2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ethan Small
- Position:
- LHP
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lexington, Tenn.
- High School/Previous School:
- Lexington
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Chosen in the 26th round of the 2018 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks...Selected in the 1st round of the 2019 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft with the 28th overall pick by the Milwaukee Brewers...Is the 15th Mississippi State baseball student-athlete and firth in the last seven years to be taken in the first round...Is the fourth MSU left-handed pitcher to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft.
Career: Finished his career ranked No. 3 in career strikeouts at Mississippi State (318), trailing only Eric DuBose (428; 1995-97) and Jeff Brantley (364; 1982-85).
Season: Capped his career as one of 24 Mississippi State pitchers to own a 100-strikeout season...One of just six MSU pitchers to register multiple 100-strikeout seasons, joining Jeff Brantley (1984, 85), Eric DuBose (1995, 96, 97), Matt Ginter (1998, 99), Konnor Pilkington (2017, 18) and B.J. Wallace (1991, 92). 2019: Posted the top single-season strikeout season in program history with 176, which is No. 5 all-time in SEC history. 2018: Ranks No. 8 on the single-season strikeouts charts (122).
2019 (Redshirt-Junior Season)
Awards: Earned Division I National Pitcher of the Year honors from the College Baseball Foundation and American Baseball Coaches Association...Became the seventh Diamond Dawg to earn unanimous first-team All-America honors and first since Brent Rooker (2017)...Selected a first-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, College Baseball Foundation, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, D1Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game...Tabbed ABCA first-team All-South Region...Selected to the NCAA Starkville Regional All-Tournament Team at pitcher...Became the first MSU pitcher to ever garner finalist recognition for the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year award...Named SEC Pitcher of the Year, joining Chris Stratton (2012) as the only MSU pitchers to earn the honor...Tabbed first-team All-SEC...Earned his first-career SEC Pitcher of the Week honor after throwing seven no-hit innings at No. 15 Texas A&M to post the victory in the series opener...It was the first SEC Pitcher of the Week for Mississippi State since 2016, when Dakota Hudson won the award three times...Named to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week Honor Roll four times (2/25, 3/18, 4/15, 5/6)...Also a finalist for the Ferriss Trophy (top amateur baseball player in Mississippi)...Reached the semifinal round of voting for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy.
Season: Started 18 games, with 15 coming in series opening games...Owned 11 double-digit strikeout performances...Allowed two-or-fewer runs 16 of 18 starts...Went 80 plate appearances to start the season without issuing a walk....Struck out his 100th batter of the season in the third inning of his 10th start of the season at Arkansas (4/18) to become the sixth MSU pitcher to post multiple 100-strikeout seasons...First 10-game winner for Mississippi State since Ross Mitchell (13; 2013).
Game: Ranked tied for No. 11 nationally with his 15-strikeout performance agaisnt Alabama (4/12).
Rankings: Led the NCAA in strikeouts (176)...Sat No. 5 in the NCAA and No. 3 in the SEC in hits allowed per nine innings (5.13)...Was No. 7 nationally and No. 2 in the SEC in WHIP (0.87)...Finished No. 14 in the NCAA and No. 5 in the SEC in victories (10)...Ranked No. 15 nationally and No. 2 in the SEC in ERA (1.93)...Finished No. 24 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.50).
