Purdue Personal Preferences Favorite Athlete: Matt Kemp
In His MP3 Player: Drake
Last Concert He Attended: Girl Talk
Favorite Month: September
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Food: Chicken Parmesan
Favorite Big City: New York
Another Sport He Enjoys Playing: Basketball
Most Memorable Moment at Purdue: Sweeping Indiana in 2011
Other Interests: Going to the Beach
2011 Season Third Team All-Big Ten... Talbott played in 56 games and started 55 times, primarily in left field... led the team in runs scored, and the Big Ten for much of the season, despite batting ninth in 36 of his 55 starts... batted at least once in every spot in the order except 3-4-5... also led the team in stolen bases, finishing a perfect 17-of-17 to improve to 22-of-22 for his college career... reached base safely 43 percent of the time when leading off an inning... recorded 11 of his 32 RBIs with two outs in an inning... reached base safely on an error a team-high 13 times... posted hitting streaks of nine and 10 consecutive games... reached base safely in 17 straight games from March 11 through April 6... scored a run in eight consecutive games from Feb. 26 through March 8... scored 12 times over a stretch of six games in April... started the season strong, going 7-for-21 with eight runs scored and no strikeouts in February... led the way on the spring break trip, hitting safely in all eight games and finishing the tour of Tennessee 13-for-32 with six extra-base hits and nine runs scored... went 12-for-36 with a team-high 13 runs scored during the nine-game road stretch in April... finished the month batting .338 with 11 RBIs and 21 runs... batted .344 with 10 doubles and 38 runs scored in true road games... hit safely in every game of the Morehead State, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee Tech, Penn State, Indiana and Michigan State series... scored a run in every game of the Morehead, Lipscomb, Tech and Penn State series... threw out a runner at the plate to end the top of the inning and homered to lead off the bottom of the frame in the series-opening win against Illinois... Big East/Big Ten Challenge (Feb. 18-20): scored twice in the Connecticut win, executed a squeeze bunt against Notre Dame and reached base safely twice in the victory against Pittsburgh... at Morehead State (Feb. 26-27): reached base safely nine times in the series, finishing the weekend 6-for-15 with four RBIs and six runs scored; had three hits in game two and three RBIs in game three... at Lipscomb (March 4-6): reached base safely five times, scoring the only run in the 1-0 series-opening win... at Tennessee-Martin (March 11-13): ignited big spring break trip with 5-for-11 series, recording three extra-base hits and five runs scored; finished a home run shy of the cycle and scored three times in the game two win... at Tennessee Tech (March 18-20): doubled twice and scored four runs as part of a 5-for-15 series... at Minnesota (April 1-2): led the way with a 6-for-11 showing at the plate, stringing together eight consecutive productive plate appearances to begin the series at Target Field; had three hits in each of the first two games... at Butler (April 6): drove in a season-high three runs thanks to a bases-loaded double in the Purdue's six-run second inning... Michigan (April 8-10): recorded an RBI single and scored a run in each of the final two games of the series, beginning his 10-game hit streak... at Penn State (April 15-17): hit safely and scored a run in all three games, finishing the weekend 4-for-12 with a triple and five runs scored... at Illinois-Chicago (April 20): reached base safely and scored a run in each of his four plate appearances, collecting three hits... Indiana (April 30-May 1): capped a 4-for-13 series with a solo home run in the finale; reached base safely three times in the game two win... Illinois (May 13-15): doubled and homered as part of his game one heroics, finishing the weekend 3-for-11 with two RBIs and two runs scored... Illinois-Chicago (May 17): reached safely and scored three times in the midweek finale... at Big Ten Tournament (May 25-27): led the way offensively in the win against Penn State, driving in three runs thanks to a pair of doubles; delivered the go-ahead two-run double in the fifth inning... Big Ten Rankings: second in runs scored, third in hit by pitch and seventh in stolen bases... Purdue Single-Season Rankings: fourth in runs scored and seventh in hit by pitch.
2010 Season Talbott played in 18 games and started six times, primarily in left field ... recorded four of his seven RBIs with two outs in an inning ... reached base safely in six of his chances when leading off an inning ... was 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter and 5-for-8 with runners in scoring position ... went 9-for-20 with six RBIs, nine runs scored and three stolen bases in March ... at Southern Illinois (March 5-7): made the most of his first collegiate start, going 2-for-4 with two walks and two runs scored in the series opener ... at Eastern Kentucky (March 16-17): started the game two win, going 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and two stolen bases ... Chicago State (March 26-27): started the series opener, going 2-for-2 with two runs scored ... at Missouri (March 30-31): started both games of the midweek series, going deep twice and driving in four runs as the starting DH in game one; started in left field in game two ... Minnesota (April 2-4): saw action in all three games, starting the series finale in left field; scored the game-tying run as a pinch runner in the bottom of the ninth inning of series opener, which Purdue went to win in extra innings ... Valparaiso (April 6): singled, stole a base and scored twice after entering the game as a pinch hitter ... at Michigan (April 9-11): started the middle game of the series, his final start of the season ... Butler (May 18): stole a base and scored the game-tying run as a pinch runner in the seventh inning of the comeback win.
High School Three-year varsity letterwinner at Freehold Township High School in Freehold, N.J. ... Posted a career .342 batting average in high school ... Named first team All-Shore Conference, All-Freehold Regional High School District and All-Monmouth County his senior season ... Third team All-Central Jersey Group IV as a senior ... 2009 Team MVP after leading Freehold in average (.423), hits (33), runs (32), RBI (26), doubles (5), home runs (4) and walks (14) ... Also earned two varsity letters in basketball, and was named first team all-division after averaging 17 points and eight rebounds per game as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal Full name is Stephen E. Talbott ... Born Sept. 26, 1990 in San Diego, Calif. ... Son of Randy and Sandra Talbott ... Has two brothers, Ryan and Chris ... Grandfather, Stephen Vanderhoof, played football at Purdue ... Majoring in selling and sales management.
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