Delta State University

2013 (Senior): Named to the All-Gulf South Conference Tournament Team…Played in 56 games with 55 starts…Had 65 hits in 202 at bats (.322 avg.)…11 doubles...one homerun…Scored 43 runs...Had 35 RBIs...Had 23 walks...Had 12 hit by pitches...Had a .415 on base percentage...Had four sac flies...Had four sac bunts...Had 79 total bases for a .391 slugging percentage...Had 16 strikeouts...Grounded into three double plays...Was 22 for 24 in stolen base attempts...Had 91 putouts...Had seven assists...Had two errors...Had a .980 fielding percentage...

2012 (Junior): Helped guide Statesmen to 12th Gulf South Conference championship, 11th NCAA South Region title and 11th NCAA College World Series appearance...DSU finished second overall as national runner-up...Named Second Team All-GSC...Played in 64 games, making 64 starts in right field...Batted .310 with 10 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 51 RBIs...Collected 75 hits in 242 at-bats...Scored a GSC-leading 70 runs...Finished with 19 stolen bases in 21 attempts...Finished second in the GSC in RBIs (51), third in hits (75) and 10th in steals (19)...Finished season with 101 total bases, ranking seventh in GSC...Ranked 34th in NCAA in runs scored per game...Season-high five RBIs versus Florida Southern (2.24)...Career-high four RBIs versus UA-Huntsville (5.8) at GSC Tournament...Scored career-high five runs scored at Montevallo (2.10)...Career-high two stolen bases versus Lake Erie (3.13) and New Orleans (4.14)...Finished season with 23 multi-hit games, a team high...Tied for the team lead with 13 multi-RBI games.

UNIV. OF KENTUCKY:  Played in 13 games for the Wildcats in 2011...Batted .182 with two RBIs...Two-way talent served as a midweek starter on the mound for UK in 2010 and as a late-inning defensive replacement in the outfield ... Made 12 appearances on the mound with five midweek starts ... Posted a 1-2 record and a 8.89 ERA ... Tossed 27.1 innings, walking 11 and striking out 15 ... In the field, came off the bench 10 times as a pinch hitter, pinch runner or defensive replacement ... Had three at bats, going 0-for-3 with one run scored, drawing two walks ... Pitched in three SEC games, posting a 5.79 ERA in 4.2 innings, allowing eight hits and three runs, walking two and striking out four ... First appearance of career came in the season-opening game against Virginia Tech at Coastal Carolina, tossing 2.2 innings, allowing seven this and three runs ... Made first career start against Evansville, tossing four innings and allowing three hits and two earned runs ... Picked up first career win against Morehead State on March 2, hurling two innings, allowing four hits and one run ... Made start against Murray State, going 3.1 innings, allowing four hits and seven runs - five earned - walking one and striking out one, as the UK defense made four errors behind him ... Outstanding in his first career SEC appearance, tossing 2.1 innings, allowing one hit and two walks, striking out two ... Made starts against Xavier, Western Kentucky and Lipscomb in the midweek ... Used as a defensive upgrade late in the game in the outfield due to arm strength ... Used as a pinch runner against Monmouth, scoring the walk-off run.

PREP: First-team All-State selection from Ohio County High School ... Four-year letterwinner for coach Ted Hill ... Led team to the district championships in 2008 and 2009 ... Team won district in 2007, finishing as region runner up ... Played football junior season ... Four-year member of the all-district team ... Named all-region in 2008 and 2009 ... Named second-team All-State in 2008 ... 39th round MLB draft pick by the Philadelphia Phillies.

PERSONAL: Samuel Wallace Kidd ... Born November 30, 1990 in Owensboro, Ky. ... Son of Don and Evelyn Kidd...Has a sister, Amanda (24)...Father played baseball for Delta State University.