Position: Infielder / Pitcher
Class: Senior
Height: 6-1
Weight: 216

    

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."

MISSISSIPPI STATE COACH LANE BURROUGHS ON NORRIS: "Daryl is one of the nation's top two-way guys. He has tremendous skill set at the plate and on the mound and has a chance to make an immediate impact in the SEC on the mound and with his bat. Daryl has great body control and exceptional makeup and brings with him outstanding maturity and work ethic."

    

PITCHING STATISTICS ...
YR ERA APP GS W L SV IP BF R ER H SO BB HB
2009 1.25 12 10 8 3 1 61.2 256 21 11 37 90 25 0
2008 0.94 9 7 3 3 2 37.1 156 15 5 21 57 14 2
2007 2.33 9 9 2 2 0 42.0 204 28 14 33 72 23 4
2006 4.12 12 1 6 1 0 52.2 253 45 31 51 51 32 7
CAREER 2.20 42 27 19 9 3 193.2 869 109 61 142 270 94 13
YR-Year; ERA-Earned Run Average; APP-Appearances; GS-Games Started; W-Wins; L-Losses; SV-Saves; IP-Innings Pitched; BF-Batters Faced; R-Runs; ER-Earned Runs; H-Hits; SO-Strikeouts; BB-Bases On Balls; HB-Hit Batters; WHIP-Walks Per Innings Pitched; K7-Strikeouts Per 7 Innings; BB7-Walks Per 7 Innings.

    

HITTING STATISTICS ...
YR AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SO BB HBP SAC SB SBA SLG OBP
2009 .483 116 58 56 49 8 1 13 105 8 42 14 1 1 2 .905 .647
2008 .410 100 22 41 27 5 1 7 69 13 12 1 3 6 6 .690 .466
2007 .431 116 28 50 33 11 1 3 72 8 8 4 0 1 1 .621 .484
2006 .266 128 41 34 40 8 1 6 62 17 9 4 2 2 3 .484 .329
CAREER .393 460 149 181 149 32 4 29 308 46 71 23 6 10 12 .670 .491
YR-Year; AVG-Average; AB-At Bats; R-Runs; H-Hits; RBI-Runs Batted In; 2B-Doubles; 3B-Triples; HR-Homeruns; TB-Total Bases; SO-Strikeouts; BB-Bases On Balls; HBP-Hit By Pitch; SAC-Sacrifices; SB-Stolen Bases; SBA-Stolen Base Attempts; SLG-Slugging Percentage; OBP-On Base Percentage.

 

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