2021 Baseball
Taison Corio
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Concord, CA
- High School:
- De La Salle HS (San Joaquin Delta College)
Expected to back up the middle infielders in fourth season at Cal Poly.
2022 -- Played in 20 games with three starts as a junior ... two hits in 22 at-bats with two RBIS and a pair of runs scored ... hits were singles against UNLV on March 4 and at Fresno State on May 3 ... drove in a run on a fielder's choice versus CSUN on March 20 and the single at Fresno State ... played summer ball for Walnut Creek Crawdads in California Collegiate League, hitting .268 with six doubles, three triples, four home runs, 25 RBIs and eight steals in 38 games.
2021 -- As a sophomore in his second season with the Mustangs, played in 49 games with 39 starts -- 23 at second base, 15 as designated hitter and one in left field ... a .268 hitter with 38 hits, including five doubles, three triples and a home run, a two-run shot versus Hawai'i ... six multiple-hit games, including a 3-for-4 contest with a double, triple and three RBIs versus UC San Diego ... drove in four runs against Hawai'i on May 28 and produced 25 RBIs for the season ... committed just one error in 113 chances ... went 5-for-10 with seven RBIs in season-ending Hawai'i series and hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games, lifting his average 44 points ... played summer ball for Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League ... hit .221 in 47 games with six doubles, one triple, four home runs and 16 RBIs with 14 stolen bases to help Knights to fifth straight WCL title.
2020 -- Played in 14 games, including 11 starts, in first season at Cal Poly ... hit .200 with eight hits, including one double against Michigan ... pair of RBIs ... produced two-hit games versus Michigan and Santa Clara ... his walk-off single in 10th inning lifted Cal Poly to 5-4 win over Michigan ... 0-for-13 in first five games as a Mustang before going 8-for-27 (.296) the rest of the way in pandemic-shortened season ... walked six times and stole one base ... no errors in 27 fielding chances ... played summer ball for Rochester Honkers in Northwoods League, hitting .204 with seven doubles, three home runs and 13 RBIs ... stole four bases and produced five multiple-hit games.
Community College -- One of the top 10 base stealers in the California Community College Athletic Association in 2019, Corio stole 24 of 30 bases during his freshman season at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, 10th in the state and second in the Big 8 Conference ... hit .358 with 10 doubles, one triple, three home runs and knocked in 38 runs with an on-base percentage of .463 and a slugging percentage of .485 ... hit .375 in Big 8 games en route to first-team all-conference honors ... also the Mustangs, Delta finished 39-9, placing first in the Big 8 at 19-5 and winning the NorCal regional and super regional rounds before going 0-2 in the state finals at Fresno ... had four years remaining to play three seasons at Cal Poly ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Blues and hit .335 with a team-leading 54 hits and 38 RBIs ... stole 13 of 16 bases, produced 16 multiple-hit games and contributed seven doubles, a triple and two home runs ... went 23-for-43 (.535) during an 11-game hitting streak.
High School -- A 2018 graduate of De La Salle High School in Concord where, under head coach David Jeans, Corio hit .438 as a senior with six doubles, one triple, two home runs and drove in 13 runs while stealing seven of nine bases ... produced 11 multiple-hit games and ended the 2018 season with an eight-game hitting streak, going 16-for-28 (.571) with four doubles and one home run ... had at least two hits in the first seven games of the streak to spark the Spartans to a 26-4 record, first-place finish in the East Bay's Mountain League standings and the CIF-North Coast Section Division 1 championship ... earned first-team all-East Bay and All-CIF-North Coast Section accolades ... four-year Honor Roll member.
Personal -- Son of Stephen and Aeysha Corio ... both parents work in real estate ... one half-sister, LaShelle Rullan, who plays volleyball at Dominican University ... enjoys ping pong and The Show ... aspires to play in the Major Leagues ... member of Block P ... skipped fourth grade ... born in Fremont, Calif. ... majoring in business administration with a concentration in marketing.
