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 · Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll and was also named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll in 2010 · 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 · Hit for a career high .302 batting average · Led the team in batting average in conference play, batting .343 in 18 games · Was perfect in the stolen bases category going 7-for-7 · 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 · Tabbed a season high 4 hits in a start against Alabama on May 4 · Notched 2 hits in a win vs Southern Miss on March 12 · Scored 2 runs and knocked in a season high 4 runs Feb. 27 vs Rhode Island · Drew his first start of the year Feb.23 vs Purdue, picking up a hit and scoring a run · 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 • Hit .214 and set career-highs with 30 hits, 20 RBI and eight stolen bases • Drew a season-first start and the first of 28 game-opening stints at second base against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 25) • Doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs in series-opening win over Vanderbilt (Apr. 6) • Also started 13 games at third base • Started last 11 regular season games and all nine postseason games • 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 • Established a career-best with a 3-RBI game against UAB (June 2) in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional • Hit .250 and started 23 of his 30 SEC games • Named to the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 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 • Starter at second on opening day with three walks and two runs scored in a shutout of Akron (Feb. 18) • Hit .184 with seven hits and three RBI in 38 at-bats • Singled twice against Lamar (Feb. 19) and legged out a double in a start against top-ranked Vanderbilt (Mar. 18) • Hit .250 in 16 SEC games (two starts) • Posted a .333 batting average as a pinch-hitter • Pilfered four bases and compiled a .959 fielding percentage • Named to the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2010:
A 32 game-starter at second • Played in 13 other games as a true freshman • Hit .248 with 13 RBI and nine extra-base hits (eight doubles and one triple) • Came off the bench against Rhode Island (Feb. 20) to make his collegiate debut • Drew a walk and registered his first career hit (single) against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 28) • Made his first collegiate start the following weekend against Southeast Missouri (Mar. 5) • Delivered six multiple-hit plate performances, including season-best four-hit showings against MVSU (Mar. 17) and Ole Miss (May 2) • Lashed the first of his eight doubles and registered his first career RBI in a 14-6 win against Michigan State (Mar. 7) • 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) • Went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI against Ole Miss (May 2) • Assisted with 25 of MSU's 55 double plays • Hit .224 in 25 SEC games played (16 starts) • Named to the 2010 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Two-year starter as a middle infielder at Hoover (Ala.) High School • Coached by Rick Davis • Buccaneer shortstop who helped lead HHS to a 32-13 record and a berth in the AHSAA Class 6A playoffs • 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 • Voted team MVP and named to the All-Birmingham Metro, All-Over The Mountain and All-Birmingham Metro Academic teams • Named to the 2009 BaseballClearinghouse.net All-National Team • Helped lead Hoover HS to a 29-18 mark and the 2008 AHSAA Class 6A state championship • Hit .358 as a junior with 49 hits, 30 RBI and a perfect 12-for-12 on stolen base attempts • Played summer league baseball with Excel Blue Wave, coached by former Bulldog players Steve Gendron and Matthew Maniscalco • Member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and the Spanish Honor Society • Also played basketball two seasons at Hoover HS.
PERSONAL:
Born Samuel Timothy Frost on May 11, 1991 in Jackson, Miss. • Son of Donna and Steve Frost of Hoover, Ala. • Majoring in mathematics.
