Biography
2016 (Redshirt Sophomore): Named first-team all-SBC at shortstop last season … Led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked sixth nationally in walks (59), ranked second in on-base percentage (.444), sacrifice flies (7) and total plate appearances (286), fourth in stolen bases (14), seventh in runs scored (47) and tied for eighth in RBI (43) in 2016 … Also ranked in the top 10 nationally in base on balls per game (0.94) ... His 59 walks rank tied for fourth in a single season at USA ... Batted .284 with 12 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 43 RBI, 47 runs scored and 14 stolen bases in 63 games … Hit .291 with five doubles, one triple, one home run, 20 RBI, 19 runs scored and seven stolen bases in 30 SBC contests … Also posted a .442 on-base percentage in league games … Hit safely in 42 of 63 games … Recorded 14 multiple-hit and nine multi-RBI contests … Collected a career-high four hits, seven RBI and hit his first career home run against Evansville (2/21) … Drew a career-high four walks against Georgia Southern (5/7).
2015 (Redshirt): Batted .371 with one double, five RBI and 12 runs scored in 12 games, all of which were starts, before taking a redshirt following a season-ending injury ... Posted a .444 on-base percentage ... Hit safely in eight of 12 games played, including his final five of the year ... Recorded four multiple-hit and two multi-RBI games ... Tied a career high with two RBI against Brown (2/28) ... Tied career highs in hits (3), RBI (2) and runs scored (3) in the series finale against Brown (3/1).
2014 (Freshman): Appeared in 55 games with 54 starts at shortstop ... Batted .237 with six doubles, 21 RBI, 22 runs scored and one stolen base ... Hit .268 with four doubles, 14 RBI, 15 runs and one stolen base in 29 SBC contests ... Recorded seven multiple-hit games and four multi-RBI contests ... Ranked second on the team in on-base percentage (.363) in SBC games ... Hit safely in 23 of his last 33 games played, and batted .291 over that span ... Made his first career start in the season opener against Tennessee Tech (2/14) ... Recorded his first career hit, RBI and run scored against Tennessee Tech (2/15) ... Collected two hits against Nicholls State (3/25) which marked his first career multi-hit game ... Recorded a five-game hit streak (3/25-4/1) ... Delivered a two-out, game-tying RBI single in the top of the ninth inning at Texas State (4/4) to force extra innings, then drove in the game-winning run on a one-out RBI single in the top of the 13th inning ... Recorded multiple hits in two of three games at Texas State (4/4, 4/6) ... Scored a career-high three runs and collected two hits at Georgia State (5/4) in the series finale ... Recorded a career-high three hits against No. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette (5/10) ... Tied that hit total in the SBC Tournament against Texas-Arlington (5/21).
High School: Lettered four years in baseball and two years in basketball at Pensacola Catholic High School ... Helped lead the Crusaders to MaxPreps Xcellent 50 national championship, USA Today national championship, Collegiate Baseball national championship and Florida 4A state championship after a perfect 30-0 record as a senior ... Hit .511 with nine doubles, one home run, 27 RBI, 22 stolen bases and 41 runs scored while posting a .585 on-base percentage ... Hit safely in 27 of 30 games ... Named 4A first-team all-state by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) as a senior ... Also helped PCHS capture the 2012 4A state title, and a 3A runner-up finish as a sophomore ... Earned 3A first-team all-state honors as a sophomore by the FACA.
Personal: Full name is Richard Andrew LaBounty ... Born Jan. 9, 1994, in Pensacola, Fla. ... The second of four children to Richard and Judy LaBounty ... Father, Richard, played baseball at West Florida and has over 650 wins in 30 seasons as head baseball coach at PCHS ... Lists watching baseball among his hobbies ... Favorite movie is “The Natural” ... Favorite professional sports team is the San Francisco Giants ... Lists Jose Reyes and Dustin Pedroia as his favorite athletes ... Favorite musical artist is Kenny Chesney ... Majoring in leisure studies.
