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Jersey Number 21
John Hale
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 195
- Hometown:
- Ashland City, Tenn.
- High School:
- Sycamore
EMU: 2025: Appeared in 45 games, starting 44…Batted .297 with a .837 OPS…In 165 at-bats, knocked 49 hits, including 13 extra-base hits (nine doubles, four home runs), resulting in 32 RBI and 70 total bases…Walked 21 times and struck out 30…Had 14 multi-hit games and six games with multiple RBI…Had a season-long eight-game hitting streak and once reached base in 13 consecutive games…Posted a .992 fielding percentage in the outfield with 126 putouts, four assists, and one error…Launched a grand slam at Western Michigan, March 15, finishing with two hits and four RBI…Lit up the plate at Ohio, March 29, recording a career high five RBI of four hits, including one double and one home run, scoring a career-best four runs…Knocked two doubles and a home run for three RBI against Kent State, May 15…Played a role in the team earning the ABCA Team Academic Award...Joined the EMU baseball program as an incoming transfer from Motlow State Community College.
MOTLOW STATE C.C.: Played two seasons at Motlow State C.C.
2024: Played 46 games…In 189 plate appearances…Batted .347 with a .999 OPS…knocked 50 hits and 14 extra-base hits (nine doubles, one triple, four home runs)…Drove in 21 runs and totaled 73 bases…Showed strong vision and discipline at the plate, working 35 walks and striking out just 26 times…Was dangerous on the base paths with 18 stolen bases in 24 attempts…Played a clean outfield, as he posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 90 chances.
2023: Played 39 games…In 133 plate appearances, batted .33 with a 1.022 OPS…Recorded 37 hits and 12 extra-base hits (four doubles, eight home runs)…Drove in 28 runs and totaled 65 bases…Stole 18 bases on the year…Played a perfect outfield, notching 51 put outs in 51 chances for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Sycamore High School in Pleasant View, Tenn., where he served one season as a captain for the War Eagles’ baseball team…Posted a .455 batting average and earned the first Silver Slugger Award in Sycamore program history as a senior…Broke the program’s stolen base record…Won district and regional championships in two of his four years on the team…Also a standout basketball player as he was named Cheatham County Player of the Year during his senior season.
PERSONAL: Full name: John Brian Hale…Son of Kim and Robert Hale…Has one brother, Eli…Major: Business with the goal of becoming a strength coach or personal trainer.
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