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Jersey Number 3
Rick Linton
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 155
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Muncie, Ind.
- Prev School:
- Muncie
Bio
2014
Appeared in 23 games...hit .115 with a triple and four RBIs...got the opening-day start behind the plate...drove in a run in the series opener against Bowling Green...got the start behind the plate in the OVC opener against Morehead State...delivered a pinch-hit triple and scored against Memphis...plated two runs with a single in his first at-bat at Austin Peay...drew a bases-loaded walk against Ohio State...singled and scored in victory over Tennessee Tech.
2013
Appeared in 26 games, earning the start in 17 games...hit .250 with four doubles, one home run and seven RBIs...delivered an RBI double in his first start against Central Arkansas...plated two runs with a double into the right-field corner against Morehead State...went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the middle game against Tennessee Tech...followed it up by going 2-for-5 with a double and his first career home run in the finale...had season-high three hits in 3-for-3 effort against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
2012Â
Appeared in 19 games, making 14 starts...hit .174 with a double and five RBIs...earned first career start at Arkansas State...delivered a pinch hit single at Central Arkansas...drove in his first run in a start against Belmont...began a stretch of three-straight games with an RBI...went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against UT Martin...drove in a pair of runs against SIU Edwardsville.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Muncie Central High School...played his final three seasons for head coach Rob Fisher...earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior after hitting .451 with 11 home runs, 25 RBIs and 33 runs scored...set a new single-season record for home runs...also holds career record for hits (144) and runs scored (116)...earned first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior...hit .424 as a junior, after hitting .409 as a sophomore.
PERSONALÂ
Born Richard Scott Linton on May 15, 1993...son of Scott and Lori Linton...plans to major in accounting.
Appeared in 23 games...hit .115 with a triple and four RBIs...got the opening-day start behind the plate...drove in a run in the series opener against Bowling Green...got the start behind the plate in the OVC opener against Morehead State...delivered a pinch-hit triple and scored against Memphis...plated two runs with a single in his first at-bat at Austin Peay...drew a bases-loaded walk against Ohio State...singled and scored in victory over Tennessee Tech.
2013
Appeared in 26 games, earning the start in 17 games...hit .250 with four doubles, one home run and seven RBIs...delivered an RBI double in his first start against Central Arkansas...plated two runs with a double into the right-field corner against Morehead State...went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the middle game against Tennessee Tech...followed it up by going 2-for-5 with a double and his first career home run in the finale...had season-high three hits in 3-for-3 effort against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
2012Â
Appeared in 19 games, making 14 starts...hit .174 with a double and five RBIs...earned first career start at Arkansas State...delivered a pinch hit single at Central Arkansas...drove in his first run in a start against Belmont...began a stretch of three-straight games with an RBI...went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against UT Martin...drove in a pair of runs against SIU Edwardsville.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Muncie Central High School...played his final three seasons for head coach Rob Fisher...earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior after hitting .451 with 11 home runs, 25 RBIs and 33 runs scored...set a new single-season record for home runs...also holds career record for hits (144) and runs scored (116)...earned first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior...hit .424 as a junior, after hitting .409 as a sophomore.
PERSONALÂ
Born Richard Scott Linton on May 15, 1993...son of Scott and Lori Linton...plans to major in accounting.
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