TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA & TEAM INFORMATION 1-7 Quick Facts . 2 CREDITS Roster . 3 Roster Breakdown . 4 The 2016 Mississippi State University Baseball Media Guide is a Schedule & Media Information . 5 publication of the MSU Athletic Media Relations Office and was Media Information . 6 compiled by Kyle Niblett . MSU Baseball Radio Network/Dawg Talk/SEC Network . 7 Photography by John Cade, Russ Houston, Craig Jackson, Kelly COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF 8-23 Price and Bill Simmonds . Head Coach John Cohen . 8-13 Assistant Coach Wes Johnson . 14-16 Special thanks for editorial and technical assistance to Assistant Coach Nick Mingione . 17-18 Bob Carskadon, Joe Dier, Caleb Garner, the late Bob Hartley, Coordinator of Baseball Camps Will Coggin . 19 Bridgette Hudak, Mike Nemeth, Nick Price and Jordan Smith . Support Staff . 20-22 Diamond Girls . 23 Cover design by Rhett Hobart of the MSU Athletic Marketing Department . PLAYERS 24-53 Please email any corrections to KNiblett@athletics .msstate .edu . 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW 54-71 Game-By-Game Results . 54 Statistics (Overall & SEC) . 55-58 ROAD HOTEL INFO Starting Lineups (By batting order and position) . 59-60 Miscellaneous Hitting Stats . 61 2016 Dodgertown Classic (March 4-6) Los Angeles, Calif. Miscellaneous Pitching Stats . 62-64 Courtyard Marriott Los Angeles Westside Miscellaneous Stats . 64-66 6333 Bristol Parkway SEC Review . 67 Culver City, CA 90230 National Review . 68 (310) 484-7000 Final Career Statistics . 69-71 Vanderbilt (March 18-20) Nashville, Tenn. SCHOOL RECORDS 72-90 Springhill Suites Marriott Individual Records . 72-73 1100 Airport Center Drive Individual All-Time Top-10 Lists . 74-77 Nashville, TN 37214 Yearly Statistical Leaders . 78-81 (615) 884-6111 Team Records . 82 Team Single-Season Records . 83 Florida (April 8-10) Gainesville, Fla. Yearly Team Statistics . 84-85 Springhill Suites Marriott Year-By-Year Team Record . 86-87 4155 SW 40th Boulevard Miscellaneous Team Information . 88 Gainesville, FL 32608 Last Time . 89-90 (352) 376-8873 HONORS & HISTORY 91-149 LSU (April 22-24) Baton Rouge, La. National and Regional Honors . 91-93 Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel SEC Honors . 94-99 7000 Bluebonnet Boulevard Mississippi Honors . 100 Baton Rouge, LA 70810-1619 All-Time Lettermen . 101-105 (225) 215-7000 Bulldogs in Major League Baseball . 106-108 Bulldogs in the Major League Baseball Draft . 109-110 Alabama (April 28-30) Tuscaloosa, Ala. History of Bulldog Baseball . 111-115 Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Year-By-Year Results . 116-139 1120 Veterans Memorial Parkway All-Time Series Records . 140-141 Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 SEC Playoffs & SEC Tournament . 142-143 (205) 464-4000 NCAA Tournament . 144-146 NCAA College World Series . 147-149 Auburn (May 13-15) Auburn, Ala. Hilton Garden Inn THE SEC & MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 150-152 2555 Hilton Garden Drive The Southeastern Conference . 150 Auburn, AL 36830 Mississippi State President Dr . Mark E . Keenum . 151 (334) 502-3500 Mississippi State Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin . 