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Jersey Number 22
Denver McQuary
- Position:
- RHP/INF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 191
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Houston, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Houston
Bio
2018 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in 19 games with six starts…Posted two wins and two saves…Added one hold…Claimed victories at Alabama State (4/11) and at Vanderbilt (6/10)…Collected saves versus Nicholls State (2/24) and against New Mexico State (3/6)…Lone hold came versus Samford (6/3)…Stranded two of seven inherited runners.
at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Appeared in the middle game of the series and allowed two runs in 2 1/3 innings of relief work…Allowed three hits, walked one and hit one batter. Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/23-25): Made one relief appearance. vs. Nicholls State (2/24): Closed out the win with three innings of work…Allowed one run on three hits…Walked two and struck out two to earn the save. New Mexico State (3/6-7): Picked up his second save of the season with four innings of scoreless relief…Allowed one hit, walked two and struck out four. Utah Valley State (9-11): Appeared in one game…Threw one inning of relief in the series finale…Allowed two runs on three hits…Struck out one. vs. Southeastern Louisiana (3/14): Allowed one run in two innings of relief work…Gave up one hit, walked one and hit one batter…Struck out three…Allowed all three inherited runners to score. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Allowed two runs in one-third of an inning of relief work…Gave up three hits and struck out two…Allowed both inherited runners to score. Texas Southern (3/21): Came on in relief and gave up two runs on two hits in one inning of work…Walked two and struck out one. at Nicholls State (3/27): Allowed two runs – one earned – and took the loss in one inning of relief…Allowed one hit, walked one and struck out two. Southern (4/4): Threw two scoreless innings in a start…Gave up two hits and struck out two. at Alabama State (4/11): Tossed five scoreless innings in a start to pick up his first win of the season…Allowed five hits, walked two and struck out four. at Memphis (4/18): Made the start and took the loss, allowing two runs on three hits in three innings of work…Walked one and struck out three. vs. Ole Miss (4/24): Threw a season-high 89 pitches in the start…Allowed four runs – three earned – in five innings of work…Surrendered six hits, walked two and struck out three. at Alabama (5/4-6): Made the start in the series finale…Allowed two runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings…Walked one and struck out one. vs. Troy (5/9): Tossed two innings of scoreless relief…Allowed one hit and walked two. Florida (5/17-19): Allowed two runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief…Surrendered two hits and walked two. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): Appeared in two games, both coming on June 3. vs. Samford (6/3): Picked up the hold with two-thirds of an inning of relief…Allowed one unearned run on one hit…Walked one batter. vs. Oklahoma (6/3): Started the second game of the day after appearing in relief in game one…Threw three innings and allowed one run…Walked three, gave up five hits and struck out three batters. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Threw one-third of an inning in the series finale to pick up the win…Stranded two inherited runners with a strikeout in the 10th inning…Walked a batter to leadoff the 11th inning. College World Series (6/16-23): vs. Oregon State (6/22): Allowed three runs on three hits in one inning of relief work…Walked two.
2017 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 21 games with eight starts on the mound…Claimed three victories on the mound…Added one hold…Collected victories versus Ole Miss (4/25), at Texas A&M (5/5) and versus South Alabama (6/4) in the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional…Posted his lone hold at Ole Miss (3/31)…Mississippi State won five of his eight starts…Stranded four of five inherited runners…Made his first-career plate appearance against Tennessee (3/25).
