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left fi eld/1 in center fi eld) • Legged out eight doubles, belted three home runs and drove in 30 runs • Delivered one of his roundtrippers against Mississippi State (Apr. 25) at Dudy Noble Field • Set a season-high for hits with a 4-for-5, #10 two- outing against Sam Houston State in the NCAA Oxford Regional • Also doubled twice in a season-best four-RBI outing against Rice (Mar. 3) • LUKE Finished the season with 11 multiple- game and eight multiple-RBI games. 2006 (USM): Played in 52 games and drew 42 starts (28 in left fi eld/14 as the DH) as a freshman at USM • Hit .286 with nine doubles, a triple, eight ADKINS home runs and 43 RBI en route to Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American OF • 5-8 • 188 • L-L • Sr. • 1L team honors • Hit .343 against C-USA opponents, second-best on the club • Fin- Nettleton, Mississippi ished with 12 multi-hit and 14 multi-RBI games • Drove in a career-high fi ve runs Nettleton HS/Southern Miss and matched a career-best with three hits against Dallas Baptist (Apr. 7) • Also registered three-hit games against Nicholls State (Feb. 15) and against Houston (April 16) • Named to the 2006 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. CAREER: Fifth-year senior outfi elder who began his collegiate career at Southern Miss • Coached two seasons at USM by current MSU assistant HIGH SCHOOL: Six-time letter-winner and two-time all-state coach Lane Burroughs • Career .293 hitter with 76 starts in 108 games played outfi elder at Nettleton High School where he was coached by Brian Sutton at USM • Hit a league-best .380 and earned all-star honors as an outfi elder • Hit .465 with eight doubles, three triples, three home runs and 42 RBI as a last summer playing for league champ Bethesda (Md.) in the Cal Ripken Sr. senior • Helped 20-14 NHS reach the quarterfi nals of the 2005 state tourna- League • Hails from the same Nettleton High School baseball program that ment • Hit .578 as a junior with 15 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 51 produced MSU career hits leader Jeffrey Rea. RBI and 18 stolen bases • Clarion-Ledger “Dandy Dozen” honoree, Division 2-3A MVP and Team MVP as a senior • Four-time all-area selection • Offen- Played in 48 games 2009: ADKINS’ MSU CAREER HIGHS sive MVP at 2005 Northeast Mississippi Coaches for Better Baseball Game and drew 39 starts while earn- Hits: 3 vs. South Carolina (3-14-09) and defensive MVP at Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Game • Also lettered ing his fi rst varsity letter in his At-bats: 6 2x-Last: vs. Kentucky (4-19-09) in and football, where he was a three-time All-Division quarterback fi rst season of eligibility at MSU Runs scored: 2 4x-Last: vs. Kentucky (4-17-09) and punter • Member of the NHS Beta and Music clubs. • Went 1-for-4 with a single and Total bases: 6 2x-Last: vs. Auburn (4-3-09) a stolen base in his MSU debut RBI: 4 at Hawaii (3-7-09) Born Daniel Luke Adkins on April 1, 1987 in Tupelo, Hitting streak: 8 games (Mar. 5-14, 2009) PERSONAL: as the DH against Northern Il- Miss. • Son of DeAnna and Billy Adkins of Nettleton, Miss. • Majoring in linois (Feb. 20) • Collected the physical education. fi rst of his 11 multi-hit games a day later with a 2-for-4 showing against North LUKE ADKINS’ CAREER STATISTICS Florida (Feb. 21) • Made team-high 30 starts in left fi eld and a single start YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2006-a .286 53-42 175 34 50 9 1 8 43 22 0 28 4 6 4-6 35 1 2 .947 in right • Hit .279 with 39 hits and collected 21 RBI with 12 extra-base hits • 2007-a .303 55-34 142 17 43 8 0 3 30 19 2 22 1 0 2-3 22 1 2 .920 Delivered three home runs, a grand slam at Hawaii (Mar. 5) and solo blasts at 2008 Did not play 2009-b .279 48-39 140 28 39 7 2 3 21 18 1 19 2 7 2-3 44 2 1 .979 Arkansas (Mar. 27) and against Auburn (Apr. 3) • Registered a season-best Career .293 156-115 457 79 132 24 3 14 94 59 3 69 7 13 8-12 101 4 5 .955 three hits (two singles and a triple) in his SEC debut against South Carolina a- at Southern Miss b- at Mississippi State (Mar. 14) • Drew 18 walks • Hit .292 with starts in 20 of his 25 SEC games played • Went 13-for-31 (.419) with 10 RBI during an eight-game hitting streak (Mar. 5-14) • Made a brief career-fi rst mound stint with an of no-decision relief pitching against Kentucky #42 (Apr. 19) • Reached base with BRENT a hit, a walk or as a hit bats- man in 36 of his 48 games played • Committed but one BROWNLEE in 47 defensive chances OF • 6-0 • 189 • R-R • So. • 1L (.979) • Played summer league Oxford, Mississippi baseball in the Cal Ripken Sr. Oxford High School League, hitting a league-best .380 for the CRSL champion Bethesda (Md.) Big Train. CAREER: Third-year sophomore outfi elder vying for starting status 2008: Sat out the 2008 in center fi eld • Versatile performer whose 17 rookie season starts included season as a redshirt after game-opening stints in all three outfi eld positions • SEC Academic Honor transferring from USM. Roll selection in 2009. 2007 (USM): Hit 2009: Played in 40 games BROWNLEE’S CAREER HIGHS as a redshirt freshman, drawing Hits: 2 5x-Last: at Ole Miss (5-9-09) .303 while drawing 34 starts At-bats: 5 at Ole Miss (5-9-09) in 55 games played as a 17 starts and starting all three Runs scored: 2 3x-Last: vs. Alabama (5-1-09) sophomore • Made 22 starts positions in the outfi eld • Hit Total bases: 5 at Arkansas (3-29-09) .290 with 18 hits and 11 RBI • RBI: 2 2x-Last: at Vanderbilt (4-24-09) as the designated hitter and Hitting streak: 5 games (4-18-09 to 5-9-09) 12 in the USM outfi eld (11 in Made his collegiate debut as a

22 RETURNING PLAYERS defensive replacement against Northern Illi- nois (Feb. 20) • Made his debut as a starter in left fi eld and singled #2 for his fi rst career hit JUSTIN against North Florida (Feb. 22) • Registered his fi rst extra-base hit and his fi rst career RBI BUSSEY RHP • 5-10 • 163 • R-R • Sr. • 1L with a game-winning run-scoring double Dora, Alabama against Mississippi Dora HS/Shelton (Ala.) State C.C. Valley State (Feb. 25) • Hit .359 in 22 SEC CAREER: Senior right-hander positioned for relief role with the MSU games (nine starts), pitching staff • Recovering from fall shoulder surgery • One of nine Bulldogs the team’s third-highest from neighboring Alabama. league average • Lashed his fi rst career in a 2-for-4 plate performance at Arkansas (Mar. 29) • Also registered two-hit games against 2009: Dual-position sum- BUSSEY’S CAREER HIGHS Kentucky (Apr. 18), at Vanderbilt (Apr. 24), and in back-to-back games at mer signee who made 11 mound pitched: 6.0 at Memphis (5-12-09) : 6 at Memphis (5-12-09) Ole Miss (May 8-9) • Singled in two runs against South Carolina (Mar. 14) appearances in relief and saw playing time in seven games in Walks: 3 2x-Last: at Arkansas (3-27-09) and notched his second multi-RBI game at Vanderbilt (Apr. 24) • Among Hits allowed: 8 vs. LSU (5-16-09) SEC-leading 19 Bulldogs named to the 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll • the middle infi eld • Posted a 2- Runs allowed: 7 at Hawaii (3-7-09) Hit .259 and teamed with MSU infi elder Nick Vickerson on the 2009 Cotton 2 record with a 7.20 Earned runs allowed: 7 at Hawaii (3-7-09 States League champion North Delta summer league baseball team. average and 10 strikeouts in 20 innings • Made his MSU debut with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief pitching 2008: One of fi ve Bulldog freshmen to redshirt • Worked diligently to against Northern (Feb. 21) • Earned wins in relief against Missis- recover from a pair of shoulder surgeries in 2007-08. sippi Valley State (Feb. 25) and HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letter-winner as an outfi elder at Memphis (May 12) • Regis- at Oxford High School • Coached by Bradley Roberson • Hit .333 with tered a season-high six strikeouts seven extra-base hits and eight stolen bases in an injury-curtailed senior sea- and worked a season-longest 6.0 son • Earned offensive MVP honors at the NEMCABB All-Star Game • Saw innings in the 6-5 win over the limited playing time as a junior in 2006 while recovering from a fall shoulder Tigers • Tagged with the loss at injury sustained playing football for OHS • Hit .301 with late-season duty as a Hawaii (Mar. 7) and against South designated hitter • Earned all-district, all-area and all-state honors as a sopho- Carolina (Mar. 15) • Drew a pair more, hitting .382, driving in 28 runs and leading the Chargers with 23 stolen of early-season starts at second bases • Helped OHS post a 36-4 record and capture the 2005 Class 4A state base against North Florida (Feb. championship • Lettered in four sports at Oxford High School: football, soc- 22) and at Hawaii (Mar. 6) • Made cer, baseball, track • Earned Class 4A all-state honors as a wide receiver and six relief appearances (9.0 in- member of OHS’s 2006 Class 4A state championship track team • Member nings) against SEC competition, of the National Honor Society, the National Technical Honor Society and Mu compiling an 0-1 record with a 6.00 Alpha Theta. ERA • Allowed one earned run in a PERSONAL: Born Brent Wesley Brownlee on November 10, season-longest 3.1 innings of SEC 1988 in Meridian, Miss. • Son of Jo and Sonny Brownlee of Oxford, Miss. • pitching at Arkansas • Fielded at a Majoring in physical education. .957 clip with one error in 23 defen- sive chances • Joined 18 Missis- sippi State teammates on the 2009 BRENT BROWNLEE’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD SEC Academic Honor Roll 2009 .290 40-17 62 14 18 2 1 1 11 8 4 14 0 2 6-7 42 2 0 1.000 Career .290 40-17 62 14 18 2 1 1 11 8 4 14 0 2 6-7 42 2 0 1.000 JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-way, two-year standout as CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS a and relief at YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2009 .359 22-9 39 10 14 0 1 1 8 6 3 7 0 0 3-3 26 1 0 1.000 Shelton State Community Col- lege in Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Coached

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by Bobby Sprowl • Helped lead SSCC to a pair of state titles and world series appearances • Hit .300 with 66 hits, 28 RBI, four home runs and 32 stolen bas- es (35 attempts) on the Buccaneers’ 49-19 edition that captured the Alabama state junior college title and advanced to a second-place fi nish in the 2008 NJ- #13 CAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. • Also starred on the mound, post- ing a 3-1 record with two saves, a 1.26 and 33 strikeouts JET in 28 innings of relief work • Earned fi rst-team all-region and all-conference honors and was named to the ACCC all-tournament team • Starting shortstop on Shelton State’s 2007 state championship edition that posted a 46-17 mark BUTLER and fi nished fi fth in the 2007 NJCAA World Series. INF • 6-2 • 216• S-R • Sr. • 3L HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport standout and four-year baseball Pensacola, Florida letterman as a shortstop and pitcher at Dora High School • Helped lead Tate High School coach Johnny Wright’s DHS Baseball Bulldogs to the Class 4A state quar- terfi nals in 2006 • Piled up a Walker County-record 66 hits as a senior • Fin- CAREER: Veteran switch-hitting middle infi elder and returning starting ished the year with a .413 batting average, 33 RBI and 28 stolen bases • Also second baseman • A .290 career hitter seasoned with 114 starts (88 at second, compiled a 12-6 pitching mark with a 1.89 earned run average and a single 21 at shortstop, one at third base and four as the DH) in 140 career games season school record 120 strikeouts in 2006 • Earned Class 4A all-state and played • Opened 43 games at second base in 2009 • Paced MSU’s fall scrim- all-metro Birmingham honors and was tabbed the Daily Mountain Eagle 2006 mages with three home runs and nine extra-base hits • One of four Floridians Walker County Player of the Year • Also lettered four years in basketball and on the 2010 squad • Three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. three years in football • Member of the Beta Club, Science Club, the Spanish Club at Dora HS. 2009: Middle infi elder who ranked second on the team with BUTLER’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 4 vs. Valparaiso (3-11-09) PERSONAL: Born Justin Terrell Bussey on May 14, 1988 in Bir- 50 starts and 52 games played mingham, Ala. • Son of Julie and Jimmy Bussey of Dora, Ala. • Majoring in At-bats: 6 3x-Last: vs. Alabama (5-2-09) • Started 43 games at second Runs scored: 3 3x-Last: at UAB (4-7-09) educational psychology. base, one game each at short- Total bases: 7 2x-Last: Valparaiso (3-11-09) stop and third base and two RBI: 5 at UAB (4-7-09) JUSTIN BUSSEY’S CAREER STATISTICS games as the DH • Compiled a Hitting streak: 7 gms 2x-Last: 4-26 to 5-14-09) YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2009 .000 7-2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0-0 10 12 1 .957 career-best .335 batting aver- Career .000 7-2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0-0 10 12 1 .957 age, ranking among the team leaders and setting career-highs with 59 hits Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB and 37 RBI • Totaled 14 multi-hit games, establishing a career best for hits 2009 7.20 2-2 11 0-0 0 0 20.0 25 19-16 14 10 4 0 1 2 8 Total 7.20 2-2 11 0-0 0 0 20.0 25 19-16 14 10 4 0 1 2 8 in a game during a 4-for-4 plate performance against Valparaiso (Mar. 11) • Tied a school doubles record with three two-baggers against Valparaiso CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS • Opened the season with a pair of six-game hitting streaks in the fi rst 15 YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2009 .000 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 1 0 1.000 games • Later matched a career-best with a seven-game hitting streak over Career .000 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 1 0 1.000 the fi nal eight games of the season • Had three or more hits in a game six Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 9.00 0-1 6 0-0 0 0 9.0 15 12-9 9 1 2 0 1 1 3 times and three or more RBI in a game seven times • Set a career-high with Total 9.00 0-1 6 0-0 0 0 9.0 15 12-9 9 1 2 0 1 1 3 fi ve RBI in a 2-for-3 game at UAB (Apr. 7) that included a career-fi rst grand slam home run • Belted a walk-off three-run home run in MSU’s 9-7 win over BUSSEY’S GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES IN 2009 North Florida (Feb. 22) • Also launched a two-run blast at South Alabama Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 2-21-09 Northern Illinois 2.1 1 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 10-11 ND (Mar. 24) and a solo shot against Auburn (Apr. 5) • Ranked third on the team 2-25-09 MIssissippi Valley 1.1 0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4-3 W (1-0) and set a career-high with six stolen bases in 10 attempts • Fielded at a .945 3-7-09 at Hawaii 0.2 6 7-7 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 5-10 L (1-1) 3-15-09 South Carolina 1.0 2 2-2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-5 L (1-2) clip with 11 errors in 199 defensive chances • Compiled a team-best .357 bat- 3-20-09 at Georgia 1.0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-5 ND ting average with runners in scoring position • Hit .307 and drew starts in 27 3-24-09 at South Alabama 0.2 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12-17 ND 3-27-09 at Arkansas 3.1 3 4-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 9-20 ND of 28 SEC games, ranking second on the team with 36 hits and 26 RBI and 4-5-09 Auburn 0.0 0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-12 ND third with a .491 conference-only • Earned a berth on the 5-19-09 Kentucky 1.0 2 1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17-22 ND 5-12-09 at Memphis 6.0 2 0-0 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 6-5 W (2-2) 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Also named to the ESPN The Magazine 5-16-09 LSU 2.2 8 4-4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4-15 ND* Academic All-District VI team • Played summer league baseball in 2009 for 2009 SEASON TOTALS 20.0 25 19-15 14 10 4 0 1 3 8 84-125 2-2 (7.20) Tallahatchie (Miss.) in the Cotton States League. 2008: Switch-hitting middle infi elder who played in 55 of MSU’s 56 games • Hit .271 with 23 runs scored and 24 RBI • Hit safely in 33 of games and drove in at least one run in 18 games • Drew 45 starts, all at second base, replac-

