Skylar Black

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
C
Hometown:
Paradise, TX
High School:
Eastfield CC
Last College:
Eastfield College

2020 (COVID Season) I Started in 14 of the 15 games he played in... Posted a .271 batting average - placing third on the team... Led the team with a .500 slugging percentage and 14 RBI, and ranked second in hits with 14, including two doubles and three home runs... Set his record in a game against Portland with five RBI, two runs, and two home runs.

2019 (Junior) I Started in 14 games... Amassed 14 RBI's, 24 total bases, and a .500 slugging-percentage... Led the team defensively with 84 total putouts and aided in some plays giving him 8 assists to add to the stat sheet... He finished the season with a fielding percentage grade of .979 proving his worth with efficiency...

2018 (Sophomore) | Split time at a number of positions - catcher, first base and designated hitter - during his inaugural season of NCAA Division I hardball...Took part in 48 games and made 42 appearances in the starting lineup...Batted .261/.333/.404 for the season...Finished the year with 42 hits, 13 walks, 17 runs scored and 20 RBI...Racked up nine doubles, a triple and four home runs...Ranked seventh on the team with 11 multi-hit games (nine with two, two with three)...Made his SFA debut as a pinch hitter in a non-conference setback to Central Michigan (2/16)...Posted his first hit of the season - a triple - in a non-conference loss at UTRGV (2/17)...Drove in a season-best three runs on two occasions - the first of which came in a non-conference setback to Central Michigan where he hit a three-run homer and drew a season-best two walks (2/18)...Struck for a season-best three hits twice - first in a non-conference loss at UT Arlington (2/26)...Scored a season-high two runs in three games, the first of which came in a non-conference loss at Texas State where he went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI (3/4)...Accumulated a season-high 12 putouts in a non-conference home win over Louisiana-Monroe where he also went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and three RBI (3/10).

2017 (Freshman) | Posted impressive numbers throughout his first and only year of junior college ball at Eastfield College...Played in 41 games and batted .382/.470/.653...His slugging percentage mark was a team-best...Finished with 55 hits that included 10 doubles, one triple and a team-high nine home runs...Finished with 47 RBI and drew 23 walks...Named First Team All-Conference.

High School | By the time his prep career at Paradise High School was in the books, had constructed one of the best careers of any catcher to ever suit up for head coach Mike Fehler...Named First Team All-District for three of his four seasons and was a Second Team All-District choice as a sophomore...Earned All-State Academic honors as a junior...Played club baseball for a pair of programs - the Wise County Raiders (2008-13) and the Fit N' Wise Muscle (2014-15).

Personal | Born Skylar Brandt Black on May 2, 1997...Son of Russell and Peggy Black...Brother, Braiden, played collegiate baseball at Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College (now Randall University)...Plans to major in health science at Stephen F. Austin.