 doubles
- All-Pac-12
- 3-for-6 with two doubles and an RBI in Stanford’s 4-3 win over Wright State (June 1)
- 3-for-4 with a double at Washington (May 24)
- 4-for-5 with two RBI and four runs in Stanford’s 25-5 win at Utah (May 5)
- Home runs in back-to-back wins over California (April 27-28)
- 3-for-5 with a run and two RBI in Stanford’s 7-2 win at Arizona (April 22)
- 3-for-6 with two runs, three RBI and a home run in Stanford’s 13-11 win at UCLA (April 7)
- 2-for-4 with two RBI and a home run in Stanford’s 4-3 win over Gonzaga (April 2)
- 2-for-4 with a home run in a win over San Diego (March 27)
- 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs in an 18-0 win over USC (March 25)
- Two runs in Stanford’s 9-3 win at Texas (March 10)
- Two hits, two runs and one RBI in Stanford’s 7-1 win at Texas (March 9)
- Three hits and one run in Stanford’s 8-6 loss at Texas (March 8)
- Two hits and two RBI in Stanford’s 7-4 win over Michigan (March 4)
- Walk-off, three-run home run in Stanford’s 3-2 win over Michigan (March 3)
- Two hits, two runs and two RBI in a 6-2 win over Rice (Feb. 23)
- Hits in his first six collegiate games
- Had one hit, one run and one RBI in his collegiate debut, a 5-1 win against Fullerton (Feb. 16)
Prior to Stanford
- 2017 Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year
- Three-time Gatorade Football Player of the Year (2014-16)
- Two-time Oregon state Football Player of the Year (2015, 2016)
- Two-time MaxPreps All-American in football (2015, 2016)
- 2016 Oregonian High School Athlete of the Year
- 2016 MaxPreps Male Athlete of the Year
- Two-time team captain of the football and baseball teams
- Set state record for career touchdown passes and passing yards in a season and career
- Led football team to 2016 league and state championships
- Led baseball teams to three league titles (2014, 2015, 2017) and two state runner-ups (2015, 2017)
- Played in six state championships in nine varsity seasons (baseball, basketball, and football combined)
- Served as youth coach at baseball and football camps
Personal
- Son of Lisa Dunne and John Tawa
- Has two younger brothers, Casey and Jordy