2020 Baseball Roster
Merrifield, Hite
Jersey Number 2
Hite Merrifield
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Advance, N.C.
- High School:
- Davie County HS
Bio
Walter on Merrifield (February 2020)
"Hite is a good athlete and defender with a lot of upside. For now he's likely to be a late inning pinch runner and defensive replacement. As he gets more physical and controls the barrel better, his role will increase. Next year he should be in position to compete for an everyday role."
2020 (Redshirt Freshman - Season shortened by COVID-19)
Appeared in seven games, seeing action as a pinch hitter, pinch runner and defensive replacement ... Went 2-for-5 at the plate with a double and RBI ... Doubled in his collegiate debut against Milwaukee (Feb. 15) ... Added a single and scored a run against Sacred Heart (March 3).
2019 (Freshman)
Enrolled early in January 2019 ... Redshirted his freshman season.
Background
Rated as a top-500 recruit in the class of 2019 by Perfect Game before reclassifying and enrolling at Wake Forest in January 2019 ... Earned all-conference and team MVP honors his junior season ... Also played football and was an all-conference defensive back ... Chose Wake Forest over South Carolina and Clemson.
Personal
Born on July 28, 2000 ... Son of Bill and Kissy Merrifield ... Father, Bill, is Assistant AD, Development at Wake Forest ... Bill was a two-time ACC Player of the Year at Wake Forest and was a second-round pick of the California Angels, reaching as high as AAA ... Brother, Whit, has been a member of the Kansas City Royals since being called up in 2016, and had a walk-off hit to clinch the 2010 College World Series for South Carolina ... Mother, Kissy, played tennis at Wake Forest, and sister, Costner, is also a Wake Forest alum ... Hite was an honor roll member all four years of high school.
"Hite is a good athlete and defender with a lot of upside. For now he's likely to be a late inning pinch runner and defensive replacement. As he gets more physical and controls the barrel better, his role will increase. Next year he should be in position to compete for an everyday role."
2020 (Redshirt Freshman - Season shortened by COVID-19)
Appeared in seven games, seeing action as a pinch hitter, pinch runner and defensive replacement ... Went 2-for-5 at the plate with a double and RBI ... Doubled in his collegiate debut against Milwaukee (Feb. 15) ... Added a single and scored a run against Sacred Heart (March 3).
2019 (Freshman)
Enrolled early in January 2019 ... Redshirted his freshman season.
Background
Rated as a top-500 recruit in the class of 2019 by Perfect Game before reclassifying and enrolling at Wake Forest in January 2019 ... Earned all-conference and team MVP honors his junior season ... Also played football and was an all-conference defensive back ... Chose Wake Forest over South Carolina and Clemson.
Personal
Born on July 28, 2000 ... Son of Bill and Kissy Merrifield ... Father, Bill, is Assistant AD, Development at Wake Forest ... Bill was a two-time ACC Player of the Year at Wake Forest and was a second-round pick of the California Angels, reaching as high as AAA ... Brother, Whit, has been a member of the Kansas City Royals since being called up in 2016, and had a walk-off hit to clinch the 2010 College World Series for South Carolina ... Mother, Kissy, played tennis at Wake Forest, and sister, Costner, is also a Wake Forest alum ... Hite was an honor roll member all four years of high school.
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