2016 Baseball Roster
Walker Pennington
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Position:
- Outfield
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Memorial
2017 (SENIOR): Hitting 25-for-129 (.194) with 18 walks ... reaching base at a .313 clip during SEC competition with a pair of homers ... in SEC play for a three-run homer, his first of the season, against No. 1 TCU (3/4) ... drove in four in the opening series of the season reaching base seven times ... went deep twice against LSU including a go-ahead blast with two outs in the ninth in the series' final game ... has the game-winning RBI in the Aggies win over No. 13 Mississippi State (5/4)
2016 (JUNIOR): Played in 29 games in his first season at A&M, including 13 starts (5 DH/4 LF/4 RF)... batted .258 (16-for-62) with 12 runs, five doubles, four home runs, 16 RBI and three stolen bases... notched a .532 slugging percentage, .347 on-base percentage and eight stolen bases... notched two games with multiple hits and two games with multiple RBI... played in eight SEC games, including five starts, hitting .167 (3-for-18) with three runs, one home run and two RBI... batted .308 (4-for-13) as a pinch hitter... notched an RBI in each of his first four appearances... logged his first Aggie hit against Stephen F. Austin (2/23), batting 1-for-2 with one double, one run and one RBI... next day (2/24) he followed up going 1-for-2 with one RBI against Prairie View A&M... batted 1-for-2 with one walk, one double, one run and one RBI at Pepperdine (2/27)... in series against Fresno State (3/11-13), batted 3-for-8 with two runs, two doubles, one walk, one steal and two RBI... hit 2-for-4 in the series finale against Fresno State (3/13), logging one walk, one double, one steal, two runs and one RBI... hit his first Division I home run on April 8, going 1-for-2 with one walk, one dinger, two runs and one RBI against Georgia... batted 2-for-5 with two runs and career-highs in home runs (two) and RBI (four)... hit 2-for-2 with two runs, one home run and three RBI at the SEC Tournament (5/24-29)... sent Texas A&M to the SEC Tournament championship game with a three-run pinch-hit home run against Ole Miss in the semifinals (5/28)... played for the Neptune Beach Pearl of the California Collegiate League.. selected as a rightfielder on the All-California Collegiate League squad... played in 37 games, including 34 starts, hitting .328 (43-for-131) with 21 runs, six doubles, three triples, six home runs, 27 RBI and 18 stolen bases.
AT SAN JACINTO COLLEGE: Played for Coach Tom Arrington as a sophomore, earning NJCAA Division I All-America Second Team recognition as a sophomore... also earned all-region and all-conference accolades… batted .420 batting average with 13 home runs and 65 RBI in 2015… helped lead his team to the Junior College World Series.
AT TCU: Appeared in 10 games for the Horned Frogs as a freshman in 2014... batted .400 (4-for-10) with two doubles.
AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three varsity letters playing for Coach Jeremy York... earned Louisville Slugger All-America honors as a senior... also garnered first-team all-district, second-team all-state and All-Greater Houston Second Team as a senior... earned second-team all-district as a junior... selected as an all-district honorable mention as a sophomore... also tabbed academic all-district... hit .385 with five home runs as a senior... played select baseball for Houston Banditos... outside of baseball he was a member of the National Honor Society and school choir.
PERSONAL: Walker Davis Pennington was born on December 3, 1994 in Houston, Texas to Jeff and Georgia Pennington... has two older siblings, Alex and Camryn... majoring in finance... aspires to one day be the CEO of a company... his father played college soccer at the University of Colorado Boulder... enjoys playing video games, basketball and golf.
