Taborelli Earns Player of Week Award

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Courtesy USF SID Office

Taborelli Earns CBF National Honor Roll ‘Player Of The Week’ Award

Tampa, Fla. (February 14, 2007) – University of South Florida outfielder Ty Taborelli earned a spot on the College Baseball Foundation’s National Honor Roll “Players of the Week” list for the week ending Feb. 12.

The senior batted .714 during opening weekend for the Bulls, registering five hits in seven at-bats. He was a perfect 3-for-3 in the first game of the season, cracking a double, while picking up two RBI and three runs scored. In Game Two against High Point, Taborelli, who attended Gaither High School, drew three walks, and in the final game, he was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. In all, he led the Bulls to three victories by batting .714, scoring five runs off of five hits, including one double, and collecting two RBI.  He also drew four walks and made three put outs in the outfield.

Taborelli was one of 42 players across the country to be chosen for the weekly award.

The College Baseball Foundation is dedicated to preserving college baseball history and to recognizing standout teams and individuals who have influenced the collegiate game.  

Established as a 501©(3) charitable educational organization, the CBF hopes to not only catalog the sports' history within its' newly announced College Baseball Hall of Fame, but to provide an aggressive and enduring advocacy for the college game. It views its primary mission as fostering an appreciation of the historical development of college baseball and its impact on our culture, and increasing public awareness, exposure and generating additional opportunities for college baseball.

The CBF will release a regular National Honor Roll, Feb 13th-May 22nd, saluting the finest performances of the past week's action as nominated by conference and university baseball media contacts.