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Jersey Number 7
Jeffrey Rea
- Position:
- 2B/OF
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 157
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Nettleton, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Nettleton HS
Bio
CAREER:
Returning three-year starting second baseman and first-team All-Southeastern Conference ... Most experienced of MSU's returnees with 177 career games played (176 starts) in MSU's 183 games the past three seasons ... Elected 2007 team co-captain with pitcher Josh Johnson ... Among 148 players named to the watch list for the 2007 Brooks Wallace Collegiate Player of the Year Award ... Enters his senior campaign with a .333 career batting average and 251 career hits, 78 hits away from the school career hits record ... Fleet-footed baserunner with a squad-leading 30 stolen bases in 42 attempts ... Opted to return for his senior campaign after being tabbed by the Boston Red Sox in the 33rd round of the 2006 MLB draft ... Selected to compete in the 2006 Cape Cod Summer Baseball League All-Star game ... Two-time SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll selection.
First-team All-Southeastern Conference selection after ranking second on the team and second in the SEC with a career-best .372 batting average ... One of four Bulldogs to play in and start all 60 of MSU's games in 2006 ... Bulldog lead-off hitter in all 60 games ... Paced MSU with 94 hits, fourth-most in the SEC, and finished with a team-best 30 multi-hit games, 19 in league competition ... Also ranked seventh in the SEC with a .443 on-base percentage ... Hit a team-leading .402 against SEC foes, the league's second-highest batting average in conference play with 53 hits, tops in the SEC ... Ranked among the league's top defensive second basemen with a .965 fielding percentage ... Registered the fourth and fifth double-digit hitting streaks of his career, including a 12-gamer (Mar. 24-Apr. 7) ... Registered a season-high for hits with a 4-for-4 performance in a 9-2 win over Arizona (Mar. 11) ... Also matched a career-best with two stolen bases in the game against the Wildcats, the first of his two 2-SB games in 2006 ... Finished the season with a flourish at the plate, compiling a seven-game hitting streak and registering six multi-hits games in his last nine outings ... Went 9-for-17 (.529) in the NCAA Clemson Regional ... Sparkled at the plate with a 8-for-15 (.533), 5-RBI performance in a three-game series at Auburn (Apr. 14-16) ... Registered career-first two-double outings in back-to-back games at Auburn (Apr. 14-15) ... Drove in a career-high four runs in 3-for-5 showing at Auburn (Apr. 15) ... Later doubled twice in the series-opener at South Carolina (Apr. 28) and went 7-for-15 (.467) with three doubles in the three-game series with the Gamecocks ... Belted a pair of solo home runs at Auburn (Apr. 14) and vs. Mississippi (May 20) ... Had hits in 50 of 60 games and 26 of 29 SEC games ... Among a school-record 21 Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
State's starter at second base in 59 games ... Hit .304 with 34 RBI and ranked second on the club with 78 hits ... State's lead-off hitter in 57 of his 59 games played, totaling a team-high 29 inning-opening hits ... Ranked second on the team with 24 multi-hit games ... Went 5-for-5 to set a career high for hits against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 26) ... Also matched a career-best with three runs batted in against EIU ... Tied that RBI mark with 3-RBI efforts at Arkansas (Mar. 26) and against Alabama (May 8) ... Went 8-for 13 (.615) with five RBI in three-game Arkansas series (Mar. 25-27) and 6-for-14 (.429) in the Alabama series (May 6-8) ... State's top bunter with five sacrifice hits ... Hit two home runs as a sophomore - at South Alabama (Apr. 19) and against Birmingham-Southern (May 9) at Jackson's Smith-Wills Stadium ... Raised his fielding percentage by 20 points, fielding at a .962 rate while having a hand in 25 of MSU's 50 double plays ... Totaled four game-winning RBI, including a ninth-inning two-run double in a 5-3 win at Arkansas (3-25) ... Compiled the team's top SEC batting average among MSU's regulars - .311 ... Started 28 of MSU's 29 SEC games ... Posted a .354 on-base percentage in league play ... Registered a team-best 11 multi-hit SEC games and notched an eight-game hitting streak in conference games ... Had hits in 22 of his 28 SEC games ... Hit .471 (8-for-17) and drove in four runs to earn all-tournament team honors at the 2005 SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover, Ala. ... Finished the year with hits in seven of his last eight games (.333 - 12-for-36, five RBI) ... Reached base via hit or walk in 45 of 59 games ... Named to the 2005 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
Played in 58 of MSU's 59 games as a true freshman, drawing 57 starts at second base ... Ranked third on the team with a .324 batting average and led the Bulldogs on the basepaths with 11 stolen bases in 19 attempts ... Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team by Collegiate Baseball newspaper ... Totaled 79 hits, second-most by an SEC freshman in 2004 and the most by a Bulldog rookie since Rafael Palmeiro's school-record 95 in 1983 ... Drew a team-leading 34 walks and sported a .409 on-base percentage as MSU's lead-off hitter in 57 games ... Made his collegiate debut in State's season-opener against Western Kentucky (Feb. 27) ... Drew a walk and scored a run in his first plate appearance and laced a two-run double in his next opportunity ... Had hits in 35 of his first 39 games ... Hit his first career home run against Tennessee (Mar. 21), a solo shot ... Belted his other home run during a season-best four-hit series-clinching win at Alabama (May 22) ... Went 8-for-13 (.615) with five RBI, four runs scored, a double, a triple and a home run in the regular season-ending series with the Crimson Tide ... Also went 5-for-10 at USM (Apr. 6-7) and 7-for-14 at Kentucky (Apr. 9-11) ... Strung together three double-digit hitting streaks, including a 14-game run (Apr. 4 to Apr. 24), the third-longest on the team ... Closed the year with a seven-game hitting streak (14-for-29) and went 5-for-13 at the plate in three games at the NCAA Atlanta Regional ... Ranked second on the team with 27 multiple-hit games and tied for fifth with eight multi-RBI games ... Had hits in 46 of 58 games played and reached base via hit or walk in 49 games ... Tabbed for all-SEC honors by SEBaseball.com ... Hit .280 and ranked second on the team with seven doubles in 30 SEC games, all as a starter at second base.
