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2025 Baseball Roster

44 Eli Berch

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 210
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Jackson, Miss.
  • High School Jackson Preparatory School
  • Prev School Ole Miss
  • Twitter EliBerch
  • Instagram eli_berch_

Biography

2025: Made 49 starts in 52 games played, with 45 starts behind the dish and four as a designated hitter ... batted .243 with career highs in homers (5) and RBI (42) ... scored 33 runs and hit nine doubles, drew 24 walks and recorded a pair of stolen bases ... hit his first homer of the season in the series opener at Wichita State (3/14) while also posting seven RBI, the most by a Bulldog since 2021 ... tallied two three-hit games at Wichita State (3/14) and vs. Jacksonville State (5/21) in the opening round of the CUSA Championship ... caught 17 runners stealing with a fielding percentage of .995 ... threw out three runners in the series finale at Middle Tennessee (4/13). 

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Attended Jackson Prep School in Jackson, Miss., where he won three state championships (2019, 2020, 2022) ... began his collegiate career at Chipola College, where he batted .276 through 48 games ... scored 29 runs with nine doubles, four homers and 29 RBI with an OPS of .747 ... caught 13 runners stealing from behind the plate ... transferred to Ole Miss prior to the 2024 season ... appeared in 42 games, starting 33 of them ... collected 20 hits, three for extra bases, and nine RBI ... had a .333 on-base percentage, tallied 25 total bases, scored 16 runs, and drew 16 walks ... caught a team-high five runners stealing ... had a season-high three hits on 3/3 against Iowa including his first home run of the year ... had two base knocks on 4/14 against Mississippi State ... drove in two runners and had a double on 4/19 against Georgia ... collected two hits and scored two runs on 5/11 against Texas A&M.

PERSONAL: Son of Karen and Barry Berch ... born on April 23, 2004 in Nashville, Tenn. ... Brother, Thaxton, also plays at LA Tech.

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