USF Athletics

Dietrich Earns Spot on American Weekly Honor Roll

February 26, 2018

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 26, 2018 – USF baseball junior catcher Tyler Dietrich (Naples, Fla.) has been named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll, the league announced Monday afternoon.

Dietrich hit .500 in four games last week with a .714 slugging percentage, and he hit .545 (6-for-11) in the series win against Fordham. He began the week going 1-for-3 at No. 3 Florida State with a double and a run scored.

Along with the rest of the USF bats, Dietrich was locked in the last two games of the Fordham series. He had a career day and propelled the Bulls to a 3-2 win Saturday night, going 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two singles and three RBI. The four hits and three RBI were both career highs and his two doubles tied a career mark.

On Sunday, Dietrich again had a multi-hit outing, going 2-for-5 with a run scored. He also did a great job behind the plate with the arms, as the pitchers totaled 31 strikeouts and a 2.00 ERA over the weekend. Through the first seven games of the year, Dietrich is hitting .360 with three doubles, four runs scored and four RBI.
The Bulls are back on the road Wednesday for a matchup at Bethune-Cookman. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

About USF Baseball
The University of South Florida baseball team is one of the fastest rising programs in the country. The Bulls reached the NCAA Regionals in 2015 for the first time in 13 years and followed that success with a 42-19 record and second NCAA regional trip in three years in 2017. The Bulls earned just their second and third wins over top-five ranked teams with victories against then-No. 3 Florida State and at then-No. 5 Florida during the 2017 season. During the 2017 season, USF reached the 40-win mark for the first time since 1996 and entered the top-25 in the major collegiate baseball polls for the first time since 2013. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 12 NCAA appearances.