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Jersey Number 15
John Malcom
- Position:
- 1B/OF
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- West Bloomfield, Mich.
- High School:
- Detroit Country Day
- Prev School:
- Tampa
2023 (GRADUATE SENIOR): Made four plate appearances as pinch hitter ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 19 vs. Arizona in MLB Desert Invite in Phoenix.
AT TAMPA (2021-22): Played two seasons for the Spartans ending his career with a .303 batting average, a .519 slugging percentage, and seven home runs … Playing in 34 games during the 2022 season, hitting .316 with seven doubles and three home runs, notching 21 RBI and a .524 slugging percentage … While playing at Tampa totaled 166 putouts at first base and finished with a .972 fielding percentage … Was a second-team all-Sunshine State Conference in 2021 and two-time SSC Player of the Week ... Played in 24 games in 2021 and posted 21 RBI along with three doubles and four home runs, logging a .524 slugging percentage.
AT STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA (2020): Played one season, seeing action in 27 games before the cancelation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Led the Manatees with five HR and 25 RBI, hitting .330 with a .577 slugging percentage ... Registered 20 runs scored, adding seven doubles and one triple, adding 18 walks and one stolen bases ... Opened season with a 14-game hitting streak, in finishing season with at least one hit in 25 of 27 games played, including seven multi-hit outings ... Bashed first HR of collegiate career vs. Broward (Feb. 1), adding a grand slam at Central Florida (Feb. 12).
AT VANDERBILT (2019): Played one season for the 2019 College World Series Champion Commodores, seeing action in two regular-season games ... Made collegiate debut on March 5 vs. Davidson, logging an RBI.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Detroit Country Day High School for coach Steve Lepkowski ... Was a three-year team captain ... Earned first-team Rawlings-Perfect Game All-American accolades, as well as first-team All-Central Region, in addition to All-State honors ... Ranked as Michigan’s top overall player and the No. 2 first baseman nationally in the 2018 class by Perfect Game ... Played summer league for the Battle Creek Bombers in the Northwoods League ... Also played summer league with former Vanderbilt teammates Chance Huff, Kumar Rocker and Makenzie Stills as well as with Ryder Green (New York Yankees) and Ethan Hankins (Cleveland Indians) ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the Detroit Country Day basketball team ... Graduated cum laude.
PERSONAL: Son of Latisha and Johnny Malcom ... Lists his parents as biggest baseball influence because of their work ethic ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning the 2019 College World Series title with Vanderbilt because it was a goal that team set and succeeded in accomplishing their goal ... Graduated with a degree in psychology from Tampa and is pursuing a masters in sport coaching at MSU.
AT TAMPA (2021-22): Played two seasons for the Spartans ending his career with a .303 batting average, a .519 slugging percentage, and seven home runs … Playing in 34 games during the 2022 season, hitting .316 with seven doubles and three home runs, notching 21 RBI and a .524 slugging percentage … While playing at Tampa totaled 166 putouts at first base and finished with a .972 fielding percentage … Was a second-team all-Sunshine State Conference in 2021 and two-time SSC Player of the Week ... Played in 24 games in 2021 and posted 21 RBI along with three doubles and four home runs, logging a .524 slugging percentage.
AT STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA (2020): Played one season, seeing action in 27 games before the cancelation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Led the Manatees with five HR and 25 RBI, hitting .330 with a .577 slugging percentage ... Registered 20 runs scored, adding seven doubles and one triple, adding 18 walks and one stolen bases ... Opened season with a 14-game hitting streak, in finishing season with at least one hit in 25 of 27 games played, including seven multi-hit outings ... Bashed first HR of collegiate career vs. Broward (Feb. 1), adding a grand slam at Central Florida (Feb. 12).
AT VANDERBILT (2019): Played one season for the 2019 College World Series Champion Commodores, seeing action in two regular-season games ... Made collegiate debut on March 5 vs. Davidson, logging an RBI.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Detroit Country Day High School for coach Steve Lepkowski ... Was a three-year team captain ... Earned first-team Rawlings-Perfect Game All-American accolades, as well as first-team All-Central Region, in addition to All-State honors ... Ranked as Michigan’s top overall player and the No. 2 first baseman nationally in the 2018 class by Perfect Game ... Played summer league for the Battle Creek Bombers in the Northwoods League ... Also played summer league with former Vanderbilt teammates Chance Huff, Kumar Rocker and Makenzie Stills as well as with Ryder Green (New York Yankees) and Ethan Hankins (Cleveland Indians) ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the Detroit Country Day basketball team ... Graduated cum laude.
PERSONAL: Son of Latisha and Johnny Malcom ... Lists his parents as biggest baseball influence because of their work ethic ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning the 2019 College World Series title with Vanderbilt because it was a goal that team set and succeeded in accomplishing their goal ... Graduated with a degree in psychology from Tampa and is pursuing a masters in sport coaching at MSU.
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