Biography
2021 (Junior): Appeared in 45 games with 44 starts ... Batted .200 with five doubles, one triple, one home run, 20 RBIs, 16 runs scored and three stolen bases ... Hit .179 with one double, one triple, 10 RBIs, 10 runs scored and three stolen bases in 20 Sun Belt Conference games ... Recorded six multi-hit and four multi-RBI contests ... Reached base in 14 consecutive games, which marked the second-longest streak among Jags for the year ... Tied his career high in hits (3) against Middle Tennessee (March 5).
2020 (Junior COVID Year): Led the team with a .339 batting average, and also added one double, one triple, two home runs, 12 RBIs, 11 runs scored, one stolen base, a .500 slugging percentage and .439 on-base percentage in 17 games played, all of which were starts ... Recorded four multiple-hit and a team-best three multi-RBI contests ... Hit safely in 13 of 17 games ... Ended the season with a three-game hitting streak and five-game on-base streak.
2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in 32 games with 18 starts ... Batted .217 with five doubles, one home run, 10 RBIs and 12 runs scored in 32 games ... Hit .271 with five doubles, one home run, seven RBIs and nine runs scored in 19 Sun Belt Conference contests ... Recorded two multiple-hit and three multi-RBI games ... Hit safely in 13 of 32 contests ... Made his season debut against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 23) ... Recorded his first hit of the season in a pinch-hit role against at Arkansas State (March 24) ... Tallied a career-high two RBIs, which also marked the first RBI of his Jaguar career, against Georgia State (April 20) ... Hit his first career home run at Georgia Southern (April 26) ... Recorded a career-high two hits against Little Rock (May 4), and matched that total in the series finale at Appalachian State (May 12).
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in 13 games with four starts ... Played in four Sun Belt Conference games with one start ... Made his Jaguar debut in a pinch-hit appearance against Kansas State (Feb. 16) ... Made his first career start against Virginia Tech (Feb. 17) ... Recorded one hit, a double, which came at No. 1 Texas Tech (March 3), which came in his second career start ... Also earned starts at Louisiana (March 9) and against ULM (March 17).
High School: Lettered four years at Sparkman High School in Harvest, Alabama ... Named class 7A second-team all-state by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as a senior ... Batted .410 with nine doubles, three triples, three home runs and 32 RBIs as a senior ... Hit .392 with 11 doubles, two home runs and 24 RBIs as a junior in 2016 ... Helped the Senators to a state runner-up finish in 2014, consecutive semifinal appearances in 2015-16 and a first-round playoff appearance in 2017.
Personal: Full name is Michael Reid Powers ... Born June 14, 1998, in Huntsville, Alabama ... The second of two children to Mike and Bonnie Powers ... Has one older sister, Alyssa ... Hobbies include playing video games and lifting weights ... Majoring in business administration.
