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Gatorade 2016 - 2017: Player of the Year

Baseball - Mississippi

Gatorade Player of the year

Trey Shaffer

LHP/Outfielder
BILOXI HS
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

1.2

ERA

106

Strikeouts

0.38

Batting Average

31

RBI
“Trey Shaffer is a wonderful competitor with great pitches. He has always had good composure on the mound when he has faced us through the years.”
Anthony DeWitt
Head Coach

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound senior left-handed pitcher and outfielder posted an 8-1 record on the mound with a 1.20 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 64.1 innings this past season, leading the Indians to a 22-10 record and the Class 6A quarterfinals. A 2016 First Team All-State selection, Shaffer also batted .380 with four home runs, 31 RBI and a .641 slugging percentage

Academic Achievement

Shaffer has maintained an 86.3 average in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at Southeastern Louisiana University this fall.

Exemplary Character

A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Shaffer has volunteered locally on behalf of an elementary school literacy-outreach program, a food bank and as a youth baseball coach. "Trey Shaffer is a wonderful competitor with great pitches," said Anthony DeWitt, head coach at Hancock High. "He has always had good composure on the mound when he has faced us through the years."