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Jersey Number 8
Dustin Skelton
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Olive Branch, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Magnolia Heights School
Bio
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Chosen in the 36th round of the 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
2018 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Named to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team (6/1-4).
Season: Appeared in 47 games with 38 starts…Started all 38 games at catcher…Had a season-best seven-game reached base streak (May 12-June 4), which included a season-long six-game hitting streak (May 19-June 4)…Owned eight multi-hit and three multi-RBI games…Homered against Oklahoma (6/1) in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional…Threw out nine of 36 potential base stealers…Picked off a pair of base runners.
Rankings: Was No. 114 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC in sacrifice bunts (8).
at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Appeared in all three games, with starts in the final two games of the series…Collected a hit in the middle game of the series. at Jackson State (2/21): Was the starting catcher, going 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and two runs scored. Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/23-25): Started in the first and third games of the tournament. vs. UC Santa Barbara (2/23): Reached via hit-by-pitch and scored a run in the ninth inning. at McNeese State (2/28): Drove in the first runs of the game for MSU with a second-inning, two-RBI single. Shriners College Classic (3/2-4): Appeared in all three games, staring the opener and finale. vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (3/2): Plated a run with a bases loaded hit-by-pitch. vs. Sam Houston State (3/4): Reached base twice…Walked in the first inning and doubled in the third inning. New Mexico State (3/6-7): Started the first game of the two-game series…Went 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored…Walked and scored in the sixth inning…Singled and came around to score in the seventh inning. Utah Valley State (9-11): Appeared in two games, bookending the series with starts…Posted hits in each appearance…Doubled for his lone hit of the series opener…Added two sacrifice hits in the opening game of the series…Singled, walked and scored a run in the series finale. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Was the starting backstop in all three games…Walked once in each of the first two games of the series. Texas Southern (3/21): Reached base in all three plate appearances…Went 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored…Added an RBI…Drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single in the second inning…Singled and scored in the fourth inning…Walked and came around to score in the fifth inning. at Missouri (3/23-25): Appeared in all three games, bookending the series with starts…Was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored in the series finale. Ole Miss (4/7-8): Appeared in two games with one start…Started the middle game of the series…Went 2-for-4 in the second game of the series. at Alabama State (4/11): Was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs…Reached base four times in the game…Scored a run after reaching on an error in the seven-run first inning…Doubled and scored in the third inning…Plated a run with a single in the sixth inning…Provided an RBI double and came around to score in the eighth inning. at Auburn (4/13-15): Started the series opener. at Arkansas (4/20-21): Appeared in all three games, bookending the series with starts…Went 1-for-4 in the series finale…Doubled and scored the first run of the game for MSU in the third inning. at Alabama (5/4-6): Started the middle game of the series…Reached on an error and laid down a sacrifice bunt. at Kentucky (5/11-13): Started the middle game of the series…Drew a walk in three plate appearances. Florida (5/17-19): Reached Appeared in two games with a start in the series finale…Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in the final game of the series…Scored the eventual game-winning run after reaching on an error in the sixth inning…Started the six-run eighth inning with a leadoff single before being pinch ran for. SEC Tournament (5/22): vs. LSU (5/22): Singled twice. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): Appeared in all five games with four starts…Led the team with a .571 batting average (8-for-14) and a .611 on-base percentage…Reached base 11 times with eight hits, two hit-by-pitch and one walk…Drove in five RBIs. vs. Oklahoma (6/1): Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs…Hit his first home run of the season, a second-inning, two-run blast…Plated two runs with a single in the third inning. vs. Samford (6/3): Was 3-for-4 at the plate with a walk…Singled in the second, third and sixth innings…Walked in the ninth inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/3): Finished 1-for-2 at the plate with two hit-by-pitch and two runs scored…Opened the scoring with a second-inning sacrifice fly…Was hit by a pitch and scored a run in the eight-run third inning…Reached via hit-by-pitch in the fifth inning…Singled and scored in the seventh inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/4): Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored…Singled and scored a run in the fifth inning…Doubled and came around to score in the ninth inning. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Started all three games…Had one sacrifice hits in each game of the series…Reached on an error and had the sacrifice bunt that move a runner into scoring position in the eighth inning of the series opener…A second-inning sacrifice bunt led to a pair of runs in the middle game of the series…Walked twice in the series finale. College World Series (6/16-23): Started all four games. vs. Washington (6/16): Was 0-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt. vs. North Carolina (6/19): Was 1-for-3 at the plate. vs. Oregon State (6/22): Chipped in a sacrifice bunt. vs. Oregon State (6/23): Reached base via walk.
