2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Seth Heck
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Edmonds, WA
- High School/Previous School:
- Tacoma [WA] CC
CAREER STATS
CAREER: Appeared in 107 of his team’s 117 games from 2014-15, starting 102 contests (83 at shortstop, 19 at third base) • Hit .293 in 382 at bats with 55 runs, 47 walks, 38 RBIs and 12 doubles • Also stole 11 bases in 13 attempts • Recorded a .973 fielding percentage, including a .984 clip in 2014, the highest among all SEC shortstops • Started 79-consecutive games at shortstop from February 25, 2014 to March 24, 2015 • Reached base safely in 42 straight games from April 8, 2014 to February 27, 2015, including a career-long 19-game hitting streak from April 20-May 23, 2014 • One of two players in SEC history to be named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in back-to-back seasons (2014-15) • Named to the 2015 Capital One Academic All-District 6 First Team • Voted by the league’s coaches to the 2014 SEC All-Defensive Team • Two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll • Recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA every semester on campus.
2015: Voted team captain along with Trevor Fitts and Wes Rea • 2015 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Named to the 2015 Capital One Academic All-District 6 First Team • Hit .287 in 50 games (47 starts), collecting 51 hits, 25 runs, 21 walks, 12 RBIs, six stolen bases and four doubles • Tied for the team lead with nine hit by pitches • Started 28 games at shortstop and 19 at third base • Tallied 15 multi-hit games, second most on the squad • Raked at a .363 clip in 24 non-conference games • Hit .333 in 35 home games • Hit a dramatic walk-off single May 2 against No. 1 LSU at home • Went 1-for-3 in the Governor’s Cup game at Trustmark Park in Pearl April 28 versus Ole Miss • Tallied two hits at Arkansas April 24 • Went 2-for-5 at No. 1 Texas A&M April 12 • Singled and walked twice at Memphis April 7 • Had his best SEC showing April 2-4 in the series win against South Carolina, going 5-for-10 with four runs, two walks, a double and a stolen base • Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base against Auburn March 29 • Collected another multi-hit game March 24 versus Southern Miss in Pearl • Tied a season high with two runs scored March 22 at Kentucky • Reached base safely in a season-long 13-straight games from Feb. 28-March 20 • Went 2-for-5 in the walk-off win against Western Kentucky March 10 • Hit .417 (5-for-12) against San Diego March 6-8 • Notched two-hit games against Arkansas Pine-Bluff March 3 and Samford March 1 • Started the season on a nine-game hitting streak, hitting .533 with 10 runs, 10 walks and five RBIs • MSU’s Opening Day shortstop • Member of the 2015 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2014: 2014 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Shortstop on the 2014 SEC All-Defensive Team • Enters the 2015 season having reached base safely in a career-long 30-straight games • Hit .299 in 57 games (55 starts), collecting 30 runs, 26 RBIs, 26 walks, eight doubles and five stolen bases • Tallied a .373 overall average against lefties, while hitting .323 with runners on base, .333 with runners in scoring position, .667 with runners on second and less than two outs and .364 with two outs • Finished 11th in the SEC in overall on-base percentage (.407), tied for 10th in hit by pitches (13) and ranked 12th with 180 assists • Led all SEC shortstops in conference games only with a .986 fielding percentage, two errors and 15 walks • Ended SEC play in the regular season with a 13-game hitting streak, having reached base safely in 18-straight conference games • Hit .319 in 35 games against SEC opponents, including a .302 clip in the 30-game SEC regular-season slate • Recorded the second-most multiple-hit games on the team with 18, including a team-best 11 in SEC play • Tallied five multi-RBI games, including a career-high four-RBI performance against No. 3 