Four-year starter as a middle infielder playing for coach Brian Sutton at Nettleton High School ... Honored as the Mississippi Player of the Year by Jackson Clarion-Ledger and the area's top player by both the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and NEMCABB ... Hit .676 with 50 hits, 41 runs batted in and but one strikeout ... Also perfect on 28 base-stealing attempts ... Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" selection with 20 extra-base hits, including six home runs, and a 1.135 slugging percentage ... TPX Louisville Slugger High School All-American for 2003 ... Second-team all-state selection and Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" pick as a junior ... Hit .613 and helped power the NHS Tigers to their first Division 2-3A title ... Paced the team with 57 hits, 41 RBI, 23 doubles and five triples ... Successful on all 26 base-stealing attempts and tabbed as his division's MVP ... Hit .494 as a sophomore, earning the first of his three consecutive all-area and all-division awards ... Finished his career with 59 doubles and 81 stolen bases (in 81 attempts) ... Nettleton HS class salutatorian ... Member of the National Society of High School Scholars, the 2003 Nettleton HS Hall of Fame, the Beta Club and the NHS Student Council.
Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 33rd round of Major League Baseball's 2006 June draft.
Returning three-year starting second baseman and first-team All-Southeastern Conference ... Most experienced of MSU's returnees with 177 career games played (176 starts) in MSU's 183 games the past three seasons ... Elected 2007 team co-captain with pitcher Josh Johnson ... Among 148 players named to the watch list for the 2007 Brooks Wallace Collegiate Player of the Year Award ... Enters his senior campaign with a .333 career batting average and 251 career hits, 78 hits away from the school career hits record ... Fleet-footed baserunner with a squad-leading 30 stolen bases in 42 attempts ... Opted to return for his senior campaign after being tabbed by the Boston Red Sox in the 33rd round of the 2006 MLB draft ... Selected to compete in the 2006 Cape Cod Summer Baseball League All-Star game ... Two-time SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll selection.
2006:
First-team All-Southeastern Conference selection after ranking second on the team and second in the SEC with a career-best .372 batting average ... One of four Bulldogs to play in and start all 60 of MSU's games in 2006 ... Bulldog lead-off hitter in all 60 games ... Paced MSU with 94 hits, fourth-most in the SEC, and finished with a team-best 30 multi-hit games, 19 in league competition ... Also ranked seventh in the SEC with a .443 on-base percentage ... Hit a team-leading .402 against SEC foes, the league's second-highest batting average in conference play with 53 hits, tops in the SEC ... Ranked among the league's top defensive second basemen with a .965 fielding percentage ... Registered the fourth and fifth double-digit hitting streaks of his career, including a 12-gamer (Mar. 24-Apr. 7) ... Registered a season-high for hits with a 4-for-4 performance in a 9-2 win over Arizona (Mar. 11) ... Also matched a career-best with two stolen bases in the game against the Wildcats, the first of his two 2-SB games in 2006 ... Finished the season with a flourish at the plate, compiling a seven-game hitting streak and registering six multi-hits games in his last nine outings ... Went 9-for-17 (.529) in the NCAA Clemson Regional ... Sparkled at the plate with a 8-for-15 (.533), 5-RBI performance in a three-game series at Auburn (Apr. 14-16) ... Registered career-first two-double outings in back-to-back games at Auburn (Apr. 14-15) ... Drove in a career-high four runs in 3-for-5 showing at Auburn (Apr. 15) ... Later doubled twice in the series-opener at South Carolina (Apr. 28) and went 7-for-15 (.467) with three doubles in the three-game series with the Gamecocks ... Belted a pair of solo home runs at Auburn (Apr. 14) and vs. Mississippi (May 20) ... Had hits in 50 of 60 games and 26 of 29 SEC games ... Among a school-record 21 Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2005:
