2015 Baseball Roster
Hunter Melton
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 235
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Corsicana, Texas
- High School:
- Corsicana
2015 (JUNIOR): Played in a 57 games as a junior with 54 starts, including 43 at first base and 11 at third base... batted .300 (61-for-203) with 36 runs, nine doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 37 RBI... drew 25 walks, two HBP and posted a .381 on-base percentage... tallied 17 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests... started all 28 SEC games, logging a .323 batting average (32-of-99), with 24 runs, five doubles, one triple, five home runs, 18 RBI, .545 slugging percentage and .427 on-base percentage... slugged .500 (6-of-12) with two runs, one double, one home run and six RBI in three-game series against Dartmouth (2/27-3/1)... hit 2-for-3 including a clutch two-run home run in series opener against Dartmouth (2/27)... hit 3-for-4 with one double and two RBI versus Dartmouth (2/28)... finished the Auburn series (3/13-15) with a .455 (5-of-11) batting average, one double, one home run, four runs and six RBI... hit 2-of-4 with one double, one home run and a career-high six RBI in series opener with Auburn (3/13)... batted 2-of-3 with one walk, one HBP and two runs in second game against Auburn (3/14)... scored three times and went 1-of-2 with three walks against Alabama (3/21)...had a six-game stretch (3/24-4/4) where he hit 11-of-22 (.500) with five multi-hit games... batted 2-of-3 with one double, one run and one RBI at UTSA (3/24)... hit 5-of-13 (.385) with doubles, four runs and two RBI in series against Missouri (3/27-29), including 2-for-4 with one double, two runs and two RBI in the series opener (3/27)... slugged 5-of-10 with three walks, four runs, one HBP and two RBI in series against Arkansas (4/18-19)... opened series against Arkansas (4/18), going 3-of-4 with one walk, one run and two RBI... slugged three home runs in the South Carolina series (5/8-10)... batted 3-of-5 with two home runs, three runs and three RBI... hit .333 (7-of-21) at the NCAA College Station Regional (5/29-6/1), logging two runs, one double and two RBI... batted 3-of-4 with one run and one RBI in the regional championship game victory against California (6/1)... played with the Sanford River Rats of the Florida Collegiate Summer League... appeared in 24 games for Sanford, hitting .241 (19-of-79) with nine runs, five doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 12 RBI.
2014 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 33 games as a sophomore with 29 starts, including 21 at designated hitter, five at first base and three at third base... hit .245 with 12 runs, four doubles and 12 RBI... played in 11 SEC games with nine starts, posting a .133 batting average with five runs and three RBI... hit 2-for-4 with one walk, two runs, one double and three RBI against Northeastern (2/15)... batted 2-for-3 with one walk and one RBI versus Houston Baptist (2/25)... went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI in second game of doubleheader at Fresno State (3/1)... hit 5-for-12 with one walk, one double and two RBI in series vs. Louisiana Tech (3/7-9)... batted 2-for-3 with two walks, one double, two runs and two RBI against UTPA (3/12)... hit 2-for-5 against Houston (4/1)... played for the Sanford River Rats of the Florida Collegiate Summer League... paced the Florida League with 33 RBI and ranked third with 10 doubles... appeared in 29 games for Sanford, batting .330 with 22 runs, two triples and three home runs... ranked No. 16 on the FCSL list of Top 20 prospects... led the River Rats to a first-place finish in the regular-season.
2013 (FRESHMAN): Named to the NCAA Corvallis Region All-Regional Team... tabbed the SEC Freshman of the Week on May 6... played in 33 games with 31 starts, including 25 at 3B and six at 1B... hit .280 (33-for-118) with 12 runs, four doubles, one triple, six HR and 21 RBI... led squad with six HR and ranked second with a .483 slugging percentage... played in 18 SEC games, with 17 starts, hitting .215 (14-for-65) with five runs, two doubles, two HR and eight RBI... hit .323 (10-for-31) in the post-season with three runs, two HR and eight RBI in eight games... batted .313 (5-for-16) with two runs, two HR and six RBI in four games at the SEC Tournament... slugged .293 (12-for-41) with runners in scoring position with one double, one triple, one HR and 16 RBI... hit .333 (5-for-15) with one run and two RBI at the NCAA Corvallis Regional... made first career appearance off the bench against Pepperdine (2/22)... made first career start against North Carolina (3/3) at the Houston College Classic... first career hit came in first at-bat in second game against Mississippi State (4/13) and hit first career HR later in the game, going 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI in the game... went 3-for-5 with one double, one HR, one run and two RBI at Sam Houston State (4/16)... hit 1-for-3 with one walk, one double and two RBI in first game against Alabama (4/26)... batted 3-for-4 with one HR, one run and one RBI against Grambling State (4/30)... slugged 5-for-12 with two runs, one home run and one RBI in series against Missouri (5/3-5)... hit 3-for-4 with one walk, one double, one triple, two runs and two RBI against UTPA (5/14)… batted 2-for-5 with one double and one RBI in series opener at Tennessee (5/16)... hit 2-for-4 with one run, one HR and four RBI in SEC Tournament game win vs. Florida (5/21)... went 1-for-4 with a HR in a win against Vanderbilt (5/22) at SEC Tournament... batted 2-for-4 with one RBI in SEC Tournament game vs. Mississippi State... hit 2-for-4 in NCAA Corvallis Regional opener vs. UCSB (5/31)... slugged 2-for-5 with one run and one RBI in NCAA Corvallis Regional win vs. UTSA (6/1)... appeared in 44 games for the Brazos Valley Bombers of the Texas Collegiate League, hitting .243 (35-for-144) with 26 runs, seven doubles, five HR and 28 RBI.
At Corsicana High School: Played for Heath Autry at Corsicana High School... received All-District 15-4A third base, 15-4A Newcomer of the Year and All-Golden Circle third base honors as a sophomore... garnered 15-4A Offensive Player of the Year, 15-4A All-State third base, first-team All-Area third base and Golden Circle Offensive Player of the Year honors his junior year and 15-4A MVP, 15-4A All-District third base, first-team All-State third base, first-team All-Area third base and All-Golden Circle MVP honors his senior year... recorded a batting average of .457, seven HR, 35 RBI and 44 runs his freshman year, a .436 average and five HR his sophomore year, a .576 average, 13 home runs, 46 RBI, 52 runs and 32 walks his junior year and a .505 average, nine HR, 33 RBI, 43 runs and 52 walks his senior year... set the Corsicana career HR record with 34... team advanced to the third round of the playoffs in 2012... played summer baseball for the CenTex Buzz and the DBAT Mustangs.
Personal: Hunter Keith Melton was born on March 11, 1994 in Waco, Texas to Keith and Kristie Melton... has a younger sister, Logan... majoring in sport management with a business minor... hopes to work for the Texas Rangers baseball organization... enjoys fishing, hunting and playing golf.
