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Jersey Number 11
Brian LaNinfa
- Position:
- 1B/OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Venice, FL
- High School/Previous School:
- Venice HS
Bio
CAREER:
Fifth-year power-hitting senior who provides invaluable depth as a first baseman and outfielder ... Sports a .281 career batting average in 162 games (131 starts) with 46 extra-base hits ... Touts a .979 fielding percentage with three errors in 140 career chances.
Played in 52 games as a junior, 38 as a starter ... Utilized as a left-handed hitting DH in 24 games but also subbed for injured starter Brad Jones at first base in 14 games ... Concluded the season with a personal-best 15-game hitting streak to finish with a career-high .309 batting average ... Also put together an 11-game hitting streak ... Led the club with 50 RBI ... Belted 11 doubles and a team-high 11 home runs to compile a team-leading .576 slugging percentage ... Bulldog cleanup hitter in 22 games ... Led MSU with 14 multi-RBI games (team-best 10 vs. SEC competition) ... Registered his first multi-hit and multi-RBI games of the season during the LSU series (Mar. 24-26) ... Went 5-for-10 (.500) with two home runs, a double and three RBI in series ... Set career-highs for hits and RBI with a 4-for-6, 5-RBI plate performance in 17-10 win at Auburn (Apr. 15) ... Smacked his first career grand slam in the win ... Notched a pair of two-home run games, belting two solo shots at Memphis (Apr. 19) and two two-run clouts against Arkansas (Apr. 22) ... Credited with the third of his six game-winning swings in 2006 and powered State to a 9-8 win over the Hogs with a two-run, two-out ninth-inning blast ... Named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (Apr. 24) after a 9-for-19 (.474) performance against Memphis and Arkansas ... Hit four home runs, drove in seven runs and notched a pair of GWRBI against the Tigers and the Hogs ... Collected seven RBI in the three-game home series against Mississippi (May 18-20) ... Matched his career-best with a 5-RBI performance against UNC Asheville in the NCAA Clemson Regional ... In four games went 7-for-16 (.438) with nine RBI, five runs scored, two doubles and two home runs to earn a berth on the NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team ... Compiled a .991 fielding percentage at first base, committing one fielding miscue in 115 chances ... Hit .337 in 25 SEC Games (23 starts) with 31 RBI, fourth-best in the SEC ... Had hits in 22 of 25 league games played and ended the year with a 13-game home hitting streak.
Saw duty in 63 of MSU's 64 games ... Did not play in 2005 regional tournament finale at Miami ... Drew 60 starts - 44 as the designated hitter and 16 in left field ... Hit .264 with 15 extra-base hits and a career-best 35 RBI ... Belted his two home runs in road games at Georgia (Apr. 17) and at Mississippi (Apr. 29) ... Matched a career-best with a season-ending six-game hitting streak (.318, 7-for-22) in postseason play ... Went 4-for-12 (.333) in NCAA regional tournament play ... Registered seven two-hit games and nine multi-RBI games ... Drove in three runs with a three-run double against Samford (Apr. 5) ... Matched that RBI total in back-to-back games at Georgia (Apr. 17) and against South Alabama (Apr.19) in Jackson ... Delivered game-tying RBI double in the ninth inning of MSU's 3-2 SEC Tournament win against Tennessee (May 28) ... Drew a team-leading 40 walks, three each in games against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 26), Kentucky (Apr. 22) and Alabama (May 8) ... Hit .261 in conference play, seeing playing time in all 29 games, 28 as a starter ... Paced MSU with 21 runs scored and a .404 on-base percentage in league play.
Played in 47 games and drew 33 starts as the designated hitter in his first season of competition ... Made his MSU debut with a 2-for-3, three-RBI performance against Western Kentucky (Feb. 27) ... Capped his impressive opening weekend in the MSU Challenge with a three-run blast against Illinois (Feb. 28) and a two-run shot against the Illini (Feb. 29) ... Hit .556 (5-for-9) with nine RBI for the weekend and became the first MSU player to hit a home run in each of his first three games ... Also hit a two-run blast against Mississippi Valley State (Mar. 3) and a solo shot at Auburn (Apr. 25) ... Had hits in six of his first eight games ... Made his SEC debut as a pinch-hitter against Tennessee (Mar. 19) ... Set season-highs for hits and RBI with a 3-for-3, 4-RBI effort in series-opening win at No. 1 LSU (Mar. 26) ... Registered a season-best four-game hitting streak with a pair of two-hit outings at Southern Miss (Apr. 6-7) and one-hit showings at Kentucky (Apr. 9-10) ... Recorded seven multiple-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Hit .273 in 27 SEC games (14 starts).
Exercised a redshirt option as a freshman.
Three-year varsity starter as an outfielder and in the infield at Venice High School ... Coached by former LSU standout Craig Faulkner ... Earned third-team all-state honors as a senior after hitting .333 with 30 RBI and nine extra-base hits in 29 games ... Tabbed as the Indians' best offensive player in 2002 ... Three-time all-area honoree and named to the 2002 FACA All-Star Team ... Earned all-state honors as a junior, hitting .396 while leading the club with 38 hits and 10 doubles ... Starred as a sophomore with a .442 batting average, 42 hits, 37 RBI and 13 doubles ... Posted a .394 career batting average with 28 doubles and 88 RBI in three seasons ... Hails from the same program that produced former four-year MSU standout Jon Knott.
Born Brian Anthony LaNinfa on October 3, 1983 in Sarasota, Fla. ... Son of Gerry and the late Barbara LaNinfa of Venice, Fla. ... Majoring in physical education (fitness management).
