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Jersey Number 44
Curry Sutherland
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rogersville, Mo.
- Prev School:
- Logan-Rogersville HS
Honors
• ABCA All-Region Second Team (2026)
• All-USA First Team (2026)
• John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Semifinalist (2026)
• John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week (April 21, 2026)
• MVC All-Tournament (2025)
• CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2026)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025)
• MVC Honor Roll (2023-24)
• CUSA Honor Roll (2025)
2026 (Junior)
Started all 55 games for the Bears, with 49 at third base, five at DH and one on the mound...All-Conference USA First Team selection after batting .307 and ranking second in the league in home runs (16), slugging (.610) and OPS (1.051)...Also made 14 pitching appearances, going 2-0 with two saves and a 5.79 ERA, 19 strikeouts and a .235 opponent average in 14 innings...Was hit by 20 pitches to rank third on Mo State’s single season list while also moving to third place on the career chart with 36, and tied the single-game record with three HBP versus New Mexico State (May 9)...One of 15 John Olerud Award Two-Way Player of the Year Award semifinalists...Had a 16-game hitting streak from Feb. 14-March 13...Led the Bears with six game-winning RBI...Had 16 multi-hit games and an equal number of multi-RBI efforts...Drove in season-high four runs against Little Rock (Feb. 28) and again at Louisiana Tech (April 25)...Homered twice versus Western Kentucky (April 19)...Second on the club with 51 runs...Had nine assists on May 10 against NM State, one shy of the school single-game record...Threw three perfect relief innings with five strikeouts for a win against No. 17 Arkansas (March 31)...Retired 15 batters in a row from March 10-April 7...Reached safely four times and got the pitching start at Oklahoma State (March 3)...Got the win against WKU (March 18) with three shutout relief innings...Struck out four in 1.2 innings for the save at Kennesaw State (May 21).
2025 (Sophomore)
Started 35 games at third base and tossed 17 innings on the mound as a two-way threat for the Bears...Batted .230 with nine home runs and 27 RBIs, adding six doubles for a .492 slugging percentage...MVC All-Tournament selection thanks in large part to 6.2 scoreless innings of one-hit relief vs. UIC (May 24)...Homered in all three games of the Bradley series (March 21-23), driving in 10 runs and scoring seven against the Braves...Had three hits against Evansville (April 27)...Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs against Valparaiso (April 13)...Had seven multi-hit games and seven with multiple RBIs...On the mound, allowed a run in just two of his 10 outings with a 2.65 ERA and 21 strikeouts while limiting opponents to a .190 batting average...Struck out five in 1.2 hitless innings at UIC (April 19)...Tossed three shutout innings with one hit and three strikeouts against UCF (May 6)...Over his final four games, pitched 12.2 innings with 13 strikeouts and just a run on five hits allowed.
2024 (Freshman)
Started 26 games at third base and made six appearances on the mound in his debut season...Batted .228 with eight extra-base hits, 12 RBIs and 13 runs scored...Collected five extra-base hits in his first three starts...Doubled twice in first start, April 2 versus SEMO...Went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a home run at Bradley (April 5), becoming the first MSU freshman with four hits in a game since Spencer Nivens in February 2022...Tallied seven multi-hit games...Homered at Evansville on April 27...Held opponents to 2-for-15 at the plate in 4.1 innings on the mound with four strikeouts...Did not allow a run in four of six appearances.
Background
Three-time all-state selection at nearby Logan-Rogersville High...Struck out 71 batters in 34.2 innings with a 2.60 ERA as a senior...Batted .440 with six homers, 19 extra-base hits, 27 RBIs, 29 runs, 21 steals and 40 total hits in 30 games as the Big 8 Conference Player of the Year...Posted a .439/.593/.829 slash line as a junior, earning second-team all-state honors while clubbing nine extra-base hits and driving in 23 runs in 16 games for the Class 5 state runners-up...Batted .356 and slugged .511 as a sophomore, driving in 24 runs and drawing 19 walks...On the mound that same season, held opposing hitters to a .096 batting average, striking out 48 with a 1.45 ERA...Ranked as the No. 2 third baseman in Missouri’s 2023 class.
Personal
Curry Sutherland is the son of Tom and Melissa Sutherland...Born December 23, 2004 in Tupelo, Miss....Communication studies major.