Youngstown State (2/15-16): Tossed five innings and allowed two runs in a no decision...Struck out 11 batters. Southern Miss (2/22-24): Struck out 13 and allowed one hit in seven innings of work in a no decision. Frisco Classic (3/1-2): vs. Sam Houston State (3/1): Threw six innings and allowed two runs on seven hits...Collected six strikeouts in a no decision. Maine (3/8-10): Allowed an unearned run and struck out 10 in six innings of work...Collected his first win of the season...Walked two batters. at Florida (3/15-16): Threw six innings and struck out 11 batters to collect the win...Only allowed one run on two hits and three walks. Auburn (3/22-24): Threw six innings in a start...Allowed two runs on three hits in a no decision...Walked three and struck out seven. LSU (3/28-30): Started and picked up the win in the series opener...Threw five innings and allowed two runs on three hits...Walked four and struck out 10. at Tennessee (4/5-7): Scattered seven hits over seven innings of two-run work in a start on Friday night...Struck out 11 batters and didn’t issue a walk in the no decision...Hit one batter. Alabama (4/12/14): Made the start in the series opener and recorded 15 of his 18 outs via strikeout...The 15 strikeouts were tied for No. 11 nationally at season’s end...Scattered three hits and three walks...Struck out the side in four of his six innings of work...Recorded at least one strikeout in all six innings pitched to earn the win. at Arkansas (4/18-20): Threw six innings in a series-opening start...Allowed three runs on five hits in a loss...Walked one and struck out nine. Georgia (4/26-28): Earned the win with six innings of work in the series opener...Allowed two runs - one earned - on two hits...Walked one and struck out 11. at Texas A&M (5/3-4): Took a perfect game into the seventh inning during the series opener to earn the win...Lost a perfect game with one out in the seventh inning with a hit-by-pitch...Walked one and struck out eight. at Ole Miss (5/10-12): Threw five scoreless innings before coming out of the game following a 30-minute fog delay...Allowed three hits, walked one and struck out 10 to earn the win. South Carolina (5/16-18): Allowed two runs on three hits in five innings of work...Walked three and struck out seven to earn the win. SEC Tournament (5/22-24): vs. Vanderbilt (5/23): Allowed one run on three hits in seven innings and took the loss in a 1-0 game...Walked two and struck out 11. NCAA Starkville Regional (5/31-6/2): Made the start in the winner’s bracket game on day two of the regional. Central Michigan (6/1): Allowed two runs on five hits over six innings of work to collect the win...Struck out 10 and walked three. NCAA Super Regional (6/8-9): Started the series opener and threw six innings...Allowed five hits - all singles - and just one unearned run to earn the win...Walked two and struck out eight. College World Series (6/16-20): Made the start in the opener. vs. Auburn (6/16): Allowed three runs on three hits in five innings of work in a no decision...Struck out eight and walked three.
2018 (Redshirt-Sophomore Season)
Season: Started 18 games on the mound to tie for the team lead…Tied for the team-lead with five victories…Posted wins against Nicholls State (2/24), at LSU (3/30), at Auburn (4/14), versus Arkansas (4/21) and against Texas A&M (4/28)…Won three-straight starts from April 14-April 28…Mississippi State won 12 of his 18 starts…Posted 11 quality starts…Allowed three or fewer earned runs in 15 of 18 starts…Was the No. 2 starter for the majority of the season…Started the opening game of a series at Vanderbilt (6/8) in the NCAA Nashville Super Regional and vs. Washington (6/16) at the College World Series.
Rankings: Ended the season tied for No. 4 nationally and No. 1 in the SEC in games started (18)…Sat No. 17 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the SEC in strikeouts (122)…Finished No. 62 nationally and No. 6 in the SEC in strikeouts per nine innings (10.84).
