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Jimmy Pickens

Player Profile
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
West Bloomfield, Mich.
High School:
Brother Rice
Height / Weight:
6-1 / 215
Position:
OF/C
Experience:
HS
B/T:
L/R

05/25/2012

Spartans Stay Alive in Big Ten Tournament, Defeat Ohio State, 6-2

David Garner earns the win for MSU while Bryce Jenney pitches 2 2/3 shutout innings to record the save.

05/22/2012

Five Spartans Earn All-Big Ten Honors

Jordan Keur named first-team All-Big Ten.

05/22/2012

Spartans Open Big Ten Tournament Against Nebraska

Fifth-seeded MSU will take on the fourth-seeded Huskers in the first round Wednesday at 12:05 p.m.

05/11/2012

Spartans Host Iowa This Weekend

Currently tied for third in the Big Ten standings, Michigan State looking to finish strong in conference play.

05/09/2012

Michigan State Downs Toledo, 7-2

Mick VanVossen pitches a career-best 7 2/3 innings and allows just two runs.

Career Stats

HIGH SCHOOL: Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft (41st round, No. 1247 overall) . . . four-year letterwinner under Coach Bob Riker at Brother Rice High School . . . played for the U22 Michigan Bulls in the Livonia Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2011 . . . ranked the No. 6 player in Michigan and one of the top 500 players in the nation according to Perfect Game . . . rated the No. 15 prospect for the Class of 2011 by MichiganBaseballProspects.org . . . named to the 2011 Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Division 1 All-State Second Team . . . named to The Detroit News 2011 All-Metro Team and the All-Oakland County Team . . . as a senior in 2011, led his team to a 28-8 record and a district title while batting .385 with eight homers, 36 RBIs, 45 runs and 23 stolen bases . . . ranked the No. 3 player in Oakland County by the Daily Tribune . . . as a junior, named to the MHSBCA and Detroit Free Press 2010 Dream Team and Division 1 All-State Team as he hit .418 with five homers and 31 RBIs . . . also compiled a .581 on-base percentage, .819 slugging percentage and stole 19 bases . . . as a sophomore in 2009, batted .364 with six home runs, 41 RBIs and 21 stolen bases . . . as a freshman in 2008, was the starting catcher on the Brother Rice team that went 34-6 and claimed the Division 1 state championship; went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a triple in the 8-0 win over Saline in the state title game . . . also earned four letters in football as a running back and free safety . . . rushed for 823 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior in 2009 as Brother Rice advanced to the MHSAA Division 2 state semifinals . . . elected a football captain in 2010 and helped the Warriors win the Catholic League A/B Division championship at Ford Field . . . also a basketball letterwinner.

PERSONAL: Son of Roger and Sharon Pickens . . . born March 18, 1992 . . . kinesiology major . . . his brother, Doug, was a catcher at Michigan and is currently in the Cleveland Indians minor league system . . . brother, Matt, played football at Western Michigan (2006-09) . . . chose Michigan State over Michigan, Louisville and Tennessee.