2015 Baseball Roster
Ronnie Gideon
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 250
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hallsville, Texas
- High School:
- Hallsville
2015 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 44 games with 36 starts, including 31 at third base and five at designated hitter... hit .294 (40-of-136) with 19 runs, 10 doubles, seven home runs, 41 RBI and a .522 slugging percentage... also played in 21 SEC games with 18 starts, hitting .349 (22-for-63) with seven runs, four doubles, one home run and 17 RBI... hit .533 (8-of-15) with four runs, two doubles, two home runs, one HBP and 11 RBI in opening weekend against Holy Cross (2/13-15)... had an epic performance on opening day, hitting 4-of-6 with one double, one home run and eight RBI versus Holy Cross (2/13)... hit 2-of-4 with one double, one home run and three RBI in series finale against Holy Cross (2/15)... smacked a solo home run versus Incarnate Word (2/25)... hit 5-of-7 with two walks, two runs and two RBI in series versus Auburn (3/13-15)... batted 2-of-3 with two walks, one run and two RBI against Auburn (3/14)... hit 3-of-4 with one RBI in series finale versus Auburn (3/15)... slugged 2-of-5 with one double, one run and one RBI against Prairie View A&M (3/17)... batted 2-of-5 with one double, one home run, two runs and four RBI at UTSA (3/24)... slugged 2-of-3 with one walk, one HBP, two home runs, three runs and four RBI versus Sam Houston State (3/31)... hit a grand slam and logged five RBI in series finale against Mississippi State (4/12)... batted 4-of-8 with two walks, two doubles, two runs and three RBI in series with Arkansas (4/18-19)... hit 2-for-4 with two doubles, one run and two RBI in series opener against Arkansas (4/18)... batted 3-for-7 with one walk and two RBI in series at LSU (4/23-25)... played for his second stint with the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League... played in 34 games with the Loggers, hitting .218 (22-of-101) with 22 runs, three doubles, eight home runs, 17 RBI and five stolen bases.
2014 (FRESHMAN): Played in 21 games with 16 starts, including 14 at 3B and two in LF... batted .226 (12-of-53) with six runs, four doubles, one HR and seven RBI... played in 12 games, including 11 starts, hitting .265 (9-of-34) with two runs, four doubles, one HR and six RBI... tallied first career hit vs. UTPA (3/11), going 1-of-4 with one walk, one run and one RBI... next day went 1-of-2 with two walks, one run versus UTPA (3/12)... batted 2-of-3 with one walk, one double and two RBI in series finale against Alabama (4/5)... hit 2-of-3 with one double and one RBI in Saturday game at Vanderbilt (4/12)... batted 3-of-4 with two runs, one double and the game-winning HR in the eighth inning to clinch the series win versus LSU (5/4)... appeared briefly for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League, playing in two games... batted .250 (2-of-8) with one run and one RBI.
AT HALLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for Coach Scott Mitchell... earned All-America honors as well as Class 4A All-Texas honors from the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association and Texas SportsWriters Association as a senior... named to THSBCA Class 4A All-Texas Second Team in 2012... honored as District 14-4A Offensive Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012... tabbed Marshall News Messenger Harrison/Marion County MVP and Longview News-Journal All-East Texas in 2012... batted .374 with 11 doubles, two triples, five HR and 43 RBI as a junior... named Class 4A All-Texas Second Team as a SS by the TSWA as a sophomore... named the 2011 Longview News-Journal. East Texas Player of the Year... hit .469 with 11 HR, 11 doubles and 50 RBI and posted a .564 on-base percentage and .895 slugging percentage as a sophomore... logged six doubles, two HR and 19 RBI as a freshman... won the NFL’s Punt, Pass and Kick national title as a seventh grader, beating out 5.5 million contestants... drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 35th round of the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft.
