Cody Crowder

2020 Senior Season: Played in all 13 games, one of four Gents to do so, in a season cut short due to COVID-19 … Led the team in six offensive categories and ranked second in four and third in another … Hit .389 (second on team) in 54 at-bats with 21 hits and 13 runs scored … Had nine extra-base hits … Led the team in home runs (four), doubles (four), and tied for second with one triple … That triple on Feb. 29 versus Whittier was the 10^th of Crowder’s career which tied him with former teammate Aaron Quintanilla for the most triples in program history … Was named the SCAC Baseball Hitter of the Week on Feb. 10 as he batted .400 (4-10) with three home runs, six RBI, six runs scored, and three walks in leading the Gents to a 3-0 start to open the season … Had a team-leading 18 RBI and posted a .459 on-base percentage and led the team in slugging at .722 … Had eight multi-hit games and a three-hit game on Feb. 22 versus Eureka … Hit two home runs and had four RBI on Feb. 8 versus ETBU.

2019 Junior Season: Named First-Team All-SCAC … Played in all 42 games and led the Gents in six offensive categories and ranked second in four more … Batted .325 (second on the team) with 50 hits and 22 RBI and 41 runs scored … Had 18 extra-base hits including three home runs which was tied for tops on the team … Posted a .439 on-base percentage and a .494 slugging percentage, both of which were second-best on the team … Walked a team-high 30 times … Led the team with 23 stolen bases while only being caught three times … His 23 stolen bags were third in the SCAC and ranked 33^rd in the nation as he became the broke the school’s Division III era career record in the category earlier in the season … Ranked fourth in the conference in doubles, fifth in walks, and tied for eighth in runs scored … Named to the 2019 SCAC Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll.

2018 Sophomore Season: Named Second Team All-Conference by the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference after leading the team with a .349 batting average… Finished second on the team in both hits (52), runs scored (31), RBIs (27), stolen bases (18), and triples (two)… Led the team with 15 doubles… Finished a home run short of the cycle after a 4-for-5 outing with two runs scored and an RBI in the 7-5 win at Dallas March 16… Only one of three Gents with a double-digit game hitting streak, recording a hit in 11 games from February 2 through March 10… Also went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs in the 15-1 win in the first game of a double header at Dallas March 17.

2017 Freshman Season: Named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Second Team... Finished third on the team, was fourth in the SCAC, and 194th in the country with a .382 batting average... Ranked third in the conference (behind a pair of teammates) in RBIs with 41... Named Third Team All-West Region by both the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings and D3Baseball.com... Finished second in the team and in the conference with 65 hits... Finished second in the team and third in the SCAC with 14 doubles... Named SCAC Hitter of the Week on February 13 after going 11-for-16 with six RBI’s, five runs scored, and three doubles in Centenary’s three-game sweep of East Texas Baptist February 10-11.

Prior to Centenary: Was a utility player for head coach Curtis Fox at Shepherd HS... Earned multiple distinctions while playing for the Pirates, including Second Team All-District as a Second Baseman in 2014, First Team All-District as a Utility Player on 2015, and named a District MVP and Honorable Mention All-State as a Pitcher and Shortstop in 2016... Graduated eighth in his class and was inducted into the National Honors Society at Shepherd HS... Won the Presidents Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence and the UIL Scholar Award in 2016.

Personal: Born February 15 in Houston, Texas... Son of Clint Crowder, Annice Crowder, and Staci Smith... Has one sister, Cali, and one brother, Cooper... Majoring in business at Centenary with a minor in political science.

Favorite Movie: Step Brothers

Hobbies: Ping pong, golf, and riding horses

Favorite Athlete: Craig Biggio