Stuart Tapley Class: Junior Hometown: Orlando, FL High School: Boone HS Height / Weight: 5-10 / 204 Position: INF B/T: R/R

2009: A Brooks Wallace Award Preseason Watch List candidate...Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA third team preseason All-American.

2008: First team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and Rivals.com and second team Freshman All-American by Ping! Baseball and the NCBWA...finished second on the team and fifth in the ACC in hitting with a .383 average - the 10th highest batting average in a single-season in school history among players with 101 to 199 at-bats...ranked seventh in the league in on-base percentage at .472...started 57 games in his first season with the Seminoles - 54 at third base and three as the designated hitter...fell into his own defensively at third ending the season on a 34-game errorless streak...started the season with hits in five straight games...put together a career-high 12-game hit streak at one point during the year...recorded 21 multi-hit games including a career-high four hits twice against Georgia and Savannah State...notched his first collegiate home run in game two against Georgia, a two-run shot to left in the eighth inning...had a streak of seven straight games scoring at least one run...went 5-for-9 (.556) in FSU's three-game sweep at Clemson... reached base in eight of his first nine plate appearances, scoring four runs and driving in three against the Tigers...hit his fourth home run of the season in game two...hit .727 in a four-game sweep of Savannah State...in the process became the first Seminole in nearly two years to register a hit in six straight at-bats...went a perfect 4-for-4 in the second game of the series and then recorded hits in his first two plate appearances before drawing a walk on his third time at-bat...in the third game against the Tigers, hit a two-run home run in the first inning and followed in his next plate appearance with his first career grand slam...tied Mike McGee for the season-high in RBI with six...started all three games of the ACC Tournament in Jacksonville...best game of the tournament came against North Carolina collecting three hits in five at-bats with a double and two runs scored...earned Tallahassee All-Region honors after batting .417 (10-for-24) with three doubles and five RBI...finished the tournament with four straight multi-hit games after going hitless in the opening round...tied a tournament high with three hits against Florida and Bucknell, while registering a career-high four runs scored against the Bison...hit .385 in the Super Regional against Wichita State...connected on his eighth home run of the season in the middle game of the series...was the starting third baseman for the Seminoles in both games of the College World Series.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played both baseball and football at Boone High School in Orlando...named All-Metro as a sophomore, junior and senior...was the winning pitcher in the U.S. Championship Game in the 2001 Little League World Series against Rolando Paulino's team from the Bronx, N.Y. ...played fall baseball for the Orlando Scorpions, a traveling team competing in many of the top amateur baseball tournaments nationwide...member of the National Honor Society for two years.

PERSONAL: Son of Ken and Pam Tapley...mom is the principal at St. Cloud High School...2008 All-ACC Academic Team...ACC Academic Honor Roll (2007-08)...member of the 3.0 GPA Club (Spring 2008) at Florida State...major is business with the hopes of one day becoming a financial manager...born on September 8, 1987.