2017 Baseball Roster
Chris Carrier
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- Christian Brothers HS
- NIL:
- R/R
Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.
2017 - Senior
Named to the 2017 American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference team leading into senior season.
2016 - Junior
Played in 60 games and started 55 as a junior in 2016 … Returned from season-ending injury in 2015 to be the team’s leading run-producer with team-high 38 RBI and 45 runs scored … Batted .280 with 60 hits and team-high 16 doubles and six home runs … Second on the team with 15 stolen bases on 16 attempts … Led the team with .467 slugging percentage … Produced 17 multiple-hit games and a team-high 10 multiple-RBI games … Second on the team with six outfield assists … Started the season with a 2-for-4 game with two RBI against Tennessee (2/19) … Opened the year with a seven-game hitting streak with 11 hits, five RBI, seven runs scored, four doubles and a home run … Went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, an RBI and two runs scored against Ole Miss (3/2) ... Had a 3-for-4 game with one run driven in and one run scored in a win at Georgia Southern (3/6) … Went 2-for-4 with a triple, a double, two RBI and two runs scored in game three against Missouri State (3/13) ... Went 2-for-5 with two doubles, one RBI, a stolen base and one run scored against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/15) ... Went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and a stolen base in game one and 2-for-3 with a home run, four runs scored and two RBI in game three of the Eastern Illinois series (3/18-3/20) ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a stolen base, two RBI and two runs scored against Austin Peay (4/12) ... Went 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBI in game two and hit his second home run in game three of the Cincinnati series (4/22-24) ... Went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and one RBI against UConn (4/30) ... Stole a season high two bases against Houston on (5/6) … Had a pair of two-hit games in the Cincinnati series (5/19-21) … Went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a double and a homer against Cincinnati (5/20) … Went 3-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored against USF in the American Athletic Conference Tournament (5/27) … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a home run against UConn (5/28).
2015 - Sophomore
Started 36 games in right field before missing the rest of the season with an injury ... Batted .254 with seven doubles a triple and five home runs ... Drove in 24 runs and scored 19 ... Stole six bases on seven attempts ... Recorded two outfield assists ... Named the American Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week twice, after series wins over Houston and USF ... Had a stretch in early April against Ole Miss and Houston where he had seven hits (a double and two homers), five RBI and three runs scored ... Hit first career home run against Alcorn State (3/20) ... Drove in a career high three runs in win over Austin Peay (4/14).
2014 - Summer (Hoptown Hoppers)
Played for the Hopttown Hoppers of the Ohio Valley League ... Appeared in 28 games and hit .267 with a home run and 15 RBI ... Hit two doubles and a triple.
2014 - Freshman
Made six (three-LF; three-DH) starts and 18 appearances during his first season at Memphis ... Hit .156 (5-for-32) with three runs scored, three RBI and a double ... Drew five walks ... Notched his first hit in his first career start against Central Arkansas on March 8 ... Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk against Saint Louis in the first game of a doubleheader on March 15 ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and an RBI against Alcorn State on April 20 ... Claimed Home Run Derby Championship in the festivities at the 2014 American Athletic Conference Championships at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla.
Prep
Lettered three years as a right fielder at Christian Brothers for coach Buster Kelso ... Purple Wave claimed the TSSAA Division II Class AA state title in 2011 and 2013 ... Team went 36-8 in 2013 ... Batted .300 with 35 RBI, 17 stolen bases and seven home runs his senior year ... Was picked as a Tennessee Sports Writer Association All-State selection ... Named an all-metro pick and also played in the State Farm Shelby County All-Star Game ... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double and seven RBI against Memphis University School.
Personal
Son of William and Mary Carrier ... Full name is Charles Christopher Carrier ... Lettered three years as a strong and free safety ... Named first team all-district and was an all-state pick ... Garnered Commercial Appeal Best of the Preps honors ... Undecided on a major.