Western Illinois (2/19): Made his collegiate debut with one scoreless inning…Allowed one hit and struck out two. Indiana State (2/25): Threw one inning of relief…Allowed one run on one hit. at Oregon (3/3-5): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Tossed 1 1/3 innings scoreless…Came on in the fifth inning to strand two inherited base runners with a strikeout…Allowed one hit and walked two in the outing…Struck out one. Columbia (3/12): Made his first collegiate start…Tossed four innings and allowed one run…Surrendered two hits and walked five…Struck out six. at Arkansas (3/17-19): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Threw 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief…Allowed two hits, walked three and struck out one. vs. Southern Miss (3/21): Threw two innings in a start…Took the loss, allowing four runs on three hits…Walked four and struck out two…Also hit one batter. at Memphis (3/28): Allowed one run in one inning of relief…Surrendered one hit, walked one and struck out one. at Ole Miss (3/30-4/1): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Posted a hold with three innings of one-run work…Allowed three hits, walked one and fanned two batter. FIU (4/4/5): Appeared in the second game of the two-game series…Tossed three scoreless innings…Allowed two hits and struck out four. Kentucky (4/7-9): Allowed two runs in two-thirds of an inning of relief…Surrendered two hits and walked one. Mississippi Valley State (4/11): Didn’t record an out in a scoreless relief appearance…Walked two…Stranded his lone inherited runner. at South Carolina (4/14-16): Retired the only batter he faced in the series finale…Stranded his lone inherited runner. Alabama (4/20-21): Allowed one run in one inning of work in the series finale…Gave up one hit…Surrendered his lone inherited runner. vs. Ole Miss (4/25): Threw 5 1/3 innings in a start to collect the win…Allowed two runs on five hits…Walked five and struck out four. Auburn (4/28-29): Tossed three innings of scoreless relief in the series finale…Allowed one hit, walked two and struck out two…Also hit two batters. at Texas A&M (4/4-6): Picked up the win with five innings of work in a start of the middle game in the series…Allowed one run on three hits…Walked one and struck out five. at Georgia (5/12-14): Started the middle game of the series…Took the loss with three runs allowed in three innings…Surrendered three hits, walked five and struck out one. LSU (5/18-20): Started the middle game of the series…Threw 5 2/3 innings in a no decision…Allowed six runs on four hits…Walked five and struck out four…Also hit one batter. SEC Tournament (5/24-26): Started one game. vs. Arkansas (5/25): Started and threw four innings in a no decision…Allowed three runs on three hits and walked five…Struck out two. NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (6/2-5): Picked up a win in his lone start. vs. South Alabama (6/4): Allowed two runs over five innings in a start to post the victory…Allowed two hits, walked five and struck out three…Also hit one batter. NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional (6/10-11): Made a relief appearance in the finale…Allowed four runs on one hit in 1 1/3 innings of work…Walked three and hit one batter.
High School
Lettered five times for head coach Scott Gann at Houston High School…Led the Hilltoppers to the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 4A state championship as a senior…Selected as a member of the Clarion-Ledger’s Dandy Dozen as a senior…Named second-team all-state by the Clarion-Ledger…Played in the 2016 Northeast Mississippi Coaches Association 4A/6A All-Star Game…Also lettered four times in football as a defensive back…Earned all-state accolades as a senior…Is the current MHSAA record-holder for interceptions (33)…Chose MSU over offers from Southern Miss, Auburn, Northwestern State, and Memphis.
Personal
Born Denver Cade McQuary on March 10, 1998 in Starkville, Mississippi…Son of Heather Avent and Kevan McQuary…Has four siblings: Gavan and Parker McQuary and Kross and Bryar Avent…Is a third generation Mississippi State student, following his father and grandfather…Majoring in psychology.
Season: Appeared in 19 games with six starts…Posted two wins and two saves…Added one hold…Claimed victories at Alabama State (4/11) and at Vanderbilt (6/10)…Collected saves versus Nicholls State (2/24) and against New Mexico State (3/6)…Lone hold came versus Samford (6/3)…Stranded two of seven inherited runners.
at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Appeared in the middle game of the series and allowed two runs in 2 1/3 innings of relief work…Allowed three hits, walked one and hit one batter. Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/23-25): Made one relief appearance. vs. Nicholls State (2/24): Closed out the win with three innings of work…Allowed one run on three hits…Walked two and struck out two to earn the save. New Mexico State (3/6-7): Picked up his second save of the season with four innings of scoreless relief…Allowed one hit, walked two and struck out four. Utah Valley State (9-11): Appeared in one game…Threw one inning of relief in the series finale…Allowed two runs on three hits…Struck out one. vs. Southeastern Louisiana (3/14): Allowed one run in two innings of relief work…Gave up one hit, walked one and hit one batter…Struck out three…Allowed all three inherited runners to score. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Allowed two runs in one-third of an inning of relief work…Gave up three hits and struck out two…Allowed both inherited runners to score. Texas Southern (3/21): Came on in relief and gave up two runs on two hits in one inning of work…Walked two and struck out one. at Nicholls State (3/27): Allowed two runs – one earned – and took the loss in one inning of relief…Allowed one hit, walked one and struck out two. Southern (4/4): Threw two scoreless innings in a start…Gave up two hits and struck out two. at Alabama State (4/11): Tossed five scoreless innings in a start to pick up his first win of the season…Allowed five hits, walked two and struck out four. at Memphis (4/18): Made the start and took the loss, allowing two runs on three hits in three innings of work…Walked one and struck out three. vs. Ole Miss (4/24): Threw a season-high 89 pitches in the start…Allowed four runs – three earned – in five innings of work…Surrendered six hits, walked two and struck out three. at Alabama (5/4-6): Made the start in the series finale…Allowed two runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings…Walked one and struck out one. vs. Troy (5/9): Tossed two innings of scoreless relief…Allowed one hit and walked two. Florida (5/17-19): Allowed two runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief…Surrendered two hits and walked two. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): Appeared in two games, both coming on June 3. vs. Samford (6/3): Picked up the hold with two-thirds of an inning of relief…Allowed one unearned run on one hit…Walked one batter. vs. Oklahoma (6/3): Started the second game of the day after appearing in relief in game one…Threw three innings and allowed one run…Walked three, gave up five hits and struck out three batters. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Threw one-third of an inning in the series finale to pick up the win…Stranded two inherited runners with a strikeout in the 10th inning…Walked a batter to leadoff the 11th inning. College World Series (6/16-23): vs. Oregon State (6/22): Allowed three runs on three hits in one inning of relief work…Walked two.
