Comes to Indiana State after playing multiple years in the Minor League where he recently retired from the Great Lakes Loons...2014 Graduate of Indiana State where he posted a stand-out baseball career.
As A Sycamore
2013 – Made 49 starts at shortstop as a junior … led the team with 145 fielding assists, making just eight errors for the season … hit .214 (33-for-154) at the plate with three doubles, 11 RBIs and 16 runs scored … tied for the team lead with 10 hit by pitches … seven multi-hit games throughout the season … went 3-for-5 against Alabama A&M on February 16 … picked up two hits and two runs batted in against nationally-ranked Mercer on March 9 … had three consecutive multi-hit games during the Bulldog Classic in early February … assisted on 27 double plays in the field.
2012 - Second Team All-MVC selection ... started 58 games at shortstop ... team-leading 184 fielding assists ... tallied 52 hits with six doubles, one triple and one home run ... hit his first career home run in ISU's 13-8 victory over Indiana on March 7 ... 6-for-9 in stolen base attempts ... drove in 25 runs and scored 25 times during the season ... picked up three hits in back-to-back games of a doubleheader at Eastern Kentucky on March 3 ... picked up three RBIs in back-to-back games against Eastern Illinois (March 6) and Indiana (March 7).
2011 - Started 50 games for the Sycamores in his rookie season, making two more appearances off the ISU bench ... led all newcomers with a .306 batting average (56-for-183) while driving in 17 RBIs and scoring 26 times ... went 5-for-8 in stolen base attempts ... beginning on March 9 at Valparaiso, started ISU's final 32 games at shortstop ... led the team with 140 fielding assists, also recording 92 putouts with just six errors (.975 fielding percentage) ... hit two doubles against Illinois-Springfield on March 22 ... tallied a season-high three hits on three separate occasions, at Central Arkansas on March 4, against Western Illinois on March 11 and against Illinois State on May 26 during the conference tournament.
High School - A four-year letter winner while at West Vigo High School under head coach Steve DeGroote ... tossed three no-hitters while setting the WVHS record for career wins (32) ... named honorable mention all-state as a senior ... earned three all-conference team selections ... also lettered for four years in basketball for the Vikings.
Personal – David Tyler Wampler was born on Sept. 11, 1991, in Terre Haute, Ind., the son of Kim and Dave Wampler ... majored in Physical Education ... has one sister, Amber.
