Biography
2017 (Sophomore): Appeared in 58 games with 54 starts ... Named second-team all-Sun Belt Conference ... Led the SBC in batting average (.363) while also recording 10 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 30 RBI, 53 runs scored, .498 slugging percentage, .424 on-base percentage and 18 stolen bases ... Led the league in hits (48) in conference contests, tied for second in stolen bases (9) and ranked third in runs scored (33) ... Finished second in the conference in batting average (.387) in league games, while also posting seven doubles, one triple, 14 RBI, 33 runs scored and 14 stolen bases in 30 SBC contests ... Hit safely in 43 of 58 games ... Hit safely in 13 of the final 14 games of the season after going hitless in the season finale against Mississippi State (June 4) ... Named to the 2017 NCAA Hattiesburg (Miss.) All-Regional Team (June 6) after hitting .429 with one home run, two RBI and two runs scored along with a .467 on-base percentage and .643 slugging percentage in three games ... Hit safely in two of three regional games, and recorded multiple hits in each of those contests which came against Mississippi State and Southern Miss ... Named to SBC All-Tournament team after batting .400 with one double, three home runs, five RBI, six runs scored and one stolen base in three games at the SBC Tournament in Statesboro, Ga. ... Hit his first career home run at Southeastern Louisiana (April 4) ... Recorded a career-high four hits in the series finale against Coastal Carolina (April 15) ... Drove in a then career-high three runs and tied his career high with four hits in the series finale at Arkansas State (April 23) ... Went 7-for-12 with a double, six runs scored and one stolen base in a three-game series against Troy (May 18-20), with multiple hits in each contest, to close the regular season ... Batted .414 with one double, four home runs, seven RBI, eight runs scored, one stolen base, .862 slugging percentage and .469 on-base percentage in six postseason games ... Led the team with 25 multiple-hit games, and drove in multiple runs in seven contests.
2016 (Freshman): Appeared in 39 games with five starts ... Batted .211 with two doubles, four RBI, 12 runs scored ... Also finished a perfect 13-for-13 in stolen bases ... Recorded his first career hit in his Jaguar debut in the season opener against Evansville (Feb. 19) ... Recorded his first extra-base hit, a double, and drove in a pair of runs in a pinch-hit appearance against Louisiana-Monroe (April 2) ... Also recorded a hit and one RBI in two additional pinch-hit appearances against Southern (April 23) and Georgia Southern (May 7).
High School: Lettered four years in baseball and two years in football at D’Iberville High School in D’Iberville, Miss. ... Batted .345 with 16 stolen bases as a senior ... Hit .393 with one home run, 38 runs scored and 31 stolen bases as a junior … Helped the Warriors to a second-round playoff appearance in 2014 ... Member of the South squad in the class 4A-6A D.M. Howie High School All-Star Game in 2015.
Personal: Full name is Dylan Anthony Hardy ... Born Jan. 20, 1997, in Biloxi, Miss. ... The second of two children to Larry and Jana Hardy ... Father, Larry, played football four years at Mississippi College ... Brother, Tayler, played baseball at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC and the University of Mobile ... Favorite movie is “Wedding Crashers” ... Favorite pro sports team is the Biloxi Shuckers ... Lists Dee Gordon among his favorite athletes ... Favorite musical artist is George Strait ... Majoring in exercise science.
