Missouri State

2023 (Senior)/Career Summary
Led the Bears with 32 starts behind the plate in his final season...Slugged .421 with 10 of his 18 hits going for extra bases - four doubles and six home runs...Drew 16 walks and scored 20 runs...Homered in each game the Bears played against an SEC school, one each in the Missouri home-and-home series and a third against No. 7 Arkansas (April 25)...Had three multi-hit games ad scored two runs in four separate games.

2022 (Senior)
Served as the Bears’ backup catcher, making seven starts behind the plate and appearing in 16 games...Hit .212 in 33 at bats with a home run, two doubles and four RBI...Was perfect in 93 chances in the field, becoming the 11th player in school history to post a 1.000 fielding percentage in a season with at least 50 total chances...Had a two-run homer against Kansas (March 16)...Went 2-for-3 with two RBI on May 10 at SEMO...Recorded 10-plus putouts in four of his seven starts.

Background
Transfer from Little Rock by way of Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa....In 2021 at Little Rock, batted .444 (4-for-9) with a double, home run and three RBI in six games and three starts behind the plate...Slugged .889 with a .545 on-base percentage in his one season with the Trojans...Appeared in 31 games in two seasons at Lackawanna College, helping the Falcons to an appearance in the 2019 Junior College Division 2 World Series and hitting .255 with 10 RBI and 14 runs scored that season.

Personal
Anthony Socci is the son of Jim and Kim Socci...Born March 27, 2000, in Stamford, Conn....Majoring in criminology.