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Lucas Steele Season 2026

#10

Lucas Steele Season 2026

PositionC
Weight215 lbs
Height5-11
HometownHoover, Ala.
Previous SchoolSamford

HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Freshman All-America (CB)
2023 SoCon Freshman of the Year
2023 SoCon All-Freshman Team

2025 – JUNIOR SEASON  
Hit .270 with a .411 on-base percentage in 46 games, including 44 starts as the designated hitter (42) and catcher (2)tallied 43 hits, including eight doubles and nine home runs, and drove in 45drew 30 walks and was hit by 10 pitchesled the team with 16 multi-RBI games … upped his average to .338 and reached base at a .475 clip in 22 SEC games ... ranked second on the team with 27 RBI in league play ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI in back-to-back games vs. Samford (Feb. 25) and at UAB (Mar. 5) ... went 3-for-4 with his first home run in an Auburn uniform and a season-high four RBI in his SEC debut vs. Vanderbilt (Mar. 15) … followed three days later with a grand slam in the fourth inning against Alabama State (Mar. 18) … went 2-for-4 in the series-clinching win vs. Alabama (Apr. 5) ... went 3-for-6 with five RBI in two games vs. Mississippi State (Apr. 26-27) ... tallied four straight multi-RBI games totaling nine RBI from May 4 – May 9 ... went 7-for-10 with  three home runs and six RBI in the series vs. South Carolain (May 8-9), capping it off by going 4-for-4 with a double and homer ... hit a solo homer in the SEC Tournament against Texas A&M (May 22)  ... went 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBI in the regional opener vs. Central Connecticut (May 30) ... tallied two hits and a RBI in the super regional vs. Coastal Carolina (Jun. 6-7). 

2024 – SOPHOMORE SEASON AT SAMFORD
Turned in a .245/.364/.520 slash line in 56 games, including 54 starts … tallied 49 hits, including 10 doubles and 13 homers, and drove in 61 runs … ranked tied for second on the team in homers and third in RBI … added 43 runs scored … collected multiple hits 12 times and drove in multiple runs on 16 times, including five games with four or more RBI … homered in two of the first three games of the season against Queens (Feb. 16-18), driving in five runs during the season-opening series … drove in a season-high five runs at Jacksonville State (Mar. 19) … collected a season-high three hits at The Citadel (Apr. 6) … finished the season by going 10-for-21 with seven runs, two doubles, three homers and 15 RBI in the final five games (May 18-26).

2023 – FRESHMAN SEASON AT SAMFORD
Played in 61 games, starting in 57 … led the Bulldogs in both slugging percentage (.635) and OPS (1.039) … collected 64 hits in 203 at-bats for an average of .315 … registered an on-base clip of .404 … finished second on the team with 16 home runs and 51 RBI … added 15 doubles and one triple for 32 extra-base hits, the second-most on the squad … scored 43 runs … recorded multiple hits 16 times while driving in two or more runs 10 times … drove in a season-high six runs at ETSU (Mar. 24), a game in which he slugged his first collegiate grand slam … went 4-for-5 with a pair of homers and four RBI as part of a 14-8 win at Mercer (May 20) to clinch the outright SoCon Regular Season Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Hoover High School (AL) … rated by Perfect Game as the No. 2 catcher in Alabama and a top-500 player nationally … batted .303 with 11 home runs, 11 doubles, three triples and 47 RBI … was named All-South Metro, All-Over the Mountain and All-State honorable mention … played in the AHSADCA North-South All-Star Game … named Hoover’s Offensive MVP.

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Junior
2025

C/OF
5-11 / 215 lbs