Delta State University

2009: Appeared in 50 games with 50 starts…Batted .327 with nine doubles, one triple, 13 home runs and 55 RBIs…His 13 home runs led the team and ranked 10th in the GSC…Also finished the season 10-of-14 in stolen bases…Named to All-Gulf South Conference First Team…Committed just one error all season in right field.

MISSISSIPPI STATE: Played two seasons with the Bulldogs...Member of MSU’s 2007 College World Series Team...Named to the 2007 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll… Played in 17 games as a freshman with five starts, all in right fi eld...Hit .276 (8-for-29) with two doubles... Made his collegiate debut against Murray State (Feb. 24) as a defensive replacement in right field...Laced a double and scored a run in his first career plate appearance...Singled in his first career run a day later in the series finale against Murray State (Feb. 25)...Legged out a pinch-hit double at Mississippi (Apr. 27) and two days later (Apr. 29) drew his first career start (right field) against UM in his home town...Started the next four games in right fi eld, including MSU’s three-game series sweep of Auburn (May 4-6) at Dudy Noble Field...Missed MSU’s post-season competition with a back injury...Hit .200 (4-for-20) in nine SEC games played (four starts)...2006: Exercised a freshman redshirt option in 2006...Named to 2006 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

PREP: Three-year starter and 2005 all-state standout for coach Brian Harvey at Oxford High School...Saw playing time as an outfielder/first baseman/pitcher, compiling a .399 career batting average with 125 RBI, 60 extra-base hits and 32 stolen bases in three seasons as a starter...Paced the Chargers with a .466 batting average and drove in 58 runs in helping lead OHS to a 36-4 mark and 2005 Class 4A State Championship...Led Oxford with 55 hits, 15 doubles and three triples...Also registered 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts and compiled a 9-0 pitching record with a 2.25 earned run average...Tabbed for all-state honors by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger and Player of the Year honors by both the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and, for the second year, the Oxford Eagle...Also earned MVP honors at the 2005 NEMCABB All-Star Game in Corinth...As a junior led the 2004 Chargers with a .383 batting average, 44 hits, 38 RBI and 15 extra-base hits... Posted a 7-2 pitching mark with two saves and a 2.26 ERA...First-team Mississippi Association of Coaches All-State selection in 2004 as a tight end in football...Helped lead the Chargers to their first North Half State Championship in 2003.

PERSONAL: Jonathan Cade Hoggard…Born April 6, 1987...Sibling, Megan…Majoring in Health, Physical Education and Recreation.