2007 Baseball Roster
Roster
Mark Goforth
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 194
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Covington, TN
- High School/Previous School:
- Covington HS
CAREER:
Most experienced member of the MSU squad with a team-leading 98 games played in two seasons ? Enters his senior campaign with a .290 MSU career batting average and 69 starts at State ? Like new head coach John Cohen, began his collegiate career and played as a freshman at Birmingham-Southern before transferring to State ? Played summer league baseball with Woodstock in the Valley Baseball League ? One of two Bulldogs hailing from Tennessee.
2008:
Hit the field for 46 of MSU’s 56 games in 2008 with 22 starts in center field ? MSU’s starting opening day center fielder at North Florida (Feb. 22) ? Hit .304 with seven multiple-hit games ? Matched a career-high for hits with a 3-for-3 plate performance at Memphis (Apr. 8) ? Also walked and stole a base against the Tigers ? Notched two-hit outings against Air Force (Mar. 1), Ole Miss (Mar. 15), UAB (Mar. 18), Auburn (May 4), Louisiana State (May 11), and Arkansas (May 17) ? Doubled in two runs against Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 5) in his lone multi-RBI game ? Led the Bulldogs with a .367 batting average against Southeastern Conference foes (23 games played/10 starts) ? Played error-free defense in the MSU outfield as a junior.
2007:
Played in 52 games and drew 47 starts, all in center field ? Compiled a .282 batting average with 48 hits (45 singles, 3 doubles) ? Second on the team with 12 stolen bases in 16 attempts ? Came off the bench on opening day to make his MSU debut against Murray State (Feb. 23) ? Stole three bases in his first game, two after entering the game as a pinch-runner ? Collected his first hit a day later with a pair of singles against Murray State (Feb. 24) ? Totaled 13 multi-hit games, including three-hit performances at Florida (Mar. 18), vs. South Carolina (Mar. 24), and in back-to-back games at Tennessee (Apr. 13) and against Mississippi (Apr. 17) in the Governor’s Cup game in Pearl, Miss. ? Drove in a season-high three runs in his 3-for-5 plate performance at UT ? Drew three walks and scored three runs against Troy (Mar. 2) ? Strung together a season-best nine-game hitting streak from Mar. 6-Mar. 10 ? Committed just two errors in 130 chances (.985) in the outfield ? Hit .272 with 25 starts in 27 SEC games played ? Opened league play with a four-game hitting streak (9-for-18) and went 5-for-10 in two games at Florida.
2006 (Birmingham-Southern):
Tabbed by Collegiate Baseball newspaper for Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American honors as the starting center fielder for coach Brian Shoop’s Big South Conference champion Birmingham-Southern Panthers ? Compiled a team-best .363 batting average, seventh-highest batting average in the BSC, and paced the league with 82 hits ? Led his team and ranked second in the Big South Conference (42nd in NCAA) with 27 stolen bases in 29 attempts ? Saw playing time in all 55 BSC games, 54 as a starter ? Speedy lead-off hitter who led the Panthers with 56 runs scored, 28 multiple-hit games and a season-closing, team-longest 16-game hitting streak ? Registered a career-high with a 3-for-4 plate performance in his collegiate debut against Austin Peay (Feb. 17) ? Also registered four multi-stolen base games, pilfering a career-high three against Trevecca-Nazarene (Apr. 11) ? Went 2-for-9 with a walk and a stolen base in a two-game series at Mississippi State (Mar. 28-29) ? Transferred to MSU following the 2006 season after BSC announced plans to leave NCAA Division I.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year letterman and three-year starter for coach Geno Miller at Covington High School ? Hit .417 and pilfered 36 bases in 37 attempts en route to all-state honors as a senior in 2005 ? Three-time all-district selection and two-time all-conference pick at CHS ? Helped the Chargers earn district titles in both 2003 and 2004 and capture the region championships and take runner-up honors in the Tennessee prep playoffs in 2004 ? Also a four-year letterman in football at Covington High School, twice earning all-region honors and notching honorable mention all-state plaudits ? Served as team captain his senior season.
PERSONAL:
Born Mark Milton Goforth on July 7, 1986 in
