Taed Heydinger

Height:
6-2
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bayfield, Colo.
High School:
Bayfield HS | Fullerton College

(pronounced tade high-dinger)

As a Redshirt Junior (2020): Started four games for the Zips in a shortened season due to COVID-19 ... had a 8.38 ERA in 19.1 innings of action ... earned the Zips’ only victory with the 7-4 win at Marshall ... threw 7.1 innings and had two strikeouts and a walk ... pitched 4.0 innings and had a strikeout and three walks at Lamar ... threw 6.0 innings at Pepperdine ... had three strikeouts and four walks ... earned the starting nod in the season opener against Oakland ... had five strikeouts and three walks in 2.0 innings of work.

College: Spent two seasons with coach Nick Fuscardo at Fullerton College ... pitcher ... as a sophomore in 2019, appeared in 16 games with 12 starts ... pitched 74.2 innings ... struck out 68 and walked 34 ... recorded one save.

High School: Three-year letterwinner for coach Jon Qualls at Bayfield HS ... utility player ... Honor Roll student.

Personal: Full name is Timothy Heydinger ... born October 23, 1997 ... parents are Tim and Chris Heydinger ... has a younger sister Tessa and a younger brother Brendan ... sport management major.

From Banfield: “Taed is a very unique story as I saw him by accident on my spring trip through California at a game where I went to watch the other team. In the fourth inning, Fullerton ran him out of the bullpen at 87-90 with command to both sides and a breaking ball in the zone. I had to go ask the staff who this kid was, and it turns out they were just getting their No. 1 starter some work out of the pen in a non-league game. The rest is history, and Taed brings his 3.7 GPA to Akron this fall.”