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Hayden Leatherwood

  • Position:
    OF
  • Collegiate Letters Earned:
    L/R
  • Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
    3
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    200
  • Hometown:
    Collierville, Tenn.
  • High School:
    Christian Brothers
  • Prev. College:
    Northwest Mississippi CC
  • Major:
    Master of Athletics Administration
2022 (Senior*): Appeared in 51 games, starting in 38 of them (26 in right field, 10 in left field, two at DH)… Hit .250 with five home runs, 24 runs scored, and 17 RBI… Hit a home run in the season opener against Charleston Southern (2/20)… Hit a pinch-hit solo home run against Arkansas State (2/23)… Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored against ULM (3/2)… Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in SEC opener against Auburn (3/17)… Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored 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)… Went 2-for-3 with a triple against South Carolina (4/16)

2021 (Senior*): Appeared in 63 games, making 58 starts (55 in right field, three at DH) ... Hit .285 with 29 runs scored, eight doubles, seven home runs and 33 RBI ... Walked and scored a run in season-opener vs. TCU at State Farm College Baseball Showdown (2/20) ... Tied career highs with three hits and two runs scored vs. Jackson State (3/3) ... Had hits in all three games of Arkansas series, including a home run, with two runs scored and four RBI (4/10-11) ... Notched first career multi-homer game, going 2-for-4 with three RBI at Mississippi State (4/18) ... Had hits in all three games of South Carolina series, including two multi-hit efforts (4/30-5/1) ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run at Texas A&M (5/7) ... Went 3-for-3 with two RBI at Texas A&M (5/9).

2020 (Junior): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 ... Played in 14 of 17 games, including 11 starts (five in left field, four at DH and two in right field) ... Slashed .361/.477/.639 with a double and three home runs ... Scored 12 runs and drove in 11 ... Went 2-for-2 with a run scored in Rebel debut vs. No. 1 Louisville (2/16) ... Hit first career home run in Xavier series finale, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI (2/23) ... Hit game-winning pinch-hit home run against Southern Miss (2/25) ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Memphis (3/3) ... Homered, scored three runs and notched a pair of hits in Princeton series (3/6-8) ... Went 4-for-6 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored in two games at ULM (3/10-11).

Junior College: Played two seasons and served as team captain under head coach Mark Carson at Northwest Mississippi Community College ... 2018 First Team All-MACJC ... 2018 NJCAA All-Region 23 ... Notched second-best slugging percentage in school history (.905), also good for third in the nation in 2018 ... Hit a team-best .388 with nine doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 47 RBI as a freshman ... HIt .333 with 12 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 24 RBI as a sophomore.

High School: Played for head coach Buster Kelso and was an honor roll student at Christian Brothers ... The Purple Wave finished 18-16 overall and advanced to the first round of the playoffs his senior year ... Injured in the opening game of his senior season and missed the rest of the year ... 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American ... Named to Top Prospect Team at 2015 Perfect Game Junior National Showcase ... Garnered multiple all-county, all-region, all-state and All-American honors ... Ss a junior, hit .408 with 11 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 39 RBI and helped CBHS claim the 2016 Class AA Division II state championship ... 2016 TBCA D2 All-State selection ... IMG National Classic Home Run Derby champion ... JUCO Sunbelt Classic All-Tournament Team ... Transferred from Briarcrest for his junior and senior seasons at CBHS ... Played summer ball for Dulins Dodgers ... Originally signed with Vanderbilt and also recruited by LSU, Mississippi State and Austin Peay among others.
 
Personal: Full name is Hayden Drew Leatherwood ... Son of Michelle and John Leatherwood...has three younger siblings, Ty, Cade and Miley ... Enjoys lifting, hunting and fishing in his spare time ... Born August 13, 1998 ... Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society ... 2019 and 2018 President's List at NWC.