152 DUDY NOBLE FIELD 153-158 The Current Dudy Noble Field . 153-155 The Future Dudy Noble Field . 156-158 HAILSTATE.COM@HAILSTATEBB / / / / / @HAILSTATEBB HAILSTATE.COM 1 QUICK FACTS SCHOOL INFORMATION 2015 TEAM INFORMATION Location (Enrollment) . Starkville, Mississippi (20,873) 2015 Overall Record . 24-30 Founded . 1878 Home . 21-14 President . Dr . Mark E . Keenum Road . 3-14 Faculty Representative . Dr . Steven Turner Neutral-Site . 0-2 Director of Athletics . Scott Stricklin 2015 SEC Record . 8-22 (14th Overall, 7th in SEC West) Twitter . @StricklinMSU Postseason . None Affiliation . NCAA Division I Lettermen Returning/Lost . 17/11 Conference . Southeastern - Western Division Position Starters Returning/Lost . 6/3 Nickname . Bulldogs Pitchers Returning/Lost . 10/9 Colors . Maroon (PMS 202) and White Newcomers . 20 (14 Freshmen, 2 Sophomores, 4 Juniors) Athletic Department Phone . (662) 325-2532 Ticket Office Phone . (662) 325-2600 PROGRAM INFORMATION First Year of Baseball . 1885 (2016 is 126th season) STADIUM INFORMATION First Year in SEC . 1933 (Charter Member) Name . Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium All-Time Record (Win %) . 2,517-1,487-28 ( .628) Capacity . 15,000 NCAA Tournament Record (Win %) . 94-76 ( .553) Field Dimensions . .Left-330, Left Center-376, NCAA Tournaments (Last) . 34 (2014) Center-390, Right Center-374, Right-326 Regional Championships (Last) . 11 (2013) Press Box Phone . (662) 325-3776 NCAA Super Regionals (Last) . 5 (2013) Super Regional Championships (Last) . 2 (2013) STAFF INFORMATION College World Series (Last) . 9 (2013) Head Coach . John Cohen (Mississippi State ‘90) CWS Record (Win %) . 10-18 ( .357) Twitter . @Coach_Cohen All-Time SEC Record (Win %) . 885-776-3 ( .532) Record Overall (Years) . 561-381-1 (16) SEC Championships (Last) . 10 (1989) Record at MSU (Years) . 240-185 (7) SEC Tournament Record (Win %) . 62-48 ( .564) NCAA Appearances . 6 (2006, 2008, 2011-14) SEC Tournaments (Last) . 30 (2014) Super Regional Appearances . 2 (2011, 2013) SEC Tournament Championships (Last) . 7 (2012) College World Series Appearances . 1 (2013-Finalist) Assistant Coach . Wes Johnson (Arkansas-Monticello ‘94) TOP RETURNING HITTERS Twitter . @MSUCommandVelo Assistant Coach . .Nick Mingione (Embry-Riddle ‘00) NAME POS. YEAR AVG/OBP/SLG HR RBI Twitter . @Coach_Mingione Jacob Robson OF RJr . .324/ .436/ .368 1 9 Coordinator of Camps . Will Coggin (Mississippi State ‘10) Cody Brown OF RJr . .309/ .400/450 1 16 Twitter . @Coach_Coggin Luke Reynolds INF/OF Jr . .304/439/ .370 0 12 Strength Coach . Brian Neal (Bridgewater College ‘05) Coordinator of Operations . Lee VanHorn (Mississippi State ‘12) TOP RETURNING PITCHERS Athletic Trainer . Jason Wire (St . Cloud State ‘06) Student Managers . Matthew Britton NAME POS. YEAR ERA W-L K/BB . Austin Burt Zac Houston RHP Jr . 3 .66 0-2 41-24 . .Kyle Johnston Austin Sexton RHP Jr . 3 .77 4-4 61-24 . Will McDowell Dakota Hudson RHP Jr . 