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2024 Baseball Roster

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9 Simon Scherry

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Claus, Ind.
  • Highschool Heritage Hills HS

Biography

Ranked #22 In D1Baseball.com's Positional Rankings At SS Entering The 2024 Season (2024)
Ranked as the MVC's 16th-best MLB Draft Prospect in the 2024 Draft Class by D1Baseball.com (2024)
Led NCAA Division I Baseball Infielders In Defensive Runs Saved at 12.7 (2023 – per 643 Charts & Synergy)
Named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List (2023 – for the nation’s top shortstop)
Runner-Up For The MVC’s Defensive Player of the Year Award (2023)
MVC All-Defensive Team Selection (2023)
Honorable Mention All-MVC Pick At Shortstop (2023)
Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference Infielder (2023)
MVC Player of the Week (x1 – 5/9/22)
Second-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference Infielder (2022)
Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Conference Infielder (2021)
MVC All-Freshman Team Selection (2021)
 
2023
  • Led NCAA Division I Baseball Infielders in Defensive Runs Saved at 12.7, per 643 Charts and Synergy
  • Named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, honoring the nation’s top shortstop
  • The runner-up for the MVC Defensive Player of the Year Award
  • Voted to the MVC’s All-Defensive team at shortstop, ranking second in the MVC in defensive assists at 173
  • Posted a .973 fielding percentage in 264 defensive chances (84 putouts, 173 assists, seven errors)
  • Broke UE’s single-game record for assists with 11 against Belmont (4/2/23)
  • Earned honorable mention all-MVC honors, hitting .267 with 12 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 23 RBI and 44 runs scored
  • Played and started in all 61 games for UE
  • Ranked eighth in the MVC in stolen bases with 12 in 13 attempts
  • Tied for fourth in the MVC in triples with three
  • Also ranked sixth in the Valley with 35 walks (against just 28 strikeouts), posting a .368 on-base percentage; Had just 31 walks in his first two years at UE
  • Had 18 multi-hit games, with 12 two-hit games, four three-hit contests and two four-hit games
  • Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI against Bowling Green State (3/5/23 – Game 2)
  • Also went 4-for-6 with two runs scored against Belmont (4/2/23 – Game 2)
  • Went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI in both games of a doubleheader at Missouri State (3/25/23)
  • Finished a single shy of the cycle in game two of the doubleheader at Missouri State
  • Homered in both games of the doubleheader at Missouri State and in the series opener at UIC (5/18/23)
  • UE is 11-0 all-time in games in which Scherry homers
  • Hit .290 in Valley play, collecting hits in every Valley series
  • Ranked as the fourth-toughest batter in the MVC to strike out
  • Played 17 games for the Wausau Woodchucks of the Northwoods League during the summer
  • Hit .288 with a double, six RBI and 12 runs scored, hitting safely in 13 of his 17 games played
2022
  • Earned second-team all-Missouri Valley Conference honors at shortstop
  • Started all 56 games for Evansville as a sophomore
  • Finished fourth on the team with a .293 average, 16 doubles, six home runs and 48 RBI
  • Hit .348 with four doubles, four home runs and 18 RBI in MVC play
  • Led UE with 23 multi-hit games (15 two-hit games, seven three-hit efforts and a five-hit game)
  • Went a career-best 5-for-7 with two doubles, two runs scored and a career-best five RBI at Austin Peay (3/16/22)
  • Had 12 multi-RBI contests (three two-RBI games, six three-RBI contests, a four-RBI game, and two five-RBI games)
  • Tied a career-high with five RBI against SIUE (5/11/22)
  • Named the MVC Player of the Week on 5/9/22 after hitting .583 (7-for-12) in a three-game sweep of Illinois State
  • Had a career-best nine-game hitting streak from 3/5/22 against Ohio to 3/20/22 at Northwestern in which he hit .435 (20-for-46)
  • Had multi-hit games in six of UE’s seven MVC series (only one he did not – at Dallas Baptist)
  • Homered while going 3-for-6 with four runs scored and two RBI at #18 Tulane (3/13/22)
  • Also hit home runs against Indiana (4/5/22), at Indiana State (4/23 and 4/24/22), against Bradley (4/30/22) and against Valparaiso (5/19/22)
  • UE was 6-0 in the games in which Scherry homered on the season
  • Posted a .957 fielding percentage at shortstop, with 10 errors in over 232 chances
2021
  • Exploded onto the scene as a freshman, earning honorable mention all-MVC honors
  • Also named to the MVC’s All-Freshman Team
  • Played and started all 55 games on the UE infield, splitting time between second base (11 GP) and shortstop (44 GP)
  • Finished fourth on the team with a .288 average, 16 doubles, a triple, two home runs and 35 RBI
  • Tied for the team-lead with 16 doubles
  • Second on the team with 19 multi-hit games (15 two-hit, three three-hit, and one four-hit game)
  • Also produced nine multi-RBI efforts (six two-RBI, one three-RBI, and two five-RBI games)
  • Hit .273 as a freshman in MVC play
  • Drove in a career-best five men in his second-ever home game, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and five RBI against Northern Illinois (2/27/21)
  • Also had five RBI while launching his first collegiate home run with a walk-off grand slam to cap UE’s 13-3 run-rule victory over South Dakota State (4/2/21)
  • Knocked an inside-the-park home run the next day in the second game of a doubleheader against South Dakota State (4/3/21)
  • Collected at least one multi-hit game in six of UE’s seven MVC series
  • Went a season-best 4-for-6 with a career-best and program-record-tying four doubles at Valparaiso (5/15/21)
  • Posted a .973 fielding percentage on the UE infield, committing just six errors in 222 chances as a true freshman
PREP
  • Outstanding multi-sport athlete at nearby Heritage Hills High School in Lincoln City, Indiana
  • On the diamond, ranked 13th among shortstops and 58th overall in the state of Indiana by Perfect Game
  • Also earned academic all-state honors in baseball
  • In basketball, was named the 2020 All-Southwestern Indiana Basketball Player of the Year by the Evansville Courier & Press
  • Averaged 17.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, and a team-high 3.6 steals per game as a senior
  • Also dished out a single-season school record 7.8 assists per game for the Patriots
  • Led Heritage Hills to a 64-9 overall record in his three years as a starter
  • Was invited to the Indiana North/South All-Star Classic and Top 60 workout prior to the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the event
PERSONAL
  • Son of Jill and Dan Scherry
  • Has two older siblings – Samuel and Sydney
  • Hobbies include fishing, golf, and playing cards
  • Lists basketball as his second-best sport

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2021Freshman

    Infielder
    6'2" 180 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2022Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'2" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023Junior

    Infielder
    6'2" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2024Senior

    Infielder
    6'2" 190 lbs
    9
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