2018 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL QUICK FACTS

SCHOOL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location (Enrollment) ...... Starkville, Mississippi (20,873) 2017 Overall Record ...... 40-27 Founded ...... 1878 Home ...... 23-11 President ...... Dr . Mark E . Keenum Road ...... 12-12 Faculty Representative ...... Dr . Steven Turner Neutral-Site ...... 5-4 Director of Athletics ...... 2017 SEC Record ...... 17-13 (5th Overall, 3rd in SEC West) Twitter ...... @JohnCohenAD Postseason ...... 6-5 Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I SEC Tournament ...... 2-2 Conference ...... Southeastern - Western Division NCAA Hattiesburg Regional ...... 4-1 Nickname ...... Bulldogs NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional ...... 0-2 Colors ...... Maroon (PMS 202) and White Lettermen Returning/Lost ...... 14/12 Athletic Department Phone ...... (662) 325-2532 Position Starters Returning/Lost ...... 5/4 Ticket Office Phone ...... (662) 325-2600 Pitchers Returning/Lost ...... 12/10 Newcomers ...... 14 (8 Freshmen, 2 Sophomores, 2 Juniors, STADIUM INFORMATION ...... 2 Fifth-year graduate transfers) Name ...... Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium Capacity ...... 15,000 PROGRAM INFORMATION Field Dimensions ...... Left-330, Left Center-376, First Year of Baseball ...... 1885 (2018 is 128th season) ...... Center-390, Right Center-374, Right-326 First Year in SEC ...... 1933 (Charter Member) Press Box Phone ...... (662) 325-3776 All-Time Record (Win %) ...... 2,601-1,532-29 ( .625) NCAA Tournament Record (Win %) ...... 101-81 ( 555). BASEBALL STAFF NCAA Tournaments (Last) ...... 36 (2017) Head Coach ...... Andy Cannizaro (Tulane ‘01) Regional Championships (Last) ...... 13 (2017) Twitter ...... @CoachCannizaro NCAA Super Regionals (Last) ...... 7 (2017) Record at MSU (Years) ...... 40-27 (Entering Second Season) Super Regional Championships (Last) ...... 2 (2013) Record Overall (Years) ...... Same College World Series (Last) ...... 9 (2013) NCAA Appearances ...... 1 CWS Record (Win %) ...... 10-18 ( 357). Super Regional Appearances ...... 1 All-Time SEC Record (Win %) ...... 923-798-3 ( .535) College World Series Appearances ...... 0 SEC Championships (Last) ...... 11 (2016) Assistant Coach ...... Gary Henderson (San Diego State ‘84) SEC Tournament Record (Win %) ...... 65-52 ( 556). Twitter ...... @MSUGH20 SEC Tournaments (Last) ...... 32 (2017) Assistant Coach ...... Jake Gautreau (Tulane ‘02) SEC Tournament Championships (Last) ...... 7 (2012) Twitter ...... @JakeGautreau Coordinator of Camps ...... Mike Brown (Kentucky ‘08) TOP RETURNING HITTERS Twitter ...... @mikesbrown5 Strength Coach ...... Brian Neal (Bridgewater College ‘05) NAME POS. YEAR AVG/OBP/SLG HR RBI Coordinator of Operations ...... Trevor Fitts (Mississippi State ‘15) Jake Mangum OF Jr . .324/ .380/ 385. 0 26 Athletic Trainer ...... Jason Wire (St . Cloud State ‘06) Hunter Stovall INF/C Jr . .288/ .345/ 375. 2 18 Student Managers ...... Austin Burt Elijah MacNamee OF Jr . .267/ .315/ 344. 2 22 ...... Bryce Deupree Hunter Vansau OF/1B Jr . .297/ .377/ .356 0 14 ...... Will McDowell ...... Josh Nichols TOP RETURNING PITCHERS ...... Kyle Spencer ...... Brett Spring NAME POS. YEAR ERA W-L K/BB Konnor Pilkington LHP Jr . 3 .08 8-5 111-47 PR STAFF Riley Self RHP So . 3 .72 5-2 60-20 Primary Contact ...... Andrew Piper Spencer Price RHP Jr . 2 .91 4-1 40-19 Twitter ...... @ADPiper7 Email ...... APiper@athletics .msstate .edu Cell ...... (662) 418-9183 FOLLOW THE DIAMOND DAWGS Office ...... (662) 325-0972 Secondary Contact ...... Austin Coats Twitter ...... HailStateBB Twitter ...... @ra_coats Instagram ...... HailStateBB Email ...... ACoats@athletics .msstate .edu Facebook ...... HailStateBB Cell ...... (979) 595-4041 SnapChat ...... HailStateSnap Fax ...... (662) 325-2563 Mailing Address ...... P .O . Box 5308 ...... Mississippi State, MS 39762 2018 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL ROSTER

