Lamar University Athletics

2016 Southland Conference Commissioner’s honor Roll
 
2016 Season
• Ranked fifth on the team in batting average (.305) and RBI (28), fourth in runs (37), tied for fifth in home runs (5).
• Was the back half of back-to-back homers with Reid Russell in a nine-run comeback against Nicholls.
• Went 4-of-4 in the finale against Southeast Missouri State, scored three runs. 
• Blasted a long ball in the upset of No. 5 LSU, was 2-for-4 (double) with four RBI – season high – and two runs.
• Season high five runs scored in the series opener at UIW, had a long ball and two RBI in the 20-run outburst.
• Scored four runs on a 2-of-4 day in the series opener against Central Arkansas, also had two walks.
• Third on the team in multiple-hit games (22) and eight multi-RBI games.
• Ended the season on a career-best 15-game hit streak, was 46-of-65 to end the year with 13 runs and 10 RBI. Upped his batting average from .265 to .305.
 
2015 Season
• Led the Cardinals in hitting until he was injured after the third weekend of the season (Feb. 28).
• Returned to the team before the McNeese Series (April 11), but only played as a pinch hitter.
• Hit .333 (4-of-12) on a hurt foot as a pinch hitter after his return.
• Had a three-hit day versus Manhattan (Feb. 20) with a run scored and one knocked in.
• Notched two RBI in games against New Mexico State (Feb. 14), Manhattan (Feb. 20) and Texas Pan-American (Feb. 28).
• In the NMSU contest, was 1-of 1 (home run), three runs scored and four walks.
• Was 1-for-1 with two walks and a run scored versus Manhattan.
• 1-of-3 with a run and walk over Texas-Pan American. 
• Registered two hits (2-of-4) against Illinois (Feb. 15) with a RBI
 
Prior to Lamar
• Hit for a .304 average with 28 runs batted in his freshman year.
 
High School
• Led his team to a District 24-5A championship
• first-team all-district outfield
• second-team All-Houston area
• coached by Anthony Scalise
• graduated with a 3.2 grade point average.
 
Personal
• Son of Susan and Gary McDowell, father was a district champion wrester
• born Dec. 4, 1993.