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1 Darrius Wright

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Yazoo City, Miss.
  • Prev School Hinds CC

Biography

at ALABAMA STATE
  • First Team All-SWAC selection at conclusion of 2018 season
  • Finished 8-1 in his first season at Alabama State
  • Started 12 games, logging 72.1 innings pitched and allowed 61 hits 
  • Allowed 38 runs, just 19 earned, while recording a 2.36 earned run average – a category in which he led the nation for three weeks
  • Won his first four starts on the mound for the Hornets, and logged six-plus innings nine different times that included a season-best eight innings against Alabama A&M (4/14) 
  • Did not allow an earned run in five of his starts this season, and is ranked nationally in victories and earned run average
  • Was also named the SWAC Pitcher of the Week twice over the course of the season

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
  • Played at Hinds Community College.
  • Made nine appearances, with one start during sophomore season at Hinds, finishing with an 0-3 record.
  • Recorded a 12.27 earned run average in 7.1 innings pitched, allowing 15 runs (10 earned) off of 10 hits
  • Walked 11 and struck out four
  • Named to Phi Theta Kappa, the national two-year honor society, for his work in the classroom at Hinds CC

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Played for Corbin Ellis at Yazoo County High School
  • Named to the 2015 Southeast Region Honorable Mention team by Perfect Game and was chosen as the Player of the Game on three occasions by MaxPreps
  • Named Best Pitcher by The Yazoo Herald, was chosen as the Team MVP and Best Pitcher at YCHS and played summer baseball with the Michigan Jets in 2015
  • Named to the All-Herald Team, was an All-District selection and was chosen as the Best Defensive Player in 2014, and was the team MVP, an All-State second team selection and was the Region 3-5A Player of the Year in 2013
  • Selected as the Best Pitcher at Yazoo City HS in 2011 and 2012
  • Two-time selection as the All-Herald Offensive Player of the Year as a record-setting quarterback in football
  • Named Team MVP in 2012 and was selected as the Rookie of the Year in 2011
  • Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and was a National Merit Award winner in science
  • Graduate of Yazoo County HS in 2015

PERSONAL
  • Mother, Sonya Wright, played basketball at Holmes Community College
  • Son of Sonya and Clifton Wright
  • Business major




Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2018Junior

    Righthanded Pitcher
    5'11" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2019Senior

    Righthanded Pitcher
    6'0" 175 lbs
    1