Hunter Hines Named Preseason All-SEC

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mississippi State's Hunter Hines has earned First Team Preseason All-SEC honors at First Base as voted on by the league's coaches, the conference announced on Wednesday.

A senior from Madison, Miss., Hines was named to the 2024 Charlottesville All-Regional Team at first base.

In his third season in the Maroon and White, Hines started and played 63 games at first base. He finished second on the team with 16 home runs, his third straight season with 15 or more home runs. Hines drove in 56 runs, the second most on the team, and posted a .257 batting average. During the Charlottesville Regional, he hit .438 with one home run and seven RBIs.

During the 2023 season, Hines hit 22 home runs and was the first Diamond Dawg since Brent Rooker in 2017 to hit 20 or more homers in a single season. The 22 home runs during the 2023 season were the sixth most in a single season. He was a First Team All-SEC DH following the season and was a Ferriss Trophy Finalist. He finished hitting .297 on the season with 61 RBIs.

Following his freshman season, Hines was named a 2022 D1 Baseball Freshman All-American, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American, Baseball America Second Team Freshman All-America, NCBWA Second Team Freshman All-American and a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team. He started 56 games as a freshman and hit 16 homers with 52 RBIs.

In three years in the Maroon and White, Hines became a power threat. He blasted 54 career home runs, the fifth most in a career at Mississippi State. He had 16 or more home runs in each of these three seasons. He drove in 169 runs and posted a career .283 batting average. He appeared and started in 171 games, with starts coming at first base and designated hitter.

The 2025 season gets underway on Feb. 14 when the Diamond Dawgs host Manhattan in a three-game series at Dudy Noble Field.

Mississippi State's 55-game schedule features 31 home games, 18 road contests, and six neutral-site matchups. The Diamond Dawg play seven of their first eight games at home and have an eight-game homestand from April 29 to May 13.

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