24 RETURNING PLAYERS ing injured preseason season series against Alabama (May 17) • Moved into MSU’s regular starting All-American Brandon lineup in the series fi nale at Ole Miss (Apr. 29), singling in the game-winning Turner • Made his fi rst run in the school-record 17-inning game • Started 20 of MSU’s fi nal 21 games career start at second • Hit .273 and registered 24 of his 25 hits as a starter • Drew nine starts at base in the series fi nale shortstop in his 15 SEC games played, posting a .233 batting average • De- against Air Force (Mar. livered a hit in fi ve of MSU’s seven NCAA tournament games • Notched his 2) • Went 2-for-5 in that second GWRBI when he lashed a two-run double in MSU’s Super Regional- game against the Fal- clinching 8-5 win over Clemson • Had a hand in 10 double plays in 20 starts cons for the fi rst of his at shortstop • Fashioned a pair of fi ve-game hitting streaks in May • Honored 16 multiple-hit games • in Omaha for having the highest grade-point average (4.0) among the 200 ath- Raised his batting av- letes at the 2007 NCAA College World Series • One of fi ve Bulldogs named erage to a season-best to the 2007 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. .371 during a career- HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year standout middle infi elder at Tate longest seven-game hit- High School • Coached by Todd Boyd • Posted a .390 batting average as a ting streak (Mar. 18-28) senior en route to Baseball Factory and Team One All-American team selec- that ended with three tion • Among select group picked to play in the AFLAC All-American Classic straight two-hit games Showcase in Baltimore, Md. • Recipient of the Travis Fryman Outstanding • Drove in three runs Player Award at THS • Nominee for the Wendy’s National High School Heis- against Baylor (3/19) man Award • Recipient of the 2006 Pensacola Sports Association Scholar- for the fi rst of his fi ve Athlete Award • Selected to play in the 2006 Florida Diamond Club All-Star multiple-RBI games • Game in Tampa, Fla. • Batted .400 with 32 hits as a junior, helping lead the Walked, singled and THS Aggies to a 28-2 mark, the 2005 Florida 4A State Championship and a doubled and scored No. 13 national ranking by Baseball America • Member of the Fellowship of three runs in MSU’s 13- Christian Athletes and the National Honor Society • Named to the Tate High 4 win over Austin Peay School Hall of Fame • Selected to play in the 2005 Florida Diamond Club All- (Apr. 1) • Matched that Star Game in Tampa, Fla., the National Blue-Grey Classic in Tampa Bay, Fla., career-high with three and on the Dixie National Team at the USA Baseball Junior National Trials runs scored against conducted in Joplin, Mo. Vanderbilt (Apr. 11) • Went 4-for-7 (.571) in two-game series against South Alabama (Mar. 25-26) PERSONAL: Born James Eugene Butler III on October 6, 1987 in and 4-for-8 (.500) in three-game set against South Carolina (Mar. 21-23) • Pensacola, Fla. • Son of Karen and Skip Butler of Pensacola, Fla. • Father Delivered his lone home run of the year and third of his career with a solo blast played baseball at Mississippi College and a sister, Charity, played profes- at Middle Tennessee State (May 7) • Ripped three of his eight extra-base hits sional for the Michigan Ice • Majoring in physical education. over the fi nal eight games of the season • Credited with two game-winning RBI after stroking leading-producing hits against Mississippi Valley State (Mar. JET BUTLER’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 12) and UAB (Mar. 18) • Doubled in the go-ahead run against MVSU • Helped 2007 .245 35-22 102 11 25 3 1 2 12 2 0 17 0 1 3-5 32 53 12 .876 spark MSU’s comeback win over the Blazers with a pair of fi fth-inning singles 2008 .271 55-45 181 23 49 6 1 1 24 16 4 35 1 3 0-1 87 135 11 .953 2009 .335 50-47 176 30 59 12 0 4 37 17 6 37 2 3 6-10 97 91 11 .945 • Hit .259 in 30 SEC games (28 starts), ranking third on the club with 28 hits Career .290 140-114 459 64 133 21 2 7 73 35 10 89 3 7 9-16 216 279 34 .936 • Named to the 2008 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll • Played sum- CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS mer league baseball with the Newport Gulls in the New England Collegiate YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD Baseball League. 2007 .233 15-9 43 5 10 1 0 1 6 1 0 8 0 0 2-2 17 25 5 .894 2008 .259 30-28 108 10 28 2 0 0 6 7 2 23 0 2 0-1 66 93 8 .952 2007: One of four true freshmen to play for the Bulldogs in 2007, seeing 2009 .307 28-27 101 13 31 6 0 1 15 9 3 27 2 3 3-5 64 49 5 .958 playing time in 35 games while drawing starts in 22 games (20 at shortstop Career .274 73-64 252 28 69 9 0 2 27 17 5 58 2 5 5-8 147 167 18 .946 and two as the designated hitter) • Hit .245 with 12 RBI and six extra-base hits BUTLER’S CAREER HOME RUNS in 35 games played • Made his collegiate debut as a pinch-runner in State’s No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 4-24-07 36 Southern Miss (Davis) H 2 5th 2 W, 11-2 season-opener against Murray State (Feb. 23) • Drew his fi rst two career 2. 5-17-07 49 Alabama (Hunter) H 1 5th 1 L, 3-4 starts as the designated hitter against Southern Miss (Apr. 24-25), going 5- 3. 5-7-08 49 vs. Middle Tennessee (Francescon) N 1 1st 2 W, 4-3 4. 2-22-09 4 North Florida (Pryor) H 3 9th 1 W, 9-7 for-9 with a double, a home run and three RBI in the two-game series • Singled 5. 3-23-09 24 at South Alabama (Johnson) A 2 9th 0 L, 12-17 and scored in his fi rst career at-bat in a season-best 3-for-5 plate performance 6. 4-5-09 31 Auburn (Hendrix) H 1 9th 0 L, 10-12 against USM (Apr. 24) • Also doubled and homered in that initial game as a 7. 4-7-09 32 at UAB (Huddleston) A 4 6th 1 W, 10-0 starter • Belted a solo home run in the opening game of MSU’s fi nal regular

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against MTSU (Apr. 22) • Came within a triple of and deliv- ered his second game-winning RBI of the season with a two-run eighth-inning blast against the Blue Raiders • Hit .278 in 27 SEC games played (23 games #38 started) with nine extra-base hits and 11 RBI against league opponents. RYAN 2008: One of four true freshmen to play for the Diamond Dogs in 2008, drawing 34 starts in 43 games played • Compiled a .345 batting average, sec- ond-best on the team, with a team-leading .469 on-base percentage • Started COLLINS 23 games in left and 11 in right • Made his MSU debut as the starting left OF • 6-0 • 200 • L-L • Jr. • 2L fi elder in MSU’s season-opener at North Florida (Feb. 22) • Drew three walks, singled and collected his fi rst career RBI against UNF (Feb. 24) • Totaled eight Callaway, Florida multi-hit games, including three-hit showings against UAB (Mar. 18) and Rutherford High School Georgia (Mar. 29) and a season-best 4-for-4 performance against Austin Peay (Apr. 2) • Also drove in three runs against APSU matched that season- CAREER: Fleet-footed returning two-year starter in the MSU outfi elding best with three RBI at Auburn (May 2), the last of his six multiple-RBI games corps • Sports a .300 career batting average in 92 career games played (77 • Belted three home runs, all in SEC competition --- a solo shot at Kentucky starts --- 54 in RF and 34 in LF) • Enters his junior campaign with team-best (Apr. 6), a two-run blast against Vanderbilt (Apr. 13) and a three-run dinger at 14 career stolen bases and six triples. Auburn (May 2) • Delivered the game-winning RBI against Arkansas-Little 2009: Drew 43 starts in 49 Rock (Mar. 5) and at Auburn (May 3) • Sidelined the fi nal 10 games of the games played as a sophomore, COLLIN’S CAREER HIGHS season by a shoulder injury • Registered a pair of mid-season eight-game hit- starting all 43 games in right fi eld • Hits: 5 vs. MTSU (4-22-09) ting streaks (Mar. 23-Apr. 2 and Apr. 5-19). Hit .268 with 44 hits, 31 runs scored At-bats: 6 2x-Last: vs. UK (4-19-09)) Runs scored: 4 vs. A. Peay (4-2-08) HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter as an outfi elder and pitcher and 23 RBI • Led the Bulldogs and Total bases: 9 vs. MTSU (4-22-09) at Rutherford High School in Panama City, Fla. • Coached by John Hudson tied for third in the SEC with four tri- RBI: 4 vs. Kentucky (4-19-09) • Paced the Rams with a .441 batting average, 34 RBI, 16 extra-base hits and ples • Also tied for third on the club Hitting streak: 10 gms (4-19-09 to 5-9-09) 15 stolen bases as a senior in 2007 • Also posted an 8-3 record with a save, a with 10 doubles • Ranked second 2.17 earned run average and 45 strikeouts in 51 • Helped lead on the team with 11 stolen bases in 12 attempts • Fielded at a .941 clip with six RHS to a No. 2 ranking in Class 5A and the team’s fi rst playoff advancement errors in 101 defensive chances • Registered nine multiple-hit games, seven in nine years • Earned third-team Class 5A all-state honors and fi rst-team all- of those coming in the fi nal third of the season • Compiled a 10-game hitting district honors • Earned Team MVP honors for the third consecutive year and streak (Apr. 19-May 9), going 21-for-47 (.447) with 10 RBI, nine extra-base selected to compete in the FACA State All-Star Game • As a junior in 2006 hits (including all three of his 2009 home runs) and fi ve of his 11 stolen bases • batted .412 with a team-high 42 hits • Also drove in 18 runs, pilfered 17 bases Launched roundtrippers against Kentucky (Apr. 19), Middle Tennessee (Apr. in 19 attempts and on the mound compiled a 7-3 record with a 3.20 ERA • Led 22) and Alabama (May 1) • Went 10-for-15 with seven RBI during a three- the Rams at the plate as a sophomore with a .400 batting average and 32 hits game span that included a career-best and team season-high 5-for-5 showing with 14 stolen bases • Named to the 2006 NABF World Series all-tournament team and represented North Florida in the Florida Diamond Club Elite 100 Showcase • Also a three-year starter and all-county performer in football • Voted into the Rutherford High School Hall of Fame • Established 11 single season and career baseball records at RHS. PERSONAL: Born Ryan Eugene Collins on August 30, 1988 in Riverside, Calif. • Son of Debbie and Carl Collins of Callaway, Fla. • Majoring in management.

RYAN COLLINS’ CAREER STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2008 .345 43-34 119 26 41 6 2 3 23 26 2 21 0 3 3-5 55 2 1 .983 2009 .268 49-43 164 31 44 10 4 3 23 31 1 38 2 5 11-12 91 4 6 .941 Career .300 92-77 283 57 85 16 6 6 46 57 3 59 2 8 14-17 146 6 7 .956 CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2008 .290 21-17 62 9 18 1 1 3 12 11 1 13 0 2 2-3 29 2 1 .969 2009 .278 27-23 90 17 25 6 1 2 11 22 0 19 0 2 5-5 54 2 2 .966 Career .283 48-40 152 26 43 7 2 5 23 33 1 32 0 4 7-8 83 4 3 .967

COLLINS’ CAREER HOME RUNS No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 4-6-08 31 at Kentucky (Dombrowski) A 1 5th 1 L, 8-9 2. 4-13-08 35 Vanderbilt (Christiani) H 2 3rd 2 L, 3-4 3. 5-2-08 45 at Auburn (Dayton) A 3 7th 2 L, 4-11 4. 4-19-09 40 Kentucky (Kapteyn) H 3 9th 1 L, 17-22 5. 4-22-09 42 Middle Tennessee (Mears) H 2 8th 2 W, 9-8 6. 5-2-09 47 Alabama (Scott) H 2 9th 2 L, 16-17

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best three-RBI outings against North Florida (Feb. 24), Air Force (Mar. 2) and Austin Peay (Apr. 1) • Finished with seven multi-RBI games • Plated game- winning runs against Air Force (Mar. 2) and Memphis (May 13) • Hit .324 in #14 22 SEC games (19 starts), including a team-leading 12 extra-base hits (eight doubles, four home runs) • Heated up at the plated in the fi nal eight games of RYAN the season, hitting .438 (14-for-32) with nine RBI • Posted the team’s second- highest batting average (.337) among starters • Posted a .980 fi elding percent- age with fi ve errors in 255 chances and just one error in the fi nal 19 games DUFFY • Retired nine opponent base runners • Parents moved from Naples to West OF • 6-0 • 218 • L-R • Sr. • 3L Melbourne, Fla., in the off-season • Played summer league baseball in 2008 West Melbourne, Florida for the DuPage County Dragons in the Collegiate League. Barron Collier High School 2007: Saw playing time in fi ve games, collecting one hit in four at-bats • Made his collegiate debut subbing for the DH against South Carolina (Mar. CAREER: Fifth-year senior seasoned with playing time in 90 games 23) • Made a late-game appearance at fi rst base against Memphis (Mar. 28) and 58 starts • Enters his senior campaign with a .321 career batting average and against UL-Monroe (Apr. 3) • Recorded a career-fi rst hit with a single in and 17 career home runs, second-most on the team • Drew a team-leading 25 the fi rst of two at-bats against UL- DUFFY’S CAREER HIGHS starts as a left-handed hitting designated hitter in 2009. Monroe • Also used in a pinch-hit Hits: 4 at LSU (5-11-08) role against Louisiana State (Apr. At-bats: 5 8x-Last: vs. LSU (5-14-09) 2009: Played in 43 games and drew 27 starts as a fourth-year junior in 20) and as a defensive replacement Runs scored: 3 2x-Last: vs LSU (5-15-09) Total bases: 9 at LSU (5-11-08) 2009 • Posted a .339 batting average, a career-high and second-best on the at fi rst base against Southern Miss team • Also set career-highs with 25 runs scored, 42 hits, 10 home runs and RBI: 3 5x-Last: at Hawaii (3-6-09) (Apr. 24) • Noted for his acrobatic Hitting streak: 5 games (4-25-09 to 5-9-09) 33 RBI • Ranked second on the team behind Connor Powers in home runs pre-game fl ip leading the team from and slugging percentage (.645%) • Drew two early-season starts behind the the outfi eld huddle to the . dish but saw most of his playing time as the designated hitter, a team-most 25 starts • Also saw limited playing time at fi rst base • Recorded three of his 2006: Sat out the 2006 campaign as a redshirt. 12 multiple-hit games and fi ve of his seven multi-RBI games in his fi rst seven HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter for coach Ted Parsons at games (8-for-20, .400, 11 RBI) • Matched a career-best with three-RBI games Naples’ Barron Collier High School • First-team Florida Class 5A All-State against Northern Illinois (Feb. 21), at Hawaii (Mar. 6) and against LSU (May pick and Florida Coaches All-Star Team selection as a catcher in 2005 • Paced 15) • Went 3-for-5 in the series opener and fi nale at Georgia (Mar. 20/22) and BCHS with a .452 batting average, 11 doubles, six home runs and an .849 later carded a 3-for-3 game against Auburn (Apr. 5) • Delivered walk-off solo slugging percentage • Led Southwest Florida region in home runs and ranked home run in MSU’s 7-6 win over Southern Miss (Apr. 8) and a game-winning fourth in batting average • Earned team MVP, all-county and All-Southwest eighth-inning solo blast in a 6-5 win at Memphis (May 12) • Closed out the Florida All-Star Team honors • Starred on teams that captured three straight campaign with a long-ball fl urry, belting six of his 10 home runs over his last district crowns and reached the regional fi nals twice • Dean’s List and aca- 10 games • Lashed a double and his 10th home run to match a career-best demic honor roll scholar • Recipient of the Bright Futures Scholarship Award with fi ve total bases in State’s 8-7 win over second-ranked and eventual na- and named Mr. Barron Collier HS • Hit .418 as a junior and .366 his sopho- tional champ LSU (May 15) at Dudy Noble Field • Finished the campaign with more season in 2003. a .356 batting average in 24 SEC games played (16 starts) and a .630 SEC PERSONAL: Born Ryan Patrick Duffy on September 7, 1986 in slugging percentage • Parents moved from West Melbourne to Malabar, Fla., Naples, Fla. • Son of Cathy and Kevin Duffy of Malabar, Fla. • Majoring in in the off-season. business administration. 2008: Appeared in 42 of 56 games and started 31 contests as a third- year sophomore catcher • RYAN DUFFY’S CAREER STATISTICS Hit .306 with seven home YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2007 .250 5-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 1 1 1 .667 runs and 25 RBI • MSU’s 2008 .306 42-31 121 23 37 11 0 7 25 4 1 24 34 0 0-0 217 33 5 .980 2009 .339 43-27 124 25 42 8 0 10 33 7 1 27 3 1 0-0 16 1 0 1.000 primary catcher among four Career .321 90-58 249 48 80 19 0 17 58 11 2 54 37 1 0-0 234 35 6 .978 receivers used in starting roles behind the dish • Belt- CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS ed his fi rst career home run, YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2007 .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 a three-run blast, in his fi rst 2008 .324 22-19 71 16 23 8 0 4 10 4 1 12 1 0 0-0 139 19 4 .975 collegiate start in the fi nal 2009 .356 24-16 73 14 26 5 0 5 16 3 0 19 2 1 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 Career .336 68-35 146 30 49 13 0 9 34 7 1 33 3 1 0-0 143 19 4 .976 game of the season-open- ing series at North Florida DUFFY’S CAREER HOME RUNS (Feb. 24) • Totaled 10 multi- No. Date Gm. # Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 2-24-08 3 at North Florida (Turner) A 3 4th 0 L, 6-11 ple-hit games, six of those in 2. 4-1-08 27 Austin Peay (Brisbin) H 2 1st 1 W, 13-4 the fi nal eight games of the 3. 4-5-08 29 at Kentucky (Baber) A 1 7th 0 W, 6-5 4. 4-8-08 32 at Memphis (Martin) A 1 10th 0 L, 8-9 season • Set a career-high 5. 4-25-08 42 Tennessee (Hernandez) H 1 6th 0 W, 4-3 for hits in a 4-for-5, two- 6. 5-11-08 52 at Louisiana State (Bradford) A 2 1st 2 L, 6-9 7. 5-15-08 54 Arkansas (Wells) H 1 7th 1 W, 6-5 RBI series-ending game at 8. 2-21-09 3 Northern Illinois (Zelasko) H 2 6th 2 L, 10-11 LSU (May 11) • Lashed two 9. 3-6-09 10 at Hawaii (Klein) A 2 6th 2 L, 4-7 10. 4-1-09 28 at UL-Monroe (Williams) A 1 3rd 0 L, 1-7 doubles, a home run and 11. 4-8-09 33 Southern Miss (Cargill) H 1 9th 1 W, 7-6 a single against LSU for a 12. 4-25-09 44 at Vanderbilt (Hayes) A 1 2nd 1 L, 4-10 13. 4-26-09 45 at Vanderbilt (Christiani) A 1 2nd 1 L, 4-10 career-best nine total bases 14. 5-2-09 47 Alabama (Scott) H 1 8th 0 L, 16-17 • Also doubled twice in a 3- 15. 5-9-09 49 at Ole Miss (McKean) A 2 9th 0 W, 11-8 16. 5-12-09 51 at Memphis (Fraser) A 1 8th 0 W, 6-5 for-4 showing at Alabama 17. 5-15-09 53 LSU (Coleman) H 1 4th 0 W, 8-7 (Apr. 19) • Turned in career- 27 RETURNING PLAYERS

