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Jersey Number 8
Dustin Skelton
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Olive Branch, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Magnolia Heights School
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Chosen in the 36th round of the 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
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2018 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Named to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team (6/1-4).
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Season: Appeared in 47 games with 38 startsโฆStarted all 38 games at catcherโฆHad 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)โฆOwned eight multi-hit and three multi-RBI gamesโฆHomered against Oklahoma (6/1) in the NCAA Tallahassee RegionalโฆThrew out nine of 36 potential base stealersโฆPicked off a pair of base runners.
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Rankings: Was No. 114 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC in sacrifice bunts (8).
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at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Appeared in all three games, with starts in the final two games of the seriesโฆCollected 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 twiceโฆWalked in the first inning and doubled in the third inning. New Mexico State (3/6-7): Started the first game of the two-game seriesโฆWent 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scoredโฆWalked and scored in the sixth inningโฆSingled and came around to score in the seventh inning. Utah Valley State (9-11): Appeared in two games, bookending the series with startsโฆPosted hits in each appearanceโฆDoubled for his lone hit of the series openerโฆAdded two sacrifice hits in the opening game of the seriesโฆSingled, walked and scored a run in the series finale. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Was the starting backstop in all three gamesโฆWalked once in each of the first two games of the series. Texas Southern (3/21): Reached base in all three plate appearancesโฆWent 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scoredโฆAdded an RBIโฆDrove in the first run of the game with an RBI single in the second inningโฆSingled and scored in the fourth inningโฆWalked and came around to score in the fifth inning. at Missouri (3/23-25): Appeared in all three games, bookending the series with startsโฆWas 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 startโฆStarted the middle game of the seriesโฆWent 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 RBIsโฆReached base four times in the gameโฆScored a run after reaching on an error in the seven-run first inningโฆDoubled and scored in the third inningโฆPlated a run with a single in the sixth inningโฆProvided 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 startsโฆWent 1-for-4 in the series finaleโฆDoubled 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 seriesโฆReached on an error and laid down a sacrifice bunt. at Kentucky (5/11-13): Started the middle game of the seriesโฆDrew a walk in three plate appearances. Florida (5/17-19): Reached Appeared in two games with a start in the series finaleโฆWent 1-for-4 with a run scored in the final game of the seriesโฆScored the eventual game-winning run after reaching on an error in the sixth inningโฆStarted the six-run eighth inning with a leadoff single before being pinch ran for.ย SEC Tournament (5/22): vs. LSU (5/22): Singled twice. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): Appeared in all five games with four startsโฆLed the team with a .571 batting average (8-for-14) and a .611 on-base percentageโฆReached base 11 times with eight hits, two hit-by-pitch and one walkโฆDrove in five RBIs. vs. Oklahoma (6/1): Went 2-for-4 with four RBIsโฆHit his first home run of the season, a second-inning, two-run blastโฆPlated two runs with a single in the third inning. vs. Samford (6/3): Was 3-for-4 at the plate with a walkโฆSingled in the second, third and sixth inningsโฆWalked in the ninth inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/3): Finished 1-for-2 at the plate with two hit-by-pitch and two runs scoredโฆOpened the scoring with a second-inning sacrifice flyโฆWas hit by a pitch and scored a run in the eight-run third inningโฆReached via hit-by-pitch in the fifth inningโฆSingled and scored in the seventh inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/4): Was 2-for-4 with two runs scoredโฆSingled and scored a run in the fifth inningโฆDoubled and came around to score in the ninth inning. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Started all three gamesโฆHad one sacrifice hits in each game of the seriesโฆReached on an error and had the sacrifice bunt that move a runner into scoring position in the eighth inning of the series openerโฆA second-inning sacrifice bunt led to a pair of runs in the middle game of the seriesโฆWalked 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.
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2017 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 34 games with 17 startsโฆMade collegiate debut in the season opener against Texas Tech (2/17)โฆStarted games at catcher (15) and third base (2)โฆHit in the No. 7 (3), No. 8 (13) and No. 9 (1) spots in the orderโฆOwned a season-best three game hitting streak on two occasions; from March 12-14 and April 11-21โฆPosted a season-long reached base streak of five games from March 10-14โฆHad three multi-hit and three multi-RBI gamesโฆWas 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter with one walk and one RBIโฆThrew out nine of 28 potential base stealers.
