Will LaRue

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
5-11
Weight:
175
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Evansville, Ind.
High School:
Mater Dei

2018 (As A Senior):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Played in just five games, starting all five before an injury ended his season... hit .278 with a pair of runs and three RBI...

2017 (As A Junior):
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Played in all 61 games with 60 starts... one of the top stolen base threats in the nation... led team, BIG EAST and ranked 11th nationally with 26 steals... finished season seventh all-time in program history with 64 career steals... also ranked 32nd nationally with 0.43 steals per game... second on team with 35 walks... raised batting average from .140 to .285 from March 11 to the end of the season... went 3-for-3 with a double and drove in the game-winning run in the BIG EAST Championship against St. John's (5/28)... named to BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after posting a pair of three-hit games and going 7-for-11 with three RBI in three games... went 3-for-10 (.300) with three runs scored and two RBI in the NCAA Tournament Louisville Regional... hit .333 (4-for-12) with three RBI and three runs scored in a three-game sweep of Georgetown to close out the regular season... hit .333 (4-for-12) with four RBI in the series at No. 18 St. John's... went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 10-8 loss at UC (5/9)... tripled for the first time in 2017 as part of a 2-for-4 day on May 7 at Indiana... went 1-for-3 with two walks and two steals, scoring a career-high four runs in a 17-12 win over Butler (4/22)... went just 1-for-7 (.143), but walked five times and scored six runs in the Butler series... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, four walks and a steal during two games at the Joe Nuxhall Classic (4/18-19)... walked a career-high three times and went 1-for-1 against Miami (OH) on April 19... had a big game on April 11 at Wright State, going 3-for-5 with a pair of runs and steals... went 4-for-11 (.364) in the Villanova series, scoring twice and knocking in two runs... went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the win over Miami (OH) on April 5... had a pair of two-hit games in the Fairleigh Dickinson series, going 4-for-9 (.444) with four runs scored and his first homer of the season... collected one hit in each game of the Illinois State series... had a pair of two-hit games and hit .400 (4-for-10) in a weekend sweep against Ohio State (3/18-19)... went 2-for-6 with a pair of runs scored and three steals in two midweek games at Georgia (3/7-8)...

2016 (As A Sophomore):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 61 games with 60 starts during a breakout season... became one of the nation's best basestealers... swiped 31 bags in 36 attempts (86.1% success rate)... ranked 13th in the nation in total steals (31) and 27th in steals per game (0.51)... fourth on team with 38 runs scored... tied for fourth on team with 25 walks... third on team with 57 hits... set career-highs with a pair of four-hit performances (2/28 at Mercer and 3/13 at Vanderbilt)... had a huge three-run double with two outs in comeback win over Creighton (5/14)... had team's second-longest hitting streak last season, posting a hit in 10 straight games (5/7-26)...

2015 (As A Freshman):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 33 games with 21 starts, including 18 straight to end the season... scored 20 runs, including three three-run games... stole seven bases in eight chances... posted a career-best three hits at St. John's (5/8)...

Prior to Xavier:
Three-year letterwinner in baseball at Evansville Mater Dei in Indiana... speedy switch-hitter... hit .333 with 45 stolen bases as a senior... stole 30 bases as a junior... named to All-SIAC and Second Team All-State... named Academic All-State in three straight years... 2014 Perfect Game Preseason Central Region All-High School Honorable Mention... started varsity basketball for four years...

Personal:
Majoring in undecided business... Son of Cathy and Mark LaRue...has two brothers, Hank and Seth... Father played baseball for Southern Illinois... Brother, Hank, played baseball for Middle Tennessee State and brother, Seth, played baseballfor Campbell...