2016 Baseball Roster
Michael Barash
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Boca Raton, Florida
- High School:
- West Boca Raton
2015 (JUNIOR): Played in 60 games, including 50 starts... batted .238 (40-of-168) with 24 runs, three doubles, two home runs and 18 RBI on the season... led the squad with nine sacrifice bunts... threw out 20 of 63 attempted base stealers... played in 26 SEC games, including 25 starts, hitting .213 (17-of-80) with two doubles and eight RBI... batted .276 with four runs, one home run and five RBI in eight NCAA Championship games... hit 5-of-9 over a three game stretch (2/21-24) against Penn State and Houston Baptist... batted 3-of-6 in the series with Dartmouth (2/27-3/1) also had a walk and a hit-by-pitch... reached base safely in three of four plate appearances against Dartmouth (3/1)... hit 2-of-4 with 2 RBI, a double, and a home run versus Houston (3/7)... batted 2-of-4 with an RBI and a run scored against Missouri (3/27)... hit 2-of-3 with one walk, one HBP, one run and one RBI versus Mississippi State (4/11)... threw out the potential game-tying run in the ninth inning against Abilene Christian (4/15)... hit 2-of-3 with one walk, one double and one run in game versus South Carolina (5/8)... notched an RBI in each of the last three NCAA Regional games (5/31-6/1)... hit 4-of-12 with three runs, one home run and two RBI in NCAA Super Regional at TCU (6/6-6/8)... batted 2-of-5 with one home run, one walk, two runs and one RBI in Super Regional game three at TCU (6/8).
AT PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE: Played for Coach Kyle Forbes as a sophomore... hit .335 with four home runs and 33 RBI in 2014 to earn All-Southern Conference First Team and All-Florida College System Activities Association Second Team... hit a walk-off dinger to send the Panthers to the state playoffs where they advanced to the quarterfinals.
AT LSU: Skipped his prep senior baseball season to join the Tigers as a mid-year enrollee... appeared in 18 games for LSU as a freshman, including five starts... batted .269 (7-of-26) with eight runs, one double, one home run and four RBI... logged first career hit against Louisiana-Lafayette (2/26)... batted 1-of-3 with one walk, one run and one RBI against Sacred Heart (3/6)... hit 2-of-3 with one walk, one double, two runs and one RBI against Southern (4/9)... scored a pair of runs and logged an RBI versus Southern (4/10)... hit first career home run against New Orleans (5/14)... played in 32 games for the Alexandria Blue Anchors of the Northwoods League in 2013, batting .257 with 15 runs, six doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI in 32 games.
AT WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-Florida First Team, first-team all-conference and All-Palm Beach County First Team honors... batted .500 with 12 doubles, two home runs, 28 RBI and 12 stolen bases as a junior in 2012... won the Florida 5A state championship in 2011, providing the game-winning RBI.
PERSONAL: Michael Jason Barash was born on October 12, 1994 in Boca Raton, Florida... parents are James and Debbie Barash... has one younger brother, Andrew... grandfather, Norman Pinsky, played football at Wisconsin... majoring in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences.
