2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Houston Harding
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 222
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Walls, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Evangelical Christian School (Tenn.)
- Prev School:
- Itawamba C.C.
- Major:
- Business Economics
Career Notes & Records
Junior College: Owns the Itawamba Community College single season (95; 2018) and career (185) records for strikeouts.
2020 (Junior Season)
Season: Started two games on the mound...Made Mississippi State debut in a start versus Alcorn State (2/26)...Picked up his first collegiate victory over Texas Tech (3/10)...Owned a victory over Texas Tech (3/10)...Mississippi State won each of his starts...Allowed three-or-fewer earned runs in both starts.
Alcorn State (2/26): Threw four innings and allowed four runs - three earned - in a no decision...Allowed four hits and walked three...Struck out a season-best seven batters. vs. Texas Tech (3/10-11): Allowed two unearned runs on two hits in 5 2/3 innings of work to earn a victory...Struck out four and didn’t walk a batter in the opener of the two-game, neutral site series.
2019 (Sophomore Season – Itawamba C.C.)
Awards: Earned third-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America honors...Named first-team All-Region 23...Tabbed first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges...Garnered MACJC Pitcher of the Week (4/22) after posting a 2-0 record with 19 strikeouts in two starts.
Season: Appeared in 14 games with 13 starts...Ranked tied for No. 4 nationally in victories (10)...Boasted a perfect 10-0 record to lead the team in victories...Led the team in games started (13), innings pitched (86.0) and strikeouts (90)...Ranked No. 2 among qualifying pitchers in ERA (2.62)...Posted six quality starts...Allowed three-or-fewer runs in 10 of 13 starts...Struck out seven-or-more batters in eight of 13 starts, including three double-digit strikeout games...Collected victories versus Snead State C.C. (2/9), against Rend Lake College (2/16), versus Bevill State C.C. (2/25), against Columbia State C.C. (3/5), at Meridian C.C. (3/16), at Jones College (3/30), at Southwest Mississippi C.C. (4/6), at East Central C.C. (4/15), versus Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/20) and against Hinds C.C. (4/27)...Fanned nine in a season-best nine innings of work in a complete game victory over Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/20)...Fanned a season-best 12 batters in eight innings versus Pearl River C.C. (3/23)...Struck out 11 in 4 2/3 innings of work against Rend Lake C.C. (2/16)...Collected 10 strikeouts at East Central C.C. (4/15).
2018 (Freshman Season – Itawamba C.C.)
Awards: Tabbed first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges...Helped ICC to the MACJC championship.
Season: Appeared in and started 16 games...Ranked tied for No. 14 nationally in victories (9)...Led the team in victories (9), starts (16), innings pitched (79.1) and strikeouts (95)...Ranked No. 2 in ERA (4.42) among qualifying pitchers...Posted six quality starts...Allowed three-or-fewer runs in 12 of 16 starts...Struck out seven-or-more batters in seven of 16 starts, including two double-digit strikeout games...Collected victories at Calhoun C.C. (2/13), at Columbia State C.C. (2/20), versus Southwestern Tennessee C.C. (2/27), against Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (3/17), versus Meridian C.C. (3/24), against Southwest Mississippi C.C. (4/13)at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/28), at East Central C.C. (5/10) and in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament versus Meridian C.C. (5/16)...Struck out a season-best 14 batters in a nine-inning complete game shutout of Meridian C.C. (3/24)...Fanned 12 batters at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (4/28).
High School
Lettered three times for head coach Duke Williams at Evangelical Christian School in Tennessee...Named team MVP as a senior...Helped the Eagles to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association Division II-AA state title as a senior...Tabbed all-state as a senior...Named region tournament MVP as a senior...Two-time all-region and three-time all-division selection...Also lettered twice in football.
Personal
Born Charles Houston Harding on May 22, 1998 in Coldwater, Mississippi...Son of Ashleigh and Robert Harding...Has one older sister, Grace...Majoring in business economics.
