Tuskegee University Athletics

2016: Played in 22 games, starting 11... Finished hitting .438 with seven hits in 16 official at-bats... Scored two runs and knocked in six... Recorded on double... Finished the season slugging .500 and with an on-base percentage of .471... Walked one time... Recorded 11 assists... Appeared in 11 games, starting eight on the mound... Finished a 1-6 record, with three complete games... Logged 42.1 innings, allowing 45 runs (36 earned) off of 61 hits... Walked 24 but struck out 59, including a career-high 17 batters against Lane College... Opponents hit .326.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S): Played one year at Long Island University (2013-14), before transferring to Antelope Valley College (2014-15)... While at Long Island, appeared in 10 games, pitching 15 1/3 innings... Allowed nine runs (all earned) on 18 hits, while striking out eight... Finished with an earned run average of 5.28.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years for coach Tony Holiday at Lancaster (Calif.) High School... Earned honorable mention All-America honors as a pitcher in 2012… two-time first-team All-Golden League honoree... Finished prep career hitting .323 with 10 homeruns... Also recorded a 2.12 earned run average during career... During senior season, hit .348 with four homeruns.

PERSONAL: Full name is Joseph Mauldin, Jr... Son of Talitha and Joseph Mauldin, Sr. of Lancaster (Calif.)... Has one sister, Ikea, who played softball at Dickinson State University... Father, Joseph, played football at Missouri Western, and also played in the CFL and NFL Europe... Majoring in Sociology.