State's starter at second base in 59 games ... Hit .304 with 34 RBI and ranked second on the club with 78 hits ... State's lead-off hitter in 57 of his 59 games played, totaling a team-high 29 inning-opening hits ... Ranked second on the team with 24 multi-hit games ... Went 5-for-5 to set a career high for hits against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 26) ... Also matched a career-best with three runs batted in against EIU ... Tied that RBI mark with 3-RBI efforts at Arkansas (Mar. 26) and against Alabama (May 8) ... Went 8-for 13 (.615) with five RBI in three-game Arkansas series (Mar. 25-27) and 6-for-14 (.429) in the Alabama series (May 6-8) ... State's top bunter with five sacrifice hits ... Hit two home runs as a sophomore - at South Alabama (Apr. 19) and against Birmingham-Southern (May 9) at Jackson's Smith-Wills Stadium ... Raised his fielding percentage by 20 points, fielding at a .962 rate while having a hand in 25 of MSU's 50 double plays ... Totaled four game-winning RBI, including a ninth-inning two-run double in a 5-3 win at Arkansas (3-25) ... Compiled the team's top SEC batting average among MSU's regulars - .311 ... Started 28 of MSU's 29 SEC games ... Posted a .354 on-base percentage in league play ... Registered a team-best 11 multi-hit SEC games and notched an eight-game hitting streak in conference games ... Had hits in 22 of his 28 SEC games ... Hit .471 (8-for-17) and drove in four runs to earn all-tournament team honors at the 2005 SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover, Ala. ... Finished the year with hits in seven of his last eight games (.333 - 12-for-36, five RBI) ... Reached base via hit or walk in 45 of 59 games ... Named to the 2005 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2004:
Played in 58 of MSU's 59 games as a true freshman, drawing 57 starts at second base ... Ranked third on the team with a .324 batting average and led the Bulldogs on the basepaths with 11 stolen bases in 19 attempts ... Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team by Collegiate Baseball newspaper ... Totaled 79 hits, second-most by an SEC freshman in 2004 and the most by a Bulldog rookie since Rafael Palmeiro's school-record 95 in 1983 ... Drew a team-leading 34 walks and sported a .409 on-base percentage as MSU's lead-off hitter in 57 games ... Made his collegiate debut in State's season-opener against Western Kentucky (Feb. 27) ... Drew a walk and scored a run in his first plate appearance and laced a two-run double in his next opportunity ... Had hits in 35 of his first 39 games ... Hit his first career home run against Tennessee (Mar. 21), a solo shot ... Belted his other home run during a season-best four-hit series-clinching win at Alabama (May 22) ... Went 8-for-13 (.615) with five RBI, four runs scored, a double, a triple and a home run in the regular season-ending series with the Crimson Tide ... Also went 5-for-10 at USM (Apr. 6-7) and 7-for-14 at Kentucky (Apr. 9-11) ... Strung together three double-digit hitting streaks, including a 14-game run (Apr. 4 to Apr. 24), the third-longest on the team ... Closed the year with a seven-game hitting streak (14-for-29) and went 5-for-13 at the plate in three games at the NCAA Atlanta Regional ... Ranked second on the team with 27 multiple-hit games and tied for fifth with eight multi-RBI games ... Had hits in 46 of 58 games played and reached base via hit or walk in 49 games ... Tabbed for all-SEC honors by SEBaseball.com ... Hit .280 and ranked second on the team with seven doubles in 30 SEC games, all as a starter at second base.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year starter as a middle infielder playing for coach Brian Sutton at Nettleton High School ... Honored as the Mississippi Player of the Year by Jackson Clarion-Ledger and the area's top player by both the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and NEMCABB ... Hit .676 with 50 hits, 41 runs batted in and but one strikeout ... Also perfect on 28 base-stealing attempts ... Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" selection with 20 extra-base hits, including six home runs, and a 1.135 slugging percentage ... TPX Louisville Slugger High School All-American for 2003 ... Second-team all-state selection and Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" pick as a junior ... Hit .613 and helped power the NHS Tigers to their first Division 2-3A title ... Paced the team with 57 hits, 41 RBI, 23 doubles and five triples ... Successful on all 26 base-stealing attempts and tabbed as his division's MVP ... Hit .494 as a sophomore, earning the first of his three consecutive all-area and all-division awards ... Finished his career with 59 doubles and 81 stolen bases (in 81 attempts) ... Nettleton HS class salutatorian ... Member of the National Society of High School Scholars, the 2003 Nettleton HS Hall of Fame, the Beta Club and the NHS Student Council.
DRAFT HISTORY:
Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 33rd round of Major League Baseball's 2006 June draft.
PERSONAL:
Born Jeffrey Thomas Rea on July 10, 1984 in Tupelo, Miss. ... Son of Charles and Sandra Rea of Nettleton, Miss. ... Younger brother of former Delta State standout Brian Rea ... Majoring in physical education (clinical exercise physiology).
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