Patrick Drake

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Class: Junior Hometown: Webb City, Mo. High School: Webb City HS

Height / Weight: 6-3 / 195 Position: Outfielder B/T: R/R

Honors
• MVC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2012)

2012: Drake appeared in 43 games for the Bears as a sophomore, including 18 starts in the MSU outfield...Batted .333 (8-for-24) and slugged .500 in MVC play...Hit by pitch four times to rank third on the club...Doubled for the first time in 2012 to drive home the game-winning RBI in a 10-4 victory over Illinois State (April 14); also stole a base and scored to help MSU wrap up its two-game sweep of the Redbirds...Recorded his second outfield assist of the season April 22 at Wichita State...Went 3-for-3 with a walk during the Bears' three-game series with SIU, April 27-29...Went 2-for-3 and hit the go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning of the Bears' 7-5 win at Indiana State on May 18...Collected hits in three of his six at-bats in MSU's three-game series with Indiana State (May 17-19).

2011: Drake played in 27 games with eight starts (six in left field and two at DH) as a freshman...Posted first career hit was a two-run homer against North Dakota (March 6)...Hit .290 and scored nine runs in 31 at-bats...Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored against Wichita State (April 8)...Went 2-for-4 in the previous game at Kansas (April 5) in his first career start in left field...Was successful in his lone stolen base attempt of the year, May 3 against Missouri...Batted a team-best .349 for the Joplin Outlaws in the summer, driving in 11 runs, scoring 14 and stealing five bases in 30 games.

Background: Drake was a baseball, football and basketball standout at Webb City High, starting for a team that finished at least third in state in all three sports during his prep career...Led the Cardinals to a runner-up finish in the 2010 Class 4 playoffs, batting .333 with 14 RBIs as an all-district, all-conference and all-Ozarks pick...Hit .378 with 21 RBIs as a junior, earning first-team all-area and all-conference honors, and was first-team all-conference as a sophomore as Webb City finish second in the Class 3 state playoffs...Played quarterback and defensive back for the Cardinal football team that won the state title his junior year and made the semifinals his senior campaign...Helped the Cardinals to a third-place state finish in basketball as a sophomore...Played for the Midwest Nationals in the summer of 2010, leading the club with a .406 average.

Personal: Patrick Michael Drake is the son of David and Pam Drake...Born December 31, 1991, in Joplin, Mo...Brother Brayden played at MSU from 2006-09 and was the 2009 MVC Player of the Year...Computer information systems major at Missouri State.