SAN BRUNO, Calif. — USF Hall of Famer and former baseball player, Taggert Bozied, has been named to the West Coast Conference Hall of Honor. Bozied will join nine other individuals, one from each institution of the WCC, representing the 12th Hall of Honor class. He will be inducted at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, on March 7. 
 
Bozied's multi-faceted athletic talent was evident early on as he was an all-conference player in football, basketball and baseball in high school. His focus on baseball helped put USF on the map.
 
The only three-time All-American in program history, Bozied is one of the greatest power hitters in WCC history. In four years on the Hilltop, he ranks near the top in nearly every batting statistic in USF history. He is still the career leader in the West Coast Conference in home runs (60) and runs scored (240), he is second in WCC history in RBIs (222) and eighth in hits (287).

Bozied had a big rookie year on the Hilltop, earning Honorable Mention Freshman All-American and all-WCC honors. As the only USF player to start all 58 games, he ranked third on the team with 16 doubles and fourth with 71 hits. He set a school record with 456 defensive putouts.

As a sophomore, Bozied posted one of the greatest offensive seasons in WCC history as he launched 30 home runs and compiled an unprecedented .936 slugging percentage en route to earning USF's first ever first team NCAA Division I All-American honor. He was also the first Don in school history unanimously named WCC Player of the Year and was the first triple crown winner in the modern era. He was USF's first NCAA Division I statistical champion in both home runs and slugging percentage.

One of 12 semifinalists for the Rotary Smith Award, given to college baseball's top player, Bozied ended his junior year of WCC league play ranked second in home runs (14). He recorded a .713 slugging percentage while hitting .359 and driving in 51 runs.

By the end of his senior year, Bozied was USF's all-time leader in hits and runs. In addition to his numerous single-season record achievements, he continues to hold the No. 1 spot in career home runs, RBIs, extra-base hits and total bases.

Named one of the Top-50 Athletes on the WCC's 50th Anniversary Team, Bozied was a third-round draft choice by the San Diego Padres.
 
The 2020 WCC Hall of Honor class includes: BYU's Wally Joyner (baseball), Gonzaga's Heather Bowman (women's basketball), Loyola Marymount's Terrell Lowery (men's basketball), Pacific's Dell Demps (men's basketball), Pepperdine's Nina Matthies (women's volleyball), Portland's David Kinsella (cross country/track), Saint Mary's Ruth Montgomery (women's soccer), San Diego's Hank Egan (men's basketball), and Santa Clara's Aly Wagner (women's soccer).
 
The Hall of Honor class will be formally inducted at the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch on March 7 at 9 a.m. PT at the Mardi Gras Ballroom in the Orleans Hotel. Each inductee will be honored throughout the course of the basketball tournaments.