2013 Baseball Roster
Roster
Sam Frost
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 168
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hoover, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Hoover HS
CAREER:
2013 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year ยท Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll and was also named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll in 2010 ยท Hit .243 in his four years at MSU, with 20 doubles and 2 triples while driving in 46 runs and scoring 73.
2013:
Longtime infielder who played in 50 games including 25 starts at 3rd base and 2 starts at 2nd base ยท Hit for a career high .302 batting average ยท Led the team in batting average in conference play, batting .343 in 18 games ยท Was perfect in the stolen bases category going 7-for-7 ยท Picked up a hit in a start in the CWS Championship series vs UCLA June 25 Had 2 hits vs Central Arkansas in NCAA Regional play on June 2 ยท Tabbed a season high 4 hits in a start against Alabama on May 4 ยท Notched 2 hits in a win vs Southern Miss on March 12 ยท Scored 2 runs and knocked in a season high 4 runs Feb. 27 vs Rhode Island ยท Drew his first start of the year Feb.23 vs Purdue, picking up a hit and scoring a run ยท Named the 2013 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
2012:
Veteran infielder and 41-game starter with playing time in 56 of 64 games as a junior โข Hit .214 and set career-highs with 30 hits, 20 RBI and eight stolen bases โข Drew a season-first start and the first of 28 game-opening stints at second base against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 25) โข Doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs in series-opening win over Vanderbilt (Apr. 6) โข Also started 13 games at third base โข Started last 11 regular season games and all nine postseason games โข Set a career-high with three hits in a 3-for-3 outing against Arkansas (Mar. 25), capping a 5-for-7 weekend against the Razorbacks โข Established a career-best with a 3-RBI game against UAB (June 2) in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional โข Hit .250 and started 23 of his 30 SEC games โข Named to the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll โข Hit .303 with a team-leading 14 stolen bases during summer baseball competition with the Westhampton (N.Y.) Aviators in the Atlantic Collegiate League.
2011:
Played in 40 of MSU's 63 games, drawing 11 starts and seeing playing time at second, third and as a pinch-runner โข Starter at second on opening day with three walks and two runs scored in a shutout of Akron (Feb. 18) โข Hit .184 with seven hits and three RBI in 38 at-bats โข Singled twice against Lamar (Feb. 19) and legged out a double in a start against top-ranked Vanderbilt (Mar. 18) โข Hit .250 in 16 SEC games (two starts) โข Posted a .333 batting average as a pinch-hitter โข Pilfered four bases and compiled a .959 fielding percentage โข Named to the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2010:
A 32 game-starter at second โข Played in 13 other games as a true freshman โข Hit .248 with 13 RBI and nine extra-base hits (eight doubles and one triple) โข Came off the bench against Rhode Island (Feb. 20) to make his collegiate debut โข Drew a walk and registered his first career hit (single) against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 28) โข Made his first collegiate start the following weekend against Southeast Missouri (Mar. 5) โข Delivered six multiple-hit plate performances, including season-best four-hit showings against MVSU (Mar. 17) and Ole Miss (May 2) โข Lashed the first of his eight doubles and registered his first career RBI in a 14-6 win against Michigan State (Mar. 7) โข Laced a pair of doubles and a triple and drove in a season-high five runs in a 4-for-5 plate performance in State's 16-2 win over MVSU (Mar. 17) โข Went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI against Ole Miss (May 2) โข Assisted with 25 of MSU's 55 double plays โข Hit .224 in 25 SEC games played (16 starts) โข Named to the 2010 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Two-year starter as a middle infielder at Hoover (Ala.) High School โข Coached by Rick Davis โข Buccaneer shortstop who helped lead HHS to a 32-13 record and a berth in the AHSAA Class 6A playoffs โข A starter in all 45 games, hitting .389 with 42 runs scored, 31 RBI, 17 doubles, eight home runs and a team-leading .714 slugging percentage โข Voted team MVP and named to the All-Birmingham Metro, All-Over The Mountain and All-Birmingham Metro Academic teams โข Named to the 2009 BaseballClearinghouse.net All-National Team โข Helped lead Hoover HS to a 29-18 mark and the 2008 AHSAA Class 6A state championship โข Hit .358 as a junior with 49 hits, 30 RBIย and a perfect 12-for-12 on stolen base attempts โข Played summer league baseball with Excel Blue Wave, coached by former Bulldog players Steve Gendron and Matthew Maniscalco โข Member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and the Spanish Honor Society โข Also played basketball two seasons at Hoover HS.
PERSONAL:
Born Samuel Timothy Frost on May 11, 1991 in Jackson, Miss. โข Son of Donna and Steve Frost of Hoover, Ala. โข Majoring in mathematics.