NUMERICAL

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. B-T CL. EXP. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 3 Zach Neff LHP 6-1 195 L-L Grad . TR Belleville, Ill . (Austin Peay) 4 Rowdey Jordan INF 5-10 181 S-R Fr . HS Auburn, Ala . (Auburn HS) 5 Tanner Allen INF/OF 5-11 181 L-R Fr . HS Theodore, Ala . (UMS-Wright Prep) 7 Luke Alexander INF 6-0 187 R-R Jr . 2L Belmont, Miss . (Belmont HS) 8 Dustin Skelton C 6-0 197 R-R So . 1L Olive Branch, Miss . (Magnolia Heights School) 9 Jordan Anderson OF 6-1 200 R-R Fr . HS Madison, Ala . (James Clemens HS) 10 Josh Hatcher 1B/LHP 6-2 182 L-L Fr . HS Albany, Ga . (Lee County HS) 11 Jordan Westburg INF 6-3 202 R-R Fr . HS New Braunfels, Texas (New Braunfels HS) 12 Tanner Poole OF 6-4 200 R-R RSr . 1L Amory, Miss . (Itawamba [Miss .] CC) 13 Hunter Stovall INF 5-7 165 R-R Jr . 2L Pelham, Ala . (Pelham HS) 14 Riley Self RHP 6-4 238 R-R So . 1L Coldwater, Miss . (Magnolia Heights School) 15 Jake Mangum OF 6-1 182 S-L Jr . 2L Pearl, Miss . (Jackson Preparatory School) 17 Justin Foscue INF 6-0 197 R-R Fr . HS Huntsville, Ala . (Virgil Grissom HS) 18 Keegan James RHP 6-3 225 R-R RSo . 1L Southaven, Miss . (DeSoto Central HS) 19 Jared Liebelt RHP 6-0 167 R-R Jr . TR Aurora, Ill . (Waubonsee [IL] CC) 22 Denver McQuary RHP/INF 6-2 191 R-R So . 1L Houston, Miss (Houston HS) 23 Alex Pener 1B 6-1 192 S-R Jr . TR Overland Park, Kan . (Scottsdale [AZ] CC) 24 Cole Gordon RHP 6-5 241 L-R RJr . 2L Tampa, Fla . (Steinbrenner HS) 25 Zane Stephens RHP 5-11 163 R-R Fr . HS Live Oak, Fla . (Suwannee HS) 28 JP France RHP 6-0 216 R-R Grad . TR Lulling, La . () 29 James Basham C 5-10 161 R-R Fr . HS Atlanta, Ga . (Riverside Military Academy) 30 Cole Marsh RHP 6-2 193 R-R So . TR Monroe, La . (Mississippi Delta CC) 32 Hunter Vansau OF 6-3 205 L-R Jr . 1L Crawford, Texas (Northeast Texas CC) 34 Marshall Gilbert C 6-1 206 R-R Jr . TR Trevor, Wisc . (John A . Logan [IL] College) 40 Elijah MacNamee OF/1B 6-4 209 R-R Jr . 1L Cypress, Texas (Blinn [TX] CC) 41 Graham Ashcraft RHP 6-2 217 L-R So . 1L Gurley, Ala . (Huntsville HS) 42 Blake Smith RHP 6-0 208 R-R RSr . 1L Fort Payne, Ala . (Shelton State [Ala .] CC) 43 Kale Breaux LHP 5-11 188 R-L RSo . 1L Sulphur, La . (Sulphur HS) 44 Ethan Small LHP 6-3 208 L-L RSo . 1L Lexington, Tenn . (Lexington HS) 45 Jacob Billingsley RHP 6-1 197 R-R RSr . 2L Senatobia, Miss . (Magnolia Heights School) 46 Trysten Barlow LHP 6-1 220 L-L RSo . 1L Halls, Tenn . (Dyer County HS) 48 Konnor Pilkington LHP 6-3 228 L-L Jr . 2L Hurley, Miss . (East Central HS) 55 Spencer Price RHP 6-2 222 R-R Jr . 1L Olive Branch, Miss . (Meridian [Miss .] CC)

ALPHABETICAL

No. Name No. Name No. Name No. Name 7 - ALEXANDER, Luke 34 - GILBERT, Marshall 30 - MARSH, Cole 44 - SMALL, Ethan 5 - ALLEN, Tanner 24 - GORDON, Cole 22 - MCQUARY, Denver 42 - SMITH, Blake 9 - ANDERSON, Jordan 10 - HATCHER, Josh 3 - NEFF, Zach 25 - STEPHENS, Zane 41 - ASHCRAFT, Graham 18 - JAMES, Keegan 23 - PENER, Alex 13 - STOVALL, Hunter 46 - BARLOW, Trysten 4 - JORDAN, Rowdey 48 - PILKINGTON, Konnor 32 - VANSAU, Hunter 29 - BASHAM, James 19 - LIEBELT, Jared 12 - POOLE, Tanner 11 - WESTBURG, Jordan 45 - BILLINGSLEY, Jacob 16 - LOVELL, Owen 55 - PRICE, Spencer 43 - BREAUX, Kale 40 - MACNAMEE, Elijah 14 - SELF, Riley 28 - FRANCE, JP 15 - MANGUM, Jake 8 - SKELTON, Dustin 2018 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL SCHEDULE

