2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Luke Hancock
- Position:
- INF/C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 195
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Houston HS
- Major:
- Business Administration
2023 (Graduate Student)
Season: Started and played in 52 games … Earned 34 starts at first base, 17 at catcher and one at DH … Collected a .287 batting average on 49 hits … Recorded 35 RBIs, 14 doubles and five home runs … Also recorded a .456 slugging percentage, which was a career high … Finished second on the team with 42 walks.
VMI (2/17-19): Recorded a .545 batting average for the series with six hits, three walks and one RBI against the Keydets. Arizona State (2/24-26): In the series, he had two hits, one RBI and three walks. Ohio State, Oklahoma, California (3/3-5): Went 4-11 in the Frisco Classic, tallying two hits and two RBIs each against Oklahoma and California. Valparaiso (3/7): Went two-for-three at the plate in the midweek matchup, while also recording one RBI, two walks and two doubles … One of his two games of the season with two doubles. Lipscomb (3/10-12): Batted .500, scored two runs, and accumulated a season-high four RBIs all in game three. Nicholls and Louisiana (3/14-15): Recorded one run, one RBI and four walks for the Hancock Whitney Classic ... Drew three walks against Nicholls, which tied a season-high. Arkansas State (3/21): Went two-for-three with three RBIs in the midweek matchup against the Red Wolves. Vanderbilt (3/24-26): Batted .375 for the series and went a perfect two-for-two in game three ... Also accumulated two RBIs, one home run, and three walks. Grambling (4/4): Went one-for-two with two RBIs and also drew three walks. UAB (4/11): Drove in a home run while going one-for-three ... Also drew a walk. Auburn (4/21-23): Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a home run and a walk in game two. Ole Miss (4/25): Batted .500 at the plate while driving in an RBI. Tennessee (4/27-29): Went two-for-four with two RBIs in game one. LSU (5/12-14): Had a least one hit in each game, batting .545 for the series ... Recorded an RBI, a home run, and a walk in game two …. Drew two walks in game three.
2022 (Senior Season)
Season: Started all 56 games on the year, primarily as the first baseman (46)...Finished with a .278 batting average on 60 hits, nine doubles and seven home runs, and drove in 32 RBIs...Had a team high on base percentage of .406 by finishing with team highs 36 walks and 12 HBP...Reached base on his last 17 appearances, which was good for the second best streak on the year.
UAPB (2/22): Had a 2-for-4 day while also reaching on a walk, driving in two runs and scoring two of his own. Northern Kentucky (2/25-27): Hit .364 over the weekend series by hitting a double, a two-run home run, and also drawing two walks. Tulane (3/4-6): In game one, went 2-for-5 along with two walks...Scored three runs and drove in two RBIs. Georgia (3/18-20): Hit 3-for-6 in game two, with two doubles and an RBI. Alabama (3/25-27): Hit a two-run homer in the second game on a 1-for-3 day while also reaching on a walk and HBP. Arkansas (4/1-3): In game three, went 3-for-6 including a solo home run on a two RBI day. UT Martin (4-5): Went a perfect 3-for-3 in the midweek win, driving in four runs on two homers and a single. LSU (4/8-10): Accumulated a .364 batting average over the weekend series, while also reaching on two walks and driving in two RBIs. UAB (4/12): Hit 2-for-5 on the day with a double while scoring two runs. Ole Miss (4/21-23): Went 3-for-5 in the game two win against the Rebels, including a home run. Texas A&M (5/13-15): Went 4-for-12 over the series with two RBIs and two runs scored.
2021 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared and started in all 68 games at DH (30), first base (27) and catcher (11)...Hit .262 with 61 hits, four doubles, 10 home runs and 63 RBIs on the season…Slugged .408 and had a .393 on base percentage aided by 47 walks…Stole three bases and had a .996 fielding percentage defensively.
2021 State Farm College Baseball Showdown (2/20-22): Hit .583 during the three-game series with seven base hits, four runs scored, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs… vs. Texas (2/20): Went 3-for-4 in the season opener with a home run and drove in two runs... vs. TCU (2/21): Tallied two hits in four at-bats… vs. Texas Tech (2/22): Went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored. Tulane (2/26-2/28): Hit a ninth-inning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Bulldogs to a 9-5 victory in game two...Went 1-for-3 with a walk, double and RBI in game three. Southern Miss (3/3): Walked three times in four plate appearances. Kent State (3/5-3/7): In the opening game, collected one hit in three at bats with two RBIs and a walk (3/5)...Walked twice in four plate appearances in game two. Grambling (3/9): Was 1-for-2 with a walk in a midweek victory over Grambling. Eastern Michigan (3/12-3/14): Hit .300 during the three-game series while collecting two RBIs and scored a pair of runs. Samford (3/16): Hit two home runs in a 2-for-3 effort while driving in three runs, scoring twice and tallying a walk in the midweek victory. North Alabama (3/24): During the midweek game, went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, two walks and a run scored. Arkansas (3/26-3/28): Hit .333 over the three-game series with a home run, two RBIs and four runs scored. Kentucky (4/1-4/3): Hit a home run in the final game to cap off a 1-for-3 day in the series finale. Auburn (4/9-4/11): Went 5-for-12 over the three-game road series with three RBIs, two walks and two runs scored. UAB (4/20): Went 2-for-5, scoring three runs, driving in three RBIs and a double in a midweek victory over the Blazers. Vanderbilt (4/23-25): Tallied a hit and RBI in each game of the three-game set. Texas A&M (4/30-5/1): Went 6-for-13 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a three-game sweep over the Aggies. The Citadel (5/5): Went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored in a midweek victory. South Carolina (5/7-5/9): Went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored in game two of the series. Missouri (5/13-5/15): Went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two RBIs in the series finale against the Tigers. Jacksonville State (5/18): Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in a midweek win. Alabama (5/20-5/22): Combined to go 3-for-8 with three RBIs in the final two games versus the Tide to clinch the series sweep. Starkville Regional (6/4-6/7): Was a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBIs in the opener vs. Samford (6/4)... Combined to walk four times in the final two games vs. VCU (6/5) and vs. Campbell (6/7). Starkville Super Regional vs. Notre Dame (6/12-6/14): Drove in three RBIs over the three-game series to help send the Bulldogs to their 12th College World Series. 2021 College World Series (6/20-6/30): Went 7-for-24 with four RBIs, three runs scored and six walks during State’s College World Series championship run.
