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2023 Baseball Roster

Brad Laux
Brad Laux
Brad Laux
Brad Laux
Brad Laux
Brad Laux
Brad Laux
Taylor McKnight

30 Jackson Feltner

  • Hometown Louisa, Ky.
  • Position Infielder
  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 220
  • High School Lawrence County HS

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2023)
Selected in the 8th Round (235th overall) of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks ... Named First Team All-OVC at first base, starting all 56 games ... Preseason OVC Player of the Year ... Led team in batting average for third straight season (.348) ... 14 HR & 47 RBI ... Homered in three straight games from 4/23-4/28 ... HR vs. UT Martin on 4/28 made him the 29th player in OVC history with 40+ career HR ... First career grand slam vs. Saint Peter's on 2/26 ... Named to All-OVC Tournament team after walkoff single in semifinal win over Little Rock. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
Named First-Team All-OVC first baseman after starting all 54 games... Led the Eagles in nine offensive categories... Posted a .393 batting average, 16 home runs, 17 doubles, a triple, and 51 RBI... Launched two homers including a 480-foot home run at Kennesaw State on 2/20... Named to ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-Region... .980 fielding percentage in 442 chances at first base...  10 home runs vs. OVC opponents with a .394 batting average .. Named to the 2021-22 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Was the 2022 Appalachian League MVP in the summer.

AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
Named the OVC Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball ... Named First-Team All-OVC first baseman ... ranked second among all true freshmen in Division I with a .390 average ... Season stats also included a .652 slugging percentage, .452 on-base percentage, 64 hits, 11 home runs, 10 doubles, 42 RBI and a .981 fielding percentage ... Became the fifth freshman in program history to hit double-digit homers in a season ... First to hit 10-plus homers as a freshman since Taylor Davis in 2009 ... Ranked tied for fourth in program history in freshman season homers with 11 ... 10 of his 11 long balls came versus conference teams ... Put together conference-leading hitting and reached base streaks at 27 and 36 games ... One of only two OVC players to rank in the top five of the three major slash lines (batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage) ... Also put together 19 multi-hit efforts and 12 multi-RBI performances .. Named to the 2020-21 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

PRIOR TO MSU
Named to the Kentucky All-American Team by the Kentucky National High School Baseball Coaches Association after leading the state in home runs with 14 in his junior season at Lawrence County ... Senior season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) ... Batted .429 with 13 doubles, two triples and 14 home runs as a junior ... Recorded 55 RBI and scored 50 runs ... Hit .386 with 33 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs, 135 RBI and 104 times crossing the plate in his prep career ... Coached by his father Travis.

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2021Freshman

    Infielder
    6'3" 220 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2022Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'3" 220 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2023Junior

    Infielder
    6'3" 220 lbs
    30