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2025 Baseball

5 Eric Hiett

  • Position Catcher/Infield
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Woodbridge, Va.
  • Highschool Woodbridge

Biography

Junior (2024): Appeared and started 51 games for the Hornets … .318 batting average while getting 48 hits … Recorded 11 doubles and 2 home runs while batting in 34 runs … Third on the team in walks recording 38 and was hit by a pitch six times …  .996 fielding percentage while recording 245 putouts and 26 assists … Recorded three hits on three at bats and hit two doubles against Misericordia University in the World Series (6/3).

Sophomore (2023):
Played 36 games with a batting average of .374, the second-best on the team … took over at first base after an injury to Josh Gjormand during the ODAC tournament and thrived in starting role … led the team during the NCAA tournament with 10 RBI … hit first-career home run against N.C. Wesleyan on May 20th in the regional tournament and gathered four hits and runs and had two RBI … enjoyed an eight-game hitting streak spanning the ODAC championship and super regional.

Freshman (2022): Earned 16 ABs in his first year and got seven hits ... slashed .438/.571/.500 ... drove in three runs during a 5-4 win against Hampden-Sydney on Mar. 29 ... got a hit against No. 2 Birmingham-Southern on May 21 in the NCAA Tournament. 

Prep/Personal: Parents Liz and Chris ... Sister Emma Hiett, Lynchburg Women's soccer alumni

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2022Freshman

    C
    6'0" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Sophomore

    C
    6'0" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Junior

    INF
    6'0" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2025Senior

    Catcher/Infield
    6'0" 195 lbs
    5