games, then returned to the lineup as a DH • Sidelined for fi nal fi ve games of season with shoulder injury • Hit .266 in 19 #29 games (18 starts) against SEC CODY foes • Team-best .406 hitter in games at Dudy Noble Field • One of four true freshmen to FREEMAN play for the Bulldogs in 2008. C • 6-0 • 184 • R-R • Jr. • 2L HIGH SCHOOL: Collinsville, Mississippi Four-year standout as a West Lauderdale High School catcher and outfi elder at West Lauderdale High School • CAREER: One of four catchers vying for playing time and the lone Coached by Jerry Boatner candidate with MSU playing experience • Owns a .298 career batting average • Hit .450 with 14 home runs in 75 games played and 57 starts, 30 behind the dish • Hails from the same and 57 RBI en route to all- hometown and high school as MSU sophomore pitcher Paxton Pace. state honors as a senior • Helped power the Knights to 2009: Saw playing time in 37 a 38-2 record and the 2007 FREEMAN’S CAREER HIGHS games as a sophomore, drawing 13 Class 4A state championship starts behind the plate and 12 more Hits: 3 2x-Last: at Ark. (3-27-09) At-bats: 5 4x-Last: at Ark (3-27-09) • Played on West Lauderdale as the designated hitter • Compiled Runs scored: 3 at Ole Miss (5-9-09) teams that compiled a 129- a .283 batting average with 26 hits, Total bases: 8 at Memphis (5-12-09) 21 record over four seasons 20 RBI and a career-best six home RBI: 4 vs. MVSU (3-11-08) • Joined WLHS battery mate Hitting streak: 8 gms (3-23-08 to 4-19-08) runs • Lashed a pair of singles Paxton Pace on the roster against South Carolina (Mar. 14) for the 2007 Crossroads Dia- for the fi rst of his six multiple-hit games • Matched a career-best for hits in a mond Club 4A/5A All-Star game with a 3-for-5 plate performance at Arkansas (Mar. 27) • Belted his fi fth game in Pearl, Miss. • A pre- and sixth home runs of the season at Memphis (May 12) in MSU’s 6-5 win season Louisville Slugger All-American selection • Compiled a .465 batting over the Tigers, driving in a season-high three runs • One of two Bulldogs to average with 47 hits and 26 extra-base hits as a junior • Established the WLHS hit two home runs in a game in 2009 • Also delivered solo home runs against school record with 16 home runs and 60 RBI in 2006 • All-district and all-state Nicholls (Feb. 28), at Tennessee (Apr. 11), against Middle Tennessee State honoree and team MVP as a junior • Hit .362 and earned all-district honors as (Apr. 21) at Vanderbilt (Apr. 25) • Fielded at a .966 clip with three errors in a sophomore in 2005 after drawing 10 starts and hitting .450 as a freshman. 88 defensive chances • Compiled a season-best fi ve-game hitting streak May 2 to May 12 • Legged out a run-scoring double at Ole Miss (May 8) for his PERSONAL: Born Cody Dewayne Freeman on April 18, 1989 in fi rst game-winning RBI of the season • Added a walk-off RBI single against Meridian, Miss. • Son of Amanda and Bruce Freeman of Collinsville, Miss. • second-ranked LSU in State’s 8-7 win over the eventual national champions Majoring in physical education. • Played in 22 SEC games drawing 14 starts (nine as DH, 5 as catcher) • Led the team with a .365 batting average against SEC competition • Played sum- CODY FREEMAN’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD mer league baseball in Bethesda, Md., teaming with Bulldogs Luke Adkins 2008 .310 38-32 116 18 36 9 1 2 20 15 1 27 2 3 1-1 134 9 0 1.000 and Jarrod Parks on the Cal Ripken Sr. League champion Big Train. 2009 .283 37-25 92 18 26 3 1 6 20 16 2 35 2 3 0-1 73 12 3 .966 Career .298 75-57 208 36 62 12 2 8 40 31 3 62 4 6 1-2 207 21 3 .987 2008: Played in 38 games and earned his fi rst varsity letter as a true CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS freshman, starting 17 games as a catcher and 15 as the designated hitter • Hit YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2008 .266 19-18 64 5 17 3 0 1 10 6 0 13 1 1 1-1 38 2 0 1.000 .310 with 36 hits and 20 RBI in 32 games • Played error-free defense in 143 2009 .365 22-14 52 11 19 3 1 2 12 12 0 19 0 1 0-1 30 8 2 .950 chances behind the dish • Opening day starting catcher against North Florida Career .310 41-32 116 16 36 6 1 3 22 18 0 32 1 2 1-2 68 10 2 .975 (Feb. 22) • Registered his fi rst career hit in his seasonal debut against UNF • Registered nine multi-hit games, including a season-best 3-for-4 plate perfor- FREEMAN’S CAREER HOME RUNS No. Date Gm. # Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score mance against UAB (Feb. 26) • Opened the year with a fi ve-game hitting streak 1. 3-11-08 13 Mississippi Valley State (Reid) A 4 5th 1 W, 15-0 and fashioned a six-game streak in mid-March that included four consecutive 2. 3-15-08 16 Mississippi (Satterwhite) H 1 3rd 2 L, 6-11 3. 2-28-09 8 Nicholls (Dunnam) H 1 2nd 1 W, 6-3 two-hit games • Went 4-for-8 with a single, a double, a triple, a home run and 4. 4-11-09 35 at Tennessee (Hernandez) A 1 4th 1 L, 2-4 seven RBI in two-game set against Mississippi Valley State (Mar. 11-12) • 5. 4-21-09 41 Middle Tennessee (Stoltz) H 1 8th 1 L, 6-10 6. 4-25-09 44 at Vanderbilt (Bierman) A 1 9th 0 L, 4-10 Followed that with a 5-for-10 three-game series against Ole Miss (Mar. 14-16) 7. 5-12-09 51 at Memphis (Holland) A 2 2nd 2 W, 6-5 • Plated a season-high four runs with his fi rst career home run, a grand slam, 8. 5-12-09 51 at Memphis (Fraser) A 1 6th 2 W, 6-5 against MVSU (Mar. 11) • Also launched a solo blast against Ole Miss (Mar. 15) • Sustained a knee injury in the Georgia series (Mar. 28-30) • Missed nine

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with four strikeouts over two innings in his seasonal debut in the series fi nale at North Florida (Feb. 24) • Also struck out four against Middle Tennessee State (May 6) • Drew his fi rst career start against South Alabama (Mar. 25) #51 and notched his second game-opening mound stint a week later against Aus- tin Peay (Apr. 1) • Was 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in his two starts • Took the loss in GREG his lone sophomore season decision against South Alabama (Mar. 25) • One of a school-record 23 Baseball Bulldogs named to the 2008 SEC Baseball HOUSTON Academic Honor Roll. RHP • 6-1 • 180 • R-R • Sr. • 3L 2007: Made 16 relief appearances as a freshman, posting a 1-1 record Hoover, Alabama with a save and a 5.33 earned run average • Made his MSU debut with a Hoover High School scoreless inning of relief against Murray State (Feb. 24) • Allowed just one earned run in his fi rst fi ve appearances • Earned his fi rst career save against tourney host Baylor in the Quala-T Imprints Baylor Classic • Fanned three CAREER: Seasoned right-handed relief pitcher with 50 career ap- and allowed one hit over 1-2/3 innings in MSU’s 8-6 win over the Bears • Set pearances and four starts in three seasons at State • Has notched three wins career-highs with six strikeouts and 3-2/3 innings pitched in his SEC debut in four decisions against SEC opponents • Among nine Bulldogs from neigh- against South Carolina (Mar. 23) • Came on to get the fi nal out and earned boring Alabama • Three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. his fi rst career win in MSU’s 10- 7 victory over Kentucky (Mar. HOUSTON’S CAREER HIGHS 2009: Junior right-hander who led the 2009 Bulldog pitching staff with 20 30) • Yielded three unearned Innings pitched: 5.2 at Vanderbilt (4-24-09) mound appearances, with all but two in relief • Drew starts against Alabama runs and took the loss in a 7-5 Strikeouts: 6 vs. South Carolina (3-23-07) Walks: 4 vs. Alabama (5-1-09) (May 1) and at Memphis (May 12) • Compiled a 2-2 record with a save and setback at Austin Peay (May a 6.93 earned run average • Did not allow a run in 10 of his 18 relief stints • Hits allowed: 15 vs. South Carolina (3-23-07) 9) • Bounced back with a strong Runs allowed: 12 vs. South Carolina (3-23-07) Notched a save against Nicholls (Feb. 28) and earned wins in relief against one-hit scoreless relief appear- Earned runs allowed: 6 2x-Last: vs. UK (4-19-09) No. 17 South Carolina (Mar. 14) and No. 2 LSU (May 16) • Took the loss at ance over 2-2/3 innings against UL-Monroe (Apr. 1) and in a start against Alabama (May 1) • Registered the Alabama (May 19) • Picked up his fi rst NCAA postseason experience with longest mound stint of his college career at Vanderbilt (Apr. 24), pitching 5.2 1-2/3 innings of relief against Louisville in the NCAA College World Series innings and allowing one earned run • Also worked 4.1 innings in relief against • Finished with a 1-0 record and 6.97 ERA in fi ve relief appearances (10-1/3 Mississippi Valley State innings) against SEC competition • Among fi ve Diamond Dogs named to the (Feb. 25) and 4.0 innings at 2007 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. Tennessee (Apr. 12) • Re- corded 21 strikeouts in 37.2 HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year standout pitcher at Hoover High innings, including a season- School • Coached by Rick Davis • Posted a 5-3 record with a 2.81 earned best three in the start against run average as a senior • Notched 34 strikeouts in 57-1/3 innings pitched and Alabama • Compiled a 2-1 fi nished the year with six complete-game pitching performances • Tabbed for record and 6.00 earned run Birmingham All-Metro honors • Compiled an 8-3 record with a 2.80 ERA as a average in 11 SEC appear- junior in 2005 • Earned honorable mention all-state honors after registering 77 ances (one start) and 24.0 strikeouts in 70 innings • Also named to the “Over the Mountain” Birmingham innings pitched • Among SEC- area all-star team • Member of Mu Alpha Theta and the Fellowship of Christian leading 19 Mississippi State Athletes at HHS • Competed in baseball and cross country as a sophomore players named to the 2009 at South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Ga., prior to moving to Hoover SEC Academic Honor Roll • during the 2004-05 school year. Played summer league base- PERSONAL: Born Gregory Scott Houston on March 11, 1988 in ball with the Danville Dans of Jacksonville, Fla. • Son of Susan and Scott Houston of Hoover, Ala. • Major- the , notch- ing in mechanical engineering. ing a win and three saves in 13 relief appearances. GREG HOUSTON’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2008: Appeared in 14 2007 5.33 1-1 16 0-0 0 1 25.1 43 27-15 7 24 4 0 4 3 4 games, making a pair of mid- 2008 7.36 0-1 14 2-0 0 0 25.2 44 27-21 16 18 10 2 4 2 4 2009 6.93 2-2 20 2-0 0 1 37.2 49 30-29 18 21 7 1 4 3 7 season starts • Compiled an Career 6.60 3-4 50 4-0 0 2 88.2 136 84-65 41 63 21 3 12 8 15 0-1 record with a 7.36 earned CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS run average and 18 strikeouts Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB in 25-2/3 innings • Worked a 2007 6.97 1-0 5 0-0 0 0 10.1 21 14-8 3 14 3 0 2 0 1 2008 9.72 0-0 5 0-0 0 0 8.1 18 9-9 8 3 1 1 2 0 2 career-longest four innings in 2009 6.00 2-1 11 1-0 0 0 24.0 30 17-16 11 16 5 1 2 0 4 relief against Air Force (Mar. Career 6.96 3-1 21 1-0 0 0 42.2 69 40-33 22 33 9 2 6 0 7 1) • Registered a season-high

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HOUSTON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 2-24-07 Murray State 1.0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13-1 ND 2-27-07 Mississippi Valley 1.0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13-2 ND 3-3-07 Michigan 1.0 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-4 ND 3-6-07 UAB 2.0 5 3-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12-10 ND #32 3-10-07 at Baylor 1.2 1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 8-6 Sv-1 3-21-07 Samford 1.0 4 3-2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7-6 ND DEVIN 3-23-07 South Carolina 3.2 15 12-6 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 3-20 ND 3-28-07 Memphis 1.1 1 1-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11-9 ND 3-30-07 Kentucky 0.1 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-7 W (1-0) 3-31-07 Kentucky 2.2 4 1-1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6-10 ND 4-17-07 vs. Mississippi 1.0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14-9 ND JONES 4-25-07 Southern Miss 1.0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7-4 ND RHP • 6-2 • 181 • L-R • So. • 1L 5-5-07 Auburn 1.0 1 1-1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 11-6 ND 5-9-07 at Austin Peay 2.1 4 3-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5-7 L (1-1) Eupora, Mississippi 5-19-07 Alabama 2.2 1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7-9 ND 6-17-07 vs. Louisville 1.2 3 3-3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4-12 ND Eupora High School 2007 SEASON TOTALS 25.1 43 27-15 7 24 4 0 4 3 4 134-122 1-1 (5.33)

Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 2-24-08 at North Florida 2.0 6 2-2 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 6-11 ND CAREER: Hard-throwing sophomore righty positioned for a possible 3-1-08 Air Force-2 4.0 3 2-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 4-6 ND role in MSU’s weekend rotation • Bounced back from an injury-slowed rookie 3-5-08 Ark-Little Rock 1.0 1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 ND 3-10-08 Baylor 1.0 1 1-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3-6 ND campaign to sparkle in summer league competition in the New England Col- 3-12-08 Miss. Valley State 1.0 2 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11-5 ND legiate League and later during fall practice • Joined four other Bulldog rook- 3-15-08 Mississippi 3.1 5 3-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6-11 ND 3-25-08 South Alabama *2.1 5 4-4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 5-6 L (0-1) ies on the 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. 4-1-08 Austin Peay *3.0 6 4-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 13-4 ND 2009: Made 10 mound 4-12-08 Vanderbilt 3.0 4 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-16 ND JONES’ CAREER HIGHS 4-19-08 at Alabama-1 1.1 7 5-5 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 7-21 ND appearances, fi ve of those in a Innings pitched: 5.2 at Ole Miss (5-10-09) 5-6-08 at MTSU 2.0 2 3-3 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 5-20 ND starting role • One of fi ve true 5-13-08 Memphis 1.0 0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4-1 ND Strikeouts: 6 at Ole Miss (5-10-09) 5-16-08 Arkansas 0.0 2 1-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6-5 ND freshmen (four ) to com- Walks: 4 at Ole Miss (5-10-09) 5-17-08 Arkansas 0.2 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-15 ND Hits allowed: 7 at Arkansas (3-27-09) 2008 SEASON TOTALS 25.2 44 27-21 16 18 10 2 4 2 4 86-130 0-1 (7.36) pete for the Bulldogs in 2009 • Compiled an 0-4 record with a Runs allowed: 10 at Arkansas (3-27-09) Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC Earned runs allowed: 8 at Arkansas (3-27-09) 2-21-09 North Florida-1 1.0 1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-1 ND 9.26 earned run average and 15 2-25-09 Miss. Valley State 4.1 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4-3 ND strikeouts in 23.1 innings pitched 2-28-09 Nicholls 1.0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10-8 Sv-1 3-5-09 at Hawaii 1.2 1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3-1 ND • Made his collegiate debut with a start against Northern Illinois (Feb. 21), 3-8-09 at Hawaii 1.0 1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5-11 ND working 4.0 innings against the Huskies • Also drew starts against SEC foes 3-14-09 South Carolina-2 1.1 1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-3 W (1-0) 3-17-09 vs. Southern Miss 0.2 5 3-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7-10 ND South Carolina (Mar. 15), at Arkansas (Mar. 27), at Ole Miss (May 10) and 3-20-09 at Georgia 0.2 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-5 ND LSU (May 16) • Worked a career-longest 5.2 innings and fanned a season- 3-22-09 at Georgia 0.1 1 1-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6-10 ND 3-25-09 Memphis 1.2 2 1-1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6-3 ND high six batters in the start against Ole Miss • Missed a month of the season 4-1-09 at UL-Monroe 0.0 3 4-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-7 L (1-1) after sustaining a midseason hand injury • Drew starts in four of the six SEC 4-5-09 Auburn 2.0 2 2-2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 10-12 ND 4-12-09 at Tennessee 4.0 3 1-1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10-9 ND games (13.0 IP) in which he appeared • Among fi ve Bulldog rookies named 4-17-09 Kentucky 0.2 0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4-5 ND to the 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll • Played summer league 4-19-09 Kentucky 3.2 8 7-6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 17-22 ND 4-24-09 at Vanderbilt 5.2 7 1-1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6-8 ND baseball with Danbury (Conn.) Westerners in the New England Collegiate 5-1-09 Alabama * 3.2 4 5-5 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 8-10 L (1-2) Baseball League, posting a 3-1 record with a save, a 2.79 ERA and 35 5-8-09 at Ole Miss 1.2 2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6-5 ND 5-12-09 at Memphis * 2.1 6 5-5 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6-5 ND strikeouts in 29.0 innings • Baseball America’s pick as the top prospect in 5-15-09 LSU 0.1 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-7 W (2-2) the NECL. 2009 SEASON TOTALS 37.2 49 30-29 18 21 7 1 4 3 7 137-145 2-2 (6.93) HIGH SCHOOL: A fi ve-year regular in the lineup as a pitcher and outfi elder at Eupora High School • Coached by Lee Berryhill • Led the Eagles with a .490 batting average and posted a 2-7 mark with two saves, a 1.57 earned run average and registered a staff-best 86 strikeouts in 49 innings of mound duty • Earned fi rst-team all-state and Jackson Clarion-Ledger “Dan- dy Dozen” honors in 2008 • Also named to the Rawlings All-Region team • Honored as the MVP of the NEMCABB All-Star Game and the best defensive player in the 2008 Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Game • Special honor graduate, merit student and recipient of President’s Education Award at EHS • All-district performer as a junior with an 8-2 pitching record, a 3.10 earned run average and 82 strikeouts in 50 innings • Among club leaders with a .358 batting average • Earned second-team Class 2A all-state honors as a sopho- more in 2005, hitting .481 and posting a 5-2 pitching mark with a 2.50 ERA • Prep teammate of former MSU pitcher Lee Swindle • Played summer league baseball in 2007 with the Cincy Flames in Cincinnati, Ohio • Coached by Jay Basil and Mo Samford • Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and an offi cer in the Beta Club at Eupora High School. DRAFT HISTORY: Selected by the in the 49th round of the 2008 June draft. PERSONAL: Born Devin Blake Jones on July 4, 1990 in Eupora, Miss. • Son of Teresa Blakely of Eupora, Miss. • Majoring in business admin- istration.

