2025 Baseball Roster
Roster
Braden Luke
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Collinsville, Miss.
- High School:
- West Lauderdale HS
- Prev School:
- Meridian CC
A member of the President’s List for academics for the Fall 2024 semester…
2024 (R-Sr.): Appeared in 23 games and made seven starts (4-DH, 3-1B)…Hit .206 with three doubles and seven RBI…Drove in single runs against Air Force (2/19), Missouri State (2/25) and Georgia Southern (3/23, G2)…All four designated hitter starts came in NCAA Knoxville Regional…Batted .267 (4x15) with a double and four RBI…Had a pair of two RBI contests in the regional against Northern Kentucky (6/1) and Indiana (6/2)…Added a double in the Sun Belt Tournament championship game versus Georgia Southern (5/26)…Made the Dean’s List for Spring 2024
Made the President’s List for academics for the Fall 2023 semester…
2023 (Jr.): Redshirted
A transfer from Ole Miss, who attended there in the fall…Will sit out this spring due to
NCAA transfer requirements.
Meridian CC: Played two seasons for Meridian Community College, where he hit a combined .397 with 18 home runs and 102 RBI over a 90-game, two-year span…Finished last season with a .395 average in 47 games, in which he collected 10 doubles, nine home runs and 48 RBI…Stole five bases…Earned All-MACCC second-team all-state honors…Hit .399 with 13 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 54 RBI and six stolen bases his freshman campaign.
High School: Played at West Lauderdale High School, where his team captured one state title (2017) and three district championships while he was there…Hit .390 over four years with 29 doubles, a triple and 12 home runs to go along with 85 RBI…Hit a team-best .405 during an abbreviated senior season with two homers and 13 RBI…Made all-state by the Clarion-Ledger his junior year bases on a .474 average with 13 doubles, six home runs and 37 RBI as he led the squad in hitting…Batted .322 with nine doubles, four round-trippers and 30 RBI his freshman campaign.
Personal: Son of Cary and April Luke…Dad played baseball at Meridian CC…Majoring in Sports Coaching Education.