2017 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 34 games with 17 starts…Made collegiate debut in the season opener against Texas Tech (2/17)…Started games at catcher (15) and third base (2)…Hit in the No. 7 (3), No. 8 (13) and No. 9 (1) spots in the order…Owned a season-best three game hitting streak on two occasions; from March 12-14 and April 11-21…Posted a season-long reached base streak of five games from March 10-14…Had three multi-hit and three multi-RBI games…Was 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter with one walk and one RBI…Threw out nine of 28 potential base stealers.
Texas Tech (2/17): Pinch hit and drew a walk…Also saw time at catcher in his collegiate debut. Western Illinois (2/19): Made his first collegiate start at catcher…Collected first collegiate hit with a third-inning single. Morehead State (2/21): Singled in a start at catcher. Indiana State (2/24): Made a start at third base. Marist (2/25): Made a start at third base…Drove in his first collegiate RBI…Singled to plate a run in the eighth inning. Indiana State (2/25): Made the start at catcher. at Oregon (3/3-5): Started two games at catcher. Louisiana Tech (3/7): Made the start at catcher. South Alabama (3/10): Got the start at catcher…Singled in the second inning…Reached on a fielder’s choice to drive in one RBI. Columbia (3/12): Made the start at catcher…Worked a fifth-inning walk. South Alabama (3/12): Posted a pair of hits in a start at catcher…Singled in the third inning…Drove in one RBI with a single in the sixth inning. Columbia (3/13): Reached base twice in a start at catcher…Drew a bases loaded walk in the third inning to plate one RBI…Singled in the fifth inning. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/14): Went 2-for-4 in a start at catcher…Drove in a pair of RBIs…Had RBI singles in the first and fourth innings. at Arkansas (3/17-19): Appeared in all three games with two starts at catcher. Tennessee (3/24-26): Appeared in two games…Worked a walk in the middle game of the series as a defensive replacement. at Ole Miss (3/30-4/1): Appeared in the series opener as a pinch hitter…Went 1-for-2 at the plate. FIU (4/4/5): Appeared in both games of the two-game, mid-week series…Appeared as a defensive replacement in the series finale and worked a walk in his lone plate appearances. Mississippi Valley State (4/11): Went 1-for-2 with two RBIs…Added a walk and a hit-by-pitch in a start at catcher…Had a two-RBI single in the second inning…Was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning…Walked in the eighth inning. at South Alabama (4/18): Posted a third-inning single in a start at catcher. Alabama (4/20-21): Appeared in the series finale as a pinch hitter…Went 2-for-3 at the plate after entering the 13-inning contest in the sixth inning…Posted a pair of doubles for his first collegiate extra-base hits…Doubled to drive in one RBI in the sixth inning, coming around to score…Doubled in the seventh inning…Walked in the 13th inning to extend the inning and lead to Luke Alexander’s walk-off, RBI single. Auburn (4/28-29): Appeared in the final two games of the series as a defensive replacement. at Texas A&M (4/4-6): Appeared in one game…Entered the series opener as a defensive replacement. LSU (5/18-20): Appeared in the middle game of the series as a pinch hitter. SEC Tournament (5/24-26): Appeared in two games. vs. Florida (5/26): Entered as a pinch hitter…Worked a walk in the eighth inning. vs. Arkansas (5/26): Entered as a defensive replacement. NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (6/2-5): Appeared in the final game of the regional as a defensive replacement.
High School
Lettered five times for head coach Chris McMinn at the Magnolia Heights School…Helped lead the Chiefs to five-straight MAIS state championships, winning the title every year from eighth grade on…Earned All-America laurels from Perfect Game as a sophomore, junior and senior…Tabbed an All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as a senior…Named to the Clarion-Ledger’s Dandy Dozen, as well as second-team all-state by the publication as a senior…Chose MSU over Ole Miss.
Personal
Born Dustin Daniel Skelton on July 31, 1997 in Germantown, Tennessee…Son of Jimmy Skelton and Wendy Atherton…Has two siblings, Dalton Skelton and Colton Atherton…Majoring in kinesiology.
