Grayson Greiner

2012-13 Gamecock Spotlight Video

Grayson Greiner’s Career Stats

2014 – 2014 MLB Draft Selection (3rd round/Detroit Tigers) … Semifinalist for 2014 Johnny Bench Award … Named to USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Watch List … Named to SEC All-Defensive Team … Ranked No. 68 best prospect in the nation for the 2014 MLB Draft by Perfect Game USA (as of April 16) … No. 76 best prospect in the nation for the 2014 MLB Draft by Keith Law of ESPN (as of May 8) … Played in 60 games with 58 starts, hit .311 (66-for-212) with 39 runs scored, 50 RBI, 13 doubles and eight homers, also a .389 on-base percentage and a .486 slugging mark … 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a RBI and a double in 8-2 win over Missouri (5/9) … 2-for-3 with a double, a homer, a RBI and two runs scored in 15-1 win over Wofford (5/7) … 1-for-2 with three walks, two runs and a two-run homer in 5-2 win at Georgia (5/3) … 2-for-3 with a solo homer in 3-1 loss at Georgia (5/2) … 2-for-5 with a run scord and a RBI double in 9-3 win over Alabama (4/27) … 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBI and a homer in 9-3 win over Alabama (4/25) … 3-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBI in 4-3 win at Auburn (4/20) … 3-for-4 with a run scored in 3-2 win at Auburn (4/19) … Two-run single and a sacrifice in 4-1 win over Florida (4/11) … 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored in 9-2 win at Furman (4/8) … Pinch-hit walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 9th of a 2-1 win over Appalachian State (4/1) … SEC Player of the Week after batting .438 (7-for-16) with a run scored, a grand slam and seven RBI in Tennessee series … 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI in 8-0 win over Tennessee (3/30) … Walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning in 9-6 win over Tennessee (3/29) … 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly in 3-1 win over Ole Miss (3/15) … 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored in 5-0 win over Furman (3/11) … 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in 8-0 win over Brown (3/8) … 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a RBI in 13-0 win over Brown (3/8) … 2-for-4 with three RBI in 7-1 win over Stetson (3/4) … 3-for-4 with a grand slam and a career-high five RBI in 9-6 win vs. Clemson (2/28) … 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in 2-0 win over Eastern Kentucky (2/22) … Homered and drove in three runs in 12-0 win over Bucknell (2/16) … 2-for-5 with a double, run scored and two RBI in 12-2 win over Bucknell (2/15) … 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI in 17-4 win over Bucknell (2/15) … Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2013 – Named to 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team … Earned second-team All-SEC honors … Named to Johnny Bench Award Watch list for best catcher in the nation … Played in 57 games with 56 starts including 49 behind the plate, hit .298 (61-for-205) with 32 runs scored, 10 doubles, a pair of triples, four homers and 38 RBI … 2-for-5 with two RBI in 6-5 loss to North Carolina in NCAA Super Regional (6/11) … NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team … 2-for-3 with two runs scored in 19-3 win over Liberty in NCAA Regional (6/1) … 2-for-4 with two runs scored in 7-3 win over Saint Louis in NCAA Regional (5/31) … Game-winning two-run homer in the top of the 10th, went 3-for-4 with two runs scored as well in 5-3 win at Mississippi State (5/17) … 6-for-10 (.600) in the Georgia series with three RBI and three runs scored … 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored in 8-3 win over Georgia (5/12) … 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, a RBI and two runs scored in 7-2 win over Georgia (5/10) … 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored and a RBI in 9-3 win over Wofford (5/8) … 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and two RBI in 7-6 loss to Gardner-Webb (4/23) … 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a RBI in 7-6 win over Kentucky (4/20) … 2-for-3 in 14-5 loss at Florida (4/13) … 2-for-4 in 3-2 loss at Florida (4/11) … 2-for-4 with a two-run double in 6-5 win over The Citadel (4/9) … Career-high