Year-by-Year Statistics: Career | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014
ASUN Preseason All-Conference (2017)
ASUN Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016)
ASUN Second Team All-Conference (2016)
ASUN Conference All-Freshmen Team (2014)
ASUN Conference Academic Honor Roll (2014)
2016: A Second Team All-Conference selection at third base... Listed on the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll... Started 55 of the 57 games in which he appeared (all at third base)... Batted .316 (68-for-215) with 14 doubles, seven home runs and 48 RBIs... His seven home runs were the third most on the team... Of his seven home runs, four came with runners on base... Was fourth on the club with a .479 slugging percentage... Put together 12 multi-RBI games, the second most on the team... Hit his first career grand slam on Feb. 27 against Hartford, his fourth home run in 38 at bats dating back to 2015... Tied the program's single-game record for hits after going 5-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and an RBI on May 10 against Georgia Southern... Hit a pair of home runs and went 4-for-4 with four runs scored against USC Upstate on May 13.
2015: Saw action in 22 games, including nine starts... Batted .265 (7-for-49) with two home runs and seven RBIs... Proved to be team's top options off the bench, batted .455 (5-for-11) with two home runs and four RBIs as a pinch-hitter (No player in program history has ever hit two, pinch-hit home runs since statistic first kept in 2003)... His first collegiate home run came against Brown on March 15 in the eighth inning... His home run against Florida A&M was in "walk-off" fashion, invoking game's predetermined 10-run rule in the seventh inning.
2014: Member of the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshmen Team… Listed on the Atlantic Sun Academic Honor Roll… Started 39 games of the 44 he appeared in as a true freshman… Batted .273 with 44 hits and 18 RBIs… Played 40 games at first base… Hit safely in seven-straight games from Apr. 13-Apr. 27… Put together three, three-hit games and had four multiple-RBI games… Recorded a team-best, 15 putouts against South Florida on Apr. 29… Served as designated hitter in season-opener and recorded two hits in collegiate debut… Against Northern Kentucky on Mar. 21, he was 3-for-5 with four RBIs and 13 putouts… Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored against Stetson on Apr. 26… A two-out, bases-clearing triple against Lipscomb on May 10, capped a seven run effort by the Ospreys and clinched the series.
High School: Lettered at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Fla.…Helped the Celtics to the District Championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012…Advanced to the postseason as a sophomore and a junior with a combined record of 44-15…Named First Team All-District as a junior and Second Team All-District as a sophomore…Hit .416 combined as a sophomore and junior, going 79-for-190 with 66 runs scored, 17 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 40 RBI and 22 stolen bases…Went 2-for-4 with two home runs in the 2011 District Championship against Mt. Dora…Played with former North Florida baseball player Tim Retamoza…Honor student and member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name is John Alex Merritt…Son of Kimberly and John Merritt…Cousin Cessily Skinner rows for the Naval Academy…Cousin Courtney Merritt played softball at VSU…Born on Aug. 6, 1995 in Fort Myers, Fla.…A business management major.