Draft: Chosen in the 36th round of the 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
2018 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Named to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team (6/1-4).
Season: Appeared in 47 games with 38 starts…Started all 38 games at catcher…Had a season-best seven-game reached base streak (May 12-June 4), which included a season-long six-game hitting streak (May 19-June 4)…Owned eight multi-hit and three multi-RBI games…Homered against Oklahoma (6/1) in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional…Threw out nine of 36 potential base stealers…Picked off a pair of base runners.
Rankings: Was No. 114 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC in sacrifice bunts (8).
at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Appeared in all three games, with starts in the final two games of the series…Collected a hit in the middle game of the series. at Jackson State (2/21): Was the starting catcher, going 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and two runs scored. Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/23-25): Started in the first and third games of the tournament. vs. UC Santa Barbara (2/23): Reached via hit-by-pitch and scored a run in the ninth inning. at McNeese State (2/28): Drove in the first runs of the game for MSU with a second-inning, two-RBI single. Shriners College Classic (3/2-4): Appeared in all three games, staring the opener and finale. vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (3/2): Plated a run with a bases loaded hit-by-pitch. vs. Sam Houston State (3/4): Reached base twice…Walked in the first inning and doubled in the third inning. New Mexico State (3/6-7): Started the first game of the two-game series…Went 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored…Walked and scored in the sixth inning…Singled and came around to score in the seventh inning. Utah Valley State (9-11): Appeared in two games, bookending the series with starts…Posted hits in each appearance…Doubled for his lone hit of the series opener…Added two sacrifice hits in the opening game of the series…Singled, walked and scored a run in the series finale. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Was the starting backstop in all three games…Walked once in each of the first two games of the series. Texas Southern (3/21): Reached base in all three plate appearances…Went 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored…Added an RBI…Drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single in the second inning…Singled and scored in the fourth inning…Walked and came around to score in the fifth inning. at Missouri (3/23-25): Appeared in all three games, bookending the series with starts…Was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored in the series finale. Ole Miss (4/7-8): Appeared in two games with one start…Started the middle game of the series…Went 2-for-4 in the second game of the series. at Alabama State (4/11): Was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs…Reached base four times in the game…Scored a run after reaching on an error in the seven-run first inning…Doubled and scored in the third inning…Plated a run with a single in the sixth inning…Provided an RBI double and came around to score in the eighth inning. at Auburn (4/13-15): Started the series opener. at Arkansas (4/20-21): Appeared in all three games, bookending the series with starts…Went 1-for-4 in the series finale…Doubled and scored the first run of the game for MSU in the third inning. at Alabama (5/4-6): Started the middle game of the series…Reached on an error and laid down a sacrifice bunt. at Kentucky (5/11-13): Started the middle game of the series…Drew a walk in three plate appearances. Florida (5/17-19): Reached Appeared in two games with a start in the series finale…Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in the final game of the series…Scored the eventual game-winning run after reaching on an error in the sixth inning…Started the six-run eighth inning with a leadoff single before being pinch ran for. SEC Tournament (5/22): vs. LSU (5/22): Singled twice. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): Appeared in all five games with four starts…Led the team with a .571 batting average (8-for-14) and a .611 on-base percentage…Reached base 11 times with eight hits, two hit-by-pitch and one walk…Drove in five RBIs. vs. Oklahoma (6/1): Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs…Hit his first home run of the season, a second-inning, two-run blast…Plated two runs with a single in the third inning. vs. Samford (6/3): Was 3-for-4 at the plate with a walk…Singled in the second, third and sixth innings…Walked in the ninth inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/3): Finished 1-for-2 at the plate with two hit-by-pitch and two runs scored…Opened the scoring with a second-inning sacrifice fly…Was hit by a pitch and scored a run in the eight-run third inning…Reached via hit-by-pitch in the fifth inning…Singled and scored in the seventh inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/4): Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored…Singled and scored a run in the fifth inning…Doubled and came around to score in the ninth inning. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Started all three games…Had one sacrifice hits in each game of the series…Reached on an error and had the sacrifice bunt that move a runner into scoring position in the eighth inning of the series opener…A second-inning sacrifice bunt led to a pair of runs in the middle game of the series…Walked twice in the series finale. College World Series (6/16-23): Started all four games. vs. Washington (6/16): Was 0-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt. vs. North Carolina (6/19): Was 1-for-3 at the plate. vs. Oregon State (6/22): Chipped in a sacrifice bunt. vs. Oregon State (6/23): Reached base via walk.
