David Mershon #10

David Charles Heenen Mershon...Instagram: @mershyyyyyy...Attended Mississippi State from 2023-24...Batted .329 (100/304) with 76 runs scored, 14 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 46 RBI and a .894 OPS in 88 games played in collegiate career...Graduated from Eastside High School (Taylors, S.C.) and helped his team to state titles in 2019 and 2022...Named All-State in 2019, 2021 and 2022…Lost his sophomore season due to the pandemic...Hit higher than .400 every year in high school, .415 batting average as a freshman, .430 batting average as a junior and .500 as a senior...Son of Brian and Tracey Mershon; His father, Brian, played baseball at Illinois and spent the 1987 season in the Cincinnati Reds organization...Has four brothers, Nicholas, Joseph, Peter, William, and two sisters, Lindsey and Catherine...Played in the Little League World Series in 2015 with Northwood Little League out of Taylors, S.C...Signed by Angels scout Joel Murrie.

2024

Played sophomore season at Mississippi State and batted .347 (77/222) with 20 extra-base hits and 27 stolen bases in 58 games...Named first-team All-SEC and was a finalist for The Brooks Wallace Award, given to the top shortstop in the nation...Totaled 27 steals, which ranked tied for second in the SEC and fourth in school history in a single season...Selected by Angels in 18th round of First-Year Player Draft and was assigned to Double-A Rocket City...Batted .254 (29/114) with 13 runs scored, five doubles, eight RBI and five stolen bases in 29 games with Trash Pandas... Played for Mesa Solar Sox in Arizona Fall League and batted .263 (10/38) with a .858 OPS in 14 games.