Greg Lambert

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Hometown:
Athens, Ala.
High School:
Madison Academy

Drafted in the 21st round (No. 618 overall) of the 2017 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres

2017 (JUNIOR)

First-team All-MVC ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... School-record 25 doubles (t-most in MVC since 2007) ... His 25 doubles ranked fourth nationally ... Led team in average (.329), hits (74), doubles (25), home runs (7), RBIs (52), and slugging percentage (.551) ... Tied an SIU record with three doubles in a win at Southeast Missouri ... Went 5-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, three runs scored and seven RBIs at Murray State ... Also had a 7-RBI game vs. No. 26 Tennessee Tech (4/23), going 4-for-4 with two doubles ... Hit walk-off three-run home run against Evansville (4/1) ... MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week after leading SIU to a sweep of Western Illinois with two doubles, a home run and six RBIs ... Hit walk-off RBI double to beat Illinois State (5/14) ... Ended season on 10-game hitting streak and 12-game reached base streak ... Team-best nine games with 3 or more hits ... Team-best 12 multi-RBI games ... Intentionally walked four times.

2016 (SOPHOMORE)

Honorable mention All-MVC ... Started all 57 games ... Led the team with a .312 average ... Ranked eighth in the MVC in hits with 72 and ninth in the MVC in doubles with 16 ... Was third in the MVC with six sacrifice flies ... Had 21 multi-hit games ... Had six-straight multi-hit games, starting with the first game of the Dallas Baptist series ... Went 6-for-12 in the Dallas Baptist series and went 9-for-14 against DBU on the season ... SUMMER 2016: Led Northwoods League in RBIs (66), setting a Willmar Stingers record ... Earned Big Stick Award for having the highest batting average of any first baseman in the NWL ... Hit .330 in the NWL, the sixth-best among 106 qualified hitters ... Ranked second in the NWL in hits and fifth in doubles ... Northwoods League All-Star.

2015 (FRESHMAN)

Played and started in 55 games, mostly at first and third base … Finished the year hitting .276 with 61 hits … Led SIU with 23 RBIs ... Had a career-high four hits against UT-Martin on 4/22 … Hit his first career home run at UT-Martin on 3/17 … Drove in a career-high three RBI against Western Kentucky on 2/28.

PRIOR TO SIU

All-State honoree in 2013 and 2014 ... Was an ABCA All-Star and selected to the Huntsville Times Elite Team as a junior ... Hit .431 with four home runs and 47 RBI's during his junior campaign ... Was a member of the highly successful Tennessee Knights Baseball Program.

PERSONAL

Son of Greg and Felicia Lambert ... Has one sibling, Jessica.