Fifth-year power-hitting senior who provides invaluable depth as a first baseman and outfielder ... Sports a .281 career batting average in 162 games (131 starts) with 46 extra-base hits ... Touts a .979 fielding percentage with three errors in 140 career chances.
2006:
Played in 52 games as a junior, 38 as a starter ... Utilized as a left-handed hitting DH in 24 games but also subbed for injured starter Brad Jones at first base in 14 games ... Concluded the season with a personal-best 15-game hitting streak to finish with a career-high .309 batting average ... Also put together an 11-game hitting streak ... Led the club with 50 RBI ... Belted 11 doubles and a team-high 11 home runs to compile a team-leading .576 slugging percentage ... Bulldog cleanup hitter in 22 games ... Led MSU with 14 multi-RBI games (team-best 10 vs. SEC competition) ... Registered his first multi-hit and multi-RBI games of the season during the LSU series (Mar. 24-26) ... Went 5-for-10 (.500) with two home runs, a double and three RBI in series ... Set career-highs for hits and RBI with a 4-for-6, 5-RBI plate performance in 17-10 win at Auburn (Apr. 15) ... Smacked his first career grand slam in the win ... Notched a pair of two-home run games, belting two solo shots at Memphis (Apr. 19) and two two-run clouts against Arkansas (Apr. 22) ... Credited with the third of his six game-winning swings in 2006 and powered State to a 9-8 win over the Hogs with a two-run, two-out ninth-inning blast ... Named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (Apr. 24) after a 9-for-19 (.474) performance against Memphis and Arkansas ... Hit four home runs, drove in seven runs and notched a pair of GWRBI against the Tigers and the Hogs ... Collected seven RBI in the three-game home series against Mississippi (May 18-20) ... Matched his career-best with a 5-RBI performance against UNC Asheville in the NCAA Clemson Regional ... In four games went 7-for-16 (.438) with nine RBI, five runs scored, two doubles and two home runs to earn a berth on the NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team ... Compiled a .991 fielding percentage at first base, committing one fielding miscue in 115 chances ... Hit .337 in 25 SEC Games (23 starts) with 31 RBI, fourth-best in the SEC ... Had hits in 22 of 25 league games played and ended the year with a 13-game home hitting streak.
2005:
Saw duty in 63 of MSU's 64 games ... Did not play in 2005 regional tournament finale at Miami ... Drew 60 starts - 44 as the designated hitter and 16 in left field ... Hit .264 with 15 extra-base hits and a career-best 35 RBI ... Belted his two home runs in road games at Georgia (Apr. 17) and at Mississippi (Apr. 29) ... Matched a career-best with a season-ending six-game hitting streak (.318, 7-for-22) in postseason play ... Went 4-for-12 (.333) in NCAA regional tournament play ... Registered seven two-hit games and nine multi-RBI games ... Drove in three runs with a three-run double against Samford (Apr. 5) ... Matched that RBI total in back-to-back games at Georgia (Apr. 17) and against South Alabama (Apr.19) in Jackson ... Delivered game-tying RBI double in the ninth inning of MSU's 3-2 SEC Tournament win against Tennessee (May 28) ... Drew a team-leading 40 walks, three each in games against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 26), Kentucky (Apr. 22) and Alabama (May 8) ... Hit .261 in conference play, seeing playing time in all 29 games, 28 as a starter ... Paced MSU with 21 runs scored and a .404 on-base percentage in league play.
2004:
Played in 47 games and drew 33 starts as the designated hitter in his first season of competition ... Made his MSU debut with a 2-for-3, three-RBI performance against Western Kentucky (Feb. 27) ... Capped his impressive opening weekend in the MSU Challenge with a three-run blast against Illinois (Feb. 28) and a two-run shot against the Illini (Feb. 29) ... Hit .556 (5-for-9) with nine RBI for the weekend and became the first MSU player to hit a home run in each of his first three games ... Also hit a two-run blast against Mississippi Valley State (Mar. 3) and a solo shot at Auburn (Apr. 25) ... Had hits in six of his first eight games ... Made his SEC debut as a pinch-hitter against Tennessee (Mar. 19) ... Set season-highs for hits and RBI with a 3-for-3, 4-RBI effort in series-opening win at No. 1 LSU (Mar. 26) ... Registered a season-best four-game hitting streak with a pair of two-hit outings at Southern Miss (Apr. 6-7) and one-hit showings at Kentucky (Apr. 9-10) ... Recorded seven multiple-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Hit .273 in 27 SEC games (14 starts).
2003:
Exercised a redshirt option as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year varsity starter as an outfielder and in the infield at Venice High School ... Coached by former LSU standout Craig Faulkner ... Earned third-team all-state honors as a senior after hitting .333 with 30 RBI and nine extra-base hits in 29 games ... Tabbed as the Indians' best offensive player in 2002 ... Three-time all-area honoree and named to the 2002 FACA All-Star Team ... Earned all-state honors as a junior, hitting .396 while leading the club with 38 hits and 10 doubles ... Starred as a sophomore with a .442 batting average, 42 hits, 37 RBI and 13 doubles ... Posted a .394 career batting average with 28 doubles and 88 RBI in three seasons ... Hails from the same program that produced former four-year MSU standout Jon Knott.
PERSONAL:
Born Brian Anthony LaNinfa on October 3, 1983 in Sarasota, Fla. ... Son of Gerry and the late Barbara LaNinfa of Venice, Fla. ... Majoring in physical education (fitness management).
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