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Texas Tech (2/17): Pinch hit and drew a walkโฆAlso saw time at catcher in his collegiate debut. Western Illinois (2/19): Made his first collegiate start at catcherโฆCollected 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 baseโฆDrove in his first collegiate RBIโฆSingled 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 catcherโฆSingled in the second inningโฆReached on a fielderโs choice to drive in one RBI. Columbia (3/12): Made the start at catcherโฆWorked a fifth-inning walk. South Alabama (3/12): Posted a pair of hits in a start at catcherโฆSingled in the third inningโฆDrove in one RBI with a single in the sixth inning. Columbia (3/13): Reached base twice in a start at catcherโฆDrew a bases loaded walk in the third inning to plate one RBIโฆSingled in the fifth inning. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/14): Went 2-for-4 in a start at catcherโฆDrove in a pair of RBIsโฆHad 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 gamesโฆWorked 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 hitterโฆWent 1-for-2 at the plate. FIU (4/4/5): Appeared in both games of the two-game, mid-week seriesโฆAppeared 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 RBIsโฆAdded a walk and a hit-by-pitch in a start at catcherโฆHad a two-RBI single in the second inningโฆWas hit by a pitch in the seventh inningโฆWalked 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 hitterโฆWent 2-for-3 at the plate after entering the 13-inning contest in the sixth inningโฆPosted a pair of doubles for his first collegiate extra-base hitsโฆDoubled to drive in one RBI in the sixth inning, coming around to scoreโฆDoubled in the seventh inningโฆWalked in the 13th inning to extend the inning and lead to Luke Alexanderโs 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 gameโฆEntered 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 hitterโฆWorked 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.
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High School
Lettered five times for head coach Chris McMinn at the Magnolia Heights SchoolโฆHelped lead the Chiefs to five-straight MAIS state championships, winning the title every year from eighth grade onโฆEarned All-America laurels from Perfect Game as a sophomore, junior and seniorโฆTabbed an All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as a seniorโฆNamed to the Clarion-Ledgerโs Dandy Dozen, as well as second-team all-state by the publication as a seniorโฆChose MSU over Ole Miss.
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Personal
Born Dustin Daniel Skelton on July 31, 1997 in Germantown, TennesseeโฆSon of Jimmy Skelton and Wendy AthertonโฆHas two siblings, Dalton Skelton and Colton AthertonโฆMajoring in kinesiology.
Draft: Chosen in the 36th round of the 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
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2018 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Named to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team (6/1-4).
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Season: Appeared in 47 games with 38 startsโฆStarted all 38 games at catcherโฆHad 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)โฆOwned eight multi-hit and three multi-RBI gamesโฆHomered against Oklahoma (6/1) in the NCAA Tallahassee RegionalโฆThrew out nine of 36 potential base stealersโฆPicked off a pair of base runners.
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Rankings: Was No. 114 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC in sacrifice bunts (8).
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at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Appeared in all three games, with starts in the final two games of the seriesโฆCollected 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 twiceโฆWalked in the first inning and doubled in the third inning. New Mexico State (3/6-7): Started the first game of the two-game seriesโฆWent 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scoredโฆWalked and scored in the sixth inningโฆSingled and came around to score in the seventh inning. Utah Valley State (9-11): Appeared in two games, bookending the series with startsโฆPosted hits in each appearanceโฆDoubled for his lone hit of the series openerโฆAdded two sacrifice hits in the opening game of the seriesโฆSingled, walked and scored a run in the series finale. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Was the starting backstop in all three gamesโฆWalked once in each of the first two games of the series. Texas Southern (3/21): Reached base in all three plate appearancesโฆWent 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scoredโฆAdded an RBIโฆDrove in the first run of the game with an RBI single in the second inningโฆSingled and scored in the fourth inningโฆWalked and came around to score in the fifth inning. at Missouri (3/23-25): Appeared in all three games, bookending the series with startsโฆWas 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 startโฆStarted the middle game of the seriesโฆWent 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 RBIsโฆReached base four times in the gameโฆScored a run after reaching on an error in the seven-run first inningโฆDoubled and scored in the third inningโฆPlated a run with a single in the sixth inningโฆProvided 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 startsโฆWent 1-for-4 in the series finaleโฆDoubled 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 seriesโฆReached on an error and laid down a sacrifice bunt. at Kentucky (5/11-13): Started the middle game of the seriesโฆDrew a walk in three plate appearances. Florida (5/17-19): Reached Appeared in two games with a start in the series finaleโฆWent 1-for-4 with a run scored in the final game of the seriesโฆScored the eventual game-winning run after reaching on an error in the sixth inningโฆStarted the six-run eighth inning with a leadoff single before being pinch ran for.