2021 (Sophomore Season)

Season: Appeared in 67 games with 66 starts…Hit .287 with 70 hits, a team-high 15 home runs, 13 doubles, 53 RBIs and 45 runs scored…Drew 39 walks and had a .382 on base percentage…Threw out 11 baserunners attempting to steal. 

State Farm College Baseball Showdown (2/20-22): Opened the season by going 1-for-4 with a walk in the win vs. Texas (2/20)…Went 1-for-4 with a double and run scored vs. TCU (2/21)…Went 1-for-5 and scored a run vs. Texas Tech (2/22). Tulane (2/26-28): Was 1-for-4, drove in two runs, walked and scored a run in game two…Followed up by going 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored to help State clinch the series in game three. Southern Miss (3/3): Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in a midweek win over the Golden Eagles. Kent State (3/5-7): Went 3-for-9 (.333) over the three-game series and combined for five walks, an RBI and a run scored. Eastern Michigan (3/12-14): Hit .400 (4-for-10) in three starts with two home runs, six RBIs and three walks. Samford (3/16): Went 1-for-3 and scored a run in a midweek win. LSU (3/19-21): Opened the series by going 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs driven in…Went 1-for-3 with a double, run scored and a walk in game two. Arkansas (3/26-28): Was 1-for-4 with a double and RBI in game two of the series…Went 2-for-4 with a home run in the series finale. Kentucky (4/1-3): Walked twice in five plate appearances to open the weekend…Closed out the series by going 2-for-4 with a home run and a double. Auburn (4/9-11): Closed out the weekend by going 3-for-5 with a double and five RBIs, including a three-run home run in the eighth inning of the series finale. Arkansas State (4/13): Was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored in the midweek victory. Ole Miss (4/16-18): Closed out the series by going 2-for-4 with a double and run scored in a win over the Rebels. UAB (4/20): Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and five RBIs in a win over the Blazers. Vanderbilt (4/23-25): Led State to a win in game two after going 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBIs in game two of the series. Texas A&M (4/30-5/1): Went 4-for-12 over the three-game series…Hit a three-run home run in the series opener…Was 3-for-5 and scored a pair of runs in game three to clinch the series sweep. The Citadel (5/5): Was 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and a pair of runs scored in a midweek win. South Carolina (5/7-5/9): Posted a .500 batting average (7-for-14) over the three-game series…Went 3-for-5 with a home run in game two…Collected three hits in five at bats in the series finale. Missouri (5/13-15): Went 3-for-9 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in the final two games of the series. Jacksonville State (5/18): Walked and scored a run in the midweek victory. Alabama (5/20-22): Collected one hit in each game of the three-game series. SEC Tournament (5/26-27): Went 1-for-3 in both games of the tournament vs. Florida (5/26) and Tennessee (5/27). Starkville Regional (6/4-6/7): Went 3-for-11 with three RBIs, a home run and two walks over three games. Starkville Super Regional vs. Notre Dame (6/12-6/14): Went 1-for-4 with a home run in the series opener…Collected two hits in four at bats with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored in game three to help send State to its 12th College World Series appearance. 2021 College World Series (6/20-6/30): Hit .308 over seven games with eight hits, six RBIs, two doubles, a home run and six walks to help guide Mississippi State to the national championship title. 

2020 (Freshman Season)

Season: Appeared in 14 games with 11 starts…All 11 starts came at catcher…First collegiate hit was a home run versus Wright State (2/15)…Owned a season-long four-game reached base streak…Ended the season on a season-best three-game hitting streak…Owned three multi-hit games…Tied for the team lead in home runs (2)…Homered against Wright State (2/15) and Quinnipiac (3/8).

Rankings: Ranked inside the top 10 among SEC freshmen in four offensive categories: home runs (T-5th; 2), walks (T-5th; 8), on-base percentage (7th; .388), and slugging percentage (7th; .439).

Wright State (2/14-16): Appeared in all three games with two starts…Entered as a defensive replacement in the season opener…Started the final two games of the series…Went 3-for-4 with a pair of extra base hits in the middle game of the series…Homered for his first collegiate hit in the second inning…Doubled and scored a run in the fourth…Singled in the sixth inning. Oregon State (2/21-23): Appeared in all three games with two starts…Entered the series opener as a defensive replacement…Started the middle game in the series and was on base three times…Went 1-for-3 with two walks…Singled to plate one RBI in the sixth inning. Alcorn State (2/26): Started at catcher and went 2-for-5 with one run scored…Singled in the fifth and eighth innings…Reached on an error in the seventh inning and came in to score. at Long Beach State (2/28-3/1): Started the final two games in the series…Walked and scored a run in the middle game in the series…Went 2-for-3 in the series finale. Quinnipiac (3/6-8): Appeared in all three games with starts in the opener and finale…Walked and scored a run in the fourth inning of the opener…Plated one RBI with a fifth-inning ground out…Went 1-for-2 with two walks in the finale…Sparked a five-run fifth inning with a leadoff home run. vs. Texas Tech (3/10-11): Started both games of the two-game, neutral site series at catcher…Singled to drive in the final run of the series opener in the seventh inning…Went 1-for-2 with a single and walked twice in the series finale.

High School

Lettered four times for head coach Brandon Davis at George County High School…Helped the Rebels to a pair of South State championships…Guided GCHS to the 2018 Mississippi High School Activities Association championship game…Tabbed second-team All-America by Perfect Game as a senior…Earned second-team Underclass All-America as a junior and honorable mention All-America as a sophomore from Perfect Game…Competed at the Perfect Game All-American Game following his junior campaign…Participated in the Perfect Game Underclass All-American Game following his sophomore season…Named first-team all-region by Perfect Game as a senior…Named first-team all-state as a junior and senior.

Personal

Born Logan Layne Tanner on November 10, 2000 in Lucedale, Mississippi…Son of Dalenah Tanner and Brandon Barthel…Has two younger brothers, Kase Rule and Memphis Rule, and two younger sisters, Harley Barthel and Phoenix Barthel…Mother, Dalenah, lettered in softball at the University of Southern Mississippi…Majoring in communications.