Josh Stowers

Position:
OF
Height:
6-0
Weight:
205
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Westchester, Ill.
High School:
Mount Carmel

CAREER HONORS
• 2018 MLB Draft, 2nd Round (54th overall), Seattle Mariners
• 2018 D1Baseball All-America Third Team
• 2018 NCBWA All-America Third Team
• 2018 ABCA All-South Region Second Team
• 2018 ACC Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2018 All-ACC First Team
• 2018 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2017 All-ACC Academic Team

2018: Completed college career after being selected in the second round of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners... Earned All-America honors after hitting .336 with nine home runs, 14 doubles, 60 RBIs, 72 runs scored, 52 walks and 36 stolen bases in 62 games played... Ranked third in the nation in stolen bases, fifth in runs scored, 17th in walks and 23rd in on-base percentage (.477)... Ranks eighth in school history in career stolen bases with 60 while the 36 in 2018 rank as the sixth most in a single season at UofL... Reached base safely in final 47 games of the season... Was 7-for-17 with two home runs, two doubles and 10 RBIs in ACC Championship... Homered in ACC title game loss to No. 7 FSU on May 27... Opened ACC Championship by going 3-for-4 with a homer, double, triple and six RBIs versus Wake Forest in ACC Championship opener on May 23... Finished 8-for-11 in series sweep against Notre Dame on May 17-19... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and career best six RBIs in final with the Irish... Was 7-for-14 with a home run in series sweep at Pittsburgh on May 11-13... Matched career high with four hits and scored career best four runs in May 13 win at Pitt... Two hits and three RBIs in win versus Cincinnati on May 9... Went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs in May 5 win at Boston College... Connected on fourth home run of the season in May 4 victory at BC... Was 2-for-3 with a double, one RBI and scored twice in April 28 win over Indiana State... Singled, walked twice, stole two bases, drove in two runs and scored twice in April 24 win over WKU... Hit safely in all three games of sweep in Virginia Tech highlighted by game-winning ninth inning home run opener on April 13... Was 3-for-7 with five walks, five runs scored and four stolen bases in series against No.4 NC State on April 6-8... Hit safely in all three games against No. 10 Clemson on March 23-25... Went 2-of-4 with a home run and scored twice in March 17 win at Wake Forest... Was 2-for-3 with a run scored in series-opening win against No. 13 UNC on March 9... Finished with two hits and scored once in March 6 win over Morehead State... Had two hits in each of the first two games of the series sweep of Western Carolina while finishing with four RBIs and four runs scored in the trio of games... Was 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs in Feb. 25 victory over Youngstown State... Tripled and drove in three runs in Feb. 23 win over YSU... Singled, walked, had one stolen base, one RBI and scored twice in Feb. 18 win against George Mason.

2017: Finished with .313 batting average, six home runs, 34 RBI, 15 doubles and 22 stolen bases while playing in all 65 games as a sophomore, including 59 starts... Hit .364 with a double in three College World Series games... Was 6-for-10 with one home run, four doubles, seven RBI and eight runs scored in NCAA Regional... Finished 2-of-3 with a home run, double and four RBI in win over Xavier on June 4 to clinch NCAA Regional... Had career high four hits with one RBI and three runs scored in May 25 win over Notre Dame at ACC Championship... Finished 2-for-5 with a three-run homer against Florida State on May 18... Was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in May 9 win against No. 25 Vanderbilt... Connected for first two collegiate home runs and drove in four RBI in April 28 win over Toledo... Hit safely in all three games in series win over Duke... Delivered game-winning RBI sacrifice fly to left field in April 15 win at Georgia Tech to complete sweep... Had career-best three hits, scored three runs and drove in one in April 8 win over No. 17 Wake Forest... Was 5-of-12 with a pair of two-hit games and three runs scored in series win at NC State on March 24-26... Hit safely in all three games of sweep of Boston College and extended hitting streak to career-best seven games... Provided pivotal two-out, two-run single in the sixth inning of 3-1 win over Pittsburgh on March 12... Hit safely in all three games against Eastern Michigan on March 3-5 while also driving in two runs in the series... Connected for hits in each of the first two games against Omaha... Hit safely in all three games in Clearwater, Florida during the opening weekend ,highlighted by a 2-for-4 performance with a double and a RBI as a starter in Feb. 18 win over Maryland.

Summer 2016: Hit .326 with five home runs, 27 RBI and 34 runs scored in 41 games for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League.

2016: Saw action in 20 games during freshman season with the Cardinals... Singled and drove in a run in April 15 win against No. 16 Clemson... Had first collegiate RBI with a run-scoring single in April 12 win over Western Kentucky... Made collegiate debut and registered first career hit with a single to right center in first at-bat against SIU Edwardsville on Feb. 19... Came off the bench in debut outing to close the game in right field.

High School: Played three seasons of prep baseball at Mount Carmel High School under the direction of head coach Brian Hurry... Ranked No. 247 nationally in the class of 2015 by Perfect Game... Was also ranked as the top prep outfielders in the state of Illinois and the No. 6 player overall by Perfect Game... Earned all-conference and all-area honors and was member of Mount Carmel’s 2013 state championship winning team while hitting .365 during his sophomore season... Hit .387 during senior season and finished with a .325 mark as a junior... Named to All-Tournament Teams at the 2014 Perfect Game WWBA World Championship, 2014 Perfect Game WWBA Kernels Foundation Championship, 2014 Central Labor Day Classic, 2012 15U Perfect Game World Series and 2012 Perfect Game WWBA 15u National Championship.

Personal: Born on Feb. 25, 1997 in Chicago, Ill... Parents are Clarence and Shauntai Stowers... Has two siblings – Myles and Lauren... Majoring in sport administration... Signed with UofL after also strongly considering Miami, Michigan, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Illinois... People with greatest influence on his athletic career are his parents... Hobbies and interests include cooking, playing Guitar Hero, spending time with friends and studying war history... Favorite movie is Southpaw... Favorite TV shows are Prison Break and The Blacklist... Favorite athletes are Andrew McCutchen and Steph Curry... Favorite cereal is Frosted Flakes... Favorite teams are St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Bulls.