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DEVIN JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS • Appeared in six SEC games Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB PACE’S CAREER HIGHS 2009 9.26 0-4 10 5-0 0 0 23.1 37 27-24 15 15 4 0 7 3 0 (1-0, 8.44 ERA) with nine strike- Innings pitched: 4.0 vs. USM (4-8-09) Career 9.26 0-4 10 5-0 0 0 23.1 37 27-24 15 15 4 0 7 3 0 outs in 5.1 innings • Made his Strikeouts: 3 at Vanderbilt (4-26-09) SEC debut with 1.1 innings of Walks: 2 vs. Alabama (5-2-09) CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB scoreless relief against Auburn Hits allowed: 6 vs. USM (4-8-09) 2009 13.85 0-3 6 4-0 0 1 13.0 28 22-20 10 10 3 0 7 1 0 (Apr. 5) • Worked a season-lon- Runs allowed: 4 vs. USM (4-8-09) Career 13.85 0-3 6 4-0 0 1 13.0 28 22-20 10 10 3 0 7 1 0 Earned runs allowed: 3 vs. Alabama (5-2-09) gest 4.0 innings and picked up JONES’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES his fi rst career win in State’s 7-6 Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC home win over Southern Miss (Apr. 8) • Notched his other win in his next out- 2-21-09 Northern Illinois * 4.0 2 1-1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 10-11 ND 3-7-09 at Hawaii 3.1 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-10 ND ing, a 10-9 decision at Tennessee (Apr. 12) • Struck out a season-best three 3-15-09 South Carolina * 2.1 5 1-1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4-5 ND batters at Vanderbilt (Apr. 26) • One of an SEC-leading 19 Diamond Dogs on 3-18-09 UAB 2.2 2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8-4 ND 3-24-09 at South Alabama 0.1 4 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12-17 L (0-1) the 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll. 3-27-09 at Arkansas * 2.1 7 10-8 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 9-20 L (0-2) 4-26-09 at Vanderbilt 0.1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-11 ND 2008: Sat out his rookie season as a redshirt. 5-1-09 Alabama 0.1 3 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-10 ND 5-10-09 at Ole Miss * 5.2 6 3-3 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 1-8 L (0-3) HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter and letterman at West Lau- 5-16-09 LSU * 2.0 7 6-6 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4-15 L (0-4) derdale High School • Coached by Jerry Boatner • Concluded his prep ca- 2009 SEASON TOTALS 23.1 31 27-24 15 15 4 0 7 3 0 64-111 0-4 (9.26) reer with a 35-3 pitching record, three saves, and 306 strikeouts over the past three seasons • Starred as a pitcher and as a shortstop in leading the Knights to a 38-2 record the Class 4A state championship and a No. 2 national ranking by USA Today • Compiled a 12-0 record with a career-best 127 strikeouts and an 0.36 earned run average while hitting .450 with 41 RBI and 21 extra-base hits • Named to the Louisville Slugger All-American team, Gatorade Player of the Year in Mississippi, all-state, all-district and a Jackson Clarion-Ledger #33 “Dandy Dozen” selection • Delivered complete-game, four-hitter and belted PAXTON an RBI triple and an RBI single in the state title game against Terry HS • Earned all-state status as a junior in 2006 • Compiled an 8-2 record with a 1.70 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched • Also hit .438 with fi ve home runs and 43 RBI • An all-state and all-district performer as a sophomore, posting an 8-0 PACE record and a 1.93 ERA with 93 strikeouts and a .400 batting average with eight RHP • 5-10 • 195 • R-L • So. • 1L home runs • Also lettered three seasons in football at West Lauderdale HS. Collinsville, Mississippi West Lauderdale High School PERSONAL: Born Paxton Snowden Pace on March 18, 1989 in Texarkana, Texas • Son of Jena and Bill Pace of Collinsville, Miss. • Majoring in physical education. CAREER: Third-year sophomore pitcher and former prep teammate of Bulldog catcher Cody Freeman at Collinsville High School • Has worked dili- PAXTON PACE’S CAREER STATISTICS gently to overcome a series of injuries that have hampered his career at MSU • Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 5.23 2-0 8 0-0 0 0 10.1 12 10-6 5 11 3 0 1 3 4 Earned his fi rst varsity letter and SEC Academic Honor Roll status in 2009. Total 5.23 2-0 8 0-0 0 0 10.1 12 10-6 5 11 3 0 1 3 4

2009: Appeared in eight games as a redshirt freshman • Posted a 2-0 CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS record with a 5.23 earned run average and registered 11 strikeouts over 10.1 Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 8.44 1-0 6 0-0 0 0 5.1 5 6-5 5 9 1 0 1 3 3 innings • Made his collegiate debut with an inning of scoreless relief against Total 8.44 1-0 6 0-0 0 0 5.1 5 6-5 5 9 1 0 1 3 3 Southern Miss (Mar. 17) at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. PACE’S GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 3-17-09 vs. Southern Miss 1.0 1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7-10 ND 4-5-09 Auburn 1.1 1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10-12 ND 4-8-09 Southern Miss 4.0 6 4-1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 7-6 W (1-0) 4-12-09 at Tennessee 1.0 1 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10-9 W (2-0) 4-17-09 Kentucky 1.1 2 1-1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 4-5 ND 4-26-09 at Vanderbilt 1.1 0 1-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3-11 ND 5-2-09 Alabama 0.1 1 3-3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 16-17 ND 5-10-09 at Ole Miss 0.0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1-8 ND 2009 SEASON TOTALS 10.1 12 10-6 5 11 3 0 1 3 4 58-78 2-0 (5.23)

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pionship • A 2006 Clarion-Led- PARKS’ CAREER HIGHS ger “Dandy Dozen” selec- Hits: 2 at Hawaii (3-8-09) tion • Played summer league At-bats: 5 at Hawaii (3-8-09) #9 baseball with the Jackson Runs scored: 2 vs. Northern Illinois (2-20-09) 96ers, helping lead his team to Total bases: 2 2x-Last: at Hawaii (3-8-09) JARROD the NABF World Series title in RBI: 1 vs. North Illinois (2-20-09) 2006 • Earned All-NABF World Hitting streak: 2 gms 2x-Last: 2-25-09 to 3-8-09) Series and World Series MVP PARKS honors that season • High school teammate of 2009 Bulldogs Scott DeLoach INF • 6-1 • 187 • R-R • Sr. • 1L and Nick Hardy. Madison, Mississippi PERSONAL: Born Jarrod Emerson Parks on May 24, 1988 in Jack- Madison Central HS/Meridian C.C. son, Miss. • Son of Vicki and Marty Parks of Madison, Miss. • Majoring in busi- ness administration. CAREER: Senior infi elder battling for playing time at third base or JARROD PARKS’ CAREER STATISTICS fi rst base • Former Meridian Community College teammate of MSU junior YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2009 .182 20-7 33 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 8 0 0 2-2 18 13 2 .939 catcher Wes Thigpen • Enjoyed a productive summer of baseball playing for Career .182 20-7 33 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 8 0 0 2-2 18 13 2 .939 Bethesda (Md.) in the Cal Ripken Sr. League. CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS 2009: Corner infi elder who saw playing time in 20 games • Summer YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2009 .125 7-1 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1-1 1 3 0 1.000 signee out of Meridian Community College who drew seven starts, six at Career .125 7-1 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1-1 1 3 0 1.000 third base and one at fi rst base • Opening day starter at third base against Northern Illinois (Feb. 20) • Doubled in a run in his fi rst MSU at-bat • Also hit safely against North Flor- ida (Feb. 21), Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 25), at Hawaii (Mar. 8) and in #25 MSU’s 8-7 win over sec- CONNOR ond-ranked LSU (May 15) • Registered his fi rst multiple-hit game with two POWERS singles at Hawaii (Mar. 8) INF • 6-2 • 242 • R-R • Sr. • 3L • Hit .182 in his MSU de- but season, .125 in league Naperville, Illinois competition • Played in Benet Academy seven SEC games and made his lone league start CAREER: Power-hitting fi rst baseman who enters his senior cam- at Georgia (Mar. 21) • paign with a .315 career batting average, 170 hits and 138 RBI in 146 games Summer league baseball (142 starts) • Returned to MSU for his senior campaign after being drafted in teammate of Bulldogs the 11th round by the • Ranks ninth at MSU with 38 Luke Adkins and Cody home runs • Has amassed a squad-best 48 multi-hit and 37 multi-RBI games Freeman in Bethessa, over the past three seasons • Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selec- Md., of the Cal Ripken Sr. tion • Won the Cape Cod Collegiate League’s home run-hitting contest at last League, hitting .366 with summer’s CCCL All-Star Game • Lone rostered Bulldog from Illinois. a league-best six home runs with the CRSL cham- 2009: Successfully transi- POWERS’ CAREER HIGHS pion Big Train • Tabbed by tioned to a new position, draw- ing a team-leading 53 starts Hits: 4 6x-Last: vs. Auburn (4-5-09) Baseball America as the At-bats: 6 2x-Last: at Mississippi (4-29-07) at fi rst base in his 54 games league’s No. 8 pro pros- Runs scored: 4 vs. Auburn (4-5-09) pect. played • Compiled a .301 bat- Total bases: 13 at Kentucky (4-6-08) ting average, leading the team RBI: 6 Nicholls (2-28-09) JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-year infi elding standout at Merid- in runs scored (49), doubles Hitting streak: 12 games (3-22-09 to 4-19-09) ian Community College • Coached by Chris Rose • Earned all-district and (15), home runs (19), slug- All-Region 23 honors as a shortstop after helping lead the Eagles to the 2008 ging percentage (.688), RBI (63), walks (35), and sacrifi ce fl ies (5) • Tied MACJC state championship • Hit .375, Meridian CC’s third-best batting aver- for eighth-most home runs in a season by a Bulldog and climbed to eighth age • Also ranked second with 14 home runs • Set school record for times hit among MSU’s career home run leaders with 38 blasts • Finished sixth in the by a pitch in a season (41) and career (60) • Hit .407 with 40 RBI, 19 extra- SEC in home runs, seventh in slugging percentage and ninth in runs batted base hits and a .492 on-base percentage en route to second-team all-state in • In his fi rst season at fi rst base posted the second-highest fi elding percent- honors as a freshman in 2007 • Member of Phi Theta Kappa International age among SEC fi rst baseman (.998), with one fi elding error in 422 chances Honor Society. • Set a career-mark with a 12-game hitting streak (Apr. 3-19), collecting eight HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starting shortstop and four-year let- home runs and three doubles during the span • Drew starts in all but the sec- ter-winner at Madison Central High School • A two-time all-state honoree, ond game of a twinbill against Valparaiso (Mar. 11) • Tied for second on the all-district and Jackson area all-Metro pick • Coached by Gregg Perry • Hit team with 14 multiple-hit games and paced State with 17 multi-RBI games • .435 and drove in 51 runs as a senior, helping lead the Jaguars to a 28-10 Had three or more hits in fi ve games • Matched a career-best with a season- record, a team’s fourth consecutive district crown and the North State Cham- high 4-for-5 plate performance in the series fi nale against Auburn (Apr. 5) •

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Went 7-for-13 (. 538) with six RBI and three home runs against the Tigers • Lashed a double and two of MSU’s record-tying six home runs • Compiled a Tallied three or more RBI in eight games, establishing a career-best with six career-longest eight-game hitting streak (Mar. 30-Apr. 11) • Drew three walks RBI in a 10-8 win over Nicholls (Feb. 28) • Slugged two home runs in a game for the second and third times in his career against UAB (Feb. 26) and at three times --- against Nicholls (Feb. 28), Alabama (May 2), and SEC cham- Kentucky (Apr. 6) • Among a school-record 23 Bulldogs named to the 2008 pion LSU (May 15) • Credited with a team-leading fi ve game-winning hits, SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll • Hit .265 with 28 RBI playing summer capped with a walk-off solo blast in the 10th inning against Kentucky (Apr. league baseball for Brewster (Mass.) in the Cape Cod Collegiate League. 18) • Drew four of his team-leading 35 walks against Middle Tennessee (Apr. 2007: Played in 57 of MSU’s 60 games, drawing starts in 54 games • 21) • Led MSU with two-out RBI and 24 hits with runners in scoring position • MSU’s starting as a true freshman in 51 games • Also drew Hit .298 and started all 29 games at fi rst base in conference play • Delivered three starts as the DH • Named to the 2007 SEC All-Freshman Team • Hit 34 hits against SEC opponents, including a league-best 14 home runs, and .306 with 22 extra-base hits and 37 RBI • Belted eight home runs, third-most compiled the SEC’s third-highest slugging percentage, .711 • Earned a berth on the team, and hit two triples to share team lead • Ranked fi fth on the club with 18 other Bulldog players on the 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll • with 20 multiple-hit games and tied for fi fth with nine multiple-RBI games • Played summer league baseball for Harwich (Mass.) in the Cape Cod Col- Made his collegiate debut at third base against Murray State (Feb. 23) on legiate League • In July won the home run competition at the 47th Cape Cod opening day • Singled in his second at-bat and later collected his fi rst career League All-Star Game at Boston’s famed Fenway Park. RBI with a sacrifi ce fl y • Went 5-for-14 (.455) with a double and two home 2008: Bulldogs’ starting third baseman the fi rst 35 games of the season runs in the Murray State series • Lashed a double and his fi rst career home • Led State with a .348 batting average, ranked second in home runs (11) run against the Racers (Feb. 24) • Opened the year with a fi ve-game hitting and RBI (38) and notched a team-leading .644 slugging percentage • Ended streak and hit safely in 36 of his 57 games • Totaled a season-high four the season with 14 multiple-hit and 11 multiple-RBI games and hits in 25 of hits in a 4-for-5 plate performance at Florida (Mar. 16) • Launched two-run 35 games played • Matched a career-best with four-hit plate performances home runs in consecutive at-bats with a season-high four RBI the next day against both Austin Peay (Apr. 2) and at Kentucky (Apr. 6) • Registered against the Gators (Mar. 17) • Hit .500 (7-for-14) with fi ve RBI in the series at three-hit games in back-to-back games against Air Force (Mar. 1-2), against Florida (Mar. 16-18) • Also registered three-RBI performances against Sam- Ole Miss (Mar. 14) and at UAB (Mar. 18) • Hit .339 with a .714 slugging per- ford (Mar. 21) and Southern Miss (Apr. 24) • Capped four-run MSU rally with centage in 15 SEC games • Tied for second on the club with 18 extra-base game-winning RBI single in MSU’s 7-6 win over Samford (Mar. 21) • Also hits • Sizzled at the plate in April before being sidelined the fi nal 21 games credited with GWRBI in MSU’s 12-3 series-opening win against LSU (Apr. with a hamstring injury • Hit .500 (19-for-38) and raised his seasonal batting 20) • Went 5-for-7 with three RBI in the two-game USM series (Apr. 24-25) • average 59 points over his fi nal nine games (Apr. 1-13) • Had seven consecu- Strung together a season-best six-game mid-season hitting streak (Apr. 20- tive multi-hit games (Apr. 1-11) • Went 6-for-10 (.600) and drove in four runs 27) • Started all 28 SEC games, hitting .288 with 11 extra-base hits • Hit .375 in two against Austin Peay (Apr. 1-2) and 8-for-13 (.571) with seven RBI in with three starts in fi ve NCAA postseason games played • Joined four other the three-game series at Kentucky (Apr. 5-6) • Tied the school record with MSU rookies on the 2007 SEC Freshman Honor Roll. three home runs in a 4-for-4, four-RBI series fi nale at Kentucky (Apr. 6) • Set HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year multi-position all-state infi elder at a personal-best with a fi ve-RBI burst in MSU’s 24-10 win at UAB (Mar. 18) • Benet Academy in Naperville • Coached by Jeff Bonebrake • Honored as the Prep Baseball Report’s 2006 Illinois Player of the Year • Compiled a .408 four-year career batting average with 26 home runs, 48 doubles, four tri- ples, 121 runs scored, 27 stolen bases, 70 walks and 171 RBI, third-most RBI on the IHSA all-time list • Earned all-state and honorable mention Louisville Slugger High School All-American honors in 2006 • Hit .444 with 16 home runs and 63 RBI, both among the all-time top 20 single-season marks in Il- linois • Also scored 48 runs scored, legged out 12 doubles, three triples and fi nished with a 1.009 slugging percentage • Helped guide the BA Redwings to a 30-8 record and a season-ending No. 7 ranking in the state • Hit .503 with 23 extra-base hits (12 home runs, three triples and eight home runs) and 13 stolen bases as a junior in 2005 • Also posted a 5-1 pitching record with a save and a 1.47 earned run average • Three-time All-East Suburban Catholic Conference selection. DRAFT HISTORY: Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of ’s 2009 June draft. PERSONAL: Born Connor John Powers on December 21, 1987 in Hinsdale, Ill. • Son of Patti and John Powers of Naperville, Ill. • Father was an offensive lineman with the University of Michigan football team • Majoring in economics. CONNOR POWERS’ CAREER STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2007 .306 57-54 209 38 64 12 2 8 37 16 0 56 4 0 0-3 30 90 20 .857 2008 .348 35-35 135 31 47 7 0 11 38 18 0 29 0 1 2-2 24 73 9 .915 2009 .301 54-53 196 49 59 15 0 19 63 35 5 64 5 0 3-4 388 33 1 .998 Career .315 146-142 540 118 170 34 2 38 138 69 5 149 9 1 5-9 442 196 30 .955

CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2007 .288 28-28 111 21 32 6 1 4 15 9 0 30 0 0 0-1 19 44 13 .829 2008 .339 15-15 56 9 19 3 0 6 17 5 0 15 0 0 0-0 7 42 5 .907 2009 .298 29-29 114 28 34 5 0 14 37 17 1 46 1 0 2-3 199 18 1 .995 Career .302 72-72 281 58 85 14 1 24 69 31 1 91 1 0 2-4 225 104 19 .945

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POWERS’ CAREER HOME RUNS No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 2-24-07 2 Murray State (Harmon) H 2 6th 1 W, 13-1 2. 2-25-07 3 Murray State (McGaha) H 2 6th 0 W, 17-9 3. 3-10-07 11 Baylor (Matthews) A 1 9th 2 W, 8-6 4. 3-17-07 15 at Florida (Locke) A 2 6th 2 L, 8-10 5. 3-17-07 15 at Florida (Porter) A 2 9th 0 L, 8-10 6. 3-24-07 19 South Carolina (Cisco) H 1 4th 2 W, 6-5 7. 4-22-07 35 Louisiana State (Bradford) H 1 6th 1 L, 1-3 8. 6-8-07 57 Clemson (Moskos) H 2 5th 1 W, 8-6 9. 2-23-08 2 at North Florida (Atteo) A 2 1st 2 L, 9-17 10. 3-4-08 8 Arkansas-Little Rock (Klumpp) H 3 7th 0 L, 5-9 11. 3-14-08 15 Mississippi (Morgan) H 3 9th 2 L, 6-15 12. 3-18-08 18 at UAB (Roberson) A 1 4th 0 W, 24-10 13. 3-18-08 18 at UAB (Colburn) A 4 6th 2 W, 24-10 14. 3-23-08 21 at South Carolina (Cooper) A 3 6th 0 L, 3-10 15. 4-6-08 31 at Kentucky (Dombrowski) A 2 1st 1 L, 8-9 16. 4-6-08 31 at Kentucky (Paxton) A 1 5th 2 L, 8-9 17. 4-6-08 31 at Kentucky (Paxton) A 1 8th 1 L, 8-9 18. 4-8-08 32 at Memphis (Ashley) A 1 5th 1 L, 8-9 19 4-11-08 33 Vanderbilt (Minor) H 2 1st 2 L, 8-15 20. 2-24-09 5 South Alabama (Crenshaw) H 1 4th 1 W, 5-1 21. 2-28-09 7 Nicholls (Dupuis) H 3 1st 1 W, 10-8 22. 2-28-09 7 Nicholls (Larson) H 1 6th 1 W, 10-8 23. 3-24-09 23 at South Alabama (Johnson) A 1 9th 2 L, 12-17 24. 3-27-09 25 at Arkansas (Wells) A 3 9th 0 L, 9-20 25. 4-3-09 29 Auburn (Dayton) H 2 7th 2 L, 8-9 26. 4-4-09 30 Auburn (Jacobs) H 2 1st 0 W, 8-3 27. 4-5-09 31 Auburn (Thompson) H 1 1st 2 L, 10-12 28. 4-8-09 33 Southern Miss (Hester) H 2 1st 1 W, 7-6 29. 4-11-09 35 at Tennessee (Hernandez) A 1 6th 0 L, 2-4 RBI performance against Memphis (Mar. 25) • Turned in his fi rst three-hit 30. 4-12-09 36 at Tennessee (Harris) A 3 5th 2 W, 10-9 31. 4-18-09 39 Kentucky (Darnell) H 1 10th 0 W, 4-3 performance with a 3-for-4 outing against Middle Tennessee State (Apr. 22) 32. 4-19-09 40 Kentucky (Meyer) H 2 1st 2 L, 17-22 • Went 8-for-15 (.533) and collected six of his eight RBI during a fi ve-game 33. 4-24-09 43 at Vanderbilt (Reid) A 2 9th 2 L, 6-8 34. 5-2-09 47 Alabama (Scott) H 1 8th 0 L, 16-17 hitting streak (Mar. 14-27) • Played in 21 SEC games, drawing 10 starts and 35. 5-2-09 47 Alabama (Scott) H 2 9th 1 L, 16-17 posting a .189 batting average • Fielded at a .962 rate with but four errors in 36. 5-9-09 49 at Ole Miss (Baker) A 3 6th 1 W, 11-8 37. 5-15-09 53 LSU (Coleman) H 2 1st 2 W, 8-7 106 defensive chances • Had a hand in 13 double plays • One of fi ve Bulldog 38. 5-15-09 53 LSU (Coleman) H 2 6th 0 W, 8-7 rookies named to the 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll • Played summer league baseball with the Danville (Ill.) Dans, where he teamed with MSU pitcher Greg Houston in the Prospect League. HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year letterman as a middle infi elder at #19 Lakeland’s McKeel Academy • Starred at shortstop and second base for coach Mike Long • Helped guide the McKeel Wildcats to a 23-7 record and a FRANK 3A District 10 championship in 2008 • Paced MA with a .400 batting average, 36 hits, 25 RBI, nine doubles and three triples in 30 games • Also registered 22 stolen bases in 23 attempts en route to second-team all-state and fi rst-team RAWDOW All-Polk County honors as a senior • Honored as the 3A District 10 Player of INF • 5-10 • 169 • R-R • So. • 1L the Year, was named to the Polk County Senior All-Star Team and Polk Coun- Lakeland, Florida ty Athletic All-Academic Team • 2008 Preseason Under Armour All-Ameri- McKeel Academy can selection • Hit .384 with 28 stolen bases as a junior • Third-team Class 3A Florida All-State and fi rst-team All-Polk County selection in 2007 • Invited to compete in the Under Armour All-American Tournament in Tucson, Ariz. • CAREER: Among fi ve RAWDOW’S CAREER HIGHS Hit a team-leading and career-best .458 his sophomore season with 72 hits true freshmen to play for the Hits: 3 vs. MTSU (4-22-09) and 20 stolen bases en route to earning second-team all-state and all-county Diamond Dogs in 2009 and one At-bats: 5 at Ole Miss (5-9-09) plaudits in 2005 • Established school career record for batting average (.400), of four Floridians on the 2010 Runs scored: 2 vs. Kentucky (5-19-09) Total bases: 4 vs. MTSU (4-22-09) hits (146), triples (14) and stolen bases (83) • Honored as McKeel Academy’s team • Positioned to challenge RBI: 2 2x-Last: vs. Memphis (3-25-09 2008 Male Athlete of the Year • Member of the National Honor Society and the for playing time at shortstop or Hitting streak: 5 games (3-14-09 to 3-27-09) National Spanish Honor Society. second base after drawing 21 starts as a freshman in 2009 • Joined four other MSU rookies on the 2009 PERSONAL: Born Frank Andrew Rawdow on October 11, 1989 in SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. Lakeland, Fla. • Son of Alisa and Al Rawdow of Lakeland, Fla. • Father played baseball at Florida Southern • Majoring in physical education (fi tness management). 2009: True freshman middle infi elder who appeared in 41 games • Drew 21 game-opening assignments, with 13 starts at shortstop and eight at sec- FRANK RAWDOW’S CAREER STATISTICS ond base • Hit .256 with 20 hits and eight RBI • Ranked second on the club YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD with six sacrifi ce hits • Made his MSU debut as the starting second baseman 2009 .256 41-21 78 7 20 5 0 0 8 6 1 26 2 4 1-2 38 64 4 .962 against North Florida (Feb. 21) • Singled up the middle in his fi rst career Career .256 41-21 78 7 20 5 0 0 8 6 1 26 2 4 1-2 38 64 4 .962 at-bat against UNF • Recorded his fi rst career RBI with a run-scoring single CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS in MSU’s series-clinching 10-3 win over South Carolina (Mar. 14) • Doubled YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2009 .189 21-10 37 6 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 1 4 0-0 16 30 3 .939 and singled in two runs against Southern Miss (Mar. 17) in Pearl, Miss., for Career .189 21-10 37 6 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 1 4 0-0 16 30 3 .939 his fi rst career multi-hit and multi-RBI game • Also turned in a two-hit, two-

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HIGH SCHOOL: All-state performer as a pitcher and infi elder at Bayou Academy • Coached by Rodney Martin • Compiled an 11-0 re- cord with a save, an 0.57 earned run average and 151 strikeouts in 67-1/3 in- #37 nings as a senior • Issued but eight walks and allowed fi ve earned runs • Also CALEB notched a .538 batting average with 50 hits, 57 RBI, 14 doubles and 11 home runs as a senior • Helped guide the BA Colts to a 29-2 record and a second consecutive MPSA Class A state title • Earned Clarion-Ledger all-state and “Dandy Dozen” and Mississippi Private School Association all-state honors • REED Chosen MVP of the 2008 MPSA North A All-Star Game • MPSA all-state and RHP • 5-9 • 191 • R-R • So. • 1L second-team all-state selection as a junior • Helped lead Bayou Academy to a Cleveland, Mississippi 24-6 mark and MPSA state championship in 2007 with a career-high .577 bat- Bayou Academy ting average, 46 RBI and eight home runs • Also posted a 13-1 REED’S CAREER HIGHS record with one save, an 0.98 Innings pitched: 4.0 vs. Memphis (3-25-09) One of four true freshman hurlers to pitch for the Bulldogs CAREER: ERA and 182 strikeouts in 85 Strikeouts: 2 at Hawaii (3-8-09) in 2009 and among 11 righthanders on the 2010 MSU staff • Used primarily in innings pitched • Compiled a Walks: 3 2x-Last: vs. Kentucky (4-19-09) middle relief • Enjoyed a solid fi nish to 2009 fall drills • Earned a berth on the Hits allowed: 6 vs. Northern Illinois (2-21-09) 39-6 record with 544 strikeouts 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. Runs allowed: 6 vs. Northern Illinois (2-21-09) over his fi nal four seasons at BA Earned runs allowed: 6 vs. No. Illinois (2-21-09) 2009: Took the hill for 11 relief appearances in 2009 • Made 11 relief and earned Bolivar Commercial appearances (17.2 in- Player of the Year honors in 2005, 2007 and 2008 • Four-time all-county, all- nings), posting a 2-1 re- conference and team MVP honoree • Played summer league baseball in 2006 cord with a 9.17 earned and 2007 with the Jackson 96ers, coached by Derek Topik • Also starred for run average and earn- Bayou Academy in football, basketball and track • Two-time conference MVP ing his fi rst varsity letter in football • Honors graduate at Bayou Academy and recipient of BA’s Colt • Made his Mississippi Award in 2008 • Member of Mu Alpha Theta and the Community Service Club State debut with 1.2 at Bayou Academy. innings of relief work Born Caleb Martin Reed on April 24, 1990 in Green- against Northern Illi- PERSONAL: ville, Miss. • Son of Teresa and Bob Reed of Cleveland, Miss. • Brother of nois (Feb. 21) • Worked former Mississippi College outfi elder Will Reed and nephew of former MSU a season-longest 4.0 pole vaulter Tommy Shook • Majoring in business administration. innings and earned his fi rst career win in a 6-3 CALEB REED’S CAREER STATISTICS decision over Memphis Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB (Mar. 25) • Also picked 2009 9.17 2-1 11 0-0 0 0 17.2 28 19-18 15 8 4 0 3 1 6 Total 9.17 2-1 11 0-0 0 0 17.2 28 19-18 15 8 4 0 3 1 6 up a victory with 1.2 innings in relief against CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB Middle Tennessee 2009 9.45 0-0 5 0-0 0 0 6.2 12 8-7 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 State (Apr. 22) • Reg- Total 9.45 0-0 5 0-0 0 0 6.2 12 8-7 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 istered two of his eight REED’S GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES IN 2009 strikeouts in 2009 at Ha- Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC waii (Mar. 8) • Took the 2-21-09 Northern Illinois 1.2 6 6-6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10-11 L (0-1) 2-28-09 Nicholls 0.0 2 1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10-9 ND hill in fi ve SEC games, 3-8-09 at Hawaii 2.2 3 2-2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5-11 ND registering three strike- 3-17-09 vs. Southern Miss 1.0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 ND 3-25-09 Memphis 4.0 3 1-1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6-3 W (1-1) outs in 6.2 innings • 4-5-09 Auburn 0.0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-12 ND Joined four other MSU 3-19-09 Kentucky 1.0 2 4-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17-22 ND 3-22-09 Middle Tennessee 1.2 2 1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9-8 W (2-1) freshmen on the 2009 4-1-09 Alabama 3.1 4 3-3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8-10 ND SEC Freshman Aca- 4-10-09 at Ole Miss 1.1 3 1-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-8 ND 5-16-09 LSU 1.0 3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-15 ND demic Honor Roll. 2009 SEASON TOTALS 17.2 28 19-18 15 8 4 0 3 1 0 87-118 2-1 (9.17)

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cessive SEC starts at Georgia ROUTT’S CAREER HIGHS (Mar. 21), at Arkansas (Mar. Innings pitched: 9.0 vs. Auburn (4-4-09) 29), Auburn (Apr. 4) and at Strikeouts: 12 vs. Auburn (4-4-09) #36 Tennessee (Apr. 11) • Retired Walks: 4 2x-Last: vs. LSU (5-15-09) the fi rst 13 batters faced (six on Hits allowed: 10 at Vanderbilt (4-25-09) NICK Saturday and seven after game Runs allowed: 9 at Vanderbilt (4-25-09) Earned runs allowed: 6 vs. LSU (5-15-09) resumed Sunday) in no-decision start and SEC debut against ROUTT South Carolina (Mar. 13) • Registered a staff season-high 12 strikeouts in a LHP • 6-3 • 198 • L-L • So. • 1L nine-inning complete-game 8-3 win over Auburn (Apr. 4) • Led MSU with fi ve Silver Spring, Maryland quality starts and averaged nearly 6-2/3 innings and 6.7 strikeouts in his 13 St. Johns College High School games • Faced SEC co-champs Ole Miss (May 9) and LSU (May 15) in his . fi nal two starts, picking up his fi fth rookie season win against the Rebels and working eight solid innings in a no-decision start and 8-7 MSU win over even- CAREER: Returning weekend rotation starter and one of six southpaw tual national champion LSU • Drew starts on all 10 SEC weekends, posting hurlers on the MSU pitching staff • Eager to build on a breakout freshman a 3-3 record with a 4.92 ERA, four complete games and 70 strikeouts in 67.2 all-American season that saw him lead the staff wins, earned run average, innings. innings pitched and strikeouts and share the SEC lead with four complete games • First Mississippi State pitcher to be named to the SEC All Freshman HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letter-winner on the diamond at Team. St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C. • Played for coach Mark Gibbs on Cadet baseball teams that posted a three-year 67-18 record 2009: A starter in all 13 mound appearances as a true freshman • Com- • Capped his prep career earning all-conference honors in 2008 • Compiled a piled a 5-3 record with a 4.15 earned run average • Named to the 2009 SEC 4-1 mark with a 3.80 earned run average and a staff-leading 40 strikeouts in All Freshman team and the PingBaseball.com Freshman All-American 23-2/3 innings • Honored as a 2008 Under Armour Preseason All-American team • Led the Bulldog pitching staff in wins, ERA, and starts as well as innings following a successful 2007 summer league campaign with the Mid-Atlantic pitched (86.2) and strikeouts (87) • Moved into MSU’s starting weekend rota- League Rookies • Posted a 4-1 mark with a 1.25 ERA pitching for coach Mike tion early in his rookie season • Made his collegiate debut and registered his Chroniger • Fanned 56 and allowed six earned runs in 43 innings of mound fi rst win with a solid eight-inning start against North Florida (Feb. 21) • Allowed duty • Played in the Cal Ripken Senior Collegiate League in 2008 for the a run on seven hits with four strikeouts • Also earned wins in starts against Rockville (Md.) Express, coached by James Periera • Posted a 2-3 record Nicholls (Feb. 28), at Arkansas (Mar. 29), Auburn (Apr. 4), and at Ole Miss with a 2.93 ERA, a staff-best 55 strikeouts and limited opponents to a .188 (May 9) • Shared the SEC lead in complete games with four registered in suc- batting average • Finished second in the league in strikeouts and joined cur- rent MSU teammate Luke Adkins on the CRSCL all-star team • Member of the National Honor Society and a four-year academic honor roll student at St. John’s College HS. PERSONAL: Born Nick Wayne Routt of August 28, 1990 in Olney, Md. • Son of Kathy and John Routt of Silver Spring, Md. • Majoring in busi- ness.