at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Took the loss in the middle game of the series…Allowed five runs on seven hits in four innings of work…Struck out six and walked one. Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/23-25): vs. Nicholls State (2/24): Threw six innings and allowed three unearned runs to claim the win…Surrendered seven hits, walked two and struck out eight. Shriners College Classic (3/2-4): vs. Houston (3/3): Struck out seven in 4 1/3 innings of work in a no decision…Allowed one run on four hits…Walked three batters. Utah Valley State (9-11): Struck out a career-high 10 batters in six innings of work…Allowed two runs on three hits and walked one batter. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings of work and took the loss…Surrendered four hits, walked two and fanned eight. at Missouri (3/23-25): Gave up just one run in 6 1/3 innings in a no decision…Allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out seven. at LSU (3/29-31): Picked up the win with eight innings of one-run work on the mound…Allowed four hits, walked one and struck out nine. Ole Miss (4/7-8): Allowed four runs on eight hits in four innings to suffer a loss…Walked two and struck out seven. at Auburn (4/13-15): Struck out seven and allowed two runs in seven innings to collect a victory…Surrendered four hits and walked two. at Arkansas (4/20-21): Picked up the victory with six innings of one-run work on the mound…Fanned six, walked two and allowed six hits. Texas A&M (4/27-29): Collected his third-straight victory with 5 1/3 innings of work…Allowed three runs on five hits…Walked two and struck out eight. at Alabama (5/4-6): Allowed two runs on three hits and walked five batters in six innings of work…Hit one batter and struck out five in the no decision. at Kentucky (5/11-13): Threw six shutout innings in a no decision…Allowed five hits and walked two…Fanned five batters. Florida (5/17-19): Allowed three runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings…Walked two and struck out six in a no decision. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): vs. Florida State (6/2): Took a no decision with six innings of two-run work on the mound…Allowed five hits, walked three and struck out eight. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Allowed four runs – three earned – in four innings of work in a no decision in the series opener…Allowed six hits, walked one and struck out five. College World Series (6/16-23): Started the first and fourth games…Struck out 10 and walked one in two starts…Totaled 11 2/3 innings…Allowed 11 hits and five runs. vs. Washington (6/16): Struck out five and didn’t walk a batter in seven shutout innings…Allowed four hits and hit one batter in a no decision. vs. Oregon State (6/23): Allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings…Allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out five in the loss.
2017 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Missed the season due to injury.
2016 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Earned SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Season: Made 15 appearances on the mound…All 15 appearances came in relief…Collegiate debut came against FAU (2/19) in the season opener…Posted one victory…Claimed his lone victory over South Alabama (3/8)…Eight of 15 appearances went to one inning or longer…Stranded six of 10 inherited runners.
FAU (2/19): Made collegiate debut with one-third of an inning pitched…Struck out one…Allowed two runs on one hit…Walked one batter…Allowed both inherited runners to score. Alcorn State (3/1): Threw one scoreless inning…Fanned all three batters faced. South Alabama (3/8): Picked up his first collegiate win with 2 1/3 scoreless innings…Fanned three batters…Stranded his lone inherited runner. Oregon (3/11-13): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Allowed two runs on two hits…Walked one batter. Eastern Kentucky (3/15): Surrendered five runs on three hits in one inning of work…Walked two and struck out two. at Vanderbilt (3/18-20): Appeared in the series finale…Did not record an out…Walked one and allowed one run…Stranded one inherited runner. Georgia (3/24-26): Came on in relief during the series opener…Struck out three in one inning of work. Ole Miss (4/1-3): Allowed one run in one inning of relief work…Allowed one hit and struck out two. at Florida (4/8-10): Threw one inning in the series opener…Allowed one hit and struck out three…Allowed both inherited runners to score. Memphis (4/13): Tossed one inning of relief…Allowed one hit and walked one…Struck out two batters. Texas A&M (4/15-17): Appeared in each of the first two games of the series…Didn’t record an out in the series opener and allowed four runs…All four batters faced reached base…Surrendered a single and hit two batters…Walked one and allowed a single in one-third of an inning of work. ULM (4/20): Threw one-third of an inning in relief…Walked one and struck out one…Stranded his lone inherited runner. at LSU (4/22-24): Walked one and didn’t record an out in the series finale. at Alabama (4/28-30): Walked one and didn’t record an out in the series finale.
High School
Lettered all four years for head coach Adam Harrington at Lexington High School…Earned All-America honors as a junior and senior…Two-time all-state selection…Tabbed first-team Class AA all-state as an infielder a during his junior and as a pitcher during his senior season…Selected district tournament MVP as a senior…Fanned 310 batters in 191.1 innings of work during his prep career…Chose MSU over offers from Vanderbilt and Austin Peay.
Personal
Born Ethan Robert Small on Feb. 14, 1997 in Jackson, Tennessee…Son of Wanda and Robin Small…Has one brother, Lance…Majoring in kinesiology.
