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Jersey Number 4
Grant Little
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Midland, Texas
- High School:
- Midland Christian
Bio
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MLB DRAFT
Selected with the 74th overall pick in the Competitive Balance Round B of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)
Earned six All-America honors as a sophomore – ABCA (Second Team), NCBWA (Second Team), Baseball America (Second Team), D1 Baseball (Second Team), Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (Third Team) and Perfect Game (Third Team) … named to the ABCA All-Region first team … semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy … Unanimous First Team All-Big 12 honoree … named Big 12 Player of the Week on April 16 … Recorded 5 game winning RBI’s throughout the season…Started in 64 of the 64 games that he played…RECORDS … matched the school record for RBI in a game with nine against Kansas State on April 13 … third Red Raider in school history with nine RBI in a contest and the first to do so since John Grimes vs. Baylor in 1984 … the other came from Mike Bewley against Rice in 1975 … his 25 doubles ranked seventh in a single season at Texas Tech … put together a career .351 batting average in Big 12 play, which ranks eight all-time at Texas Tech in conference games … tallied a .596 career slugging percentage in conference action, sitting at seventh among Texas Tech leaders in the category … recorded the second-most hits (91), doubles (25) and RBI (77) by a Tech outfield in a single season …pieced together the third nine-RBI performance in Texas Tech history… NON BIG 12 GAMES…First five hit performance by a Red Raider since 2014 against Dallas Baptist…BIG 12 GAMES…Averaged 1.42 hits per conference game…0.25 homeruns per game…Recorded 9 RBI’s in a single game against Kansas State on Apr. 13…Ranked 2nd in the conference in batting average…Ranked 1st in the Big 12 in doubles (25)…2nd in Big 12 in batting average at .380…Ranked 5th in RBI in Big 12…Tallied up a .667 slugging percentage…TEAM LEADERS … led the team in doubles with 25 ... RANKINGS … finished the season 44th in the country in batting average at .370 … scored 62 runs, good for 36th in the NCAA … his 91 hits ranked 18th in the country … was 31st in doubles per game and seventh in total doubles with 25 … his 77 RBI ranked sixth in the NCAA, averaging 1.18 per game for 15th in the country … put together a .642 slugging percentage, good for 39th in the NCAA … totaled 158 bases, which ranked 11th in the country…NCAA TOURNAMENT … NCAA Lubbock All Regional team…stole two bases vs. Florida on June 18 in the College World Series, tying for the most by a Red Raider in a postseason game…First Red Raider to have a three-hit effort in the CWS on Jun. 21 against Florida…Finished off with 7 RBI and a slugging percentage of .500
FRESHMAN SEASON (2017)
Named a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team … played in 53 games during his freshman season, starting 42-of-49 in left field, with four in center field & three as a designated hitter … earned three freshman All-America awards … Baseball America First Team Freshman All-American … NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American … D1 Baseball Second Team Freshman All-American … picked up two Big 12 weekly awards during the season … named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on March 27 for his performance against UNLV and Wichita State … also won the last Big 12 Player of the Week honor on May 22 after Tech’s series against Kansas … was the first freshman to garner Player of the Week accolades since 2012 … recorded a .335 batting average to go with a .335/.476/.405 line at the plate in his first collegiate season … his BA ranked second on the team, while his OBP was third … put up a nice 69 hits, including 17 doubles, three triples and two homers … his nice number of hits was third on the squad … tied for the team lead in multi-hit games with 24, recording seven three-hit games and two four-hit performances … the first came at New Mexico State on April 4, with the second in the Big 12-winning game against Kansas on May 20 … ranked fourth in multi-RBI bids with 10, including a three-RBI bid and a five-RBI afternoon … the five-RBI game came against No. 2 TCU on April 30 as part of a three-hit day … also drove in 34 RBI while crossing the plate 52 times, the latter ranking third on the team … led the team in sacrifice flies with four … picked up 27 free bases, drawing 26 walks … swiped