2017 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 34 games with 17 starts…Made collegiate debut in the season opener against Texas Tech (2/17)…Started games at catcher (15) and third base (2)…Hit in the No. 7 (3), No. 8 (13) and No. 9 (1) spots in the order…Owned a season-best three game hitting streak on two occasions; from March 12-14 and April 11-21…Posted a season-long reached base streak of five games from March 10-14…Had three multi-hit and three multi-RBI games…Was 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter with one walk and one RBI…Threw out nine of 28 potential base stealers.
Texas Tech (2/17): Pinch hit and drew a walk…Also saw time at catcher in his collegiate debut. Western Illinois (2/19): Made his first collegiate start at catcher…Collected first collegiate hit with a third-inning single. Morehead State (2/21): Singled in a start at catcher. Indiana State (2/24): Made a start at third base. Marist (2/25): Made a start at third base…Drove in his first collegiate RBI…Singled to plate a run in the eighth inning. Indiana State (2/25): Made the start at catcher. at Oregon (3/3-5): Started two games at catcher. Louisiana Tech (3/7): Made the start at catcher. South Alabama (3/10): Got the start at catcher…Singled in the second inning…Reached on a fielder’s choice to drive in one RBI. Columbia (3/12): Made the start at catcher…Worked a fifth-inning walk. South Alabama (3/12): Posted a pair of hits in a start at catcher…Singled in the third inning…Drove in one RBI with a single in the sixth inning. Columbia (3/13): Reached base twice in a start at catcher…Drew a bases loaded walk in the third inning to plate one RBI…Singled in the fifth inning. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/14): Went 2-for-4 in a start at catcher…Drove in a pair of RBIs…Had RBI singles in the first and fourth innings. at Arkansas (3/17-19): Appeared in all three games with two starts at catcher. Tennessee (3/24-26): Appeared in two games…Worked a walk in the middle game of the series as a defensive replacement. at Ole Miss (3/30-4/1): Appeared in the series opener as a pinch hitter…Went 1-for-2 at the plate. FIU (4/4/5): Appeared in both games of the two-game, mid-week series…Appeared as a defensive replacement in the series finale and worked a walk in his lone plate appearances. Mississippi Valley State (4/11): Went 1-for-2 with two RBIs…Added a walk and a hit-by-pitch in a start at catcher…Had a two-RBI single in the second inning…Was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning…Walked in the eighth inning. at South Alabama (4/18): Posted a third-inning single in a start at catcher. Alabama (4/20-21): Appeared in the series finale as a pinch hitter…Went 2-for-3 at the plate after entering the 13-inning contest in the sixth inning…Posted a pair of doubles for his first collegiate extra-base hits…Doubled to drive in one RBI in the sixth inning, coming around to score…Doubled in the seventh inning…Walked in the 13th inning to extend the inning and lead to Luke Alexander’s walk-off, RBI single. Auburn (4/28-29): Appeared in the final two games of the series as a defensive replacement. at Texas A&M (4/4-6): Appeared in one game…Entered the series opener as a defensive replacement. LSU (5/18-20): Appeared in the middle game of the series as a pinch hitter. SEC Tournament (5/24-26): Appeared in two games. vs. Florida (5/26): Entered as a pinch hitter…Worked a walk in the eighth inning. vs. Arkansas (5/26): Entered as a defensive replacement. NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (6/2-5): Appeared in the final game of the regional as a defensive replacement.
High School
Lettered five times for head coach Chris McMinn at the Magnolia Heights School…Helped lead the Chiefs to five-straight MAIS state championships, winning the title every year from eighth grade on…Earned All-America laurels from Perfect Game as a sophomore, junior and senior…Tabbed an All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as a senior…Named to the Clarion-Ledger’s Dandy Dozen, as well as second-team all-state by the publication as a senior…Chose MSU over Ole Miss.
Personal
Born Dustin Daniel Skelton on July 31, 1997 in Germantown, Tennessee…Son of Jimmy Skelton and Wendy Atherton…Has two siblings, Dalton Skelton and Colton Atherton…Majoring in kinesiology.
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