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Jersey Number 43
Tei Vanderford
- Position:
- Right Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Glendale, CA
- High School:
- Saint Francis HS
- Prev School:
- Glendale College
- B/T:
- R/R
Bio
2018 Season (Redshirt Senior)
Vanderford appeared in 24 games, 20 of which out of the bullpen ... Earned a 6-3 record with 45 strikeouts, a 4.68 ERA and a save in 59.2 innings ... Registered a 5-1 record with a 2.61 ERA and 35 strikeouts out of the bullpen ... Allowed three runs over 6.0 innings vs. BYU (2/16/18) ... Worked 3.1 shutout innings, striking out five batters to earn a win over No. 16 UCLA (3/14/18) ... Struck out three batters in three shutout innings at UC Riverside (4/7/18) ... Fanned five batters over 4.2 shutout innings at UC Santa Barbara (5/6/18) ... Earned a win with a shutout inning vs. UC Davis (5/12/18) ... Struck out six batters over six innings, allowing a run to pick up a win over Cal State Fullerton (5/17/18) ... Nailed down a save with 0.2 shutout innings at USC (5/24/18).
2017 Season (Redshirt Junior)
Vanderford started 14 games in his first season with the Matadors and earned a 5-4 record along with 69 strikeouts in a team-high 98.0 innings of work ... Went 2-2 in eight starts with a 5.64 ERA and 37 strikeouts in conference play ... Received Big West Pitcher of the Week on March 6 ... Became the second pitcher in the last 11 seasons to toss 98.0 innings in a single year ... Struck out seven and tossed six shutout innings in his first start of the season vs. Portland (2/19/17) ... Allowed one earned run over seven innings to Towson (2/25/17) ... Tossed a complete game, yielding a run while striking out eight to defeat No. 14 Vanderbilt (3/4/17) ... Struck out seven and allowed two runs in 7.2 innings vs. Purdue (3/12/17) ... Hurled 8.0 innings and gave up three runs to Saint Mary's (3/18/17) ... Allowed one run over 7.0 innings at Washington State (3/25/17) ... Struck out a season-best nine over eight innings vs. UC Santa Barbara (4/7/17) ... Received a no-decision after allowing no earned runs over 7.1 innings to No. 13 Cal State Fullerton (5/19/17).
Glendale College
Played two seasons with the Vaqueros (2013, 2016) ... Led Glendale during his sophomore season to a conference title ... Helped Glendale to a Western State Conference and Regional Championship in 2013 ... Earned five wins and posted a 1.65 ERA as a freshman ... Started his collegiate career by not allowing a run in his first 35 innings of the season ... Posted an ERA that was in the Top 15 in the state of California.
University of Tennessee
Redshirted during the 2014 season and missed all of 2015 due to injury ... Three time Academic All-SEC ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
St. Francis HS
Vanderford was selected as a two time All-League and All City award winner ... Won Mission League in 2010 ... Also played on the basketball team from 2010-2012 and the football team from 2009-2010.
Personal
Born on May 10, 1994 ... Parents are Ty and Maile Vanderford ... Has a sister Haley ... His father is a quantum energenics practitioner while his mom is an attorney ... Favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bartolo Colon, Denzel Washington, Rachel McAdams, the tv show "Shark Tank," the film "Remember the Titans," filet mignon, the Beatles and Jason Aldean ... Lists scoring 27 points in basketball to defeat Crespi, which was the No. 3 team in Los Angeles at the time ... Cites meeting teammates that will be friends for a lifetime as the best thing about being an athlete ... Had always worn the number 42 ... The best advice he has been given was "don't be afraid to fail" ... His advice to young people would be "don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game" ... Nobody knows how much he likes to karaoke ... Lists his father as his greatest hero because "he worked his tail off so his sister and him to graduate college with no debt" ... He also adds that his father would do anything for his family.
Vanderford appeared in 24 games, 20 of which out of the bullpen ... Earned a 6-3 record with 45 strikeouts, a 4.68 ERA and a save in 59.2 innings ... Registered a 5-1 record with a 2.61 ERA and 35 strikeouts out of the bullpen ... Allowed three runs over 6.0 innings vs. BYU (2/16/18) ... Worked 3.1 shutout innings, striking out five batters to earn a win over No. 16 UCLA (3/14/18) ... Struck out three batters in three shutout innings at UC Riverside (4/7/18) ... Fanned five batters over 4.2 shutout innings at UC Santa Barbara (5/6/18) ... Earned a win with a shutout inning vs. UC Davis (5/12/18) ... Struck out six batters over six innings, allowing a run to pick up a win over Cal State Fullerton (5/17/18) ... Nailed down a save with 0.2 shutout innings at USC (5/24/18).
2017 Season (Redshirt Junior)
Vanderford started 14 games in his first season with the Matadors and earned a 5-4 record along with 69 strikeouts in a team-high 98.0 innings of work ... Went 2-2 in eight starts with a 5.64 ERA and 37 strikeouts in conference play ... Received Big West Pitcher of the Week on March 6 ... Became the second pitcher in the last 11 seasons to toss 98.0 innings in a single year ... Struck out seven and tossed six shutout innings in his first start of the season vs. Portland (2/19/17) ... Allowed one earned run over seven innings to Towson (2/25/17) ... Tossed a complete game, yielding a run while striking out eight to defeat No. 14 Vanderbilt (3/4/17) ... Struck out seven and allowed two runs in 7.2 innings vs. Purdue (3/12/17) ... Hurled 8.0 innings and gave up three runs to Saint Mary's (3/18/17) ... Allowed one run over 7.0 innings at Washington State (3/25/17) ... Struck out a season-best nine over eight innings vs. UC Santa Barbara (4/7/17) ... Received a no-decision after allowing no earned runs over 7.1 innings to No. 13 Cal State Fullerton (5/19/17).
Glendale College
Played two seasons with the Vaqueros (2013, 2016) ... Led Glendale during his sophomore season to a conference title ... Helped Glendale to a Western State Conference and Regional Championship in 2013 ... Earned five wins and posted a 1.65 ERA as a freshman ... Started his collegiate career by not allowing a run in his first 35 innings of the season ... Posted an ERA that was in the Top 15 in the state of California.
University of Tennessee
Redshirted during the 2014 season and missed all of 2015 due to injury ... Three time Academic All-SEC ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
St. Francis HS
Vanderford was selected as a two time All-League and All City award winner ... Won Mission League in 2010 ... Also played on the basketball team from 2010-2012 and the football team from 2009-2010.
Personal
Born on May 10, 1994 ... Parents are Ty and Maile Vanderford ... Has a sister Haley ... His father is a quantum energenics practitioner while his mom is an attorney ... Favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bartolo Colon, Denzel Washington, Rachel McAdams, the tv show "Shark Tank," the film "Remember the Titans," filet mignon, the Beatles and Jason Aldean ... Lists scoring 27 points in basketball to defeat Crespi, which was the No. 3 team in Los Angeles at the time ... Cites meeting teammates that will be friends for a lifetime as the best thing about being an athlete ... Had always worn the number 42 ... The best advice he has been given was "don't be afraid to fail" ... His advice to young people would be "don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game" ... Nobody knows how much he likes to karaoke ... Lists his father as his greatest hero because "he worked his tail off so his sister and him to graduate college with no debt" ... He also adds that his father would do anything for his family.
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