Grant Norris Season 2023

2023 (GRADUATE)
Season: Started 41 games at third base…Batted .276 with 40 hits, including 11 doubles, three triples and a team-high-tying seven homers, a team-best 42 RBI and 28 runs…Drew 17 walks and recorded three steals…Earned a team-high .538 slugging percentage…In conference play, tallied 20 hits, including five doubles, two triples and four homers, 16 RBI and 13 runs. His four homers were a team high…Had a .526 slugging percentage in Big Ten games…Collected 12 multi-hit games, 13 multi-RBI games and six multi-run games...Had a 10-game hit streak from March 28 to April 14.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Northern Illinois (2/24): Singled and drove in a run in the first game of a doubleheader…Collected two hits, including a two-run homer and an RBI single. vs. Monmouth (2/26): Tallied two hits, including a two-run single, and scored twice. vs. Wagner/Dartmouth (3/4): Recorded a three-run double and a solo homer, totaling four RBI, against Wagner…Drew two walks and scored a run against Dartmouth. vs. Holy Cross (3/5): Notched two singles. at Michigan (3/25): Doubled among two hits and drove in a run. Pitt (3/28): Tallied a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth and a two-run double in the eighth. Indiana (4/1-2): Collected a two-run single in game one…Had an RBI double in game two…Doubled and scored a run in game three. Bucknell (4/4): Had a two-run single and added another RBI. Delaware State (4/6-8): Recorded a triple and drove in two runs in the series opener…Launched a two-run homer and drew two walks in game two…Had two hits, including a ground-rule RBI double, and scored three runs in the series finale. West Virginia (4/11): Drove in two runs with a double. at Purdue (4/14-15): Blasted a two-run homer and added a single and a walk in the opening game of the series…In game three, recorded two singles and a run. Youngstown State (4/18): Posted an RBI single and an RBI walk, while adding a base hit. Ohio State (4/21): Registered an RBI single in the first game…Singled and scored a run in the third game. at West Virginia (4/25): Had an RBI double in the fourth. Iowa (4/29): Drew an RBI walk and tripled in game one of a doubleheader…Launched a three-run homer in the first inning of the night cap. at Nebraska (5/12-14): Blasted a solo homer in the fifth inning of the series opener…Launched a solo homer in the seventh inning of the middle game…Went three-for-three with a double and a run in the series finale. Maryland (5/18): Collected a two-run triple and a double, while scoring two runs.

BEFORE PSU (Duke)
Played in 32 games, making 10 starts, at Duke…He made nine starts at second base and one start at shortstop…Tallied five hits, including one homer, eight runs and four RBI. He also drew eight walks…In 2022, hit .300 with three hits, including a homer, three runs and two RBI. Maintained a .600 slugging percentage and a .364 on-base percentage…Against Bucknell (3/4-6), tallied two hits, including a homer, two runs and two RBI in the series…Collected a base hit at Pitt (5/8)…As a freshman, notched two hits, two RBI and three runs…Had scored a run, drew two walks and drove in a run on a sac fly against Army (2/15)…Had a pair of hits and an RBI against Cornell (2/21-22).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Somerset Area High School for head coach Steve Costea…As a junior, led Somerset to a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Championship…Batted .306 with a .453 slugging percentage and .390 on-base percentage as a junior…As a sophomore, recorded a 4-2 record with a 1.97 ERA on the mound…Ranked as the No. 2 shortstop and No. 30 prospect in Pennsylvania by Perfect Game…Was rated as a Top 500 national prospect by Perfect Game and earned Underclass All-American High Honorable Mention in 2017 and 2018…Is a member of the National Honor Society and was an honor student all four years in high school…Served as a member of the student council and Future Business Leaders of America…Also played basketball and was a member of the golf team in high school…Played travel ball for Flood City Elite and US Elite.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Frank and Carolyn Norris…Mother, Carolyn, played volleyball at West Virginia (1981-85)…Father, Frank, played baseball at Lock Haven (1974-77)….Grandfather played basketball at Lock Haven…Had an uncle and four cousins who attended Penn State…Graduated from Duke with a degree in sociology and was an environmental science minor…Pursuing a Business Management Foundations certificate.