Florida State University Athletics
2021-22 Baseball Roster
Roster
James Tibbs III
- Position:
- OF
- Year:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Pope
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
ACCOLADES:
- 2024: ACC SAAC Advisory Board
- 2023: All-ACC Academic Team, Dean’s List (Spring 2023), ACC Academic Honor Roll, Cape Cod League All Star, Cape Cod Home Run Derby Champion, Brewster Whitecaps Team MVP
- 2022: Second Team Freshman All-American (Perfect Game), ACC Academic Honor Roll
SOPHOMORE (2023):
Led FSU with a .338 batting average, 61 runs, 17 home runs, 43 RBI, a .682 slugging percentage, 48 walks, .471 on-base percentage and five stolen bases…second with 66 hits and 14 doubles…started all 54 games, splitting time between first base (34 starts) and left field (20 games)…hit back-to-back home runs with Jaime Ferrer against Pitt (3/12)…hit two home runs at Louisville (5/18), his first career multi-home run game…leads FSU’s active players with 27 career home runs…hit four leadoff home runs for the Noles, FSU’s first since 2017…career-high four hits and three runs at North Florida (4/19)…joined with Cam Smith to become the first FSU teammates since 2018 with four hits in the same game…drew six of FSU’s eight intentional walks…hit first career triple vs. James Madison (2/19), part of a four-hit, four-RBI, three-run performance…also had four RBI vs. Boston College (3/17)…reached in all five plate appearances against Mercer (5/6), going 3-for-3 with two doubles, a single and two walks…outfield assist against FGCU (3/4)…part of triple play against No. 8 TCU (2/25), FSU’s first since 2009…hit .299 with six home runs, six doubles and 27 RBI for the Brewster Whitecaps in the Cape Cod League…All-Star, Team MVP and Home Run Derby Champion.
FRESHMAN (2022):
Hit .300 with 13 doubles, 10 home runs, 32 RBI and a team-high .553 slugging percentage…started 45 of 56 games played…hit a walk-off single against Cal, FSU’s first of four walk-off victories on the season…also had his first outfield assist in the game vs. Cal…hit a go-ahead pinch-hit home run at Clemson to secure FSU’s only victory of the series…reached base safely in 19 consecutive games during the season and 43 of 45 starts overall…finished second on the team in home runs, the most for a Seminole freshman since Drew Mendoza also had 10 in 2017…hit a home run on Opening Day against James Madison on the first pitch he saw as a Seminole…hit a two-run double in FSU’s 2-1 win vs. Jacksonville…one of three freshmen to start on Opening Day.
PERSONAL:
Graduated from Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia…earned first team All-State honors as a sophomore and senior and graduated with honors…helped lead Pope to the 2018 Georgia AAAAAA state championship and a runner-up finish in 2019…parents are Jim and Julie Tibbs…sister Mary Grace…majoring in political science…born on October 1, 2002.
