2014: Consensus All-American, earning NCBWAFirst Team and Second Team for Rawlings and Daktronics ...All-Southeast Region First Team for all three organizations ...All-PBC First Team ... Named Business Management Student of theYear ... Semifinalist for Tino Martinez Award ... PBC All-AcademicTeam ... Played in and started 49 games ... Hit .381 with ateam-best 13 home runs, 53 RBI and 67 hits ... Slugged .710, scored45 runs and had an on-base percentage of .489 ... Hit .402 withrunners on base ... Went 4-for-4 with five RBI, a home run, twodoubles and two runs against Carson-Newman March 30 ... Had twohome runs each in games against Montevallo and UNC Pembroke ... Had22 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI games ... Posted a 17-game hit streak... Hit .376 in PBC games with 11 home runs, 29 RBI and 23 runsscored ... PBC Silver Scholar.
2013: Named to NCAA Southeast RegionalAll-Tournament Team ... Played in 39 games with 34 starts atcatcher ... Hit .382 on 52 hits with 31 runs, six home runs and 38RBI ... On-base percentage of .447 and slugged .581 ... Hit .421with runners in scoring position (32-76) ... Hit 6-11 (.545) withthe bases loaded ... In PBC games, hit .317 with 11 runs and 11 RBI... Had 16 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests ... Had apinch-hit grand slam against Mars Hill Feb. 3, his first Bobcathome run ... Tallied first Bobcat hit the day before, going 2-for-2with a pair triples and a pair of runs ... Tagged another grandslam vs. North Greenville March 19 ... Went 10-for-18 with sevenRBI and five runs, including two home runs in NCAA Regional ...Went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs againstLincoln Memorial that weekend ... Went 3-for-3 with two RBI, tworuns at Pfeiffer March 29 ... PBC Gold Scholar.
Prior to GC: Played one season at Grand RapidsCommunity College in Grand Rapids, Mich., for head coach MikeCupples ... Picked up All-Region honors.
In High School: Graduated from East KentwoodHigh in Kentwood, Mich. where he played for head coach TimMacKinnon ... Chosen All-District.
Personal: Nickname is "Haze" ... Majoring inthe Logistics and Supply Chain Management grad program afteralready finishing his undergrad in management ... Son of Rick andKaryn Hazel ... Born Nov. 1 ... Lists Derek Jeter as his favoriteathlete ... His ringtone is "Made in America" ... Favorite athleteis Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees ... Chose Georgia Collegefor the beautiful campus, warm weather and winning baseball program... His biggest sports thrill was winning the PBC Tournament in2013 ... Swimming in big water is the thing that scares him themost ... Favorite song is "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift, movie isShooter, and TV show is Sons of Anarchy ... Lives by the motto: "Ifyou are going to do something, do it right the first time." --mygrandfather
YR | GP-GS | AVG | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB-ATT |
2013 | 39-34 | .382 | 136 | 31 | 52 | 6 | 38 | 3-5 |
2014 | 49-49 | .381 | 176 | 45 | 67 | 13 | 53 | 8-10 |
Totals | 88-83 | .381 | 312 | 76 | 119 | 19 | 91 | 11-15 |