four hits and tied a career-high with four RBI with a homer in 19-2 win over Tennessee (4/7) … 2-for-3 with a run scored in 5-4 win over Tennessee (4/5) … 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI in 9-5 win over Charleston Southern (4/2) … Base hit and a RBI in 3-1 win at College of Charleston (3/26) … A base hit, a run scored and three walks in 5-3 loss to Arkansas (3/24) … Two-run homer and a sac fly for three RBI in 9-5 win over The Citadel (3/19) … Solo home run, two hits and two runs scored in 4-1 win at Missouri (3/15) … 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI in 14-4 win over Ball State (3/6) … 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs scored and a RBI in 8-0 win vs. Clemson (3/3) … RBI double in 6-3 loss vs. Clemson (3/2) … 1-for-4 with a RBI single in 5-2 win over Furman (2/26) … 1-for-3 with a sac fly and two RBI in 6-4 win over Albany (2/24) … Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2012 – Named to 2012 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team (could not compete due to recovery from knee injury) … Named to Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team … SEC All-Freshman Team … Played in 62 games with 53 starts, hit .222 (43-for-194) with 26 runs scored, 13 doubles, one triple, six homers and 32 RBI … Strong behind the plate as he allowed just 25 stolen bases on 43 attempts … Tallied a RBI single in 4-1 win over Kent State at the NCAA College World Series (6/21) … 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a double in 5-3 win over Auburn at SEC Tournament (5/24) … 1-for-4 with run scored in 5-4 win over LSU (5/18) … First triple of the year and a run scored in 3-0 win at Gerogia (5/12) … Strong series at Arkansas, caught all 28 innings and threw out five runners over the course of the weekend trying to steal … Two-run single in 10-7 win at Arkansas (5/6) … Drove in four runs in the 8-6 win at Arkansas with a two-run homer, sac fly and a RBI single (5/4) … 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and a RBI in 9-1 win over Alabama (4/28) … Tied season-high in hits and RBI with 3-for-5 day at the plate with two runs scored, a double, a homer and four RBI in the 12-11 win over Alabama (4/27) … 1-for-4 with two runs and a RBI in 11-7 win at Auburn (4/22) … 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI in 12-5 win at Auburn (4/20) … Named SEC Freshman of the Week after a a key solo home run that jumpstarted a four-run rally in the bottom of the eighth as the Gamecocks came from behind to defeat MSU 7-6 … Greiner collected three hits over the weekend with a pair of doubles and the home run … He also scored two runs … 1-for-1 with a double and run scored in 6-4 win over Mississippi State (4/15) … 2-for-4 with a double and a solo home run in 7-6 win over Mississippi State (4/13) … Grand slam home run in 8-0 win over The Citadel (4/10) … 2-for-4 with two doubles in 5-4 loss to Tennessee (4/6) … Two-out RBI single in 6-3 loss at Kentucky (3/18) … Pinch-hit two-run single in the 5-2 win over Charleston Southern (3/13) … Sacrifice fly RBI in 3-1 win vs. Princeton (3/11) … 2-for-3 with a pair of homers, a couple runs scored and career-high four RBI in the 6-5 loss at Clemson (3/4) … 2-for-4 with a RBI in 8-1 win over Elon (2/24) … Hit .400 (4-for-10) in VMI series with a double and a run scored … One of three players to post two multi-hit games for the VMI series…Threw out the only runner that tried to steal a base on him for the weekend in his two starts behind the plate. HIGH SCHOOL – Rated No. 112 best high school prospect in the nation and No. 5 best high school prospect in state of South Carolina by Perfect Game USA … Rated No. 5 best high school prospect in state of South Carolina by Baseball America … Rated No. 1 catcher in the state of South Carolina No. 6 best high school prospect in state of South Carolina by Diamond Prospects … 2009, 2010 & 2011 South Carolina AAAA All-State … 4A Player of the Year by The State Newspaper … 2011 SC/NC Select All-Star Game … Hit .442 (38-for-86) his junior season in 2010 with nine HR and 39 RBI; also hit .420 as a sophomore in 2009. PERSONAL – Born on October 11, 1992 … Parents are Mark and Karen Greiner … Father lettered in basketball at South Carolina from 1973-76.