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Redshirt-Freshman • 5-11 • 165 • Bats: right • Throws: right
Meridian, Miss. (Meridian HS)
2011 (Freshman)
• Redshirted
• Earned a C-USA Academic Medal during the spring
• Named to C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in both the spring and fall semesters
At Meridian High School
• Played for coach Chuck Butler
• Hit .447 as a senior with 23 RBI and one homer
• Was a perfect 18-for- 18 in stolen bases and struck out just eight times
in 97 plate appearances
• Named the MHS Defensive Player of the Year as a junior
• Also struck out 42 batters in 33 innings on the mound
Personal
• Son of Mike and Nancy Sterling
• Has one sister, Kelly
• Father played baseball at Meridian CC and Mississippi State; Mother played
tennis at Meridian CC and William Carey
• Majoring in Construction Engineering
• Born on December 26, 1991
