2009 Statistics

2009 (Sophomore): Appeared and started in all 45 games … one of five returning Bears to bat over .300 for the season, finishing up with a .303 clip … finished second on the team with 38 RBI … clubbed eight home runs on the season, four of which coming in A-Sun play … ranked fourth on the team with 56 hits and 31 runs scored … hit .329 (23-70) with runners in scoring position and tied for second on the team with 15 two-out RBI … went 4-for-10 with two RBI and three runs scored in the Bears doubleheader sweep of Bryant (Feb. 28) … put together a 12-game hitting streak from March 21- April 9, hitting at a .346 clip during that span … had a huge game against College of Charleston (April 8), going 2-for-6 with a home run and a career-high four RBI in the Bears 16-12 win … set another new career-high with five hits in a perfect 5-for-5 day at the plate against Stetson (April 11) … hit a home run in back-to-back games against Kennesaw State (April 18) and Florida A&M (April 21) … went 4-for-9 with four RBI and three runs score in Mercer’s doubleheader sweep of Belmont (May 15).

2008 (Freshman): Appeared in 30 games, starting 18 … Used primarily as a designated hitter … Collected a hit and a run in first appearance at Mercer against Clemson (2/23) … Earned first start in second half of a double header against Clemson, going 1-for-4 and scoring a run … Tallied a career-high four hits while driving in three runs against Campbell (3/1) … Went 3-for-5 in consecutive games against Bethune-Cookman (3/12) and ETSU (3/14) … Went 2-for-2 at the plate with three RBI while notching his first career home run against Georgia Tech (4/22) … Earned a place on the A-Sun All-Academic team. 

High School: Earned five letters in baseball, four letters in basketball and three letters in football at Deerfield-Windsor High School ... In baseball, named all-region four times, all-state twice and was the Region Player of the Year as a junior ... Notched the most home runs and RBI in school history ... Recorded all-region honors in football twice and in basketball three times ... Voted the best athlete in his class ... Honor roll student all four years. 

Personal: Redshirted in 2007 … Son of Joe and Terri Carroll ... Has one sister and one brother, Meredith, 23, and Joey, 21 ... Majoring in business management with a journalism minor ... Born on Feb. 18, 1988, in Coral Springs, Fla. … Says he is the least athletic person in his family … Enjoys a peanut butter and jelly sandwich before games.