2019 Baseball Roster
Roster
Grayson Padgett
- Position:
- OF
- B/T:
- S/R
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- China, Texas
- High School:
- Hardin-Jefferson HS
| HONORS & AWARDS | |||
| 2018 | The American All-Academic Team | ||
| 2018 | All-Silver Glove Series vs. Rice | ||
| 2018 | Don Sanders Cup All-Series Team | ||
| 2018 | American Player of the Week (April 23) | ||
| 2017 | The American All-Academic Team | ||
| 2017 | American Player of the Week (Feb. 20) | ||
| 2016 | The American All-Academic Team | ||
Senior (2019): Appeared in 50 games making 42 starts between center field (33), left field (7), right field (1) and designate hitter (1)… posted a .241/.326/.297 slash, going 38-for-158 with nine doubles, 19 walks, 16 RBI and 23 runs scored… went 7-for-9 in stolen bases… nine multi-hit games… three multi-RBI games… had an eight-game reached base streak… was 2-for-4 with a double and run scored on Opening Day vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 15)… went 2-for-3 with a double and walk at McNeese (March 19)… was 4-for-4 with a double, three RBI, four runs scored and one stolen base at Stephen F. Austin (March 27)… went 2-for-4 with a run scored and 2-for-6 with one RBI and one run scored to bookend series at Wichita State (April 12, April 14)… was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and two runs scored vs. Cincinnati (April 20)… was 2-for-2 vs. UNLV (May 5)… was 2-for-5 with a double, walk and three RBI in game two of a doubleheader vs. Tulane (May 11)… went 3-for-7 with a double and two runs scored at UCF (May 18).
Junior (2018): Appeared in 59 games, making 55 starts in centerfield...Was Houston's walk off winner twice, belting two walk off home runs in wins over San Diego (March 9) and Wichita State (April 22)...Hit .264 on the year with 58 hits, 34 runs and 19 RBI...Belted three home runs...Finished with nine doubles...Was third on the team with 15 stolen bases...Had 14 multi-hit games, five of which were three-hit games...Tallied three RBI on two hits vs. Sam Houston State (April 17)...Went 3-for-3 with the game-winning home run vs. Wichita State (April 22)...Reached base in 13 straight games from April 8-27...Tallied five hits during American Championship...Had three hits and scored a run in season finale vs. North Carolina in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (June 3)...Had a hit in 12 of the last 14 games of the year...Helped Houston to a conference regular-season title and an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
Sophomore (2017): Appeared in 55 games, making 48 starts...Was limited due to a knee injury...Hit .309 on the year with 59 hits, 40 RBI and 41 runs scored...Went 7-for-7 on the base paths...Hit 10 doubles, two triples and two home runs for a slugging percentage of .414...Belted the most memorable home run of the season -- a three-run, go-ahead, pinch-hit home run in Game 1 of the American Championship vs. Memphis (May 23)...Tallied 18 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games on the year...Was named American Player of the Week after Opening Weekend as he went 9-for-12 (.750) with six RBI and two runs vs. Wake Forest and Nicholls State...All three games during Opening Weekend were three-hit games...Drove in a season-high four RBI twice on the year (vs. Wake Forest (Feb. 17) and vs. Cincinnati (May 19))...Belted first career home run in a win over UT Rio Grande Valley (Feb. 28)...Drove in three RBI with two hits in a win over Iowa (June 4) in the NCAA Houston Regional...Helped Houston to a regular-season and conference tournament championship title as well as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Houston Regional.
Freshman (2016): Appeared in 19 games, making one start vs. George Washington (March 24) as a true freshman...Saw action primarily as a pinch hitter...Hit .300 with six hits, four runs and two RBI...Had one extra base hit -- a double...Went 2-for-2 off the bench at UConn (April 17)...Drove in a pair of RBI in a 1-for-2 effort vs. Tulane (May 20)...Had a pinch hit in the American Championship final vs. UConn (May 29).
High School: Was a multi-sport athlete…Earned three varsity letters in baseball at Hardin Jefferson High School, one in football and one in track…Named a two-time First Team All-District selection in baseball…Played in the TASO All-Star Game in 2012…Named to the All-State Second Team as a catcher and to the SETX Super Gold Team in 2015…Hit .465 with two home runs, six triples and 19 stolen bases during senior season…Off the field, was a member of the National Honor Society and Student Council…Volunteered time during food drives and for his church.
Personal: Full name is Grayson James Padgett…Born October 13, 1996 in Houston…Calls Sour Lake, Texas home…Son of Stephanie (attended UH) and James Padgett...Has three sisters, Kathryne, Raegan, and Logan.