Vanderbilt March 21 • Hit .351 in 10 neutral-site starts and .300 in 29 games away from Dudy Noble Field • Reached base five times in 10 plate appearances in two games against No. 1 Louisiana-Lafayette June 1-2 in the 2014 NCAA Lafayette Regional, scoring three times on three walks and a pair of hits • Hit .444 (8-for-18) in the SEC Tournament with six runs and a .556 slugging percentage, recording multiple runs and hits in three of his four games • Went 3-for-5 with two runs and one RBI in the leadoff spot in the May 21 SEC Tournament win vs. No. 6 South Carolina • Tallied five hits (.385) and three RBIs in the May 15-17 series win at No. 19 Alabama • Hit .364 with five walks and two RBIs in the Tennessee series win May 9-11, including a 10th-inning walk-off single May 10 • Went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base April 30 against Jacksonville State • Tallied multiple hits in seven of 12 games from April 11-April 26 • Raked at a .538 clip in the Texas A&M series April 24-26 at home, going 7-for-13 with an RBI, double, walk, run and a stolen base • Walked twice, singled and scored against top-15 Ole Miss April 22 in the Governor’s Cup win at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. • Raked at a .308 clip in the sweep at Missouri, scoring three runs, walking three times and driving in a pair of runs • Went 5-for-15 (.333) against No. 13 Ole Miss April 11-13, scoring two runs and driving in two • Hit .375/.625/.600 in a series victory against No. 3 Vanderbilt March 21-23, recording the game-winning hit in both of MSU’s wins • Down 2-1 against the No. 3 Commodores, hit a two-RBI double for the game winner March 22 on ESPNU • Tallied career highs in RBIs (4), runs (3) and a tied a career best with one double in the televised win vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt March 21 • Made it to first in all four plate appearances March 8 vs. UC Santa Barbara in the Hi Corbett Classic in Tucson, Ariz., reaching on a hit, walk, hit by pitch and an error • Banged out two hits at Arizona March 7 • In six games in six days Feb. 25 to March 2, tallied seven hits, five RBIs, four runs and two walks, hitting .333 as the team went 6-0 • Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run in the win vs. Eastern Illinois March 2 • Recorded his first multi-hit game March 1 vs. Michigan State (2-for-3, RBI, run) • Notched his first two career starts in the sweep vs. Mount St. Mary’s Feb. 25-26, recording a hit, run, RBI and walk in both games • Made his MSU debut as a pinch hitter on Opening Day Feb. 14 vs. Western Carolina • Played summer ball for the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League • Member of the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Made less than 15 errors in over 500 chances • 2013 NWAACC West Division All-Star • Gold Glove winner for shortstops with a .960 fielding percentage • Hit .330 (62-for-188) in 2013 with 32 RBIs in 51 games • Also won the Gold Glove in 2012 with a .992 fielding percentage • Named a West Division All-Star in 2012 as well after raking at a .355 clip (59-for-166) with 22 RBIs in 44 games.
HIGH SCHOOL: First-Team All-WESCO in 2010 and 2011 • Named Seond-Team Class 4A All-State in 2011 • Set the single-season hits and runs record with 112 hits and 100 runs his senior season, hitting .501 a year after hitting .420 • Finished his sophomore campaign with a .402 batting average a year after hitting .300 in his high school debut.
PERSONAL: Born Seth Tanner Heck on Oct. 4, 1992 in Edmonds, Wash. • Son of Tracy and Kurt Heck of Edmonds, Wash. • Earned a perfect 4.00 GPA his first semester in Starkville (Fall 2013) • Majoring in business administration • Wants to work for as an executive for a sports apparel company one day.
CAREER HIGHS:
AB: 6 vs. Ole Miss, 4/12/14
R: 3, 3x, last vs. Cincinnati, 2/15/15
H: 4 vs. Cincinnati, 2/13/15
RBI: 4 vs. Vanderbilt, 3/21/14
2B: 1, 12x, last vs. South Carolina, 4/4/15
3B: N/A
HR: N/A
BB: 4 vs. Marshall (DH-2), 2/21/15
SB: 1, 11x, last vs. LSU, 5/2/15
