Will LaRue

Class:
Graduate Student
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Evansville, Ind.
High School:
Mater Dei
Prev School:
Xavier

2019 (GRADUATE)

Played in 52 games and started 51 in center field ... Played through a broken hand suffered against Illinois (March 16) ... Stole 31 bases, which led the MVC and ranked 17th nationally ... MVC Player of the Week (March 4) after batting .466 with 7 RBIs and 5 stolen bases in a 4-0 week ... Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

PRIOR TO SIU

Played four years at Xavier University ... Played in 160 games and started 146 as a three-year starter ... Earned medical redshirt in 2018 ... Career .265/.361/.360 hitter ... Batted .285 with three home runs, 37 RBIs and 26 stolen bases as a junior ... His 26 stolen bases led the Big East and ranked 11th in NCAA Division I ... Drove in the game-winning run against St. Johns in the Big East Championship game to advance Xavier to the NCAA tournament in 2017 ... Helped lead Xavier to two Big East Championships and trips to the NCAA Regionals in 2016 and 2017 ... Named to 2017 Big-East All-Tournament Team.

PERSONAL

Son of Cathy and Mark LaRue ... Brother, Seth, is the hitting coach at SIU ... Youngest of three ... Both older brothers played college baseball (Hank at Middle Tennessee and Seth at Campbell).