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NCAA Stats Page
Career Single Game Bests
| Category |
Total |
Date |
Opponent |
| At-Bats |
6 |
2/14/16 |
3 times |
| Runs |
3 |
4/23/17 |
2 times |
| Hits |
3 |
4/23/17 |
5 times |
| RBIs |
4 |
4/11/15 |
vs. Central Washington |
| 2B |
2 |
4/22/17 |
vs. Saint Martin's |
| 3B |
1 |
4/23/17 |
5 times |
| HR |
1 |
3/4/16 |
2 times |
| Walks |
3 |
4/23/17 |
2 times |
| Stolen Bases |
2 |
5/5/17 |
2 times |
| Putouts |
5 |
2/19/17 |
3 times |
| Assists |
1 |
4/27/17 |
4 times |
*Date of last occurrence if multiple
Awards
| All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
Season |
| First Team |
2017 (Senior) |
| Second-Team |
2015 (Sophomore) |
| Academic All-GNAC |
2017 (Senior) |
| Academic All-GNAC |
2016 (Junior) |
| Academic All-GNAC |
2015 (Sophomore) |
| GNAC Player of the Week |
Season |
| Feb. 6-12 |
2017 (Senior) |
| Athletic Department Awards (Buzzies) |
Season |
| Baseball Player of the Year |
2016-17 (Senior) |
2017: First team all-GNAC leftfielder…led team and ranked fourth in the GNAC with a .342 batting average…started 49 games and played in 50 in final collegiate season…led team with 64 hits and five triples…had 11 doubles and 40 runs scored…drove in 29 runs and posted an on-base percentage of .423…ranked second on the team with 15 stolen bases…played spotless defense in the outfield with zero errors in 81 chances…ranked third on the team with 20 walks…led team with eight sacrifice bunts, and finished No. 1 in MSUB history with 26 career sac bunts…had 25 multi-hit games…had six multi-RBI games including a season-best three on two occasions…ranked ninth in the GNAC in on-base percentage…fourth in the league in runs…second in the league in hits…led the GNAC in triples…ranked sixth in the league in total bases…had a reached base streak of 20 consecutive games…earned first career GNAC Player of the Week award for Feb. 6-12…hit a walk-off triple against Northwest Nazarene on March 24…finished stellar four-year career with just one error in 197 chances for a .995 fielding percentage…at end of career was top-10 in MSUB history in career batting average (.319), at-bats (455), runs (99), hits (145), doubles (26), triples (6), RBIs (71), total bases (189), walks (58), sac bunts (26), and stolen bases (26)…named MSUB Baseball Player of the Year at the Buzzies…academic all-conference for third year in-a-row.
2016: Started 14 games and batted .271 before a season-ending injury…had four doubles and one home run while driving in 11 runs in 59 at-bats…scored 15 runs and held a slugging percentage of .390…struck out just five times and drew five walks for an on-base percentage of .333…stole two bases in four attempts…made 18 catches in left field without an error…ended the year No. 10 in MSUB history with a .302 career batting average and 11 stolen bases…academic all-GNAC for second-straight season…member of MSUB’s back-to-back GNAC regular-season championship title teams.
2015: Second-team all-GNAC pick as a left fielder…batted .309 in 39 games and 32 starts…picked up six doubles and a home run while driving in 18 and scoring 25 runs…held an on-base percentage of .384…perfect 3-for-3 stealing bases…perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with no errors in 50 chances…had four RBIs against Central Washington on April 11…academic all-conference selection.
2014: Merritt appeared in 37 games with 29 starts…recorded a .314 batting average, an on-base percentage of .445, and .395 slugging percentage…utilized plus speed to steal six bases and score 19 runs…recorded a .979 fielding percentage in the outfield…six of his 27 hits went for extra bases…drew 19 walks against just eight strikeouts in more than 100 plate appearances…did not ground into a double play…had 10 sacrifices on the season.
Twin Falls High School: Lettered in baseball for four years, basketball for three years and football for two years…was a two-time
Great Basin Conference Player of the Year (2012 and 2013), two-time
Times-News Player of the Year (2012 and 2013) and two-time
KMVT Player of the Year (2012 and 2013)…was a three-time selection for Idaho Top 40 Showcase Game in 2011, 2012, 2013…in 2013 notched a .450 batting average with eight triples and led the team with a 6-2 record on the mound, while recording 58 strikeouts in 46 innings and only allowing 10 earned runs…pitched three-consecutive shutouts including a no-hitter in the district playoffs against Canyon Ridge High School…during his 2012 campaign batted .551 with 11 triples and 10 doubles…in 2011 registered a .412 batting average with four triples en route to earning second-team all-conference honors, helping lead his team to the Idaho 4A State Championship.