NICK ROUTT’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 4.15 5-3 13 13-4 0 0 86.2 87 51-40 28 87 12 0 9 5 6 Total 4.15 5-3 13 13-4 0 0 86.2 87 51-40 28 87 12 0 9 5 6

CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 4.92 3-3 10 10-4 0 0 67.2 71 43-37 23 70 12 0 9 4 4 Total 4.92 3-3 10 10-4 0 0 67.2 71 43-37 23 70 12 0 9 4 4

ROUTT’S GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES IN 2009 Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 2-21-09 North Florida-1 * 8.0 7 1-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 7-1 W (1-0) 2-28-09 Nicholls-2 * 6.0 7 3-0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 6-3 W (2-0) 3-6-09 at Hawaii * 5.0 2 4-2 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 4-7 ND 3-14-09 South Carolina-2 * 4.2 3 2-2 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 10-3 ND 3-21-09 at Georgia * 8.0 5 4-4 2 8 2 0 2 0 0 0-4 L (2-1) 3-29-09 at Arkansas-2 * 7.0 9 4-3 3 7 1 0 1 1 0 12-4 W (3-1) 4-4-09 Auburn * 9.0 8 3-3 1 12 3 0 0 0 0 8-3 W (4-1) 4-11-09 at Tennessee * 8.0 8 4-4 5 7 1 0 1 1 1 2-4 L (4-2) 4-18-09 Kentucky * 6.0 7 3-2 1 8 0 0 0 1 2 3-4 ND 4-25-09 at Vanderbilt * 7.0 10 9-5 3 7 1 0 3 0 0 4-10 L (4-3) 5-2-09 Alabama * 5.0 7 3-3 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 16-17 ND 5-9-09 at Ole Miss * 5.0 8 5-5 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 11-8 W (5-3) 5-15-09 LSU * 8.0 6 6-6 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 8-7 ND 2009 SEASON TOTALS 86.2 87 51-40 28 87 12 0 9 5 6 92-74 5-3 (4.15)

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more RBIs in six games • Set a career-best with a 4-for-4 plate performance in MSU’s 8-3 win over Auburn (Apr. 4) • Also set a career-high with fi ve RBI in a 3-for-3 outing in State’s 12-4 win at Arkansas (Mar. 29) • A starter at third base #5 in all 29 of MSU’s SEC games • Hit .327 with 10 extra-base hits and 26 RBI • Launched six of his nine home runs against SEC opponents • Joined team- RUSS mates Connor Powers and Ryan Duffy in hitting back-to-back-to-back home runs against Alabama (May 2) • Hit safely in a season-longest seven games (Apr. 17-25) with nine hits, seven RBI, two doubles and two home runs in the SNEED span • Drew three walks against South Carolina (Mar. 14) and Middle Ten- INF • 6-2 • 226 • R-R • Sr. • 3L nessee State (Apr. 21) • Team-best .400 hitter at Dudy Noble Field • Ranked Senatobia, Mississippi second on the team with four sacrifi ce fl ies • Registered an .897 fi elding per- Magnolia Heights School centage with 12 errors in 116 defensive chances in his fi rst full season at third base • One of an SEC-leading 19 Mississippi State players named to the 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll • CAREER: Seasoned fi fth-year senior infi elder with 119 career starts Joined teammates Jet Butler SNEED’S CAREER HIGHS (77 at third base, 37 at shortstop, fi ve as the DH), 78 RBI and a .303 career Hits: 4 vs. Auburn (4-4-09) and Grant Hogue on the ESPN At-bats: 6 2x-Last: vs. Kentucky (4-19-09) batting average over the past three campaigns • Second on the team with 41 The Magazine 2009 Academic career multi-hit games • 138 career hits includes 20 doubles and 20 home Runs scored: 3 2x-Last: vs. Alabama (5-2- All-District VI Baseball team. 09) Total bases: 7 vs. Auburn (4-4-09) runs • Recovered from surgery on both hips the past two years • Four-time RBI: 5 at Arkansas (3-29-09) SEC Academic Honor Roll selection • Enrolled in MSU’s MBA program after 2008: Played in and started Hitting streak: 12 games (2-22 to 3-10-08) earning his undergraduate banking and fi nance degree last May • One of fi ve all 56 games as a sophomore • current Bulldogs that played in the 2007 NCAA College World Series. Opening day starter at North Florida (Feb. 22) • Hit .274 and ranked third on the team with 59 hits • Started 2009: Saw playing time in 52 of MSU’s 54 games, drawing 50 starts • the fi rst 35 games at shortstop and replaced injured regular Connor Pow- Compiled a .333 batting average, leading the club with 62 hits and ranking ers as the starter at third base the fi nal 21 games • Opened the year with a second with a career-best 43 RBI and third with a personal-best nine home 12-game hitting streak, longest Bulldog hitting streak in 2008 • Also strung runs • MSU’s starting third baseman in 47 games • Also drew three starts as the together a mid-season nine-game hitting streak • Tied for second on the team designated hitter • Paced State with 21 multiple-hit games and ranked second with 16 multiple-hit games • Hit safely in 40 of 56 games and had an RBI in with 13 multi-RBI contests • Belted the team’s fi rst 2009 home run, a three-run 19 games, both second-best on the team • Set career-high for hits with 3-for-4 blast, and notched the fi rst of his two game-winning RBI in 2009 in his season outing against Austin Peay (Apr. 1) and matched that with a 3-for-5 game in debut against North Florida (Feb. 21) • Later delivered a game-winning two- the series fi nale at Alabama (Apr. 20) • Went 7-for-12 (.583) with four doubles run single at Tennessee (Apr. 12) • Went 11-for-25 and drove in nine runs in in that series in Tuscaloosa • Credited with four game-winning RBI, including his fi rst seven games • Collected three or more hits in six games and three or 11th-inning solo home run in 7-6 win over South Alabama (Mar. 26), a two- run double at Alabama (Apr. 19), and a walk-off RBI single against Arkansas (May 16) • Drew 31 walks, second-most on the team, with at least one free pass in 23 games and two walks in eight contests • Shared the team lead (with Cody Freeman) with fi ve sacrifi ce bunts • Launched his second and third career home runs in 2008, solo blasts against South Alabama (Mar. 26) and Arkansas (May 15) • Successful on fi ve of six stolen base attempts • Had a hand in 16 of MSU’s 43 double plays • Hit .227 in 30 SEC starts • Recognized for his community service efforts with selection to the 2008 SEC Baseball Community Service Team • Named to the 2008 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll. 2007: Played in 24 games (13 starts) as a rookie • Hit .315 with three extra-base hits and nine RBI • Started nine games at third base, two as the DH and two at shortstop, including the ‘07 season-opener against Murray State (Feb. 23) • Singled twice in his debut against Murray State • Singled against Troy (Mar.4) for his fi rst career RBI • Came off the bench for his fi rst career SEC competition against South Carolina (Mar. 23) • Also drew a start at shortstop and went 1-for-4 at the plate in MSU’s 4-3 win at Tennessee (Apr. 13) • Moved into MSU’s starting lineup over the fi nal 11 games, beginning with the second game of the Alabama series (May 18) • Hit .341 and had hits in 11 of his 13 starts • Notched his three extra-base hits during a season-ending seven-game hitting streak (10-for-26), all in NCAA postseason competition • Registered four multi-hit and three multi-RBI games, all in MSU’s NCAA tour- ney run • Hit .400 (4-for-10) with four RBI in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional to earn a spot on the all-tournament team • Went 3-for-8 against Clemson in the Starkville Super Regional and 3-for-8 in the NCAA College World Series • Delivered his fi rst career extra-base hit with a solo home run in MSU’s 3-0 blanking of FSU (June 2) and registered his fi rst game-winning RBI with a two-run, third-inning single in State’s 9-4 regional championship-clinching win over Florida State (June 3) • Hit .273 in seven SEC games played (3 starts) •

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Among 20 MSU players named to the 2007 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll. 2006: Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt • Among seven Baseball Bulldogs named to the 2006 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. #12 HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starting infi elder and three-sport TYLER (baseball, basketball, football) all-state performer at Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia • Coached by Jim Miles • Earned second-team Jack- son Clarion-Ledger All-State, fi rst-team All-MPSA and Jackson Clarion-Ledger WHITNEY “Dandy Dozen” honors and MPSA all-star selection as a senior • Hit .422 with LHP • 6-0 • 190• L-L • Sr. • 3L seven doubles, 26 runs scored and 24 RBI • Also pitched for the Chiefs, post- Lakeland, Tennessee ing a 5-1 record with six complete games and a 1.27 earned run average Home-schooled • Helped guide MHS to a 15-7 mark and a runner-up fi nish in the 3A state championships • Recipient of the 2005 Don Souder Award as the Mississippi Private School Association’s outstanding male student-athlete for 2005 • Hit a CAREER: Southpaw who enters his senior season with 33 career career-best .469 and earned second-team All-MPSA honors as a junior • Also mound appearances and 25 starts in three seasons at State • Sports an 8-7 starred as a three-year letter-winner in football and basketball, earning fi rst- record with a 6.22 earned run average in 131.2 innings of pitching • The lone- team All-MPSA and all-star plaudits twice • Tabbed for all-state, all-conference Tennesseean on the 2010 team • First home-schooled Diamond Dog and three- and “Dandy Dozen” honors in both sports • Played summer league baseball time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection • Serves as president of MSU’s M- for three seasons in Memphis with Dulin’s Dodgers • Member of the National Club for 2009-10 • Earned his undergraduate diploma in December. Honor Society and the MHS chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes • 2009: Pitched in a career-high 13 games as a junior, ranking second on the Served as student council vice president. MSU staff with 11 starts • Compiled a 3-4 record with a 5.18 earned run average PERSONAL: Born James Russell Sneed on April 20, 1987 in • Totaled 46 strikeouts in 66.0 innings, both career-highs and second-most on Memphis, Tenn. • Son of Dinah and Jimmy Sneed of Senatobia, Miss. • 2009 the staff • Earned wins at Hawaii (Mar. 5), vs. South Carolina (Mar. 14) and at graduate now pursuing graduate studies in business administration. Ole Miss (May 8) • Worked seven innings or better in three games, including a career-longest 7.2 innings at Tennessee (Apr. 10) • Also pitched seven innings against Kentucky (Apr. 17) and at Ole Miss (May 8) • Set a career-high with RUSS SNEED’S CAREER STATISTICS nine strikeouts over 6.1 innings against Auburn (April 3) • Second on the staff YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2007 .315 24-13 54 7 17 2 0 1 9 3 0 17 0 0 1-1 15 19 6 .850 with three quality starts (six or more innings pitched and three or fewer earned 2008 .274 56-56 215 28 59 10 0 2 26 31 0 45 1 5 5-6 66 136 13 .940 runs allowed) • Carded his fi rst career complete game (6.0 innings) but took the 2009 .333 52-50 186 34 62 8 1 9 43 27 2 46 4 0 3-6 27 77 2 .897 Career .303 132-119 455 69 138 20 1 12 78 61 2 108 5 5 9-13 108 232 31 .916 loss in the opening game of a weather-created twinbill at Arkansas (Mar. 29) Committed one error in 16 defensive chances (.938) • MSU’s lead weekend CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD starter in eight of 10 SEC weekends • Notched a 2-4 record with a 5.83 ERA 2007 .273 7-3 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1-1 5 1 1 .857 in 10 SEC games played (nine starts) • Represented MSU on the 2009 SEC 2008 .227 30-30 110 11 25 6 0 1 8 13 0 22 0 3 1-2 30 77 8 .930 2009 ,327 29-29 110 20 36 6 0 4 26 15 2 32 3 0 1-2 11 51 9 .873 Baseball Community Service Team • Among MSU’s SEC-leading 19 players Career .277 66-62 231 33 64 12 0 5 34 29 2 57 3 3 3-5 46 129 18 .907 earning berths on the 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

SNEED’S CAREER HOME RUNS 2008: Appeared in 10 games as a sophomore, drawing starts in fi ve of his No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 6-2-07 55 Florida State (Henry) A 1 8th 0 W, 3-0 2. 3-26-08 23 South Alabama (Dunning) H 1 11th 0 W, 7-6 3. 5-15-08 54 Arkansas (Wells) H 1 2nd 0 W, 6-5 4. 2-21-09 2 North Florida (Rorabaugh) H 3 6th 2 W, 7-) 5. 2-28-09 7 Nicholls (Dupuis) H 1 4th 2 W, 10-8 6. 3-14-09 15 South Carolina (Dyson) H 1 2nd 0 W, 13-6 7. 4-4-09 30 Auburn (Jacobs) H 1 5th 2 W, 8-3 8. 4-8-09 33 Southern Miss (Lindsey) H 1 7th 1 W, 7-6 9. 4-12-09 36 at Tennessee (McCray) A 1 6th 0 W, 10-9 10. 4-21-09 41 Middle Tennessee (Stoltz) H 2 8th 0 L, 6-10 11. 4-22-09 42 Middle Tennessee (Hyde) H 3 3rd 1 W, 9-8 12. 5-2-09 47 Alabama (Scott) H 2 8th 0 L, 16-17

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fi nal six games • Posted an 0- WHITNEY’S CAREER HIGHS PERSONAL: Born Tyler Richard Whitney on August 12, 1987 in 2 record with a 10.80 earned Innings pitched: 7.2 at Tennessee (4-10-09) . Memphis, Tenn. • Son of Cindy and Jeff Whitney of Lakeland, Tenn. • Decem- run average with 20 strikeouts Strikeouts: 9 vs. Auburn (4-3-09) ber 2009 graduate now pursuing graduate studies in business administration. in 20 innings pitched • Tossed Walks: 5 32x-Last: at Ole Miss (5-8-09) Hits allowed: 11 at Tennessee (4-10-09) TYLER WHITNEY’S CAREER STATISTICS 2-2/3 innings of scoreless re- Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB Runs allowed: 8 at Dallas Baptist (3-14-07) lief against South Alabama 2007 5.72 5-1 10 9-0 0 0 45.2 57 33-29 8 43 14 2 5 0 4 Earned runs allowed: 8 at Dallas Baptist (3-14-07) 2008 10.80 0-2 10 5-0 0 0 20.0 29 26-24 19 20 7 0 3 5 2 (Mar. 25) in his longest relief 2009 5.18 3-4 13 11-1 0 0 66.0 80 51-38 31 46 11 2 12 7 9 stint of the campaign • Drew his fi rst career SEC start three days later with Career 6.22 8-7 33 25-1 0 0 131.2 166 110-91 58 109 32 4 20 12 15 1-1/3 innings pitched against Georgia (Mar. 28) • Worked a season-best 5.0 CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS Year ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB innings in a no-decision start against Ole Miss in MSU’s win in the inaugural 2008 3.00 0-0 2 1-0 0 0 3.0 1 1-1 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 Governor’s Cup (Apr. 15) in Pearl, Miss. • Absorbed losses in his fi nal two out- 2009 5.83 2-4 10 9-1 0 0 54.0 70 43-35 28 36 8 2 10 6 8 ings, midweek starts against Southern Miss (Apr. 22) and Middle Tennessee Total 5.68 2-4 12 10-1 0 0 57.0 71 44-36 33 40 8 2 10 7 8 State (May 6) • Posted a 3.00 ERA with no decisions in two SEC appearances WHITNEY’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES and a .540 ERA in appearances out of the bullpen • Among 23 Bulldogs named Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 2-27-07 Mississippi Valley * 5.0 4 1-1 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 1`3-2 W (1-0) to the 2008 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll • During the summer pitched 3-6-07 UAB * 5.0 6 4-2 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 12-10 ND for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots (2-0, 2.43 ERA) in the Alaska Collegiate 3-14-07 at Dallas Baptist * 3.1 9 8-8 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 8-11 L (1-1) 3-27-07 Memphis * 3.0 8 6-6 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 9-8 ND League. 4-3-07 Louisiana-Monroe * 5.0 5 3-3 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 17-7 W (2-1) 4-11-07 vs. South Alabama * 6.0 3 1-1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 5-1 W (3-1) 2007: Took the mound for 11 games, drawing 10 midweek starts and 4-17-07 vs. Mississippi * 4.0 10 7-5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14-9 W (4-1) making one relief appearance • Compiled a 5-1 record with a 5.72 earned run 4-24-07 Southern Miss * 6.0 4 1-1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 11-2 W (5-1) 5-8-07 at Austin Peay * 7.0 7 2-2 1 7 3 0 1 0 0 2-3 ND average, tallying 43 strikeouts in 45-2/3 innings • Made his collegiate debut and 6-17-07 vs. Louisville 1.1 1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-12 ND earned his fi rst career win with a fi ve-inning start against Mississippi Valley 2007 SEASON TOTALS 45.2 57 33-29 8 43 14 2 5 0 4 95-65 5-1 (5.72)

State (Feb. 27) • Earned other midweek wins against UL-Monroe (Apr. 3), Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC South Alabama (Apr. 11), Governor’s Cup opponent Ole Miss (Apr. 17) and 2-23-08 at North Florida 2.0 4 5-4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 9-17 ND 3-18-08 at UAB 1.0 2 1-1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 24-10 ND Southern Miss (Apr. 24) • Yielded eight runs and absorbed his lone loss in an 3-22-08 at South Carolina 1.2 1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1-4 ND 11-8 setback at Dallas Baptist (Mar. 14) • Pitched six innings and registered a 3-25-08 South Alabama 2.2 1 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5-6 ND 3-28-08 Georgia * 1.1 0 1-1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 ND season-high eight strikeouts in the wins against South Alabama and South- 4-2-08 Austin Peay 1.0 0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10-2 ND ern Miss • Worked a season-longest seven innings and struck out seven in a 4-8-08 at Memphis * 2.1 5 3-2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 8-9 ND 4-15-08 vs. Mississippi * 5.0 5 4-4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 6-5 ND solid no-decision start at Austin Peay (May 8) • Logged 1.1 innings of score- 4-22-08 at Southern Miss * 1.1 5 5-5 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 7-11 L (0-1) less one-hit relief against Louisville (June 17) in the NCAA College World 5-6-08 at MTSU *1.2 6 7-7 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 5-20 L (0-2) Series • Among fi ve Baseball Bulldog rookies named to the 2007 SEC Fresh- 2008 SEASON TOTALS 20.0 29 26-24 19 20 7 0 3 5 2 78-86 0-2 (10.80) man Academic Honor Roll. Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 2-22-09 North Florida * 4.2 4 5-0 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 9-7 ND HIGH SCHOOL: Played varsity baseball for four years for the 3-5-09 at Hawaii * 6.1 3 1-1 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 3-1 W (1-0) 3-14-09 South Carolina-1 * 5.0 4 4-1 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 13-6 W (2-0) Memphis Home Education Association (MHEA) Eagles • Coached his senior 3-20-09 at Georgia * 6.1 6 5-5 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 3-5 L (2-1) season by Rick Jones • Led his team with a 7-2 record, a sterling 0.92 3-29-09 at Arkansas-1 • 6.0 7 5-5 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 1-5 L (2-2) 4-3-09 Auburn * 6.1 10 3-3 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 8-9 ND earned run average and 76 strikeouts in 38 innings of work • Also played in 4-10-09 at Tennessee * 7.2 11 6-5 5 5 1 0 2 0 2 1-6 L (2-3) the outfi eld and compiled a .430 batting average in 2006 • Three-year mem- 4-17-09 Kentucky * 7.0 5 2-2 2 5 0 0 1 0 3 4-5 ND 4-21-09 Middle Tennessee 1.0 3 2-2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6-10 ND ber of the Memphis Tigers summer league baseball team coached by Keith 4-26-09 at Vanderbilt * 1.2 8 6-5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3-11 L (2-4) Hagan • Posted a 10-1 record with 82 strikeouts in 53 innings of mound duty 5-2-09 Alabama 1.0 4 4-1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 16-17 ND 5-8-09 at Ole Miss * 7.0 10 5-5 5 1 2 1 0 3 1 6-5 W (3-4) • Fashioned a 9-2 record and an 0.92 ERA with 90 strikeouts in 70 innings 5-14-09 LSU * 6.0 5 3-3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4-5 ND in 2005. 2009 SEASON TOTALS 66.0 80 51-38 31 46 11 2 12 7 9 77-92 3-4 (5.18)

