Devin Hairston

Position:
SS
Height:
5-8
Weight:
175
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.
High School:
Tates Creek

CAREER HONORS
• 2017 MLB Draft, 6th Round (174th overall), Milwaukee Brewers
• 2017 American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove Team
• 2017 ABCA Third Team All-America
• 2017 Brooks Wallace Award Finalist
• 2017 ACC Defensive Player of the Year
• 2017 All-ACC Third Team
• 2016 ABCA Third Team All-America
• 2016 NCAA Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2016 All-ACC Third Team
• 2015 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2015 NCAA Louisville Regional Most Outstanding Player
• 2015 NCAA Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team

2017: Capped collegiate career by signing professionally with the Milwaukee Brewers after being selected in the sixth round of the MLB Draft... Named to American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove Team, was an ABCA Third Team All-American and was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year... Closed junior season with a .309 batting average, 16 doubles and 52 RBI while finishing with a .987 fielding percentage and just three errors... Was 3-for-4 with a run scored in June 10 win over Kentucky to clinch College World Series berth... Drove in three runs and scored once in May 25 win over Notre Dame at ACC Championship... Was 2-for-4 with a double and run scored in May 9 win over No. 25 Vanderbilt... Hit safely in all three wins at Notre Dame, including two hits with two runs scored in each of the final two games... Had two hits and scored four runs in April 25 win at EKU... Was 2-for-4 with RBI and scored once in April 22 win over Duke... Had streak of four straight multi-games, including each of the first two games in sweep at Georgia Tech... Finished 3-for-5 with four RBI, including go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning, in April 9 win over No. 17 Wake Forest... Was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI in win over No. 8 UK on April 4... Hit a pair of home runs in series win at No. 16 Virginia, including game-tying shot in the eighth inning of the April 2 victory to clinch the series... Had two hits and drove in two runs in March 28 win over WKU... Hit safely in all three games at NC State, including a 3-for-5 outing with two RBI in March 25 win... Was 2-of-4 with a double and scored once while also making spectacular spinning play on groundball up the middle in March 19 win over BC... Connected for second four-hit game of the season and drove in three runs in March 15 win over Xavier... Had career-best five RBI and was 3-for-4 with a double and a triple in March 8 win over Fort Wayne... Hit safely in all three wins against Eastern Michigan on March 3-5 while driving in four runs... Was 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice in Feb. 26 win over Omaha... Matched career high with four hits and three RBI in Feb. 22 win over EKU... Reached base safely in each of the first three games in Clearwater, including two hits in two of those and scoring a run in all three.

Summer 2016: Made seven starts and appeared in 13 games overall for the USA Collegiate National Team.

2016: Started all 64 games at shortstop earning All-America and All-ACC honors while hitting .361 with three home runs, 45 RBI, 16 doubles and a team-high 56 runs scored... Was 3-for-5 with two doubles and one RBI in June 4 NCAA Regional win over Ohio State... Finished 2-for-4 with one RBI and scored once in May 20 win at Wake Forest... Went 2-of-3 with a home run and two RBI in May 19 victory over Demon Deacons... Had four total hits while hitting safely in all three wins against No. 10 NC State on May 13-15... Hit safely in all three games at No. 17 North Carolina on May 6-8... Connected for second home run of the season in April 24 win at Boston College... Delivered game-winning RBI single to clinch walk-off win against No. 12 Kentucky and cap three-hit day at the plate on April 19... Went 3-of-5 with two RBI and three runs scored in series-opening victory against Clemson on April 15... Had two hits and scored three runs in April 13 win at No. 9 Kentucky... Was 2-for-5 with one RBI and scored twice in April 9 win at No. 5 Florida State... Finished 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in April 8 loss to the Seminoles... Hit safely in all three wins over Virginia Tech highlighted by 2-for-4 outing with a double and three RBI in April 3 victory over Hokies... Finished 5-for-13 with three RBI and three runs scored in series win over No. 9 Virginia.

2015: Hit .212 with one home run, 32 RBI and 26 runs scored in 56 starts in first collegiate season... Was 3-of-5 with one RBI and two runs in NCAA Super Regional victory over Cal State Fullerton... Selected as Most Outstanding player of the NCAA Louisville Regional after hitting .500 with three doubles, three RBI, four runs scored and two walks in three games... Was 4-for-4 with two doubles and one RBI in win over Morehead State to open NCAA Regional on May 29... Walked three times, scored twice and drove in a run in series-clinching win at Duke on April 12... Was 2-for-3 with two RBI and scored once in series-opening win at No. 9 Virginia... Hit safely in all three games against No. 28 Georgia Tech on March 27-29... Delivered game-winning three-run double in eighth inning of Feb. 28 win over Xavier... Connected for first career collegiate home run and finished with three RBI in Feb. 21 win over Arkansas State... Was 1-for-3 with a RBI double in first career collegiate start as the second baseman against No. 17 Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 15.

High School: Five-year letterwinner in baseball at Tates Creek High School where he was named Mr. Baseball in the state of Kentucky as a senior and was a two-time First Team All-State selection... Ranked as a top 10 player in the state of Kentucky and a top 500 level player nationally by Perfect Game... Earned Second Team All-Central Region honors from Perfect Game... Hit .407 with three home runs, 40 runs scored, 24 RBI, 19 walks and 12 doubles as a prep senior... Hit .459 with four home runs, 12 doubles, three triples, 35 runs scored and 27 RBI as a junior... Also earned one prep letter in basketball at Tates Creek.

Personal: Born on April 7, 1996 in Lexington, Ky... Parents are Donald and Valerie Hairston... Has one brother, Dorian... Majoring in sport administration... After college, he wants to play baseball professionally and have a family... Person with the greatest influence on his athletic career was his brother who continually pushes him to be the best he can be... Hobbies and interests include playing Call of Duty, Ping Pong and napping... Favorite athletes are Robison Cano and Derek Jeter... Favorite restaurant is Mt. Fuji... Brother Dorian played collegiate baseball at Kentucky.