#17 Andrew Harris Season 2008-09
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Honors
• 2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Game Highs
Hits: 2, 3/24/12 vs. Georgia
Runs: 3, 3/4/12 vs. Rhode Island
RBI: 3, 2/20/10 vs. Niagara
Walks: *1, last 5/26 vs. LSU
HRs:
Strikeouts: *1, last 4/13 vs. Missouri
Stolen Bases: 1, 3/4/12 vs. Rhode Island
Coach Corbin Quote: We are very fortunate to have Andrew back for a fifth year. He exemplifies everything we want in a Vanderbilt baseball player. Continually serves other players and the team. His experience, leadership ability and versatility as an infielder, make him a very valuable player in our program. He[apos]s the ultimate student-athlete… he[apos]s directed, focused and disciplined in every area.
2013 –Walked as a pinch hitter in SEC Tournament Championship Game loss to LSU 5/26… Dropped down a sacrifice bunt to lead to the Commodores[apos] game-tying two-run rally in eventual loss to Alabama 5/17… Knocked in a run with a ground out in win at Georgia 4/20 G2… Picked up his first hit of the season with a RBI-double against Missouri 4/14… Struck out in his only at-bat against Missouri 4/13… Dropped down a perfect sacrifice bunt in win at Ole Miss 4/7… Knocked in a run as a pinch hitter against Monmouth 2/23… Popped up as a pinch hitter in win over Central Arkansas 2/20… Flew out in his lone at-bat in Opening Day victory over Long Beach State 2/15.
2012 – Dropped down a bunt with two strikes to score a run in the second inning of win over NC State 6/2… Was hit by a pitch in SEC Tournament Championship against Mississippi State 5/27… Dropped down a sacrifice bunt in win over Florida 5/26… Picked up a pinch-hit bunt single at LSU 5/13… Started a third base for the first time this season going 1-for-2… Struck out as a pinch hitter against Kentucky 4/28… Scored a run in win over Alabama 4/22… Walked and scores in loss at Alabama 4/21… Started at DH for third time going 0-for-3 at Mississippi State 4/6… Went 0-for-2 against UT-Martin 4/3… Struck out in his lone at-bat against South Carolina 3/30… Started as the DH for the second straight day going 0-for-2 against Georgia 3/25… Collected a career-high two hits, including a double, in win over Georgia 3/24… Drove in a run with a single at Florida 3/18… Singled through the right side in loss at Florida 3/16… Struck out as a pinch hitter against San Diego 3/11… Went 0-for-2 with a strikeout at Belmont 3/6… Reached base four times scoring a career-best three runs in win over Rhode Island 3/4… Started at first base, reaching base four times, scoring two runs and driving in a run in win over Rhode Island 3/3 G2… Earned his second career start going 0-for-2 in loss to Louisiana Tech as the team[apos]s second baseman… Struck out and went 0-for-2 against Oakland 2/22… Went 0-for-1 at Stanford 2/19.
2011 – Knocked in two runs with his first hit of the year in win over Tennessee 5/1… Drew a walk as a pinch hitter against Tennessee Tech 3/22… Entered the game as a pinch runner against UIC 3/13 for his first action of the year… SUMMER BALL– Played in the Walter Johnson League over the summer.
2009 – Received a redshirt … Hit .237 with five doubles, 10 RBI and 15 runs scored in 28 games for Marion in the KITTY league last summer.
High School: Played for Montgomery Bell Academy and Nashville Red Dogs… Helped lead his team to become the 2005 BPA World Series Champion and the 2006 Mickey Mantle State Champions… Named the 2006 Mickey Mantle League MVP… Helped lead MBA to the 2007 Football State Championship… Was a four-year letter winner and starter in baseball, and a three-year letter winner and two-year starter in football… Was the Co-Vice President of the Honor Council and member of the National Honor Society, Cum Laude, and Totomoi.
Personal: Andrew Clarke Harris… Born 4/7/90… Son of Robert Harris and the late Cay Harris… Undecided on a major … Father is a Vanderbilt baseball alum and a past president of the Bullpen Club… Has a brother, Brian, who is a senior shortstop for the Commodores… Nickname is ‘Boo’… Favorites include Alex Rodriguez, Michael Phelps, the movie Gladiator, TV show My Wife and Kids, actor Matt Damon, musical group Third Eye Blind, and pancakes… If he could change one thing about his sport it would be to use only wood bats… One person, dead or alive, he would like to have dinner with is his mom… His advice to youngsters is to never cheat life, give it everything you have… Chose Vanderbilt because ‘I wanted a school where I could not only excel in the classroom, coming out with a great degree, but also play for one of the top baseball programs in the nation.’