MISSISSIPPI STATE TEAM DEMOGRAPHICS HOME STATE Collinsville — Cody Freeman, Paxton Pace April 18-Cody Freeman October 20-Michael Dixon ILLINOIS (1): ALABAMA (9) Eupora — Devin Jones April 20-Russ Sneed October 24-Corey Collins Hinsdale — Connor Powers Alexander City — Kendall Graveman Madison — Jared Parks April 24-Caleb Reed October 30-Jaron Shepherd INDIANA (1): Chelsea — Ben Bracewell Meridian — Dallas Hannah MAY (3) NOVEMBER (2) Indianapolis — Jaron Shepherd Dora — Justin Bussey Nettleton — Luke Adkins May 11-Sam Frost November 10-Brent Brownlee LOUISIANA (1): Hartselle — Luke Bole, Chad Girodo Oxford — Brent Brownlee May 14-Justin Bussey November 28-Dallas Hannah Kenner— Wes Thigpen Hefl in — C.C. Watson Senatobia — Russ Sneed May 24-Jarrod Parks DECEMBER (2 MAINE (1): Hoover — Sam Frost, Greg Houston Sumrall — Jared Miller JUNE (1) December 21-Kendall Graveman Limestone — Nick Vickerson Tuscaloosa — Nick Vickerson, Tupelo — Chris Stratton June 20-Wes Thigpen December 21-Connor Powers MARYLAND (1): COLORADO (1): TENNESSEE (1): JULY (3) Inseason birthdays shown underlined Olney — Nick Routt Littleton — Corey Collins Lakeland — Tyler Whitney July 4-Devin Jones BIRTHPLACE MISSISSIPPI (13): FLORIDA (4): TEXAS (4): July 8-Nick Vickerson ALABAMA (6): Eupora — Devin Jones Callaway — Ryan Collins Austin — Michael Dixon July 15-Jonathan Ogden Anniston — C.C. Watson Greenville — Caleb Reed Lakeland — Frank Rawdow Cypress — Jonathan Ogden AUGUST (5) Birmingham — Ben Bracewell, Justin Hattiesburg — Jared Miller Pensacola — Jet Butler Kilgore — Jaron Shepherd August 11-Matt Lane Bussey Jackson — Sam Frost, Matt Lane, West Melbourne — Ryan Duffy Tyler — Trey Johnson August 12-Tyler Whitney Decatur — Chad Girodo Jared Parks GEORGIA (1): BIRTHDATE August 22-Chris Stratton Florence — Luke Bole McComb — Kolby Byrd Marietta — Natt Lane FEBRUARY (1) August 28-Nick Routt Tallapoosa Co. — Kendall Graveman Meridian — Brent Brownlee, Cody ILLINOIS (1): February 6-Chad Girodo August 30-Ryan Collins CALIFORNIA (1): Freeman, Dallas Hannah Tupelo Naperville — Connor Powers MARCH (5) SEPTEMBER (4) Riverside — Ryan Collins — Luke Adkins, Chris Stratton LOUISIANA (1): March 11-Greg Houston September 6-Jared Miller COLORADO (1): TENNESSEE (2): Luling — Wes Thigpen March 16-Trey Johnson September 7-Ryan Duffy Denver — Corey Collins Memphis — Russ Sneed, Tyler Whitney MARYLAND (1): March 18-Paxton Pace September 18-C.C. Watson FLORIDA (4): TEXAS (4): Silver Spring — Nick Routt March 23-Kolby Byrd September 19-Ben Bracewell Jacksonville — Greg Houston Houston — Michael Dixon, Jonathan MISSISSIPPI (13): March 28-Luke Bole October (5) Lakeland — Frank Rawdow Ogden Bogue Chitto — Kolby Byrd APRIL (4) October 6-Jet Butler Naples — Ryan Duffy Texarkana — Paxton Pace Cleveland — Caleb Reed April 1-Luke Adkins October 11-Frank Rawdow Pensacola — Jet Butler Tyler — Trey Johnson

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40 NEWCOMERS THE NEWCOMERS #17 #4 LUKE BEN

BOLE RHPBRACEWELL • 6-0 • 192 • R-R • Fr. • HS LHP • 6-3 • 196 • L-L • Fr. • HS Chelsea, Alabama Hartselle, Alabama Briarwood Christian School Hartselle High School

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starting pitcher at Briarwood Chris- HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year southpaw pitching standout at tian School • Coached by Lee Hall • 2009 Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Hartselle High School • Coached by William Booth • Named to the Col- Slugger All-American and ASWA Super All-State team selection • Tabbed as legiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger High School All-American Team and the 2009 Birmingham News honored both as the 2009 Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year and AS- Player of the Year and Metro WA’s Mr. Baseball • Compiled an 11-4 record with a 1.89 earned run average Player of the Year • Fash- • Helped lead HHS to a 50-9 record, the state 5A championship and a No. 22 ioned a 15-0 pitching mark national ranking • Also hit .412 in 57 games with 68 hits, 20 home runs and with an 0.47 earned run av- 73 RBI • Compiled an .830 slugging percentage and a .535 on-base percent- erage while holding opposing age in 2009 • Registered 111 hitters to a .108 batting aver- strikeouts in 88-2/3 innings age • Piled up 156 strikeouts • Made 18 starts with eight in 90 innings, helping lead complete games and two the BCS Lions to a 31-9 mark shutouts • Second-team and a runner-up fi nish behind MaxPreps All-American Hartselle HS in the state 5A selection and tabbed by the playoffs • Allowed only four Alabama Sports Writers extra-base hits • Earned the Association as its Player of win in six of Briarwood’s nine the Year and Hitter of the playoff games, posting a re- Year • Posted a 7-0 record markable .019 ERA in post- with three saves and a 2.10 season play • Also hit .411 ERA as a junior in 2008 • with 42 RBI and 10 home Recorded 45 strikeouts in 40 runs, four in the playoffs • Set innings, helping lead HHS 20 school pitching records and to a 39-12 mark and an ad- six hitting records • Posted a vancement to the semifi nals 5-3 mark with two saves and of the state playoffs • Also hit an 0.86 ERA en route to hon- .292 with 15 extra-base hits • orable mention Alabama Sportswriters Association All-State and fi rst-team Named to the 2008 Alabama Birmingham News All-Metro team honors as a junior in 2008 • Registered 96 Baseball Coaches Associa- strikeouts in 65-1/3 innings • Starred at the plate with a .421 batting average tion All-Star competition in and a team-best 48 hits and 21 stolen bases • Honorable mention Collegiate Troy, Ala., and invited to the Baseball/Louisville Slugger All-American • 2008 Shelby County Reporter East Coast Pro Showcase Player of the Year and Birmingham News Shelby County Pitcher of the in Lakeland, Fla. • Posted a fi ve-win, three-save season with a 3.25 ERA as Year • Named to the AHSAA North/South All-Star and the Alabama East/ a sophomore • Played summer league baseball in 2008 for the East Cobb West All-Star teams • Finished his career with a 27-9 record, a 1.16 ERA and (Marietta, Ga.) Shamrocks, coached by Jamie Crane • Also played four years 336 strikeouts in 241 career innings pitched. of football and two years of basketball at Hartselle HS. PERSONAL: Born Benjamin Albert Bracewell on September 19, PERSONAL: Born Luke Bradley Bole on March 28, 1991 in Flor- 1990 in Birmingham, Ala. • Son of Christine and Al Bracewell of Chelsea, ence, Ala. • Son of Beth and Brad Bole of Hartselle, Ala. • Majoring in com- Ala. • Majoring in physical education. munication.

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#26 #34 KOLBY COREY BYRD COLLINS C • 6-1 • 216 • L-R • Fr. • HS RHP • 6-6 • 197 • R-R • Jr. • JC Bogue Chitto, Mississippi Littleton, Colorado Brookhaven Academy Chatfi eld HS/Seward Co. C.C.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter and three-time all-district per- JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-year regular on the pitching staff at former as a left-handed hitting catcher at Brookhaven Academy • Coached Seward Community College in Liberal, Kans. • Coached by Galen McSpad- by Stephen Cooksey • Capped his prep career hitting .450 and earning den • Compiled a 9-3 record with a 2.59 earned run average and tied for the fi rst-team Mississippi Pri- team lead with six complete games • Pitched in 14 games, drawing 12 starts vate School Association and registering 58 strikeouts in 75.2 innings • Helped lead the Saints to a 37-22 All-State honors • Lashed mark • Made three post-season mound appearances (two starts), allowing but 17 extra-base hits, including three runs in 20 innings and earning a pair of wins • Earned honorable mention six home runs with 44 RBI All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference honors in 2009 • Posted and 26 walks as a senior • a 1-3 record with a save and Also honored as his district’s a 4.79 earned run average as MVP and Defensive Player of a freshman at Seward CC in the Year • Tabbed as the MVP 2008 • Spring 2009 signee. of the 2009 MPSA All-Star HIGH SCHOOL: Game • Recognized as the Two-year, two-sport standout Brookhaven Daily Leader’s at Chatfi eld High School MVP, and Mr. Baseball for in Littleton, Colo. • Coached 2009 • Hit .391 as a junior in at CHS by Mike Yansek • 2008 with 44 RBI, 15 doubles Earned second-team all-con- and 11 home runs (four grand ference honors in both base- slams) en route to second- ball and basketball • Honored team MPSA All-State honors as the Chatfi eld HS Athlete • All-Lincoln County selection of the Year in both 2006 and and MVP and chosen as the 2007 • An honorable mention Brookhaven Academy De- all-state selection as a senior fensive Player of the Year • in 2007, registering 43 strike- Hit .323 as a sophomore and outs and a 2.55 earned run .316 as a freshman • Also a average in 40 innings on the four-year starter in football, earning second-team MPSA All-State honors as mound for the Chargers • Also a linebacker • Two-time all-district pick and Lincoln County Defensive MVP a four-time honor roll student in football • Starred in summer league baseball competition for the Jackson at CHS. 96ers, coached by Derik Topik. PERSONAL: Born PERSONAL: Born Kolby Cortez Byrd on March 23, 1990 in Mc- Corey Andrew Collins on October 24, 1988 in Denver, Colo. • Son of Lois Comb, Miss. • Son of Liz and Terry Byrd of Bogue Chitto, Miss. • Majoring in and Pat Collins of Littleton, Colo. • Majoring in marketing. physical education.

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#22 #8 MICHAEL SAM DIXON FROST RHP • 6-2 • 233 • R-R • Jr. • JC INF • 5-9 • 165 • L-R • Fr. • HS Austin, Texas Hoover, Alabama Westlake HS/SDSU/Blinn College Hoover High School

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Registered a 7-1 pitching record with HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year starter as a middle infi elder at three saves and a 4.83 earned run average at Blinn College in Brenham, Hoover (Ala.) High School • Coached by Rick Davis • Buccaneer shortstop Texas • Coached by Harvey McIntyre • Helped lead the Buccaneers to a 42- who helped lead HHS to a 32-13 record and a berth in the AHSAA Class 18 fi nish and an advancement to the semifi nals of the Region 14 Baseball 6A playoffs • A starter in all 45 Tournament in May • Right-hander games, hitting .389 with 42 runs who appeared in 19 games, regis- scored, 31 RBI, 17 doubles, eight tering 77 strikeouts in 68 innings • home runs and a team-leading One of three Buccaneers to ink with .714 slugging percentage • Voted MSU • Spring 2009 MSU signee. team MVP and named to the All- SAN DIEGO Birmingham Metro, All-Over The Mountain and All-Birmingham STATE: Signed with San Metro Academic teams • Named Diego State following his prep ca- to the 2009 BaseballClearing- reer • Posted a 2-0 record with an house.net All-National Team • 8.31 earned run average in 14 re- Helped lead Hoover HS to a 29-18 lief appearances with coach Tony mark and the 2008 AHSAA Class Gwynn’s Aztecs in 2008. 6A state championship • Hit .358 HIGH SCHOOL: as a junior with 49 hits, 30 RBI Three-time all-district and two-time and a perfect 12-for-12 on stolen All-Central Texas performer un- base attempts • Named MVP of der coach Jim Darleik at Austin’s the 6A state championship se- Westlake High School • Compiled ries, hitting .548 • Played summer a 23-7 career pitching record with league baseball with Excel Blue a 2.36 earned run average and Wave, coached by former Bulldog 207 strikeouts in three seasons players Steve Gendron and Mat- • Capped his prep career with a thew Maniscalco • Member of the 9-1 regular season record and a National Honor Society, Mu Alpha 2.18 ERA • Helped lead the WHS Theta and the Spanish Honor Society • Also played basketball two seasons Chaparrals to the region semifi nals, at Hoover HS • Hails from the same high school as MSU senior pitcher Greg posting a 2-2 pitching mark in post- Houston. season play • Earned fi rst-team all- PERSONAL: Born Samuel Timothy Frost on May 11, 1991 in state and Austin Area Coaches Association all-star team honors as a senior in Jackson, Miss. • Son of Donna and Steve Frost of Hoover, Ala. • Majoring 2007 • Also played fi rst base, hitting at a .461 clip with 11 doubles, seven home in mathematics. runs, 27 RBI and an .820 slugging percentage in 20 games played in 2007 • Posted a 7-4 record with a 1.56 ERA and a .395 batting average en route to second-team all-state honors his junior campaign in 2006 • Also an academic all-district honoree in 2007. PERSONAL: Born Michael Keith Dixon on October 20, 1988 in Houston, Texas • Son of Donna and Mike Dixon of Austin, Texas • Majoring in business administration.

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#18 #49 CHAD KENDALL GIRODO GRAVEMAN LHP • 6-1 • 183 • L-L • Fr. • HS RHP • 6-2 • 191 • R-R • Fr. • HS Hartselle, Alabama Alexander City, Alabama Hartselle High School Benjamin Russell High School

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter-winner and three-year starting HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter as a right-handed pitcher pitcher at Hartselle High School • Coached by William Booth • Teammate and shortstop at Alexander City’s Benjamin Russell High School • Coached of MSU signee Luke Bole • Compiled a team-leading 17-1 record with an by Richy Brooks • Registered a 6-3 record with three saves, 90 strikeouts 0.47 earned run average and helped lead the Tigers to a nation-leading 50-9 and a 1.19 earned run aver- record, the state 5A championship and a No. 22 national ranking • Named age in 63 innings of pitching to the Collegiate Baseball/ as a senior in 2009 • Started Louisville Slugger High all 36 games for the Wildcats School All-American Team and hit .390 • Completed • Southpaw who piled up 136 his junior season with a 5- strikeouts and just 11 walks 2 record, three saves and in 105.1 innings pitched • a 1.83 earned run average First-team selection on the and 42 strikeouts in 54 in- Birmingham News All-State nings pitched • Also hit .385 team and both the Alabama with a team-best 10 doubles Sports Writers Association and seven stolen bases • Class 5A All-State and the Member of BRHS’s 2008 ASWA’s 10-player Super 5A Area 5 championship All-State teams • Tossed team • Hit .373 with 20 RBI a staff-best nine complete his sophomore campaign in games in 18 starts while limit- 2007 • Two-time participant ing opponents to .168 hitting in the Alabama High School • Carved an 8-5 record with Coaches’ Association All- two saves, 115 strikeouts Star Weekend, earning MVP and a 1.90 ERA as a junior honors in 2008 • Played in 2008 • Concluded his four- summer league baseball year prep career with 25-11 with the East Alabama A’s, record, fi ve saves, a 1.60 coached by Scott Sullivan earned run average and 333 and Mark Fuller • Varsity strikeouts and 59 walks over letterman in football in both 275 innings pitched • Played 2007 and 2008 • Voted Most summer league baseball Athletic and Mr. BRHS in with the Elite Blue Wave, 2008-09 • Member of the coached by former MSU National Honor Society and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. standouts Steve Gendron PERSONAL: Born Kendall Chase Graveman on December 21, and Matthew Maniscalco • 1990 in Tallapoosa County, Ala. • Son of Sharon and Gary Graveman of A member of Hartselle’s A-B Honor Roll. Alexander City, Ala. • Majoring in mechanical engineering. PERSONAL: Born Chad Alan Girodo on February 6, 1991 in Decatur, Ala. • Son of Joyce Turrentine and Danny Girodo of Falkville, Ala. • Majoring in physical education.

