Terry Becomes Berry's All-Time Leader In Home Runs

From time to time here at KG's College Athletics, we want to recognize milestones and tremendous individual accomplishments. One of those accomplishments happened Friday night, April 9 in Rome, GA.

Mitch Terry, a Sr. Third Baseman on the Berry College Baseball Team, jacked a three-run homer in the top of the fourth inning to become the school's all-time leading home run hitter with 31 homers in his career. The Vikings went on to beat Auburn-Montgomery (AL) by the score of 13-12. The home run erased a 5-0 deficit and was part of a huge inning for the Vikings as they sent 11 batters to the plate. Terry's teammate Madison Moss started off the inning with a single and accomplished something rare, he got two hits in the same inning.

Terry's good work didn't stop with the milestone home run. In the top of the fifth, the Vikings had the bases loaded with the Woodstock, GA native stepping to the plate. Terry promptly laced a double down the right field line giving the vikings three insurance runs and a 13-6 lead.
The Senators of AUM battled back to within one run, but the Vikings held on for the win. Terry went 3 for 5 in the contest knocking in 6 RBIs. After Friday night's performance, Terry was the team leader in home runs this season (10) and RBIs (41).

In the 2009 season, Terry was a Second Team All-Conference selection. He batted.332, hit 10 home runs and had a .574 slugging percentage. His 39 RBIs during the year were tied for fifth most on the team. Terry had back-to-back three-hit outings against Faulkner (3/28) for his best batting performance of the season. Terry plays Third Base, a very demanding position. At Third Base, Terry posted an .868 fielding percentage.

Terry is just one of the many student-athletes who are competing at the small college level. These are stories most college sports fans don't hear about. These are stories that deserve to be made known, and they will continue to be made known here at kgcollegeathletics.blogspot.com and our Sister blog kgussports.blogspot.com. For more information on this story, the reader can go to www.berry.edu/athletics.