six bases en route to going 6-of-9 on the base path … caught 57 balls, recording 54 putouts in the outfield … was hitting .320 over his last five games with eight hits, three doubles, and was .362 over the last 10 games of the year with 17 hits, nine for extra bases … spent 39 of his 49 starts hitting leadoff for the Red Raiders … RANKINGS … ranked fifth in the conference in batting average (.335) … was fourth in the Big 12 in doubles with 17, which was 125th nationally … his mark of 0.32 doubles per game was third in the league and 128th in the NCAA … topped out at sixth in runs scored with 52, averaging nearly one per game at 0.98 … his total runs was good for 142nd in the country, while his runs per game mark ranked 70th in the NCAA … tied for first in conference play in total doubles (9), doing so in five less games than his foes … was tied for seventh in runs scored in Big 12 games with 19 … BIG 12 GAMES … put together a .333/.513/.386 line during conference games … started in all 18 games he played during Big 12 action … had 26 hits, including a team-high nine doubles, one triple and one homer … drove in 16 RBI and scored 19 runs, while drawing eight walks … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … hit .336 against non-conference foes … had 43 hits, including eight doubles, two triples and a homer … tallied 18 RBI and 33 runs, while drawing 18 walks … went 4-for-5 on stolen base attempts … HOME GAMES … led the team with a .366 batting average inside the friendly confines of Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park … racked up 37 hits, with nine doubles and a homer, along with 16 RBI and 29 runs scored … also had 13 walks and a HBP for 14 free passes … AWAY GAMES … pieced together a .319/.500/.400 line on the road, the second-highest average by a Red Raider away from home … had 23 hits, eight for extra bases in four doubles, three triples and a home run … drove in 12 RBI, scored 18 runs and picked up 11 walks … NIGHT GAMES … rattled off a .375/.538/.409 line in games under the lights … had 30 hits, 10 for extra bases with eight doubles, one triple and a homer, along with 15 RBI and 19 runs … NCAA TOURNAMENT … started all four games in left field for the Red Raiders … hit .263 with five hits, including two doubles … also had three runs scored and a walk in 19 at-bats … AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS … put together a .286/.429/.394 line against ranked teams … had 16 hits, 10 RBI and 13 runs, as well as 10 walks in ranked games … SITUATIONAL … hit .356 with runners on base, results in 32 hits … reached base 40.3 percent of the time when beginning an inning … put together a .352 average with runners in scoring position … had 11 RBI with a runner on third & less than two outs … had 10 two-out RBI … STREAKS … put together the fifth-longest hitting streak and sixth-highest reached base safely stretch at seven & 12 games, respectively … hit streak lasted from April 25-May 6, tallying 10 knocks during that stretch … continued to reach base safely over the next five games, first earning a walk to end the hit streak, then recording four-straight games of multi-hit performances, including a four-hit game on 5/18 and three-hit day on 5/20, both against Kansas … ended the year with a three-game hitting streak and a five-game reached base safely mark.
MIDLAND CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for coach Mike Mungia at Midland Christian High School … helped Midland Christian to the Texas State finals three years and finished runner-up twice … racked up a .552 batting average with a home run and 25 RBI junior season … also posted an 8-1 record on the mound … earned First Team All-State TAPPS honors (2015) … two-time First Team All-State honoree & three-time First Team All-District winner … played for the West Texas ABA under former Texas Tech pitcher Ryan Brewer … participated in the 2015 Texas Scouts Association Game & the Metropolitan Classic in New York City … played for the New York Yankees Scout Team at Perfect Game WWBA in Jupiter, Florida, in 2015 … also earned two All-State First Team honors playing basketball for Midland Christian, as well as Offensive Player of the Year … member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Born in Abilene, Texas … parents are Mike Little and Holly & Jason Morrison … brother to Jaylee … father played basketball at Baylor … uncle Richard played basketball at Texas Tech … uncle David and cousin Peyton played basketball at Oklahoma … mother graduated from Hardin Simmons … majoring in kinesiology.
