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Jersey Number 8
Amani Larry
- Position:
- Infield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 190
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bossier City, La.
- High School/Previous School:
- Parkway HS / East Central CC / New Orleans
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 NCBWA Preseason All-American Second Team
2022 First Team All-Southland Conference
2022 Southland Newcomer of the Year
2022 ABCA Second Team All-Region
2021 First Team All-Conference
2021 First Team All-Region
2024 (Senior Season)
Season: Played and started all 63 games with 35 starts at second base and 28 as the DH … Finished with 58 hits, 53 runs, 33 RBIs, 13 doubles and eight home runs in 230 plate appearances … His 13 doubles tied for second on the team… Ended the season with a .252 batting average and .413 slugging percentage … Was hit by 19 pitches, the fourth most in the SEC.
Air Force (2/16-18): Doubled in all three games of the series … Finished 5-for-15 at the plate with three runs scored. Austin Peay (2/20-21): Hit first home run of the season … Grabbed an RBI, three hits and three runs scored in eight at bats in the series. Georgia Southern (2/23-25): Went 5-for-11 with a pair of RBIs and a double on the weekend. Jackson State (2/27): Scored four runs with a pair of hits in three plate appearances. Mount St. Mary’s (2/29-3/2): Drove in two runs in seven at bats in the series. Southern Miss (3/5): Scored a run for the offense in four at bats. Evansville (3/8-10): Hit his fifth double of the season … Finished with a pair of hits and RBIs. South Alabama (3/12): Hit second home run of the season and went 2-for-5 at the plate with three RBIs and a double. New Orleans (3/13): Grabbed a hit in three at bats. LSU (3/15-17): Drove in a run in all three games of the series … Hit a double and had four hits in 11 at bats in the series. Memphis (3/19): Went 2-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored in the midweek matchup. Texas A&M (3/21-23): Picked up a pair of hits in the series. Samford (3/26): Finished 1-for-3 with two runs scored. Florida (3/29-31): Drove in a pair of runs with a single hit on the weekend. Central Arkansas (4/2): Scored a run with three at bats in the matchup. Georgia (4/5-7): Drove in a run and scored two in the series. Ole Miss (4/12-14): Put together a double, two hits and two runs scored in 12 plate appearances. Alcorn State (4/16): Went 1-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. Auburn (4/19-21): Picked up third double in SEC play and a pair of hits through 12 at bats. Memphis (4/23): Added a pair of runs to the scoreboard for the Diamond Dawgs. Vanderbilt (4/26-28): Went 2-for-10 with a pair of hits and a double in the series. Ole Miss (5/1): Finished 1-for-3 at the plate in the matchup. Alabama (5/3-5): Drove in season-high four runs in game one of the series … Grabbed a pair of hits including a home run on the weekend. Arkansas (5/10-12): Finished the weekend 2-for-12 with a pair of RBIs and a home run. North Alabama (5/14): Scored a run in three at bats. Missouri (5/16-18): Batted out three home runs and five hits through 10 plate appearances in the series … Drove in five runs. Ole Miss (5/21): Went 1-for-3 with a double. Texas A&M (5/22): Scored a run with three hits in five at bats. Vanderbilt (5/23): Picked up an RBI and a hit. Tennessee (5/24): Hit 13th double of the season and scored a run in three plate appearances. St. John’s (5/31): Scored a run for the offense. St. John’s (6/2): Went 3-for-5 with an RBI.
2023 (Junior season)
Season: Appeared in 53 games, making 52 starts … All his starts came at second base … Batted in the leadoff role 33 times during the 2023 season … Accumulated a batting average of .297 on 51 hits … Led the team with 19 stole bases … Scored 59 runs, collected 30 RBIs and drew 34 walks … Had the second best on-base percentage of .451 on the team … Had 14 multi-hit games on the season.
VMI (2/17-19): In his first series as a Bulldog, he went eight-for-14 with nine RBIs, scored six runs, stole four bases and also drew two walks. … In game one, he went a perfect four-for-four with four RBIs … Arizona State (2/25-26): In games two and three, he went .500 at the plate while scoring five runs in the process. Southern Miss (2/28): Went one-for-three with two RBIs, one home run, scored three runs and also had a stolen base on the day. California (3/5): Went three-for-four with one RBI, one double, one home run and two stolen bases. Louisiana (3/15): In a neutral site game in Biloxi, he went two-for-four with an RBI and also scored one run. South Carolina (3/31): In game two against the Gamecocks, he went three-for-four with an RBI and a stolen base … Grambling (4/4): Went perfect from the plate, one-for-one, while also scoring two runs, recording an RBI and a stolen base and drawing a walk. Alabama (4/6-8): In the final game of the series, he went two-for-four while also drawing a walk and scoring three runs. UAB (4/11): In the midweek matchup, he went one-for-four with an RBI, one stolen base and one walk. Auburn (4/21-23): In the series against the Tigers, he went 5-for-10 with four runs scored, two RBIs, two doubles, one home run and one walk … Went 3-for-4. Arkansas (5/5-7): He went one-for-three while accumulating two RBIs, one home run and two stolen bases. LSU (5/12-14): He went two-for-three with two runs scored and one double, while also drawing two walks. Texas A&M (5/18-20): In the first game of the final series of the season, he went three-for-four with three runs scored and three RBIs ... He had two home runs on the day as well, which was his only multi home run game this season … In the first game of the series, he hit the walk-off home run to win the game.
2022 (Sophomore Season – New Orleans)
Season: Named First Team All-Southland Conference and Southland Newcomer of the Year… Second Team All-South Region Honors by the American Baseball Coaches Association… Finished third in the league in batting average (.370), first in on-base percentage (.477), first in runs scored (67) and third in RBIs (56)… Finished with a fielding percentage of .987 with 230 chances… Ended the season on a 14-game hitting streak and had 26 multi-hit games.
2021 (Freshman Season – East Central CC)
Season: First Team All-Conference and All-Region at East Central CC… Had a .400 (62-for-155) batting average in 47 games… Had 25 extra base hits, including 20 doubles, three home runs and two triples… The 20 doubles were a team-high… Had a team high in RBIs (43) and stolen bases (26)… Had an on-base percentage of .518.
2020 (True Freshman Season – East Central CC)
Season: Appeared in 16 games at East Central CC… Posted a .373 batting average and scored 17 runs… Drove in 12 RBIs… Had one home run.
High School
Three-Time First Team All-Parish at Parkway HS… Won All-Parish and All-District honors in 2018 and 2019… 2018 and 2019 5A First Team All-State.
Personal
Born August 2nd, 2000… Parents are Suprina and Jarvis Larry… Father was drafted out of high school (1996) by the New York Yankees (38th round). Played club ball for East Coast Sox (Mississippi) and won the 2015 WWBA National Championship.
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