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Anfernee Grier Season 2016

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Anfernee Grier Season 2016

PositionOF
Weight180 lbs
Height6-1
ClassJunior
HometownPhenix City, Ala.
Previous SchoolR/R

2015 – SOPHOMORE YEAR
Started all 62 games … Led the team in average (.323), runs scored (41), hits (82), doubles (22) and triples (3) … His 22 doubles ranked second in the SEC and in the top 20 nationally ... Second on the team with nine stolen bases … Posted a .391 OBP … Had 24 multi-hit games … Started the season with a 15 games hitting streak … Reached base safely in 52 games … Selected to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and made nine appearances during the summer … Named SEC Player of the Week on March 2nd for his performance against Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State in which he hit .500 (9-for18) with six runs scored … Reached base six times in the Texas A&M series going 5-for-12 with an RBI … Went 5-12 with two doubles in the Arkansas series reaching base seven times and scored three times … Season high with three RBI against LSU (4/11) with a double and a triple … Recorded six hits, going 6-13 in the South Carolina series and scored three times … Had three hits and scored three times in the SEC Tournament

2014 - FRESHMAN YEAR
Started 38 games in right field, played in 47 total games ... Hit .255 with one home run and 11 RBI ... His eight doubles ranked second on the team ... Recorded seven stolen bases ... Opened career with 11-game hitting streak ... Reached base safely in first 15 games ... Went 5-for-10 (.500) in Presbyterian series with a double, 3 R, 2 RBI ... Missed 16 starts with injury (hand); scored two runs in a pinch-running role ... Returned to starting lineup in Saturday game at Ole Miss (4/5) ... had 2-for-4 effort vs. Troy (4/8) ... Hit .385 (5-13) in Kentucky series; was 2-for-3 in stolen bases (5/9-11)

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Russell County High School for coach Tony Rasmus ... Summer team was Marucci Elite under coach Chad Raley ... Was a 39th-round selection of the Detroit Tigers in the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft ... No. 1-ranked player in Alabama and No. 55 player in the nation by Perfect Game ... 2013 Rawlings First-Team All-American ... Southeast Region First Team ... 2012 Perfect Game Underclass All-American (1st team) ... 2012 East Coach Pro Showcase ... Was a .404 hitter in high school ... Graduated No. 6 in his high school class ... Named the #58 prospect for the 2016 MLB Draft by Perfect Game.

PERSONAL
Anfernee Antron Grier ... Parents are Antron and Angela Grier ... Has a sister, Alexis ... Father was a 6th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1987 MLB Draft out of Faulkner University; played four years in the minors ... Major: business.

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