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MLB DRAFT
Selected with the 74th overall pick in the Competitive Balance Round B of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)
Earned six All-America honors as a sophomore – ABCA (Second Team), NCBWA (Second Team), Baseball America (Second Team), D1 Baseball (Second Team), Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (Third Team) and Perfect Game (Third Team) … named to the ABCA All-Region first team … semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy … Unanimous First Team All-Big 12 honoree … named Big 12 Player of the Week on April 16 … Recorded 5 game winning RBI’s throughout the season…Started in 64 of the 64 games that he played…RECORDS … matched the school record for RBI in a game with nine against Kansas State on April 13 … third Red Raider in school history with nine RBI in a contest and the first to do so since John Grimes vs. Baylor in 1984 … the other came from Mike Bewley against Rice in 1975 … his 25 doubles ranked seventh in a single season at Texas Tech … put together a career .351 batting average in Big 12 play, which ranks eight all-time at Texas Tech in conference games … tallied a .596 career slugging percentage in conference action, sitting at seventh among Texas Tech leaders in the category … recorded the second-most hits (91), doubles (25) and RBI (77) by a Tech outfield in a single season …pieced together the third nine-RBI performance in Texas Tech history… NON BIG 12 GAMES…First five hit performance by a Red Raider since 2014 against Dallas Baptist…BIG 12 GAMES…Averaged 1.42 hits per conference game…0.25 homeruns per game…Recorded 9 RBI’s in a single game against Kansas State on Apr. 13…Ranked 2nd in the conference in batting average…Ranked 1st in the Big 12 in doubles (25)…2nd in Big 12 in batting average at .380…Ranked 5th in RBI in Big 12…Tallied up a .667 slugging percentage…TEAM LEADERS … led the team in doubles with 25 ... RANKINGS … finished the season 44th in the country in batting average at .370 … scored 62 runs, good for 36th in the NCAA … his 91 hits ranked 18th in the country … was 31st in doubles per game and seventh in total doubles with 25 … his 77 RBI ranked sixth in the NCAA, averaging 1.18 per game for 15th in the country … put together a .642 slugging percentage, good for 39th in the NCAA … totaled 158 bases, which ranked 11th in the country…NCAA TOURNAMENT … NCAA Lubbock All Regional team…stole two bases vs. Florida on June 18 in the College World Series, tying for the most by a Red Raider in a postseason game…First Red Raider to have a three-hit effort in the CWS on Jun. 21 against Florida…Finished off with 7 RBI and a slugging percentage of .500
FRESHMAN SEASON (2017)
Named a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team … played in 53 games during his freshman season, starting 42-of-49 in left field, with four in center field & three as a designated hitter … earned three freshman All-America awards … Baseball America First Team Freshman All-American … NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American … D1 Baseball Second Team Freshman All-American … picked up two Big 12 weekly awards during the season … named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on March 27 for his performance against UNLV and Wichita State … also won the last Big 12 Player of the Week honor on May 22 after Tech’s series against Kansas … was the first freshman to garner Player of the Week accolades since 2012 … recorded a .335 batting average to go with a .335/.476/.405 line at the plate in his first collegiate season … his BA ranked second on the team, while his OBP was third … put up a nice 69 hits, including 17 doubles, three triples and two homers … his nice number of hits was third on the squad … tied for the team lead in multi-hit games with 24, recording seven three-hit games and two four-hit performances … the first came at New Mexico State on April 4, with the second in the Big 12-winning game against Kansas on May 20 … ranked fourth in multi-RBI bids with 10, including a three-RBI bid and a five-RBI afternoon … the five-RBI game came against No. 2 TCU on April 30 as part of a three-hit day … also drove in 34 RBI while crossing the plate 52 times, the latter ranking third on the team … led the team in sacrifice flies with four … picked up 27 free bases, drawing 26 walks … swiped six bases en route to going 6-of-9 on the base path … caught 57 balls, recording 54 putouts in the outfield … was hitting .320 over his last five games with eight hits, three doubles, and was .362 over the last 10 games of the year with 17 hits, nine for extra bases … spent 39 of his 49 starts hitting leadoff for the Red Raiders … RANKINGS … ranked fifth in the conference in batting average (.335) … was fourth in the Big 12 in doubles with 17, which was 125th nationally … his mark of 0.32 doubles per game was third in the league and 128th in the NCAA … topped out at sixth in runs scored with 52, averaging nearly one per game at 0.98 … his total runs was good for 142nd in the country, while his runs per game mark ranked 70th in the NCAA … tied for first in conference play in total doubles (9), doing so in five less games than his foes … was tied for seventh in runs scored in Big 12 games with 19 … BIG 12 GAMES … put together a .333/.513/.386 line during conference games … started in all 18 games he played during Big 12 action … had 26 hits, including a team-high nine doubles, one triple and one homer … drove in 16 RBI and scored 19 runs, while drawing eight walks … NON-BIG 12 GAMES … hit .336 against non-conference foes … had 43 hits, including eight doubles, two triples and a homer … tallied 18 RBI and 33 runs, while drawing 18 walks … went 4-for-5 on stolen base attempts … HOME GAMES … led the team with a .366 batting average inside the friendly confines of Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park … racked up 37 hits, with nine doubles and a homer, along with 16 RBI and 29 runs scored … also had 13 walks and a HBP for 14 free passes … AWAY GAMES … pieced together a .319/.500/.400 line on the road, the second-highest average by a Red Raider away from home … had 23 hits, eight for extra bases in four doubles, three triples and a home run … drove in 12 RBI, scored 18 runs and picked up 11 walks … NIGHT GAMES … rattled off a .375/.538/.409 line in games under the lights … had 30 hits, 10 for extra bases with eight doubles, one triple and a homer, along with 15 RBI and 19 runs … NCAA TOURNAMENT … started all four games in left field for the Red Raiders … hit .263 with five hits, including two doubles … also had three runs scored and a walk in 19 at-bats … AGAINST NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS … put together a .286/.429/.394 line against ranked teams … had 16 hits, 10 RBI and 13 runs, as well as 10 walks in ranked games … SITUATIONAL … hit .356 with runners on base, results in 32 hits … reached base 40.3 percent of the time when beginning an inning … put together a .352 average with runners in scoring position … had 11 RBI with a runner on third & less than two outs … had 10 two-out RBI … STREAKS … put together the fifth-longest hitting streak and sixth-highest reached base safely stretch at seven & 12 games, respectively … hit streak lasted from April 25-May 6, tallying 10 knocks during that stretch … continued to reach base safely over the next five games, first earning a walk to end the hit streak, then recording four-straight games of multi-hit performances, including a four-hit game on 5/18 and three-hit day on 5/20, both against Kansas … ended the year with a three-game hitting streak and a five-game reached base safely mark.
MIDLAND CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for coach Mike Mungia at Midland Christian High School … helped Midland Christian to the Texas State finals three years and finished runner-up twice … racked up a .552 batting average with a home run and 25 RBI junior season … also posted an 8-1 record on the mound … earned First Team All-State TAPPS honors (2015) … two-time First Team All-State honoree & three-time First Team All-District winner … played for the West Texas ABA under former Texas Tech pitcher Ryan Brewer … participated in the 2015 Texas Scouts Association Game & the Metropolitan Classic in New York City … played for the New York Yankees Scout Team at Perfect Game WWBA in Jupiter, Florida, in 2015 … also earned two All-State First Team honors playing basketball for Midland Christian, as well as Offensive Player of the Year … member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Born in Abilene, Texas … parents are Mike Little and Holly & Jason Morrison … brother to Jaylee … father played basketball at Baylor … uncle Richard played basketball at Texas Tech … uncle David and cousin Peyton played basketball at Oklahoma … mother graduated from Hardin Simmons … majoring in kinesiology.
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