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Jersey Number 10
Tyler Lawrence
- Position:
- Catcher/Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Collierville, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- Christian Brothers
Bio
2016
First Team All-OVC selection … ninth in the league with a team-best .355 batting average … hit eight home runs and collected 58 RBIs, the third-most in program history … scored 52 runs … recorded a school record 22 doubles which ranked 21st nationally and second in the OVC … drew 44 walks … slugged .589 and was in the top 50 nationally with a .469 on-base percentage … led the team with 24 multiple hit games … had 12 games with multiple RBIs, including three games with four ribbies and two with five or more … had a career-best 14-game hitting streak from April 1 to April 28 … started 55 of the Racers’ 56 games
2015
Second Team All-OVC selection ... only Racer to start in all 56 games on the season ... led MSU in most offensive categories ... hit .302 with a team-high 12 home runs and 46 RBIs ... also led the squad with 13 doubles, 62 hits, 28 extra-base hits, 27 walks, a .571 slugging percentage and was tied for second on the team with 36 runs scored ... set an OVC and program record with four home runs against Morehead State (5/15) ... collected 11 RBIs in the win over the Eagles, which is just one off the program and conference record of 12 ... had 16 games with multiple hits ... went 5-for-5 with five runs scored against the Eagles in the season finale ... his 117 total bases in 2015 are the seventh-most for a single season in program history.
2014
Started all 52 games...hit .313 with 11 doubles, one triple, one home run and 36 RBIs...had four game-winning RBIs...led team with 21 multi-hit games...tied for team lead with a10 multi-RBI games...drove in four runs in a victory over Bowling Green...finished game 3-for-4...went 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBIs in a victory over North Dakota State...collected three hits and scored three runs in the second game of the doubleheader against Morehead State...added two hits and two RBIs in the series finale...registered third-straight multi-hit game by going 2-for-4 with an RBI against Arkansas State...drove in career-best five runs in series opener at UT Martin...went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two sacrifice flies...drew a pair of walks and scored a run in the finale...beat out bunt single in the 10th that helped score the winning run against Southern Illinois...collected three hits and drove in a pair of runs in the series opener over Austin Peay...had an RBI double and scored two runs in the series finale...drove in three runs and had first career stolen base at Southern Illinois...collected three hits and drew a pair of walks in series opener against Eastern Illinois...drove in a run with a single against Ole Miss...delivered a pair of RBI singles up the middle against Evansville...collected two hits in each of the first two games against Tennessee Tech...drove in five runs in the SEMO series...went 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs in series finale...reached safely in all five plate appearances in victory over Belmont...went 3-for-3 with a pair of walks...delivered a three-run home run in series-opening victory over Eastern Kentucky.
Before MSU
Played his junior and senior season for head coach Buster Kelso at Christian Brothers High School...hit .400 in helping the Purple Wave toa 36-8 record and a state championship as a senior...earned third-team all-state honors as a catcher by the TBCA after senior season...also garnered all-metro and all-region accolades...selected to Perfect Game’s Preseason All-America team...invited to Team USA National Trials in Cary, N.C...played freshman and sophomore season at Collierville High School.
Personal
Born Daniel Tyler Lawrence on Nov. 6, 1994...son of Ron and Regina Lawrence...has one brother, Clark, and one sister, Haley...plans to major in business finance.
First Team All-OVC selection … ninth in the league with a team-best .355 batting average … hit eight home runs and collected 58 RBIs, the third-most in program history … scored 52 runs … recorded a school record 22 doubles which ranked 21st nationally and second in the OVC … drew 44 walks … slugged .589 and was in the top 50 nationally with a .469 on-base percentage … led the team with 24 multiple hit games … had 12 games with multiple RBIs, including three games with four ribbies and two with five or more … had a career-best 14-game hitting streak from April 1 to April 28 … started 55 of the Racers’ 56 games
2015
Second Team All-OVC selection ... only Racer to start in all 56 games on the season ... led MSU in most offensive categories ... hit .302 with a team-high 12 home runs and 46 RBIs ... also led the squad with 13 doubles, 62 hits, 28 extra-base hits, 27 walks, a .571 slugging percentage and was tied for second on the team with 36 runs scored ... set an OVC and program record with four home runs against Morehead State (5/15) ... collected 11 RBIs in the win over the Eagles, which is just one off the program and conference record of 12 ... had 16 games with multiple hits ... went 5-for-5 with five runs scored against the Eagles in the season finale ... his 117 total bases in 2015 are the seventh-most for a single season in program history.
2014
Started all 52 games...hit .313 with 11 doubles, one triple, one home run and 36 RBIs...had four game-winning RBIs...led team with 21 multi-hit games...tied for team lead with a10 multi-RBI games...drove in four runs in a victory over Bowling Green...finished game 3-for-4...went 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBIs in a victory over North Dakota State...collected three hits and scored three runs in the second game of the doubleheader against Morehead State...added two hits and two RBIs in the series finale...registered third-straight multi-hit game by going 2-for-4 with an RBI against Arkansas State...drove in career-best five runs in series opener at UT Martin...went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two sacrifice flies...drew a pair of walks and scored a run in the finale...beat out bunt single in the 10th that helped score the winning run against Southern Illinois...collected three hits and drove in a pair of runs in the series opener over Austin Peay...had an RBI double and scored two runs in the series finale...drove in three runs and had first career stolen base at Southern Illinois...collected three hits and drew a pair of walks in series opener against Eastern Illinois...drove in a run with a single against Ole Miss...delivered a pair of RBI singles up the middle against Evansville...collected two hits in each of the first two games against Tennessee Tech...drove in five runs in the SEMO series...went 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs in series finale...reached safely in all five plate appearances in victory over Belmont...went 3-for-3 with a pair of walks...delivered a three-run home run in series-opening victory over Eastern Kentucky.
Before MSU
Played his junior and senior season for head coach Buster Kelso at Christian Brothers High School...hit .400 in helping the Purple Wave toa 36-8 record and a state championship as a senior...earned third-team all-state honors as a catcher by the TBCA after senior season...also garnered all-metro and all-region accolades...selected to Perfect Game’s Preseason All-America team...invited to Team USA National Trials in Cary, N.C...played freshman and sophomore season at Collierville High School.
Personal
Born Daniel Tyler Lawrence on Nov. 6, 1994...son of Ron and Regina Lawrence...has one brother, Clark, and one sister, Haley...plans to major in business finance.
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