2020 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in nine games with eight starts...Started five games at catcher and three at designated hitter...Produced the game-winning run on two occasions: Alcorn State (2/26) and versus Texas Tech (3/11).
Wright State (2/14-16): Started the season opener at catcher. Oregon State (2/21-23): Made the start at catcher in the series opener...Reached via a hit-by-pitch. Texas Southern (2/25): Walked once in a start at catcher. Alcorn State (2/26): Went 1-for-5 in a start at designated hitter...Plated two RBIs with a third inning single. at Long Beach State (2/28-3/1): Appeared in the series opener and series finale. Quinnipiac (3/6-8): Started the first two games in the series...Doubled and walked in the series opener in a start at designated hitter...Started the middle game in the series at catcher. vs. Texas Tech (3/10-11): Started the final game of the two-game, neutral site series at designated hitter...Went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI...Singled in the second inning...Doubled to drive in the eventual game-winning run in the seventh.
2019 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Earned SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Season: Appeared in 26 games with 12 starts...Started four games at catcher and eight games at designated hitter...Posted his first hit – a two-RBI single – against Southeastern Louisiana (2/27)...Earned first start as a designated hitter in game three at Florida (3/16)...Made his first career start at catcher against Texas Southern (4/16)...Posted two multi-hit and three multi-RBI games...Longest hitting streak spanned three games from May 10-14...Owned a season-long 12-game reached base streak from April 26-May 23.
Southeastern Louisiana (2/27): Made MSU debut as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning...Drove in two RBIs on a single in the eighth. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/6): Doubled in one RBI as a pinch hitter. Maine (8-10): Appeared in game two...Walked in his only at-bat as a pinch-hitter. Grambling (3/13): Entered as a pinch-hitter in the fifth and took over at catcher...Delivered three RBIs with two singles. at Florida (3/15-16): Started at designated hitter in series finale...Walked. Mississippi Valley State (3/26): Caught the ninth inning. ULM (4/3): Drove in one RBI with a bases loaded walk in the sixth inning. Alabama (4/12/14): Appeared in the series finale as a defensive replacement at catcher. Texas Southern (4/16): Was 1-for-2 with a walk and a single...Singled and was pinch ran for in the seventh inning. at Arkansas (4/18-20): Pinch hit in the series finale. Georgia (4/26-28): Appeared in all three games, starting the final two at designated hitter...Chipped in a pinch-hit, RBI double in the seventh inning of the series opener...Walked and scored a run in the middle game in the series...Singled and walked in the series finale. at Texas A&M (5/3-4): Started the series final at designated hitter...Walked and scored a run in the second inning. Memphis (5/8): Went 0-for-1 with a pair of walks in the game...Scored one run and drove in one RBI...Walked and scored in the second inning...Drove in an RBI with a fifth-inning sacrifice fly...Walked in the seventh. at Ole Miss (5/10-12): Appeared in the series opener and series finale as a pinch hitter...Doubled in his lone at bat of the series opener...Singled to drive in two RBIs in the nine-run fourth inning of the series finale. Louisiana Tech (5/14): Went 2-for-3 with a walk, one run scored and one RBI...Singled and scored a run in the second inning...Drove in an RBI with a single in the fifth inning. South Carolina (5/16-18): Appeared in all three games with starts at designated hitter in the series opener and series finale...Reached base via hit-by-pitch and scored a run in the series opener...Entered at catcher in the middle game of the series...Was 1-for-4 with a walk, one run scored and one RBI in the series finale...Walked and scored in the eighth...Singled and was pinch ran for in the ninth. SEC Tournament (5/22-24): Started all three games, with two starts at designated hitter and one at catcher. vs. LSU (5/22): Was 1-for-3 with two hit-by-pitch and one RBI...Drove in an RBI with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the third inning...Doubled in the 10th inning before being pinch ran for. vs. Vanderbilt (5/23): Singled and posted a sacrifice hit.
High School
Lettered five times for head coach Scott Gann at Houston High School...Helped the Hilltoppers to the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 4A state championship as a sophomore...Three-time team MVP, earning the honor as a sophomore, junior and senior...Tabbed team captain as a junior...Three-time first-team all-state selection, earning the accolades as a sophomore, junior and senior...Five-time first-team all-district performer, garnering the honors as an eighth grader, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior...Tabbed the Northeast Mississippi Coaches Association for Better Baseball 3A Player of the Year as a senior...Also lettered twice in football.
Personal
Named Luke Anthony Hancock on June 27, 1999 in Tupelo, Mississippi...Son of Nikki Hall and Mark Hancock...Has one younger brother, Eli, and one younger sister, Lara...Uncle, Dewitt Moore, attended Mississippi State...Majoring in business administration.
