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Ethan Petry

  • position Outfielder/Infielder
  • height 6-4
  • weight 235
  • class Sophomore
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Land O' Lakes, Fla.
  • High school Cypress Creek
  • position Outfielder/Infielder
  • height 6-4
  • weight 235
  • class Sophomore
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Land O' Lakes, Fla.
  • High school Cypress Creek

Ethan Petry Bio

AWARDS

  • Preseason All-SEC First Team (2024)
  • NCBWA Preseason First Team All-American (2024)
  • D1Baseball.com Preseason First Team All-American (2024)
  • Perfect Game Preseason First Team All-American (2024)
  • Baseball America Preseason Third Team All-American (2024)
  • Perfect Game National Freshman of the Year (2023)
  • NCBWA First Team All-American (2023)
  • Perfect Game First Team All-American (2023)
  • Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American (2023)
  • D1Baseball.com Third Team All-American (2023)
  • ABCA Second Team All-American (2023)
  • Baseball America Second Team All-American (2023)
  • NCBWA Freshman All-America First Team (2023)
  • D1Baseball.com Freshman All-America First Team (2023)
  • Baseball America Freshman All-America First Team (2023)
  • All-SEC First Team (2023)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2023)
  • All-NCAA Columbia Regional team (2023)
  • ABCA All-Atlantic Region First Team (2023)
  • SEC Player of the Week (April 10, 2023)
  • SEC Freshman of the Week (March 20, March 27, April 3, 2023)
  • Perfect Game Midseason Freshman of the Year (2023)
  • Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist (2023)
  • Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (Feb. 27 & April 10, 2023)
  • Bragan Award Watch List (2023)
  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023)

FRESHMAN (2023)

  • Played in 63 games with 61 starts for the Gamecocks in 2023
  • Led the team with a .376 batting average to go along with 55 runs scored, 10 doubles, 23 home runs and 75 RBI
  • Broke the Carolina freshman record for both home runs (23) and RBI (75)
  • Was fifth in the SEC in batting average, tied for ninth in hits (83), sixth in home runs, third in RBI, fifth in on-base percentage (.471) and fourth in slugging percentage (.733)
  • Had eight sacrifice flies and was hit by 14 pitches
  • Hit .347 with 22 runs scored, 13 home runs and 42 RBI in SEC games
  • Led the team with 24 multi-hit games and 19 multi-RBI performances
  • Invited to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp
  • Had two home runs and eight RBI in a win over No. 1 LSU (April 6)
  • Was a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI and two home runs in a win at Georgia (March 18)
  • Went 3-for-6 with four RBI and a double in a win at Mississippi State (April 1)
  • Homered and had three hits in a win over Florida (April 20)
  • Had three RBI and a home run at Vanderbilt (April 16)
  • Was 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in a win over Winthrop (Feb. 21)
  • Solo home run in a 1-0 win over Penn (Feb. 25)
  • Had three hits and a double in a win over Presbyterian (March 14)
  • Homered and drove in three in an NCAA Columbia Regional win over Central Connecticut State (June 2)
  • Had two hits and a double in the NCAA Gainesville Super Regional game at Florida (June 9)
  • First career home run in a win over UMass Lowell (Feb. 19)
  • Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Clemson (March 4)
  • Had a pair of stolen bases in a win over Tennessee (May 20)
  • Homered in the SEC Tournament game against LSU (May 24)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Attended Cypress Creek High School in Wesley Chapel, Fla., where he was the Sunshine Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2022
  • First Team All-Sunshine Athletic Conference (2021)
  • Second Team All-Sunshine Athletic Conference (2019)
  • FACA Games Most Valuable Player (2022)
  • Played in the High School All-American Game at Coors Field in Denver in 2021
  • In his career at Cypress Creek, hit .402 with 80 runs scored, 29 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs, 80 RBI and a 1.211 OPS
  • Also had 46 career stolen bases, 32 of them in his senior season
  • As a senior, was 5-2 with a 1.97 ERA and 60 strikeouts on the mound
  • 230 Prospect in the 2022 MLB Draft by MLB.com
  • 40 player in the 2022 class by Prep Baseball Report
  • Ranked the No. 31 overall player in the class of 2022 by Perfect Game
  • Perfect Game Preseason All-American – All-Florida Region First Team (2022)
  • Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – All-Florida Region Second Team (2021)

PERSONAL

  • Born on June 17, 2004
  • Son of Jason and Kellie Petry
  • Brother, Peyton, plays baseball at Saint Leo
  • Major is mass communications