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Wayne State University Athletics

2026 Baseball Roster

Izzy Rincon
Romer Santacruz
David Thurman
David Thurman
Romer Santacruz
Taylor Carrow
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2 Owen Tuccinardi

2 Owen Tuccinardi

  • Position:
    DH/1B
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    200
  • Letters:
    2
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • High School:
    Skyline

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Played in 75 games (64 starts) across two seasons with the program ... is the active career leader in triples with five ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team following the 2025 campaign ... 2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2025:  2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... appeared in 40 games with 31 starts, 29 of which were as the designated hitter and two at first base ... hit out of the cleanup spot in the lineup for 14 of those 31 starts, more than any other Warrior for that slot ... hit .268 (30-for-112) with a .756 OPS, 13 runs scored, five doubles, three triples (tied-for-first on the team), two home runs, 31 RBI (third), 47 total bases, 11 walks, two hit-by-pitches, three sac flies, and one stolen base (1-for-1) while slugging .420 with a .336 on-base percentage ... his 112 at-bats were fewer than eight other players on the squad, but he still managed to finish third in runs driven in ... thrived as a pinch-hitter for six hits in those seven at-bats (.857 average) with one run scored, two doubles, three RBI, eight total bases, and one walk ... tied-for-first on the team with Caleb Sanders for multi-RBI games thanks to nine of them ... for Owen, he brought in two runs five times, drove in three on three occasions, and notched one of the team's five five-plus RBI outings, each of which came from a different player ... brought in five RBI on March 8 against Malone (3-for-5, 1 R, 5 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR) ... that day, he hit a three-run home run in the first, singled in a run in the second and doubled in a run in the fifth ... his three three-RBI efforts were March 7 vs. Point Park (2-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 3B), April 8 at Findlay (1-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 3B, 1 HBP, 1 SF) and April 12 at Saginaw Valley State (1-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 BB) ... aside from his five-RBI performance, also homered on March 22 at Florida Southern ... finished with seven multi-hit games including six with a pair of base knocks and one three-hit contest ... that three-hit effort came in the Malone outing  on March 8 ... longest hitting streak was six (April 4-12) and reached base in as many as 17 straight games (March 14-April 17), the third-best stretch on the team for that category ... hit .368 (7-for-19) during that hitting streak and .300 (15-for-50) for that reached-base span ... fielded at a .929 percentage on 14 chances with 13 putouts and one error ... involved in three double plays ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2024:  Enjoyed a standout rookie campaign with 35 games played, 33 of which were as a starter, including 19 as the designated hitter and the other 14 at first base after Bennett Hitzelberger went down with a wrist injury ... hit .313 (36-for-115) with 21 runs scored, 10 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 27 RBI, 62 total bases, 16 walks, three hit-by-pitches and two sacrifice flies ... slugged .539 with a .404 on-base clip and a .943 OPS ... accounted for 11 multi-hit games and seven contests with two or more RBI ... reached base in as many as nine outings in a row (Feb. 25-March 29) and hit safely for a seven-game span from April 20 to May 3 ... four of his 11 multi-hit performances came in every game of the Davenport series in late April as well as all three of his three-RBI games and one of his two three-hit performances ... in that four-game set, he hit .474 (9-for-19) with six runs, 10 RBI, one double, two triples and three home runs to raise his season average up to .319 ... also went 3-for-5 vs. Grand Valley State on April 19 ... hits came in bunches for him as he hit safely in 23 games with multiple base knocks in nearly half of them ... registered a .990 fielding percentage with 94 putouts, one assist and an error on 96 chances ... contributed to seven double plays ... Game-By-Game Stats.

High School:  A 2023 graduate of Ann Arbor Skyline High School ... was a three-year letterwinner for coach Jon Evans (since freshman season was canceled due to COVID) ... helped the Eagles to a district title as a junior after hitting seven home runs in 2022 ... set the school record for career home runs ... was a three-year All-Southeastern Conference selection (Honorable Mention in 2021 and 2023, and First Team in 2022) ... earned Academic All-SEC accolades as a junior and as a senior ... smacked three home runs in one day ... hit a walk-off home run against Monroe ... was a two-year team captain ... competed in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star game ... plays summer ball for the Dbacks Elite. 

Personal:  Full name -- Owen T. Sluymers-Tuccinardi ... born on October 3, 2004, in Plantation, Fla. ... son of Sandro Tuccinardi and Monique Sluymers ... has a younger sister, Isabella ... is an Accounting major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2023 (4.00), Winter 2024 (4.00), Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 (4.00) ... last name is pronounced Too-Chin-ar-dee.
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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2024Freshman

    DH/1B
    6'2" 195 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Sophomore

    DH/1B
    6'2" 195 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2026Junior

    DH/1B
    6'0" 200 lbs
    2