Philip Archer

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
255
Hometown:
Greenville, Ind.
High School:
Floyd Central
Prev School:
Olney Central College

2021 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)

Started all 60 games at First Base ... Honorable Mention All-MVC ... Tied for first at SIU and in MVC in Doubles with 20 (Tristan Peters) ... 4th in MVC in Total Bases with 127 ... 2nd in MVC with 60 RBIs ... 6th in MVC with 74 hits ... Tied for 6th in MVC in HRs with 11 ... Tied for team lead in Multi-RBI games with 18 (JT Weber) ... slashed .322/.526/.552 ... Committed just 1 error in 32 games versus MVC opponents ...Had a career-high and a season-high 7 runs batted in vs. Austin Peay (April 6th) ...Two-time MVC Player of the Week (March 1 and April 12): Hit .625/.700/1.250. He was 10-for-16 with four doubles, two homers, five runs scored and nine RBIs and led SIU to a 4-0 week, including a three-game sweep at Mercer (March 1) ... Went 8-for-18 with three doubles, two home runs, and 12 RBIs in a 4-0 week (April 12) ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020 (SENIOR)

Started all 18 games at first base … Hit .344 (10th in MVC) with five doubles, one triple and one home run … slashed .344/.430/.500 … Also stole three bases … Ranked third in the league in hits, and 3rd in doubles … A part of 16 double plays, which led the MVC individually … Seven multi-RBI games and six multi-hit games … Had an eight-game hitting streak and 11-game reached base streak.

2019 (JUNIOR)

Played in 48 games and started 46, primarily at designated hitter but also played first base … Second on the team with a .262 batting average … Hit five doubles and six home runs, driving in 27 … His .407 slugging percentage was second on the team … Had 12 multi-hit games, which ranked second on the team, and six multi-RBI games, which ranked third on the team … Reached at a .405 clip leading off an inning (17-42) … Got the runner home in 8 of 11 plate appearances with a runner on third and less than two outs (73%) … Had a streak of five-straight multi-hit games from Feb. 24 through March 2, hitting 12-for-22 (545) in that stretch with seven RBIs (SIU went 5-0 in that stretch) ... Team went 11-1 in Archer's 12 multi-hit games.

PRIOR TO SIU

Played two seasons at Olney Central College ... Hit .341 over two seasons at Olney ... Hit .400 with 21 doubles, 12 home runs and 70 RBIs in 2018 ... He also held an on-base percentage of .463 in 2018 ... Struck out only 33 times in 195 at bats ... In NJCAA Division I, Archer ranked in the top-100 in batting average (85th), doubles (23rd), hits (55th), home runs (86th), RBIs (30th), sac flies (8th), slugging (96th) and total bases (61st) ... Great Rivers Athletic Conference and Region 24 position player of the year ... Helped lead team to 41-16 record in 2017 and 42-16 record in 2018.

PERSONAL

Full given name is Philip Michael Archer ... Son of Mary Anne and Leslie Archer ... Has one older brother, Andrew, and one younger brother, Joel ... Born May 28, 1998, in Indianapolis ... Graduated with degree in sport administration ... Pursuing Masters in health administration.