Biography
2025 Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
PRIOR TO SLU: Played two seasons of collegiate baseball at Pearl River CC, winning the 2022 NJCAA DII National Championship along with current Lion teammate Dakota Lee, and one season at Jacksonville State.
2024 [REDSHIRT JUNIOR]: Appeared in 46 games, starting 45 of them … produced a slash line of .258 / .460 / .356, going 42-for-163 at the plate with 12 doubles and seven home runs … scored 31 runs and drove in another 29 for Jacksonville State … drew 16 walks, was hit by 11 pitches and struck out 53 times … stole 11 bases in 14 attempts … recorded multiple hits in 13 games, including a season-high three hits against Alabama State (3/12), UAB (3/13) and Troy (4/17) … homered against South Alabama (2/24), Iowa (3/9), Alabama State, Southern Illinois (3/16) and FIU (4/5 and twice on 4/6) … drove in multiple runs six times, including a season-high four against Alabama State … recorded three outfield assists.
2023 [REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE]: Played in 57 games … produced a slash line of .354 / .445 / .657, going
70-for-198 at the plate with 20 doubles, two triples and 12 home runs … led the team in both doubles and homers … scored 60 runs and drove in a team-high 65 for Pearl River … drew 28 walks and struck out 49 times … swipe nine bases in 17 attempts … recorded multiple hits in 21 games … drove in multiple runs 18 times, including a season-high six against Mississippi Delta (3/18) … homered against Enterprise State (2/10), Illinois Central College (2/25), Mississippi Gulf Coast (3/1), Southwest Mississippi (3/7 and 5/5), No. 15-ranked Hinds (3/7), Mississippi Delta, East Mississippi (4/8), No. 17-ranked East Central (4/18), Jones College (4/25), Northwest Mississippi (4/28) and No. 1-ranked LSU Eunice (5/16) … named First Team All-MACCC and earned All-Region 23 Honors.
2022 [REDSHIRT FRESHMAN]: Played in 47 games … produced a slash line of .322 / .396 / .596, going 47-for-146 at the plate with 13 doubles and nine home runs … scored 45 runs and drove in another 46 for the national champion Wildcats … drew seven walks and struck out 33 times … swiped seven bases … recorded multiple hits in 12 games, including a career-high four against Northwest Mississippi (5/16) … drove in multiple runs 12 times … homered against Southeastern CC (2/20), twice vs. Dyersburg State (2/27), Shelton State (3/2), Jones College (3/16), once in each game of the doubleheader vs. Southwest Mississippi (4/26), Northeast Mississippi (4/29) and LSU Eunice (5/19).
2021 [FRESHMAN]: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played baseball (shortstop, third base) for Shane Kelly at Petal (Miss.) HS … hit .393 as a senior with one double and one home run … picked up 14 RBIs … recorded three stolen bases.
PERSONAL: Born in Petal, Mississippi … son of Regina Galey and Jason Walters … has a younger sibling, Laken … father played collegiate baseball at Meridian CC and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997, spending one season at Yakima in the Northwest League … enjoys hunting, fishing and golfing … majoring in general studies at Southeastern.
