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30 Josh Cryer
Position: Infield/Outfield
Height: 5-9
Weight: 202
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Leesville, La.
Previous School: Leesvile HS
2008 (Freshman): Hit .318 with one home run and 23 RBI in 43 games in his first collegiate season ... Led the team with a .429 on-base percentage and was hit by a pitch a team-high 19 times while finishing fourth in batting despite missing nearly four weeks due to a knee injury ... First college hit was a pinch-hit run-scoring double in a Lions' win over Stony Brook on March 8 ... Posted 12 multi-hit games including a career-best four-hit day at Lamar on May 3, going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a triple, two runs scored and two RBI ... Went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, the first of his career, at Southern Miss on March 18 ... Posted six multi-RBI contests with a career-best four RBI coming against Texas State on April 13 ... Turned in a season-best eight game hitting streak from March 8 through March 18, going 10-for-26 (.385 BA) with one double, one home run, five runs scored and six RBI ... Hit .316 (6-for-19) with a double, two runs scored and three RBI in five conference tournament games.
Prior to Southeastern-
High School: Won four letters in baseball and football at Leesville High School and served as captain of both squads during his senior year ... Was an all-district and all-state honoree in each sport ... Hit .460 with seven home runs and 38 RBI in his final season for Leesville.
Personal: Born Dec. 26, 1988 in Alexandria, La. ... Son of John and Abby Cryer ... Father played baseball at Northwestern State, and older brother Justin (21) pitches for Ole Miss.
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