DATE DAY SEC OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Feb. 16 Friday Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. 4 p.m. Feb. 17 Saturday Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. 1 p.m. Feb. 18 Sunday Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. 1 p.m. Feb. 21 Wednesday Jackson State Jackson, Miss. 6 p.m. Feb. 23 Friday UC Santa Barbara ^ Corpus Christi, Texas (Whataburger Field) 2 p.m. Feb. 24 Saturday Nicholls State ^ Corpus Christi, Texas (Whataburger Field) 2 p.m. Feb. 25 Sunday Texas A&M - Corpus Christi ^ Corpus Christi, Texas (Whataburger Field) 3 p.m. Feb. 26 Monday University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas 7 p.m. Feb. 28 Wednesday McNeese State Lake Charles, La. 6 p.m. March 2 Friday UL-Lafayette + Houston, Texas (Minute Maid Park) 7 p.m. March 3 Saturday Houston + Houston, Texas (Minute Maid Park) 7 p.m. March 4 Sunday Sam Houston State + Houston, Texas (Minute Maid Park) 2:30 p.m. March 6 Tuesday NEW MEXICO STATE Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. March 7 Wednesday NEW MEXICO STATE Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. March 9 Friday UTAH VALLEY Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. March 10 Saturday UTAH VALLEY Starkville, Miss. 1 p.m. March 11 Sunday UTAH VALLEY Starkville, Miss. 1 p.m. March 14 Wednesday Southeastern Louisiana Biloxi, Miss. (MGM Park) 6:35 p.m. March 16 Friday * VANDERBILT Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. March 17 Saturday * VANDERBILT Starkville, Miss. 2 p.m. March 18 Sunday * VANDERBILT Starkville, Miss. 1 p.m. March 20 Tuesday ALCORN STATE Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. March 21 Wednesday TEXAS SOUTHERN Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. March 23 Friday * Missouri Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. March 24 Saturday * Missouri Columbia, Mo. 2 p.m. March 25 Sunday * Missouri Columbia, Mo. 1 p.m. March 27 Tuesday Nicholls State Thibodaux, La. 6 p.m. March 29 Thursday * LSU Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. March 30 Friday * LSU Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. March 31 Saturday * LSU Baton Rouge, La. 2 p.m. April 4 Wednesday SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. April 6 Friday * OLE MISS Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. April 7 Saturday * OLE MISS Starkville, Miss. 2 p.m. April 8 Sunday * OLE MISS Starkville, Miss. 1 p.m. April 11 Wednesday Alabama State Montgomery, Ala. 6 p.m. April 13 Friday * Auburn Auburn, Ala. 7:30 p.m. April 14 Saturday * Auburn Auburn, Ala. 2 p.m. April 15 Sunday * Auburn Auburn, Ala. 1 p.m. April 18 Wednesday Memphis Memphis, Tenn. (AutoZone Park) 6:30 p.m. April 20 Friday * ARKANSAS (Super Bulldog Weekend) Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. April 21 Saturday * ARKANSAS (Super Bulldog Weekend) Starkville, Miss. 6 p.m. April 22 Sunday * ARKANSAS (Super Bulldog Weekend) Starkville, Miss. 1 p.m. April 24 Tuesday Ole Miss Pearl, Miss. (Trustmark Park) 6 p.m. April 27 Friday * TEXAS A&M Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. April 28 Saturday * TEXAS A&M Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. April 29 Sunday * TEXAS A&M Starkville, Miss. 3:30 p.m. May 4 Friday * Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6 p.m. May 5 Saturday * Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6 p.m. May 6 Sunday * Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3 p.m. May 9 Wednesday Troy Hoover, Ala. (Hoover Met) 6 p.m. May 11 Friday * Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 6:30 p.m. May 12 Saturday * Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 4 p.m. May 13 Sunday * Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 2 p.m. May 17 Thursday * FLORIDA Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. May 18 Friday * FLORIDA Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. May 19 Saturday * FLORIDA Starkville, Miss. 2 p.m. May 22-27 Tuesday-Sunday SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. TBD June 1-4 Friday-Monday NCAA Regionals Various Sites TBD June 8-11 Friday-Monday NCAA Super Regionals Various Sites TBD June 16-June 27 Saturday-Wednesday NCAA College World Series Omaha, Neb. TBD

Home Games In ALL CAPS All times are Central & subject to change ^ Kleberg Bank Collegiate Classic + Shriner’s College Classic