University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
Drey Barrett
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 214
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Holtville, Ala.
- High School:
- Holtville HS
2026 (So.): Named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament Team as he provided the game-winning, ninth-inning grand slam in squad’s second game of the event against Troy (5/22), capping a five-run rally in a 7-6 victory…Homered twice in that contest and drove in a career-best six RBI…Played in 60 games, including 59 starts (48 at third base, 11 at designated hitter)…Batted .298 with 13 doubles, nine home runs and 41 RBI…Added another grand slam against Georgia Southern (5/14), eight days earlier…Posted a pair of two homer games against Tulane (4/21) and Troy…Earned Sun Belt Player of the Week (5/18) after going 5-for-9 against Georgia Southern and included four runs scored, a double, two home runs and seven RBI…Collected 20 multiple-hit games (15-2hit, 5-3hit) and 10 multiple-RBI contests (7-2RBI, 1-3RBI, 1-4RBI, 1-6RBI)…Hit .377 (20-for-53) with 14 runs, 2 2B, 5 HR, 20 RBI over his final 14 games…Finished the year with a four-game hitting streak…Longest hitting streak of the year was seven games, doing it from May 3-16…Added game-winning double in the ninth versus Purdue (2/20) in the round Rock Classic…Only committed one error in 94 fielding chances at third base…Voted CSC Academic All-District…Made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2026 Spring semester and the Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester.
2025 (Fr.): Played in 56 games and made 50 starts, all coming at third base…Golden Eagles were 39-11 in his starting assignments…Batted .254 with five doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 30 RBI…Doubled and tripled and drove in a season-high four runs versus Louisiana (5/10)…Homered and drove in three runs at App State (4/27)…Enjoyed his lone three-hit game versus South Alabama (3/28) with a pair of RBI…First career home run came against Lafayette (2/15) in the second game of a doubleheader…Hit safely in seven-straight games (3/25-4/5) and batted .391 (9x23) over that time with a double, a homer and three RBI…Posted 12 multi-hit contest (11-2H, 1-3H) and seven multi-RBI tilts (4-2RBI, 2-3RBI, 1-4RBI)…Did not commit an error over his final 11 games, spanning 23 fielding chances…Made the Dean’s List for the 205 Spring and 2024 Fall semesters.
Prep: Won his school’s Brock Teal Award and Joe Sewell Award for the 2024 season during his senior campaign…Named second-team Class 5A all-state and was All-County Player of the Year as a senior…Named Perfect Game All-American…His team won the area championship and reached the Elite 8, finishing 26-18…Belted a grand slam in state playoff series versus Elmore…Finished the year hitting .398 with 43 hits,11 doubles, a triple, four home runs, 33 runs, 36 RBI and 12 stolen bases…Added a 5-3 pitching record with a 1.83 ERA to go along with 81 strikeouts over 49 2/3 innings…Captured the Class 5A state title in 2023...Was a first-team all-state selection as a junior and an honorable mention pick during his sophomore campaign, while also earning All-Metro honors the last two seasons…Earned a spot in the 2023 AHSAA North-South All-Star game for rising seniors that summer…Pitched the championship-clinching game and went 6-3 on the mound. He added a .381 batting average, five home runs and 43 RBI.
Personal: Son of Brandon and Valerie Barrett…Born Aug. 15…Majoring in Fitness and Nutrition.
