2011: All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention selection ...
started 53 of 54 games played ... established a .282 batting average (fourth-highest on the
team) ... collected 58 hits, scored 47 runs and drove in 30 runs ... legged-out six
doubles, two triples and hit three home runs ... amassed a .417 on-base percentage with a
team-high 45 walks drawn, which tied for third on the season-walks list ... went 25-for-34
in stolen bases (second-most on the team) and fourth on the season-stolen bases list ...
increased his career-stolen bases record to 91 ... led the team with 17 multiple-hit games
... established a season-best 16-game hitting streak (3/30-4/24) ... had multiple RBI in
seven games ... went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, including a double, a stolen base and
two walks against Milwaukee (2/27) ... had a 3-for-3 performance with one RBI, one run
scored, a stolen base and two walks versus Ohio State (3/11) ... was 3-for-5 with three
RBI, one run and two stolen bases against Austin Peay (3/19) ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI
and two runs versus Chicago State (4/2) ... hit a home run and walked once in a 2-for-4
performance against Creighton (4/10) ... went 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk versus
Missouri State (5/6) ... was 3-for-5 with one RBI and a stolen base at Southern Illinois
(5/15) ... named to the Preseason ABCA All-America Third Team ... earned Louisville Slugger
Preseason All-America Third Team recognition ... recipient of the Schuster Family Endowed
Scholarship.
2010: Missouri Valley Conference Joe Carter Player of the Year ...
State Farm MVC Most Valuable Player ... MVC First Team selection ... State Farm MVC
All-Tournament Team selection ... Ping! Baseball First Team All-American ... ABCA/Rawlings
Second Team All-American ... Louisville Slugger Third Team All-American ... ABCA
All-Midwest Region First Team selection ... set six ISU single-season records including
most hits (84), runs scored (70), doubles (25) stolen bases (33), walks (53) and
intentional walks (7) ... broke the ISU's career stolen bases mark (60) in two seasons ...
finished among the nation's leaders with a .538 on-base percentage (7th in the nation), an
average of 1.32 runs scored per game (13th), 25 doubles (tied for 19th), 33 stolen bases
(tied for 19th), 70 runs scored (tied for 37th) and a .412 batting average (tied for 36th)
... collected a hit in 47 of ISU's 58 games ... amassed a career-best eleven-game hitting
streak from (4/26-5/9) ... recorded multiple hits in a team-high 26 games ... led ISU with
14 multiple RBI games ... collected a career-high five hits, seven RBI and four runs scored
against James Madison (4/16), going 5-for-6, with two doubles and a home run to go along
with two stolen bases ... went 4-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored against
Southern Illinois (4/16) ... went 4-for-5 with two RBI, including a home run, and three
runs scored at Missouri State (5/4) ... stole at least one base in five consecutive games
from 2/20-3/1 ... homered in back-to-back games, including his first collegiate home run at
North Floria (3/13) followed by another long ball against James Madison (3/14) ... played
in 53 of ISU's 56 games and started 52 of them, with 51 starts at second base ... batted
leadoff 50 times.
2009: Named to the 2009 Preseason Brooks Wallace Award Watch List,
awarded to the top collegiate player in the nation ... underwent wrist surgery in the
off-season ... appeared in four games, three as a starter, before injury ended his season
... granted a medical hardship.
2008: Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year ... Louisville
Slugger Freshman All-American Honorable Mention Team ... set a new ISU single-season stolen
bases record with 32 ... his 32 stolen bases also led the MVC ... named the team's most
improved player and earned the Duffy Bass "Mr. Hustle" Award ... stole a career-high three
bases on four separate occasions ... ranked No. 21 in the nation in stolen bases and No. 16
in stolen bases per game (0.62) ... started all 52 games at shortstop ... recorded 18
multiple-hit and four multiple-RBI games ... tied for second on the team with a .303
batting average ... led the team with a .308 average in conference play ... second on the
team in hits (61) and runs (46) ... finished in the top-five among Valley freshmen in every
offensive category ... batted .321 against right-handers and .322 with runners on base ...
recorded his first two collegiate base-hits at Tennessee Tech (2/23) ... recorded his
first-career RBI versus Indiana (2/29) ... named to the Austin Peay Invitational
All-Tournament team, batting .300 with three hits, two walks and two RBI over the three-day
tournament ... collected multiple hits in four-straight games (4/2-4/6) ... notched a
career-high with four hits, to go along with three runs against Northern Iowa (4/12) ...
also hit a career-high two doubles during that game ... walked a career-high three times in
the finale against UNI (4/13) ... batted 4-for-5 with three runs, three stolen bases and
two RBI in game one of a doubleheader against Chicago State (4/20) ... stole six bases
during the Chicago State series (4/19-4/20) to claim the ISU single-season stolen bases
record ... recorded another four-game streak of multiple hits (4/23-4/27) ... played summer
ball for the Dupage Dragons of the Central Illinois Collegiate League.
Downers Grove North High School: Named first-team all-state by the
Chicago Tribune as a senior, after hitting .441 with eight triples and 20 stolen bases ...
also garnered second-team all-state honors by the Chicago Sun-Times as a senior ...
first-team all-conference and Daily Herald all-area selection as a junior and senior ... a
special mention all-state pick by the Chicago Tribune after hitting .476 with two home
runs, five triples, 21 RBI, 40 runs scored and 15 stolen bases as a junior ... batted .333
with 30 runs scored as a sophomore ... helped his team claim the regional championship as a
senior ... played for both the Elite Illinois Orioles and the Illinois Sparks ... rated as
one of the Chicagoland area's Top-100 at second base by the Chicago Sun-Times ... also a
two-year letterwinner in football.
Personal: Born 4-21-89 in Bartlesville, Okla. ... son of Gary and Carol
Tokarski ... his father played football at Miami (Fla.) ... has two brothers, Mike and Joe
... Mike played baseball at ISU ... major: university studies