ย SEC Tournament (5/22): vs. LSU (5/22): Singled twice. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): Appeared in all five games with four startsโฆLed the team with a .571 batting average (8-for-14) and a .611 on-base percentageโฆReached base 11 times with eight hits, two hit-by-pitch and one walkโฆDrove in five RBIs. vs. Oklahoma (6/1): Went 2-for-4 with four RBIsโฆHit his first home run of the season, a second-inning, two-run blastโฆPlated two runs with a single in the third inning. vs. Samford (6/3): Was 3-for-4 at the plate with a walkโฆSingled in the second, third and sixth inningsโฆWalked in the ninth inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/3): Finished 1-for-2 at the plate with two hit-by-pitch and two runs scoredโฆOpened the scoring with a second-inning sacrifice flyโฆWas hit by a pitch and scored a run in the eight-run third inningโฆReached via hit-by-pitch in the fifth inningโฆSingled and scored in the seventh inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/4): Was 2-for-4 with two runs scoredโฆSingled and scored a run in the fifth inningโฆDoubled and came around to score in the ninth inning. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Started all three gamesโฆHad one sacrifice hits in each game of the seriesโฆReached on an error and had the sacrifice bunt that move a runner into scoring position in the eighth inning of the series openerโฆA second-inning sacrifice bunt led to a pair of runs in the middle game of the seriesโฆWalked 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.
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2017 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 34 games with 17 startsโฆMade collegiate debut in the season opener against Texas Tech (2/17)โฆStarted games at catcher (15) and third base (2)โฆHit in the No. 7 (3), No. 8 (13) and No. 9 (1) spots in the orderโฆOwned a season-best three game hitting streak on two occasions; from March 12-14 and April 11-21โฆPosted a season-long reached base streak of five games from March 10-14โฆHad three multi-hit and three multi-RBI gamesโฆWas 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter with one walk and one RBIโฆThrew out nine of 28 potential base stealers.
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Texas Tech (2/17): Pinch hit and drew a walkโฆAlso saw time at catcher in his collegiate debut. Western Illinois (2/19): Made his first collegiate start at catcherโฆCollected 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 baseโฆDrove in his first collegiate RBIโฆSingled 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 catcherโฆSingled in the second inningโฆReached on a fielderโs choice to drive in one RBI. Columbia (3/12): Made the start at catcherโฆWorked a fifth-inning walk. South Alabama (3/12): Posted a pair of hits in a start at catcherโฆSingled in the third inningโฆDrove in one RBI with a single in the sixth inning. Columbia (3/13): Reached base twice in a start at catcherโฆDrew a bases loaded walk in the third inning to plate one RBIโฆSingled in the fifth inning. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/14): Went 2-for-4 in a start at catcherโฆDrove in a pair of RBIsโฆHad 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 gamesโฆWorked 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 hitterโฆWent 1-for-2 at the plate. FIU (4/4/5): Appeared in both games of the two-game, mid-week seriesโฆAppeared 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 RBIsโฆAdded a walk and a hit-by-pitch in a start at catcherโฆHad a two-RBI single in the second inningโฆWas hit by a pitch in the seventh inningโฆWalked 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 hitterโฆWent 2-for-3 at the plate after entering the 13-inning contest in the sixth inningโฆPosted a pair of doubles for his first collegiate extra-base hitsโฆDoubled to drive in one RBI in the sixth inning, coming around to scoreโฆDoubled in the seventh inningโฆWalked in the 13th inning to extend the inning and lead to Luke Alexanderโs 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 gameโฆEntered 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 hitterโฆWorked 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.
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High School
Lettered five times for head coach Chris McMinn at the Magnolia Heights SchoolโฆHelped lead the Chiefs to five-straight MAIS state championships, winning the title every year from eighth grade onโฆEarned All-America laurels from Perfect Game as a sophomore, junior and seniorโฆTabbed an All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as a seniorโฆNamed to the Clarion-Ledgerโs Dandy Dozen, as well as second-team all-state by the publication as a seniorโฆChose MSU over Ole Miss.
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Personal
Born Dustin Daniel Skelton on July 31, 1997 in Germantown, TennesseeโฆSon of Jimmy Skelton and Wendy AthertonโฆHas two siblings, Dalton Skelton and Colton AthertonโฆMajoring in kinesiology.
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