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#45 #24 DALLAS TREY HANNAH JOHNSON C/INF • 6-2 • 174 • R-R • Fr. • HS OF/LHP • 5-11 • 196 • L-L • Jr. • JC Meridian, Mississippi Tyler, Texas Meridian High School Robert E. Lee HS/Blinn College

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport athlete and three-year baseball JUNIOR COLLEGE: Standout outfi elder and pitcher and standout playing at Meridian High School • Coached by Chuck Butler • Two- two-time all-conference selection at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas • time all-district performer as a middle infi elder at MHS • Hit .405 with 45 RBI, Coached by Harvey McIntyre • One of three players to sign with Mississippi 18 extra-base hits and 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts as a senior in 2009 State following the 2009 campaign • Batted .379 with 61 hits, a team-best • Served as captain of 61 runs scored, 14 doubles and 19 home runs and 51 RBI in 2009 • Ranked the ‘09 Wildcats team second on the team with an .801 slugging percentage • Drew a school-best • Tabbed his team’s 55 walks, reached 20 times as a hit batsman and led the Bucs with a .578 on- offensive player of the base percentage • Drew starts in all 54 of his games played as a sophomore year as a junior after • Also made seven mound appearances (four starts) and posted a 4-1 record pacing Meridian in with a 3.24 earned run average in 2008 with a .425 bat- 25.0 innings pitched • Sported a ting average and 40 .977 fi elding percentage with two RBI • Also played soc- errors in 88 defensive chances cer two seasons, earn- • Named to the All-Region XIV ing district player of the fi rst team and earned honorable year and Mississippi mention NJCAA All-America High School All-Star team honors • Also named to status • Two-year start- the 2008-09 NJCAA Academic er as a wide receiver All-American team • Accorded on the MHS football fi rst-team Region XIV All-Re- team in 2007 and 2008 gion honors as a freshman • • Honor roll student and Hit .361 with a team-leading 15 member of the National doubles and 10 home runs in Honor Society. 2008 • Also took the hill for Blinn PERSONAL: and compiled a 6-5 pitching mark Born Dallas Thorton • Spring 2009 MSU signee. Hannah on November HIGH SCHOOL: 28, 1990 in Meridian, All-state dual position performer Miss. • Son of Marsha at Tyler’s Robert E. Lee High and Gerald Hannah School • Coached by Mike Pirtle • Led the Red Raiders with a .407 batting of Meridian, Miss. • average, 32 RBI, fi ve home runs and 16 stolen bases in as many attempts as Majoring in business a senior in 2007 • Also registered a sterling 12-1 pitching record with an 0.98 administration. earned run average and 93 strikeouts as a senior • Honored as the District 12- 5A MVP and All-East Texas Player of the Year • Second-team Texas High School Baseball Coaches’ Association All-State selection as a pitcher and an all-star pick as an outfi elder • Tabbed by the Texas Sportswriters Association as a second-team all-state outfi elder and third-team all-state pitcher • 2007 Tyler Morning Telegraph Player of the Year • Also earned academic all-state honors • Member of the National Honor Society , the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the RELHS student senate • Played summer league baseball with the Dallas Tigers, coached by Linty Ingram and Tommy Hernandez • First-team all-tournament outfi elder at the 2007 AABC Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, N.M. PERSONAL: Born Walter Lloyd Johnson III on March 16, 1989 in Tyler, Texas. • Son of Terri and Chip Johnson of Tyler, Texas • Majoring in biology.

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#41 #47 MATT JARED LANE MILLER LHP • 6-5 • 184 • R-L • Fr. • HS RHP • 6-4 • 235 • R-R • Fr. • HS Marietta, Georgia Sumrall, Mississippi Pope High School Sumrall High School

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year pitching standout at Pope High HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-state and two-time all-area School in Marietta, Ga. • Coached at PHS by Jeff Rowland • Helped lead pitching standout for two-time 3A state champion Sumrall High School • the Greyhounds to a 27-8 record and the Georgia Region 6 5A state champi- Coached by Larry Knight • Tabbed as the 2009 Mississippi 3A Player of onship • Notched an 8-3 record the Year after helping pace the Bobcats to a perfect 36-0 mark and a top 10 with a team-best 1.00 earned national ranking (1st by MaxPreps/7th by Baseball America/8th by Col- run average • Fanned 99 and legiate Baseball) • Compiled an 11-0 record with a save and a staff-best 108 walked 15 in 77.1 innings of strikeouts in 67.1 innings of mound duty • Also played fi rst base, compiling a mound duty • Accorded all-re- .412 batting average with a school-record 14 home runs and 50 RBI • Named gion and region pitcher of the to MaxPreps 2009 All-American year honors • All-Cobb County team • 2009 Jackson Clarion- selection and tabbed a Georgia Ledger All-State selection • Se- Dugout Club All-Star and Atlanta lected to play in the Crossroads Braves 400 All-Star • Honored Diamond Club All-Star game as the Cy Young Award recipi- • Compiled a team-best 7-0 re- ent at Pope HS • Also named cord with a 3.06 ERA as a junior, to the BaseballClearinghouse. with 44 strikeouts in 32 innings • net 2009 All-National Team Helped lead SHS to a 32-6 mark • Compiled a 5-2 record with a and its fi rst 3A state champion- 2.50 ERA for the Greyhounds in ship • Graduated in 2009 with 2008 • Tallied 56 strikeouts in 45 special honors • Including a 6-0 innings • Earned all-region hon- pitching mark as a sophomore ors as a junior • Played summer in 2007, compiled a 24-0 career league baseball with the 16U pitching record • Member of the AAU Junior OIympic champion Fellowship of Christian Athletes East Cobb Astros, coached and the Beta Club • Played sum- by Guerry Baldwin, and for the mer league baseball in 2008 17U BCS National Champion with the Louisiana Elite team, East Cobb Braves, coached by coached by Chad Raley, and in Kevin Baldwin. 2009 with the Hub City Bomb- PERSONAL: Born Matthew Russell Lane on August 11, 1990 in ers, coached by Mark Her- Jackson, Miss. • Son of Ginny and Jim Lane of Marietta, Ga. • Majoring in rington. physical education. PERSONAL: Born . Jared Micah Miller on September 6, 1990 in Hattiesburg, Miss. • Son of Cin- dy and Micah Miller of Sumrall, Miss. • Majoring in business administration.

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#3 #15 JONATHAN JARON OGDEN SHEPHERD INF • 5-10 • 167 • R-R • Jr. • JC OF • 6-2 • 177 • L-R • Jr. • JC Cypress, Texas Kilgore, Texas Cy-Fair HS/Blinn College Kilgore HS/Navarro College

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-year regular middle infi elder for JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played in the outfi eld two years at Blinn College in 2008 and 2009 • Coached by Harvey McIntyre • Blinn team- Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas • Coached by Whoa Dill • Speedy mate of fellow MSU signees Michael Dixon and Trey Johnson • Smooth- centerfi elder who saw limited playing time in an injury-shortened sophomore fi elding shortstop who started 56 of Blinn’s 60 games • Hit .265 and fi nished season in 2009 • Hit .442 the 2009 campaign with 15 doubles, 10 home runs and 37 RBI • Fielded at with 19 hits and 12 RBI • A a .953 clip • Registered nine stolen bases in 10 attempts • Batted .215 with 44th round pick of the Cin- fi ve doubles and two home runs in 32 games played as a freshman in 2008 • cinnati Reds in the 2009 Spring 2009 MSU signee. draft • Earned Texas East- HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year starting infi elder at Cy-Fair High ern Athletic Conference School in Cypress, Texas • honors as a freshman in Hit .351 as a senior, helping 2008, hitting .343 with 12 lead coach Woody Cham- doubles, three triples and pagne’s Bobcat baseball four home runs with 15 team to a 32-win season and stolen bases • Helped lead a state championship in 2007 the Bulldogs to a school- • Totaled 36 hits, including 19 best 48-9 record and a doubles, two triples and 11 conference title • Rated home runs, and registered as the No. 2 junior college 16 stolen bases in 19 at- baseball player in Texas • tempts as a senior • Earned A 17th-round draft pick of all-tournament team honors the as a shortstop at the state in 2008 • Played summer championship tournament league baseball in 2008 • Played summer league with the Coppell Copper- baseball for the Houston heads of the Texas Colle- Sting, coached by Charlie giate League, leading his Hayes. team with 11 extra-base hits. PERSONAL: Born Jonathan Thomas Ogden HIGH SCHOOL: A three-sport standout at Kilgore High School on July 15, 1988 in Houston, • Two-time team offensive MVP playing for coaches Jeff Blackstone and Tim Texas. • Son of Joanne and Harkrider • Compiled a .500 batting average and a .985 on-base percentage Steve Ogden of Houston, in district competition as a senior in 2007 • Hit .524 in district play as a junior, Texas. • Majoring in business earning All-East Texas and all-region honors as an outfi elder • Also a three- administration. year standout for the Kilgore High School football Bulldogs, twice earning fi rst- team all-district and All-East Texas honors • Named defensive newcomer of the year on Kilgore’s 2004 state championship team. DRAFT HISTORY: Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of Major League Baseball’s 2008 fi rst-year player draft and by the in the 44th round of MLB’s 2009 draft. PERSONAL: Born Jaron Jordan Shepherd on October 30, 1988 in Indianapolis, Ind. • Son of Janda and Ronald Shepherd of Kilgore, Texas • Father was a second-round draft pick of the and played for the Blue Jays from 1984 to 1986 • Older brother Jeremiah was drafted by the in 2004 • Majoring in sociology.

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#28 #31 CHRIS WES STRATTON THIGPEN RHP • 6-3 • 186 • R-R • Fr. • HS C • 6-0 • 202 • R-R • Jr. • JC Tupelo, Mississippi Luling, Louisiana Tupelo High School Hahnville HS/Meridian C.C.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter as a right-handed pitcher JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-year catching standout at Me- and infi elder at Tupelo High School • Coach at THS by Gary Enis • Compiled ridian (Miss.) Commu- a 7-2 record with a save and a 1.09 earned run average as a senior • Recorded nity College • Coached 113 strikeouts and allowed only 12 earned runs in 70.1 innings of mound duty by Chris Rose • Hit .371 • All-state selection named with 66 hits, including 15 to the Clarion-Ledger’s doubles, two triples and 11 2009 Mississippi “Dandy home runs • Drove in 50 Dozen” team • Tabbed the runs en route to All-Region 2009 Northeast Missis- 23 honors as a sophomore sippi Daily Journal Play- • Started 54 of 58 games er of the Year • Recipient for the Eagles in 2009 • of Tupelo HS’s Cy Young Served as team captain for Award • Earned all-state, 2008-09 • Helped the MCC all-district and all-north Eagles claim the 2009 state honors as a junior, Region 23 championship helping lead the Golden • Caught all 55 games as Wave to a 32-7 mark and a freshman in 2008 • Hit state runner-up honors in .370 with 17 extra-base 2008 • Fashioned a 10-1 hits, including six home record with a 1.95 ERA runs • Earned All-MACJC and 98 strikeouts in 71.1 honors as a freshman on innings of pitching • Also Meridian’s state champi- compiled a .367 batting onship team • MCC team- average • Finished with a mate of current Bulldog in- 6-0 record on Tupelo’s 34- fi elder Jarrod Parks • Phi 5 team in 2007 Member of Theta Kappa honor society the Fellowship of Christian member at MCC. Athletes and the Key Club HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter as a catcher and fi rst base- • Played summer league man at Hahnville High School in Boutte, La. • Hit .417 and drove in 47 runs baseball with the Tupelo with 23 extra-base hits as a senior in 2007 • Also pilfered eight bases in nine 49ers, coached by former attempts • Earned all-district, all-parish and coaches all-state honors as a se- MSU baseball signee Kirk nior • Hit .380 with 38 RBI en route to earning all-state, all-district and all-parish Presley. honors as a junior in 2006 • Member of the National Honor Society and the PERSONAL: Born Christopher Lee Stratton on August 22, 1990 Beta Club • Played summer league baseball in 2007 and 2008 with Bill Hood in Tupelo, Miss. • Son of Janet and Lee Stratton of Tupelo, Miss. • Majoring Baseball, coached by Chris Wescott. in physical education. PERSONAL: Born Wesley Joseph Thigpen on June 20, 1989 in Kenner, La. • Son of Sarah and Billy Thigpen of Luling, La. • Majoring in physical education.

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#21 #6 NICK C.C. VICKERSON WATSON INF • 6-0 • 205 • R-R • Jr. • JC LHP • 6-0 • 202 • L-L • Fr. • HS Tuscaloosa, Alabama Hefl in, Alabama Hillcrest HS/FSU/Shelton St. C.C. Cleburne High School

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Sure-gloved starting shortstop at Shel- HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year varsity starting pitcher and outfi elder ton (Ala.) State Community College in 2009 • Coached by Bobby Sprowl • at Cleburne County High School • Coached by Vaughn Lee • Honored as Hit .359 with 60 hits, 12 doubles, three home runs and 27 RBI • Leadoff hitter the 2009 Alabama Class 4A Player of the Year • First-team selection on with 63 runs scored and the Birmingham News All-State Baseball Team • Also a Super All-State pick eight sacrifi ce hits • • Posted an 8-1 record with an 0.60 earned run average as a senior • Al- Helped lead the Bucca- lowed but fi ve earned runs with 138 strikeouts and 15 walks over 58 innings of neers to a 44-19 record, mound duty • Tied a state record with a 21- game • Delivered at the their third-straight Ala- plate with a .518 batting aver- bama Community Col- age, nine home runs, 35 RBI lege Conference title and and 17 stolen bases in 17 a berth in the 2009 Junior attempts in 29 games played College World Series in • Earned fi rst-team all-state Grand Junction, Colo. • and all-conference honors as Missed 12 mid-season a junior, compiling a 7-1 re- games after sustaining a cord and a 1.98 ERA in 2008 • broken nose • Hit .383 Struck out 97 and walked 13 in and teamed with MSU 43 innings • Also hit .365 with outfi elder Brent Brown- 24 RBI, 19 extra-base hits lee on the 2009 Cotton and 12 stolen bases • Earned States League champion North squad MVP honors at North Delta summer the 2008 North/South All- league baseball team • Star Game in Huntsville, Ala. Played in the same pro- • Accorded all-state, all-con- gram that produced cur- ference and team MVP hon- rent MSU pitcher Justin ors as a sophomore with an Bussey and former MSU 8-3 record, three saves 108 hurler Brandon Med- strikeouts and a 2.20 ERA • ders. Concluded his prep career FLORIDA STATE: Initially signed with Meridian (Miss.) Com- with a 29-6 mark, seven saves munity College following high school before transferring mid-year to Florida and 444 career strikeouts • State University • Hit .400 with three RBI in 13 games played with coach Mike Four-year member and past Martin’s FSU Seminoles. team captain of the Tigers’ football team • Honor student HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starting shortstop and all-state at Cleburne High School • Played summer league baseball in 2008 for the performer at Tuscaloosa’s Hillcrest High School • Coached by Todd Agee Excel Blue Wave, coached by Josh Beshears and former MSU standout • Hit .407 with 20 doubles, four triples and nine home runs • Set an Alabama Steve Gendron. High School Athletic Association record with 85 runs scored • Also registered 19 stolen bases in 2007 • Named team defensive MVP in both 2006 and 2007 DRAFT HISTORY: Selected in the 29th round by the Texas • Participated in the East Coast Showcase in Wilmington, N.C. • Also played Rangers in Major League Baseball’s 2009 fi rst-year player draft. one season of varsity basketball • Four-year high school honor roll member PERSONAL: Born Charles Clellon Watson on September 18, and member of the HHS Beta Club • Hails from the same high school program 1990 in Anniston, Ala. • Son of Lisa and Robert Watson of Hefl in, Ala. • as former Bulldog and current major league pitcher Brandon Medders. Majoring in communication. PERSONAL: Born Nickolaus James Vickerson on July 8, 1989 in Limestone, Maine • Son of Rebecca Hicks and Richard Vickerson of Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Majoring in business administration.

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Betsy Acklen Kelsey Adams Lindsey Brown Jessy Davis Shelby Farmer 2nd year • Sophomore 1st year • Sophomore 3rd year • Senior 1st year • Freshman 1st year • Freshman Brandon, Miss. Clinton, Miss. McComb, Miss. Crystal Springs, Miss. Wesson, Miss. Kelsie Fennell Co-captain 3rd year • Senior Philipp, Miss.

Edey Germann Adrienne Glover Ashley Grove Olivia Hines Madison King 1st year • Sophomore 2nd year • Sophomore 1st year • Sophomore 1st year • Freshman 1st year • Freshman Germantown, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Clinton, Miss. Madison, Miss. Brandon, Miss.

Jessica Reed Co-captain 3rd year • Junior Brandon, Miss.

Bailey McCreary Carmen McCool Stevie McKinnis Hannah Moore Anne Elise Parks 2nd year • Junior 2nd year • Junior 2nd year • Sophomore 2nd year • Junior 3rd year • Junior Kosciusko, Miss. Brandon, Miss. Watertown, Tenn. Millbrook, Miss. New Albany, Miss.

Avery Robinson Co-captain Meri Claire Rankin Caroline Sanders Katherine Scott Sarah Webb Mary Jo Williams 3rd year • Junior 1st year • Sophomore 2nd year • Sophomore 1st year • Freshman 1st year • Sophomore 4th year • Senior Ridgeland, Miss. Clarksdale, Miss. Greenwood, Miss. Starkville, Miss. Starkville, Miss. Pontotoc Miss.

The Diamond Girls The 2010 season marks the Diamond Girls’ 36th season as one of the primary support organizations for Mississippi State Baseball. First organized in 1976, the Diamond Girls handle a wide array of tasks in support of the Mississippi State baseball operation throughout the school year. They are most visible on game days at Dudy Noble Field, serving as hosts and distributing programs to fans as they enter the stadium, operating the stadium’s souvenir and gift stand, and serving on the fi eld during games as bat handlers. There are 10 new- comers among this year’s 23-member squad.

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