2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Zac Houston
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 234
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Poplarville, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Poplarville HS
CAREER STATS
Baseball America's No. 67 College Prospect for 2016 MLB Draft
D1 Baseball's 114th-Best Player in College Baseball
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015: Made 21 appearances out of the bullpen, going 0-2 with a 3.66 ERA in 32 innings on the mound • Struck out 41 batters and walked 24 • Held hitters to a team-low .178 batting average, including a .184 mark in 22 innings of work inside SEC play • Limited left-handed batters to four hits in 31 at-bats (.129) • Recorded a 1.86 ERA in 19 1/3 innings at Dudy Noble Field • From April 19-May 2, tossed 12 2/3 straight scoreless innings in five-consecutive appearances against Top-25 teams • Tied a career high with five strikeouts May 7 at Ole Miss • Went a career-long five innings against No. 1 LSU April 30, tying his career best with five strikeouts • Came back two days later against the Tigers and tossed 2 1/3 shutout stanzas • Threw 1 2/3 scoreless frames on back-to-back days at No. 25 Arkansas April 25-26, earning his first save of his career in the series finale • Shut out No. 6 Florida April 19 for two innings • Fanned five batters April 12 at No. 1 Texas A&M • Pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings against Arkansas-Pine Bluff March 3 • Shut out Alcorn State for 1 1/3 stanzas in the 10-2 win Feb. 24 • Tossed 1 1/3 hitless innings Feb. 15 in the win against Cincinnati • Made his season debut on Opening Day vs. the Bearcats with three strikeouts in two innings of relief Feb. 13 • Played summer ball for Wareham Gateman in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League • Recorded a 1.68 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 21 1/3 innings pitched • Made eight appearances with four starts, holding hitters to a .155 average.
2014: Made four relief appearances his freshman season, owning a 3.00 ERA in three innings of work • Threw a shutout inning with one strikeout April 15 in the win against Alcorn State • Made his road debut March 7 in a neutral-site game against UC Santa Barbara in Tucson, Arizona • Tossed one shutout inning March 2 vs. Eastern Illinois • Made his collegiate debut in the win vs. Mount St. Mary’s Feb. 25, retiring the side in order in the eighth inning with one strikeout • Member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • Played summer ball for the Plymouth Pilgrims in the New England Collegiate Baseball League • Named NECBL Pitcher of the Week July 7 after tossing five hitless innings in three relief appearances with a league-high 10 strikeouts.
High School: Rated a 9.5 on a 10.0 scale and the number one right-handed pitcher in the state of Mississippi by national scouting service Perfect Game • 2013 Rawlings Southeast Region First Team • Went 5-2 as a senior with a 2.93 ERA, striking out 74 opponents in 55 innings • Owned a 1.70 ERA with 61 strikeouts in as many innings as a junior, going 5-4 • Chose Mississippi State over scholarship offers from LSU, Ole Miss and Southern Miss after being invited to several invitation-only events across America.
PERSONAL: Born Zachary Matthew Houston on Nov. 30, 1994 in Slidell, Louisiana • Son of Tera and Matt Houston of Poplarville, Mississippi • Majoring in psychology.
CAREER HIGHS
Innings Pitched-Starter: N/A
Innings Pitched-Reliever: 5.0 vs. LSU, 4/30/15
Strikeouts-Starter: N/A
Strikeouts-Reliever: 5, 3x, last at Ole Miss, 5/7/15
Walks-Starter: N/A
Walks-Reliever: 4 at South Alabama, 3/31/15
Hits Allowed-Starter: N/A
Hits Allowed-Reliever: 3, 2x, last vs. LSU, 5/2/15
Runs Allowed-Starter: N/A
Runs Allowed-Reliever: 4 at Texas A&M, 4/12/15
Earned Runs Allowed-Starter: N/A
Earned Runs Allowed-Reliever: 4 at Texas A&M, 4/12/15