4 .32 1-1 26-11 . Davis “Lucky” Parker . .John Smith (Video) . Kyle Spencer . .Brett Spring MEDIA INFORMATION Communications Contact . Kyle Niblett Twitter . @KyleNiblett Email . kniblett@athletics .msstate .edu Cell . (662) 418-9139 Office . (662) 325-8040 Fax . (662) 325-2563 Mailing Address . P .O . Box 5308 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Website . HailState .com/baseball Baseball Twitter . @HailStateBB 2 20162016 MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI STATE STATE BASEBALL BASEBALL MEDIA MEDIA GUIDE GUIDE ROSTER NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B-T CL. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Hunter Stovall INF/C 5-7 155 R-R Fr . HS Pelham, Ala . (Pelham HS) 3 Luke Reynolds INF/OF 6-0 195 L-R Jr . 1L Forest, Miss . (Hinds [Miss .] CC) 5 Mike Smith OF 5-8 165 R-R Sr . 1L Franklin, Tenn . (Walters State [Tenn .] CC) 6 Luke Alexander INF 5-11 180 S-R Fr . HS Belmont, Miss . (Belmont HS) 7 Jacob Robson OF 5-8 175 L-R RJr . 2L Windsor, Ont ., Canada (Vincent Massey Secondary School) 8 Gavin Collins C/3B 5-11 205 R-R Jr . 2L Lake Forest, Calif . (El Toro HS) 9 Elih Marrero C 5-7 200 S-R Fr . HS Miami, Fla . (Coral Gables Senior HS) 10 Ryan Gridley INF 5-8 180 R-R So . 1L Milton, Ga . (Milton HS) 12 Reid Humphreys OF/INF/RHP 6-1 205 R-R Jr . 2L Brandon, Miss . (Northwest Rankin HS) 13 John Holland INF 5-10 185 L-R RSr . 1L Johns Creek, Ga . (Chattahoochee [Ala .] Valley CC) 14 Cole Gordon 1B/RHP 6-5 240 L-R RFr . RS Tampa, Fla . (Steinbrenner HS) 15 Jake Mangum OF/LHP 6-0 185 S-L Fr . HS Pearl, Miss . (Jackson Preparatory School) 16 Josh Lovelady C 5-11 200 R-R Sr . 1L Prattville, Ala . (Shelton State [Ala .] CC) 17 Paul Young RHP 6-2 205 R-R RJr . SQ Milton, Fla . (Central Alabama CC) 18 Keegan James RHP 6-2 225 R-R Fr . HS Southaven, Miss . (DeSoto Central HS) 19 Brent Rooker OF 6-3 215 R-R RSo . 1L Germantown, Tenn . (Evangelical Christian School) 20 Jared Padgett LHP 6-4 205 L-L Fr . HS Graceville, Fla . (Graceville HS) 23 Austin Sexton RHP 6-1 185 R-R Jr . 2L Huntsville, Ala . (Sparkman HS) 25 Dakota Hudson RHP 6-5 215 R-R Jr . 2L Dunlap, Tenn . (Sequatchie County HS) 26 Cody Brown OF 5-11 190 L-R RJr . 2L Biloxi, Miss . (Biloxi HS) 28 Ryan Cyr RHP 6-3 220 R-R Fr . HS Leawood, Kan . (Blue Valley HS) 31 Ryan Rigby RHP 5-11 180 R-R So . TR Kosciusko, Miss . (East Mississippi CC) 32 Vance Tatum LHP 6-4 215 L-L Jr . 2L Olive Branch, Miss . (Southaven HS) 33 Parker Ford RHP 6-2 205 R-R Fr . HS Lufkin, Texas (Lufkin HS) 34 Kale Breaux LHP 5-11 175 R-L Fr . HS Sulphur, La . (Sulphur HS) 35 Jack Kruger C 6-1 185 R-R Jr . TR Calabasas, Calif . (Orange Coast [Calif .] College) 36 Nathaniel Lowe 1B 6-3 245 L-R Jr . TR Marietta, Ga . (St . Johns River [Fla .] State College) 38 Trent Waddell LHP 6-1 205 L-L RSr . 1L Tuscaloosa, Ala . (East Mississippi CC) 39 Logan Elliot RHP 6-0 175 R-R Jr . SQ Dunwoody, Ga . (Tallahassee [Fla .] CC) 41 Zac Houston RHP 6-5 250 R-R Jr . 1L Poplarville, Miss . (Poplarville HS) 42 Blake Smith RHP 6-0 195 R-R Jr . TR Fort Payne, Ala . (Shelton State [Ala .] CC) 44 Ethan Small LHP 6-3 190 L-L Fr . HS Lexington, Tenn . (Lexington HS) 45 Jacob Billingsley RHP 5-11 185 R-R RSo . RS Senatobia, Miss . (Magnolia Heights School) 46 Trysten Barlow LHP 6-1 200 L-L Fr . HS Halls, Tenn . (Dyer County HS) 47 Myles Gentry RHP 5-11 195 R-R RJr . 2L Gulfport, Miss . (Gulfport HS) 48 Konnor Pilkington LHP 6-3 210 L-L Fr . HS Hurley, Miss . (East Central HS) 49 Daniel Brown LHP 5-10 185 L-L Jr .