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Hayden Dunhurst
Hayden Dunhurst
Dunhurst
Dunhurst
Dunhurst
Dunhurst
Hayden Dunhurst
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Hayden Dunhurst

  • Position:
    C
  • Collegiate Letters Earned:
    L/R
  • Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
    3
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    220
  • Hometown:
    Carriere, Miss.
  • High School:
    Pearl River Central
  • Major:
    Sport & Recreation Administration
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2022 MLB Draft Pick (Round 6 - Kansas City Royals)
 • 2021 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner (Catcher)
 • 2021 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
 • 2021 All-SEC Second Team
 • 2021 SEC All-Defensive Team
 • 2021 SEC All-Newcomer Team
 • 2021 Preseason All-SEC Second Team
 • 2020 Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
 • 2020 SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 5)
 • 2020 Buster Posey Award Watch List
 • 2019 MLB Draft Pick (Round 37 - Colorado Rockies)

2022 (Junior): Appeared in 56 games, starting in 54 of them (53 at catcher, one at DH)… 2022 MLB Draft Pick – Round 6 – Kansas City Royals… Batted .231 with six home runs, 30 RBI, and 30 runs scored… Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI against UCF (3/6)… Went 2-for-4 with a three-RBI home run in series finale against Tennessee (3/27)… Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in series finale against Kentucky (4/3)… Hit three-RBI home run against Southern Mississippi (4/5)… Went 2-for-2 with a home run in series opener against Mississippi State (4/21)… Had at least one hit and one RBI in every game of series against LSU, finishing the series with five RBI (5/13-15)… Had at least one hit and one RBI in every game of series against Texas A&M, hitting .600 (6-for-10) in the series with five RBI and four runs scored (5/19-21)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Super Regional title clinching game against Southern Mississippi (6/12)

2021 (Sophomore): Appeared in 65 games, making 65 starts (59 at catcher, six at DH) ... Became second player in Rebel history to win ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award ... Selected to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team ... Named to All-SEC Second Team, All-Defensive and All-Newcomer teams ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI in season-opener vs. TCU (2/20) ... Homered and went 2-for-4 in season opener vs. UCF, went 5-for-11 in series vs. Knights (2/26-27) ... Had hits in 18 of first 22 games to start season ... Had a hit in all three games of Belmont series (3/5-7) ... Homered in back-to-back games vs. Central Arkansas (3/23) and Alabama (3/26) ... Drove in three runs, scored two and went 2-for-4 in series opener vs. Alabama (3/26) ... Tied career-high with five hits, going 5-for-5 with a double and two RBI in series opener vs. Arkansas (4/10) ... Drove in seven runs, went 8-for-15 with a double, a triple and seven RBI in Arkansas series (4/10-11) ... Went 5-for-12 with two doubles and two RBI at Mississippi State (4/16-18) ... Had hits in all three games of South Carolina series, driving in four runs and homering once (4/30-5/1) ... Homered, doubled, drove in three runs and scored two in series-finale victory over Vanderbilt (5/16) ... Homered, drove in two runs and scored one in SEC Tournament win over Auburn (5/25) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in NCAA Oxford Regional vs. Southern Miss (6/6) ... Drove in two runs, went 3-for-4 in NCAA Tucson Super Regional win at Arizona (6/12).

2020 (Freshman): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 ... Named to Buster Posey Award Watch List ... Appeared in all 17 games, starting 15 at catcher ... Hit .269 and slugged .557 with one double and five home runs, the most among Rebel freshmen ... Scored 16 runs and drove in 15 ... Allowed just four stolen bases all season and threw out three would-be base stealers ... Made Rebel debut in season-opener against No. 1 Louisville (2/14) ... Threw out a Louisville baserunner in a strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out to close out the series victory (2/16) ... Recorded first career hit vs. Xavier, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and five RBI (2/21) ... Went 4-for-10 with two home runs, four runs scored and eight RBI in the Xavier series (2/21-23) ... Hit a two-run home run in the Keith LeClair Classic finale against Indiana (3/1) ... Went 4-for-8 with seven runs scored and two RBI in Princeton series (3/6-8) ... Notched first career multi-homer game, going 4-for-5 with a double, four runs scored and three RBI at ULM (3/11) ... Was named SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts against ULM.

High School: Five-year letterwinner at Pearl River Central High School under head coach Niel Walther ... No. 44 overall prospect, No. 1 catcher in the nation ... No. 4 prospect out of Mississippi ... Played in 2018 Perfect Game All-American Classic ... Top Prospect List at 2018 Perfect Game National Showcase ... 2019 Mississippi Player of the Year (Prep Baseball Report) ... 2019 High School All-American (Collegiate Baseball) ... Top Prospect List at 2017 Perfect Game Junior National Showcase ... Top Prospect List at 2017 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Games ... 2019 Perfect Game Preseason All-Southeast Region First Team ... 2018 Perfect Game Preseason All-American First Team ... 2017 and 2016 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassman All-American High Honorable Mention ... Drew 147 walks and hit 31 home runs in high school career ... Led Pearl River to three South State title games, one South State Championship and one State Championship ... Also played basketball at Pearl River.

Personal: Full name is Hayden Lane Dunhurst ... Son of Gwen and Bob Dunhurst ... Born on September 19, 2000.