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Hunter Owen #23
Junior OF
Jackson, Miss.


2008 D3baseball.com Preseason All-American

2007: Appeared and started in 44 games ... went 65-for-161 at the plate for a team-best .404 batting average (sixth in SCAC) ... led all of Division III with 70 RBIs (second in single-season school history) ... set a school-record with 23 doubles (t-fourth in the nation) ... also hit two triples and led the SCAC with 11 home runs ... .776 slugging percentage ranked fourth in single-season school history (first in the league and sixth in the nation) ... 125 total bases (second in single-season school history) ... had a team-best .520 on-base percentage ... walked 31 times and hit by nine pitches ... was 21-for-24 on stolen bases (second in SCAC) ... recorded 68 putouts, two assists and four errors ... recorded multiple hits in 20 games ... went 5-for-6 at the plate with a double, triple, four RBIs and three stolen bases on Feb. 24 at Piedmont ... SCAC Offensive Player of the Year ... ABCA/Rawlings South Region Player of the Year ... ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-South Region ... ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-American ... D3Baseball.com Third Team All-American ... NCBWA South Region Player of the Year ... Academic All-SCAC.

2006: Appeared in four games on the season before being sidelined with an injury ... went 2-for-5 from the plate for a .400 batting average ... also had four RBIs, three total bases and one double ... had a .600 slugging percentage and an .400 on-base percentage.

2005: Appeared in 20 games on the season, earning the start in 10 ... went 12-for-45 at the plate for a batting average of .267 ... also had 21 total bases, 13 runs scored, 10 RBIs, four doubles, one triple and one homerun ... had a .467 slugging percentage and a .441 on-base percentage ... was hit by 10 pitches and earned four walks ... was 6-for-6 on stolen bases ... had 24 putouts and one assist.

High School: Played for head coach Trey Bayliss at Jackson Prep ... AAA State Champs (11,12) ... All-District (12) ... All-Star (12) ... All-Metro (12) ... Team Most Valuable Offensive (12).

Personal: Son of Doug and Kim Owen ... has a brother, Ty (20) and two younger sisters, Meredith (16) and Reagan (14) ... majoring in business administration ... chose Millsaps over Division I Baylor University.

Favorite Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Book: Confederacy of Dunces
Personal/Team Goals for 2008: Win the National Championship

 

 

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