2017 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 21 games with eight starts on the mound…Claimed three victories on the mound…Added one hold…Collected victories versus Ole Miss (4/25), at Texas A&M (5/5) and versus South Alabama (6/4) in the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional…Posted his lone hold at Ole Miss (3/31)…Mississippi State won five of his eight starts…Stranded four of five inherited runners…Made his first-career plate appearance against Tennessee (3/25).
Western Illinois (2/19): Made his collegiate debut with one scoreless inning…Allowed one hit and struck out two. Indiana State (2/25): Threw one inning of relief…Allowed one run on one hit. at Oregon (3/3-5): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Tossed 1 1/3 innings scoreless…Came on in the fifth inning to strand two inherited base runners with a strikeout…Allowed one hit and walked two in the outing…Struck out one. Columbia (3/12): Made his first collegiate start…Tossed four innings and allowed one run…Surrendered two hits and walked five…Struck out six. at Arkansas (3/17-19): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Threw 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief…Allowed two hits, walked three and struck out one. vs. Southern Miss (3/21): Threw two innings in a start…Took the loss, allowing four runs on three hits…Walked four and struck out two…Also hit one batter. at Memphis (3/28): Allowed one run in one inning of relief…Surrendered one hit, walked one and struck out one. at Ole Miss (3/30-4/1): Appeared in the middle game of the series…Posted a hold with three innings of one-run work…Allowed three hits, walked one and fanned two batter. FIU (4/4/5): Appeared in the second game of the two-game series…Tossed three scoreless innings…Allowed two hits and struck out four. Kentucky (4/7-9): Allowed two runs in two-thirds of an inning of relief…Surrendered two hits and walked one. Mississippi Valley State (4/11): Didn’t record an out in a scoreless relief appearance…Walked two…Stranded his lone inherited runner. at South Carolina (4/14-16): Retired the only batter he faced in the series finale…Stranded his lone inherited runner. Alabama (4/20-21): Allowed one run in one inning of work in the series finale…Gave up one hit…Surrendered his lone inherited runner. vs. Ole Miss (4/25): Threw 5 1/3 innings in a start to collect the win…Allowed two runs on five hits…Walked five and struck out four. Auburn (4/28-29): Tossed three innings of scoreless relief in the series finale…Allowed one hit, walked two and struck out two…Also hit two batters. at Texas A&M (4/4-6): Picked up the win with five innings of work in a start of the middle game in the series…Allowed one run on three hits…Walked one and struck out five. at Georgia (5/12-14): Started the middle game of the series…Took the loss with three runs allowed in three innings…Surrendered three hits, walked five and struck out one. LSU (5/18-20): Started the middle game of the series…Threw 5 2/3 innings in a no decision…Allowed six runs on four hits…Walked five and struck out four…Also hit one batter. SEC Tournament (5/24-26): Started one game. vs. Arkansas (5/25): Started and threw four innings in a no decision…Allowed three runs on three hits and walked five…Struck out two. NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (6/2-5): Picked up a win in his lone start. vs. South Alabama (6/4): Allowed two runs over five innings in a start to post the victory…Allowed two hits, walked five and struck out three…Also hit one batter. NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional (6/10-11): Made a relief appearance in the finale…Allowed four runs on one hit in 1 1/3 innings of work…Walked three and hit one batter.
High School
Lettered five times for head coach Scott Gann at Houston High School…Led the Hilltoppers to the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 4A state championship as a senior…Selected as a member of the Clarion-Ledger’s Dandy Dozen as a senior…Named second-team all-state by the Clarion-Ledger…Played in the 2016 Northeast Mississippi Coaches Association 4A/6A All-Star Game…Also lettered four times in football as a defensive back…Earned all-state accolades as a senior…Is the current MHSAA record-holder for interceptions (33)…Chose MSU over offers from Southern Miss, Auburn, Northwestern State, and Memphis.
Personal
Born Denver Cade McQuary on March 10, 1998 in Starkville, Mississippi…Son of Heather Avent and Kevan McQuary…Has four siblings: Gavan and Parker McQuary and Kross and Bryar Avent…Is a third generation Mississippi State student, following his father and grandfather…Majoring in psychology.
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