Will Cerny

Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography

Class:
Junior
Position:
1B
Hometown:
Sealy, Texas
High School:
Sealy HS

2021 (Junior) | Played in 30 games, starting in 10 of them...Recorded six total hits with four RBI...Season-high two hits against ACU (5/21) with one RBI that day...Drew a RBI walk against No. 25 Oklahoma (2/23)...Notched two doubles this season, one at Nicholls (3/14) and one at No. 8 Texas Tech (4/14)...89 putouts with four assists with a FLDG% of .989.

2018 (Freshman) | Counted on primarily as a reserve infielder in his debut collegiate season...Made four starts through his 16 games played...Concluded the year with a slash line of .136/.240/.273...Racked up three hits, three walks, five RBI and four runs scored...Saw his first action in a non-conference setback against Central Michigan where he drew a walk and scored a run (2/16)...Earned his first start in a non-conference loss at UT Arlington where he went 0-for-2 with a walk and a run scored (2/25)...Notched the first hit of his collegiate career and drove in a pair of runs in a non-conference home victory against Grambling State (3/21)...Stepped onto the pitching rubber for the first and only time of the season and notched a strikeout while firing 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in a Southland Conference home loss to Nicholls (5/5)...Launched a pinch-hit, two-run homer - the first extra-base hit of his career - in a Southland Conference road loss at Houston Baptist (5/18).

High School | Closed the books on his varsity baseball career at Sealy High School in the spring of 2017 following four years of decorated service for the Tigers...Doubled as a first baseman and a pitcher...Started his career by helping the Tigers to the bi-district finals as a freshman...Earned Second Team All-District honors as a first baseman following his first season of high school baseball...Named a First Team All-District pitcher as a sophomore and helped propel the Tigers into the regional quarterfinals...Hauled in District Defensive MVP and team MVP honors as a junior...At the end of his final season of high school baseball, raked in a bevy of awards and honors including another District MVP title, a Third Team All-State selection (first base) and an Honorable Mention All-State choice (pitcher)...That year, lifted his team to a 26-8 record and a trip to the regional semifinals...Earned three Academic All-District citations during his prep hardball career...Also suited up for the Tigers' varsity football squad as a junior and senior, raking in his fair share of accolades on the gridiron as well...Twice named First Team All-District as a defensive end (junior) and tight end (senior)...Chosen as the team MVP at the end of his senior season...Appeared in the Greater Houston Area Football Players Team Photo as a senior.

Personal | Born Will David Cerny on May 19, 1999...Son of David and Diane Cerny...Father, David, played college baseball at Blinn College and Lamar...Will major in either kinesiology or education at Stephen F. Austin.