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Jersey Number 36
Brayland Skinner
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 170
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lake Cormorant, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Lake Cormorant / NW Miss. CC
Bio
Honors / Awards
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2022 (Senior Season)
Season: Saw action in 34 games, four of those being starts in center field...Hit .273 throughout the season in 33 at bats...Scored eight runs and drove in two, while also stealing four bases on the year.
UAPB (2/22): Went 1-for-2, driving in two runs in route to the midweek victory. Northern Kentucky (2/26): Came off the bench and went 1-for-1 and scored a run. LSU (4/10): Had a 1-for-2 day while scoring a run. Tennessee (5/20): Went 2-for-3 against the Vols while also stealing two bases.
2021 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 50 games while making 21 starts in left field...Hit .205 with 17 hits in 83 at bats, including three doubles, a triple and a home run…Drove in 10 RBIs and scored 19 runs, while drawing 12 walks on the season…Posted a .333 on base percentage and tallied six stolen bases in seven attempts on the campaign.
Eastern Michigan (3/12-3/14): Made his first appearance of the season, coming off the bench to go 0-for-1 with a walk and run scored in the win. Samford (3/16): Went 1-for-2 and scored a run in the midweek victory. LSU (3/19-3/21): Started all three games in the series against the Tigers…Led off the weekend with a 3-for-3 effort with a home run, three RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base in the road win. North Alabama (3/24): Was 1-for-3 with a triple, walk, two RBIs and two runs scored to help lead State to a midweek victory. Arkansas (3/26-3/28): Earned the start in the first two games of the series…Drew two walks in the opener, while going 1-for-2 with a double in game two. Kentucky (4/1-4/3): Started all three games versus the Wildcats…Went 1-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in the series opener…Walked and scored a run in game two. Southern (4/6): Went 1-for-2 and drove in a run in the midweek victory. Auburn (4/9-4/11): Started all three games in left field…Opened the weekend by going 1-for-3 at the plate with a stolen base and HBP…Went 1-for-4 with two walks, two RBIs and a run scored in the series finale. Arkansas State (4/13): Put together a 1-for-4 day at the dish while also scoring a run to help lead State to a midweek victory. Ole Miss (4/16-4/18): Went 1-for-3 in game two…Followed up by going 1-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in the finale. Vanderbilt (4/23-25): Was 1-for-4 with a walk, RBI and stolen base in a game two victory over the Commodores. South Carolina (5/7-5/9): Went 1-for-2 with a double in the series finale versus the Gamecocks. Missouri (5/13-5/15): Saw action in two of the three games against the Tigers…Started game one, drawing a walk and scoring a run…Was 1-for-1 after coming on as a pinch hitter in the series finale. SEC Tournament (5/26-5/27): Combined to go 1-for-4 with a run scored in two games at the SEC Tournament. College World Series (6/20-6/30): Appeared in four games during Mississippi State’s College World Series championship run…Earned a pair of walks and scored two runs in the championship-clinching game vs. Vanderbilt (6/30).
2020 (Sophomore Season – Northwest Mississippi C.C.)
Season: Started all 12 games...Posted a hit in eight of 12 games...Reached base in 11 of 12 games...Scored a run in 11 of 12 games played...Owned three multi-hit and one multi-RBI games...Reached base in the first 11 games of the season...Collected a season-best three hits against Wallace State (2/25) with a season-high two RBIs...Doubled, walked twice, stole four bases and scored three times against Olive-Harvey (2/29).
2019 (Redshirt-Freshman Season – Northwest Mississippi C.C.)
Awards: Named first-team Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges.
Season: Appeared in 46 games with 45 starts...Led the team in stolen bases (16) and on-base percentage (.480)...Ranked second in hits (52)...Posted a hit in 35 of 46 games...Reached base in 40 of 46 games...Owned 13 multi-hit and one multi-RBI games...Reached base in a season-long 14 games from April 16-May 16...Carried a 12-game reached base streak from March 7-29...Homered against Jones College (3/16), Coahoma C.C. (4/10) and at Itawamba C.C. (4/16)...Collected a season-best four hits against Jones College (3/16) with a season-high two RBIs...Contributed three hits against Northeast Mississippi C.C. (3/19) and at Mississippi Delta C.C. (4/24).
2018 (Freshman Season – Northwest Mississippi C.C.)
Season: Redshirt season.
High School
Lettered four times for head coach Tyler Brewer at Lake Cormorant High School...Selected team MVP as a senior...Also lettered twice in football.
Personal
Born Brayland Benjamin Skinner on July 24, 1999 in Southaven, Mississippi...Son of Tamika and Ben Skinner...Has a twin brother, Bryland, and twin older sisters, Taylor and Tylar...His father, Ben, and sisters, Taylor and Tylar, all attended Mississippi State.
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