2013 Baseball Roster
Roster
Trey Porter
- Position:
- 1B
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 218
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hurley, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- East Central HS
CAREER:
Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient ยท Saw time in 107 games, drawing 83 starts ยท Hit .258 during his two years at MSU with 15 doubles, 6 home runs and 46 RBI.
2013:
SEC Academic Honor Roll ยท Played in 47 games, starting 24, mostly as the DH ยท 2 for 3 with four RBI on May 4 against Alabama, with both hits being doubles ยท 1 for 3 against Texas A&M on April 13, hitting his lone home run of the season ยท Was 2 for 4 on March 26 against Austin Peay, driving in three runs and scoring two ยท Went 3 for 4 with two doubles on March 16 against LSU ยท Hit a double on March 12 against Southern Miss ยท On March 10 against Central Arkansas, was 1 for 3 with an RBI ยท Was 2 for 4 on Opening Day against Portland, driving in a pair of runs.
2012:ย
Played in 60 of MSU's 64 games, drawing 59 starts --- 50 as the designated hitter, five in left field, one in right field, two at third base and one at first base โข Compiled a .259 batting average, ranking third on the club with 53 hits while sharing the team home run lead of five with freshman Wes Rea โข Hit safely in 35 games with RBI in 17 games โข Ranked second on the team with a .388 on-base percentage and a .376 slugging percentage โข Reached base as a hit batsman 15 times, third-most in the SEC and ranked third on the team with 29 walks โข Singled in his first two career plate appearances as the opening day starting DH against Washington State (Feb. 17) โข Drove in four runs, belted a pair of home runs and hit .600 (6-for-10) in the opening weekend series against the Cougars โข Opened his career with a season-best 5-game hitting streak and hit safely in eight of his first nine games โข Registered a pair of 4-for-5 plate performances on the road at No. 10 LSU (May 17) and at Alabama (May 6) โข His 12 multi-hit games included three-hit games against Washington State (Feb. 19) and at Auburn (Mar. 30) โข Started in right field (Apr. 7) and third base (Apr. 8) against Vanderbilt for his first career defensive starts โข Replaced first baseman Wes Rea in the starting lineup against Mississippi Valley State (May 8) โข Turned in two-double games against Tennessee (Apr. 20) and at Alabama (May 6) โข Earned a berth on the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll โข Hit .314 and played alongside MSU teammates Alex Detz, Nick Flair, Will Cox and Chad Girodo on the California Collegiate League co-champion San Luis Obispo Blues.
JUNIOR COLLEGE:
Earned second-team NJCAA All-American honors in 2011 to cap his two-year career at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston, Miss. โข Coached by former MSU All-American pitcher Gary Rath โข Paced the Bulldogs with a .430 batting average, tallying a team-best 49 hits and nine home runs โข Drove in 28 runs and legged out eight doubles โข First-team All-Region 23 and MACJC All-State selection โข Selected team MVP for 2011 โข Hit .379 as a freshman with 44 hits, 10 doubles, nine home runs and 36 RBI en route to second-team 2010 MACJC All-State and MGCCC Rookie of the Year honors.
HIGH SCHOOL:ย
Three-year starter as a first baseman and pitcher at East Central High School โข Coached by Gary Lang โข Earned first-team all-state honors in 2009 after leading the Hornets with a .434 batting average, 49 hits, 47 RBI and a .572 slugging percentage โข Also compiled an 11-3 pitching record and earned Biloxi Sun Herald Pitcher of the Year honors in helping ESHC post a 12-0 district record โข Fashioned a .367 batting average with 40 hits and 32 RBI on East Central's 2008 state championship team โข Pitched and went 5-for-5 at the plate in the championship game โข Hit .364 with a career-best .584 slugging percentage as a sophomore in 2007 โข Graduated with a 3.9 GPA and in the top 10 percent of his high school class โข Played summer league baseball with the Gulf Coast Stars, coached by Neil Frederic.
PERSONAL:
Born Max Samuel Porter III on June 22, 1991 in Mobile, Ala. โข Son of Barbara and Mackie Porter of Hurley, Miss. โข Majoring in kinesiology.
