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Kyle Hess/KSU Athletics
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Kyle Hess/KSU Athletics
Kyle Hess/KSU Athletics

13 Josh Hatcher

  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 200
  • Position OF
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Albany, Ga.
  • High School Lee County HS
  • Prev School Mississippi State University

Biography

2022
» Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American
» Hattiesburg Regional All-Tournament Team
» First-Team All-ASUN Conference
» ASUN Tournament MVP
» ASUN All-Tournament Team
» Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (Mar. 28)
» Dick Howser National Player of the Week by National College Baseball Writers Association (Mar. 29)
» Golden Spikes Award National Performance of the Week (Mar. 29)
» Perfect Game Player of the Week (Mar. 29)
            » In five games, went 12-for-24 (.500) with three doubles, three triples, two home runs, seven runs scored and 11 RBI
            » Hit for the cycle twice in a three-game span
» ASUN Conference Player of the Week (Mar. 28)
» First player in KSU's Division I history to hit for the cycle
» Third player in NCAA Division I history to hit for two cycles in the same season
» First player in Kennesaw State baseball history to hit four doubles in one game
» Posted a team-high 27-game hit streak from Feb. 25 - Apr. 14
» Recorded his 200th career hit at No. 16 Georgia (May 3)
» KSU record holder for most doubles in a single season (25)
» 1-of-3 Owls to start all 64 games
» Second player in KSU history to record over 100 hits in a season (109)


Recorded multi-hit games in two of his four starts against Morehead State (Feb. 18-20) on Opening Weekend ... went 3-5 with two doubles and one RBI in game four of the series ... went 6-for-12 in the series with Fairfield (Feb. 25) ... scored four runs and ripped two doubles out of the leadoff spot ... also tallied one RBI ... registered hits in all three games at Troy (Mar. 4) ... went 2-for-4 in a midweek contest at Wofford (Mar. 9) ... hit one double, posted one RBI and also scored a run ... tallied hits in all three games at UNC-Wilmington (Mar. 11) ... went 3-for-5 in the series opener with one RBI ... finished the weekend 5-for-12 ... Jacksonville (Mar. 18-20) went 5-for-5 on Friday and set a new KSU single-game record with four doubles ... finished the weekend 7-for-13 with two RBI ... went 1-for-3  with a double against No. 12 Georgia Tech (Mar. 22) ... hit for the first cycle in KSU's Division I history at No. 12 Georgia Tech (Mar. 23) ... finished 4-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBI ... posted hits in all three games against North Florida (Mar. 25-27) ... hit for the cycle again for the second time in three games on Saturday ... contributed a 4-for-6 day with three runs scored and a season-high five RBI ... finished the series 7-for-15 with eight RBI and five runs scored ... hit a game-tying, two-out, single in the bottom of the ninth versus USC Upstate (Mar. 29) ... finished the game 1-for-5 with a walk ... went for multiple hits in all three games at Stetson (Apr. 8-10) ... finished the weekend 8-for-15 with one home run, two doubles and seven RBI ... smashed a grand slam on Friday night to break the game open ... finished the series with three runs scored ...  went 4-for-6 with three runs scored and a double against No. 10 Georgia (Apr. 12) ... tallied two hits in the series opener against Liberty (Apr. 14) ... went 1-for-2  with a double, RBI and two runs scored in the series finale with the Flames (Apr. 15) ... registered hits and scored runs in all three games versus Jacksonville (Apr. 22-24) ... on Sunday, went 4-for-5 with four runs scored ... hit a double and drove in two runs ... had a big night at No. 24 Georgia Southern (Apr. 27) ... finished 4-for-4 with a home run, double and three runs scored ... tallied a 1-for-4 afternoon with a run scored on Saturday at UNF (Apr. 30) ... registered his 200th career hit at No. 16 Georgia (May 3) ... finished 1-for-5 ... tallied hits in all three games versus FGCU (May 7-8) ...went 2-for-5 on Sunday with a home run, double and two runs scored ... posted a 3-for-5 night versus Western Carolina (May 11) ... recorded a double and scored twice in the Owls' win ... had five hits in the series with Stetson (May 13-15) ... hit one double, scored five runs and drove in two to help KSU secure the series victory ... was the only Owl who went for multi-hits at USC Upstate (May 17) ... finished 2-for-3 with a double ... added eight hits in the series at Liberty (May 19-21) ... hit the second of back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning on Thursday night to lead the Owls to victory ... on Friday, doubled off the center field wall to register his 25th on the season and break the KSU record for most doubles in a single season ... went 4-for-6 with a home run, three runs scored and four RBI in the season finale on Saturday ... in game one of the ASUN Tournament versus Lipscomb (May 24) finished 2-for-6 with a home run ... in game two of the ASUN Tournament (May 25) hit two home runs and tallied four RBI versus Liberty (May 25) ... hit a three-run blast against FGCU (May 26) in the final game of ASUN Tournament pool play ... had hits in both the semifinals versus Lipscomb (May 27) and championship versus Liberty (May 28) ... was named the ASUN Tournament's Most Valuable Player ... NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (June 3-5) went 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and four runs scored versus No. 2 LSU (June 3) ... belted two home runs in a 3-for-5 performance versus No. 4 Army (June 4) ... finished with three RBI and two runs scored ... was named to the Hattiesburg All-Tournament Team.

2021 (Mississippi State)
Member of the 2021 National Championship team ... played in 58 games with 39 starts ... hit .189 over 148 at-bats ... recorded two home runs, eight doubles and twelve RBIs.

2020 (Mississippi State)
Started all 16 games at first base ...closed the season on a season-best seven game hitting streak, which was also a season-long reached base streak ... owned five multi-hit and three multi-RBI games... posted a hit in 12 of 16 games ...reached base safely in 14 of 16 games ...tied for the team lead in home runs (2) and total bases (31) ...tied for No. 2 on the team in hits (19) and doubles .... homered against Oregon State (2/22) and Quinnipiac (3/6) ... produced the game-winning run on three occasions: Oregon State (2/22) and Quinnipiac (Twice: 3/6 & 3/7) ... owned one walk-off hit, a ninth-inning RBI single versus Quinnipiac (3/7).

2019 (Mississippi State)
Appeared in 45 games with 28 starts...Started one game in left field, eight in right field and 19 at designated hitter ... selected to the NCAA Starkville Regional All-Tournament Team at designated hitter ... carried a season-long hitting streak of six games from March 6-19, which was also his longest reached base streak of the season ... owned 11 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI contests... hit all three home runs in back-to-back games versus South Carolina (5/16 & 5/17), with the second a two-home run game ... plated the game-winning run on three occasions: Grambling (3/13), Georgia (4/28) and South Carolina (5/17)...

2018 (Mississippi State)
Appeared in 48 games with 44 starts ...started games at first base (25), designated hitter (18) and left field (1) ... owned a season-best hitting streak of four games (3/6-9) ... reached base in eight-straight games (3/20-31)...Ended the season with a six-game reached base streak ... owned 12 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games ... homered at Southern Miss (2/17) and had a multi-home run game versus UC Santa Barbara (2/23) ...went 1-for-2 with a walk in three plate appearances as a pinch hitter ... recorded a hold against Southern (4/4).

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