• ABCA All-Region Second Team (2026)
• All-USA First Team (2026)
• John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Semifinalist (2026)
• John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week (April 21, 2026)
• MVC All-Tournament (2025)
• CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2026)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025)
• MVC Honor Roll (2023-24)
• CUSA Honor Roll (2025)
2026 (Junior)
Started all 55 games for the Bears, with 49 at third base, five at DH and one on the mound...All-Conference USA First Team selection after batting .307 and ranking second in the league in home runs (16), slugging (.610) and OPS (1.051)...Also made 14 pitching appearances, going 2-0 with two saves and a 5.79 ERA, 19 strikeouts and a .235 opponent average in 14 innings...Was hit by 20 pitches to rank third on Mo State’s single season list while also moving to third place on the career chart with 36, and tied the single-game record with three HBP versus New Mexico State (May 9)...One of 15 John Olerud Award Two-Way Player of the Year Award semifinalists...Had a 16-game hitting streak from Feb. 14-March 13...Led the Bears with six game-winning RBI...Had 16 multi-hit games and an equal number of multi-RBI efforts...Drove in season-high four runs against Little Rock (Feb. 28) and again at Louisiana Tech (April 25)...Homered twice versus Western Kentucky (April 19)...Second on the club with 51 runs...Had nine assists on May 10 against NM State, one shy of the school single-game record...Threw three perfect relief innings with five strikeouts for a win against No. 17 Arkansas (March 31)...Retired 15 batters in a row from March 10-April 7...Reached safely four times and got the pitching start at Oklahoma State (March 3)...Got the win against WKU (March 18) with three shutout relief innings...Struck out four in 1.2 innings for the save at Kennesaw State (May 21).
2025 (Sophomore)
Started 35 games at third base and tossed 17 innings on the mound as a two-way threat for the Bears...Batted .230 with nine home runs and 27 RBIs, adding six doubles for a .492 slugging percentage...MVC All-Tournament selection thanks in large part to 6.2 scoreless innings of one-hit relief vs. UIC (May 24)...Homered in all three games of the Bradley series (March 21-23), driving in 10 runs and scoring seven against the Braves...Had three hits against Evansville (April 27)...Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs against Valparaiso (April 13)...Had seven multi-hit games and seven with multiple RBIs...On the mound, allowed a run in just two of his 10 outings with a 2.65 ERA and 21 strikeouts while limiting opponents to a .190 batting average...Struck out five in 1.2 hitless innings at UIC (April 19)...Tossed three shutout innings with one hit and three strikeouts against UCF (May 6)...Over his final four games, pitched 12.2 innings with 13 strikeouts and just a run on five hits allowed.
2024 (Freshman)
Started 26 games at third base and made six appearances on the mound in his debut season...Batted .228 with eight extra-base hits, 12 RBIs and 13 runs scored...Collected five extra-base hits in his first three starts...Doubled twice in first start, April 2 versus SEMO...Went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a home run at Bradley (April 5), becoming the first MSU freshman with four hits in a game since Spencer Nivens in February 2022...Tallied seven multi-hit games...Homered at Evansville on April 27...Held opponents to 2-for-15 at the plate in 4.1 innings on the mound with four strikeouts...Did not allow a run in four of six appearances.
Background
Three-time all-state selection at nearby Logan-Rogersville High...Struck out 71 batters in 34.2 innings with a 2.60 ERA as a senior...Batted .440 with six homers, 19 extra-base hits, 27 RBIs, 29 runs, 21 steals and 40 total hits in 30 games as the Big 8 Conference Player of the Year...Posted a .439/.593/.829 slash line as a junior, earning second-team all-state honors while clubbing nine extra-base hits and driving in 23 runs in 16 games for the Class 5 state runners-up...Batted .356 and slugged .511 as a sophomore, driving in 24 runs and drawing 19 walks...On the mound that same season, held opposing hitters to a .096 batting average, striking out 48 with a 1.45 ERA...Ranked as the No. 2 third baseman in Missouri’s 2023 class.
Personal
Curry Sutherland is the son of Tom and Melissa Sutherland...Born December 23, 2004 in Tupelo, Miss....Communication studies major.
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