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Justus Perry Season 2017

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Justus Perry Season 2017

PositionINF
Height5-9
ClassFreshman
HometownPrior Lake, Minn.

HONORS & AWARDS:
2021 SEC Community Service Team
2020 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC Community Service Team
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2020 Virgil Starks III Passion Award
2019 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete 
2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2018 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2017 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll


2021 | GRADUATE STUDENT SEASON:
Granted an extra season of eligibility due to COVID-19 ... started 51 contests at first base for the Tigers… knocked 23 hits, including a double and two home runs, for six RBI … scored 12 runs … recorded six multi-hit games … held a .986 fielding percentage behind 273 putouts … turned a team-leading 15 double plays … hit by a team-leading eight pitches while adding seven walks for a .292 on-base percentage … just the sixth player in program history to record 1,000 career putouts … ranks third in program history with 1,212 career putouts and tied for fourth with a career .898 fielding percentage … finished career ranked third in program history with 40 hit by pitches and 60 double plays turned … recorded first multi-hit game of the season versus Jacksonville (2/20) ... went 2-for-3 at the plate with her first home run of the season versus Southeastern Louisiana (3/6) ... her RBI single in game two against the Lady Lions (3/6) was the 100th base hit of her Auburn career ... recorded her third multi-hit game of the year with a pair of singles against No. 13 Florida State (3/21) ... went 2-for-4 with a solo home run at No. 18 Missouri (3/28) for her first multi-hit game in conference play since March 23, 2019 at Mississippi State ... went 2-for-2 with her first double of the season and scored the go-ahead run in Auburn's come-from-behind win at Texas A&M (4/11) ... turned in a multi-hit performance against No. 12 Kentucky (4/16), going 2-for-3 at the plate with a run score and her first stolen base of the season ... appeared in her 200th career game at Ole Miss (4/25).

2020 | SENIOR SEASON:
One of just two players to start all 27 contests, making every start at first base … racked up 17 hits to hold a .262 average at the plate … scored two runs while swiping one base … knocked two doubles and a home run to help drive in seven runs … posted a .338 slugging percentage … drew seven walks coupled with a team-leading seven hit by pitches en route to a .392 on-base percentage … her seven hit by pitches were tied for seventh in the SEC … averaged 0.26 hit by pitches per game to rank 10th in the league … held a .526 average when she led off an inning … successfully moved runners 17 times over 35 opportunities (.486) … batted .300 with runners in scoring position … led Auburn with 168 putouts and held a .983 fielding percentage … ranked 5th in the SEC in total putouts … fielding six double plays, ranking tied for 10th in the conference … led the team with a career-high 11 game reached-base streak (Feb. 7-16) … slugged an inside the park home run against Liberty (Feb. 8) … first multi-hit outing of the season came against UNCW (Feb. 14) with a 2-for-3 performance with a walk and run scored … followed up with a two-hit effort with an RBI versus Alabama State (Feb. 14) … went 2-for-4 with a run score and a RBI against Binghamton (March 1).

2019 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Started all 60 games at first base … led the team with 16 hit by pitches, the eighth most by a Tiger over a single season … held a 236 average at the plate … recorded 35 hits and scored 27 runs … drew 20 walks en route to a .384 on-base percentage … slugged five home runs and five doubles, driving in 30 runs … closed the season with a .385 slugging clip … totaled seven multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests … batted .368 with runners in scoring position … had a .564 success advancing runners rate … fourteen of her 30 RBI came with two outs … led the team with 410 putouts, closing the season with a .988 fielding percentage … one of four players on the squad with double-digit RBI (13) against SEC competition … lights out defensively against teams ranked in the top 75 in the RPI with a .990 fielding percentage … opened SEC play with a six-game hitting streak (March 15-24) … knocked a walk-off grand slam to cap a 12-run inning against Texas A&M (March 17) … totaled three hits with an RBI and run scored while tallying 17 putouts during the SEC Tournament … went 3-for-5 with four runs scored, a walk and a hit by pitch in Auburn’s two games against Colorado State during the Tucson Regional (May 17-18).

2018 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Appeared in 48 games with 40 starts at first base … touted a .282 batting clip with a slugging percentage of .479 … drove in 31 runs while tallying 33 hits … crossed home plate 18 times … finished second on the team with eight home runs while knocking out five roundtrippers … became the first player in program history to hit two home runs in the same inning against Alabama State (March 21) … notched three hits in three games vs. Furman (Feb. 10), Delaware (Feb. 16) and Western Carolina (March 2) … went 2-for-2 with five RBI and two runs scored vs. Tennessee Tech (Feb. 10) … secured multi-RBI games eight times … batted .327 with runners in scoring position.

2017 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Appeared in 26 games in first season with the Tigers ... touted .250 batting average with .385 on-base clip ... secured nine RBI and scored one run ... tallied 18 putouts en route to a perfect fielding percentage ... made seven appearances off the bench in SEC play ... hit .308 with runners in scoring position and .429 with the bases loaded ... notched four mult-hit games ... made career debut against Oklahoma (Feb. 9) ... boasted a season-best six-game on-base streak as a pinch-hitter between contests with Creighton (Feb. 17) and UMass-Lowell (Feb. 24) ... earned first career hit with a two-run single versus Mercer (Feb. 19) ... laced a hit and scored a run against the College of Charleston (March 4) ... racked up two RBI and had a hit pinch-hit spot at Georgia (April 1) ... produced a sacrifice fly in the NCAA Regional victory over East Tennessee State (May 19).

HIGH SCHOOL:
Listed as a four-time all-state player through stints at Prior Lake High School (Minn.) and Curry High School (Ala.) ... tabbed all-conference five times and all-metro in three seasons ... named a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year ... won the state championship while earning all-region and all-section honors ... played club ball for the Birmingham Thunderbolts.

PERSONAL:
Daughter of Michael and Leslie Perry ... earned her bachelor’s degrees in both law and justice and Spanish with a minor in psychology in May of 2020 ... currently pursuing a master's degree in Hispanic studies.