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Jersey Number 5
Aaron Downs
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 210
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pella, Iowa
- High School/Previous School:
- Heritage Academy
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 30 games making 24 starts, 13 in left field, seven as the designated hitter and four in right field … Picked up a season-best four hits against LSU (3/17) … Finished with a career-best .305 batting average with 29 hits and nine RBIs.
Air Force (2/16): Hit a double in four plate appearances. Jackson State (2/27): Grabbed a walk in the midweek contest. Evansville (3/9-10): Picked up three hits and a pair of runs scored in six at bats in the series. South Alabama (3/12): Appeared at the plate twice. New Orleans (3/13): Grabbed an RBI and the game-winning hit. LSU (3/15-17): Went 7-for-14 at the plate with three RBIs on the weekend. Memphis (3/19): Drove in a season-high three RBIs … Went 2-for-5 in the batter’s box. Texas A&M (3/21-23): Picked up a single hit in the series. Samford (3/26): Ended the game 2-for-4 at the plate. Florida (3/29-31): Batted out a pair of hits in the series. Georgia (4/6-7): Picked up three at bats on the weekend. Ole Miss (4/12): Scored a run in two at bats. Auburn (4/21): Appeared in the game as a pinch runner. Arkansas (5/10-12): Drove in a single run with four hits in the series. St. John’s (5/31): Finished 2-for-4 in the batter’s box. Virginia (6/1): Grabbed a hit in four plate appearances. St. John’s (6/2): Batted out a double and scored a run. Virginia (6/2): Ended the game 2-for-3 at the plate.
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in 19 games, starting in two … Both starts came as the DH … Had six hits on the year with an averaging of .261 … Recorded five walks and one RBI … Picked up a season-best two hits against Grambling State (4/4) … Drove in his lone run of the season against Arkansas State.
VMI (2/21-22): Went a perfect two-for-two over the course of both games … Arkansas State (3/21): Scored three runs, picked up an RBI and drew two walks while going one-for-three against the Red Wolves. Grambling (4/4): Went two-for-two with a run scored. Arkansas (5/6): Picked up one hit.
2022 (Freshman Year)
Season: Appeared in 18 games, starting in seven...Hit .206 on the year with seven hits, three of those being doubles...Drove in two RBIs with four walks.
Northern Kentucky (2/27): Made his first collegiate start in game three of the series, going 2-for-4 on the day. Grambling (3/1): Went 2-for-3 with a double, also scored a run.
High School
Prepped at Heritage Academy (Columbus, Miss.)...A 2021 Rawlings-Perfect Game Second Team Senior Preseason All American...No. 69-rated high school MLB Draft prospect per Baseball America...No. 87-ranked national prospect and No. 3 prospect in Mississippi per Perfect Game...Tabbed First Team Underclass All-America by Perfect Game in 2020...Earned high honorable mention Underclass All-America from Perfect Game in 2019...Hit .461 with 12 doubles, nine home runs and 40 RBIs as a senior...Chose Mississippi State over offers from Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Auburn.
Personal
Full name is Aaron Kraig Downs...Born on March 22, 2002...Son of Kraig and Joni Downs.
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