FAIRHOPE: Four-year varsity letterman and standout
pitcher/infielder at Fairhope (Ala.) High School ... Earned Alabama
Class 6A All-State and Louisville Slugger High School All-American
honors in 2009 after compiling an 8-3 record with a save and a 1.25
earned run average ... Coached by Stu Fuller ... Registered 90
strikeouts in 61 innings ... Alabama Sports Writers and Birmingham News
All-State pick and Mobile Press Register Deadly Diamond All-Metro Team
and Player of the Year selection ... Hit a team-leading .487 with 57
hits, 50 RBI and 13 home runs ... Earned second-team all-state honors as
a sophomore after posting a team-best .410 batting average with 27 RBI
and seven home runs ... On the mound recorded a 3-3 worksheet with two
saves, an 0.94 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 37 innings pitched ... Varsity
starter in the eighth and ninth grades ... Participant in the 2009 East
Coast Professional Showcase in Lakeland, Fla. ... Four-time all-county
selection after leading the Pirates in hitting each season ... Also a
four-year regular in football ... Selected to play in the
Alabama-Mississippi High School All-Star Football game ... Member of the
National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Born Daryl Gordon Norris on June 12, 1991 in Mobile, Ala.
... Son of Charlotte and Ronnie Norris of Fairhope, Ala.
NORRIS ON SIGNING WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE: "I am very excited about playing baseball
at MSU. I think I an going to be getting there at the right time. Coach
Cohen and his assistants are recruiting the best players to get the job
done right, and I can't wait to be surrounded with all the talent coming
to Mississippi State."
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