2022 Baseball Roster
Bassett, Le
Jersey Number 11
Le Bassett
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Letters:
- 4
- Hometown:
- Tifton, Ga.
- High School:
- Tift County HS
Bio
Awards/Accolades
Season-by-Season
2021
2020 (R-So.)
Before Mercer
High School
- 2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-SoCon
- 2020 Spring Academic All-SoCon Team
- 2020 Preseason All-SoCon First Team (DH)
- 2019 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
- 2019 Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American (Third Team)
- 2018 Baseball America Freshman All-American (Second Team)
- 2018 NCBWA Freshman All-American
- 2018 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
- 2018 SoCon All-Freshman Team
Season-by-Season
2021
- Appeared in 30 games while making 21 starts
- Batted .288 (19-for-66) on the season with six doubles and five homeruns
- Posted 13 RBIs
- Had a .460 on base percentage
- Had four multi-hit games
- Recorded a season high of four hits against Jackson State in the season opener
2020 (R-So.)
- Appeared in 16 games for the Bears while making 13 starts
- Batted .250 (12-for-48) on the season with six extra base hits
- Finished second on the team with 17 RBI
- Hit two home runs on the season, the third most on the team
- Had an on-base percentage of .400 and drew nine walks
- Drove in a season-best four runs against UT Martin (March 1) and at Georgia State (March 10)
- Had a season-high two hits at Florida A&M (Feb. 18) and against UT Martin (March 1)
- Missed the entire season due to a preseason injury
- Emerged as Mercer's top power threat during freshman season
- Played in 48 games with 39 starts, all at designated hitter
- Set a Mercer freshman record with 17 home runs & 60 RBI
- Slugged a team-best .678 & added an on base percentage of .377
- Batted .282 with 42 hits in 149 at bats
- Proved to be a dangerous pinch-hitter, batting 3-for-9 (.333) with two home runs & seven RBI
- Tallied three two-home run efforts vs. Florida A&M (Feb. 20), Alcorn State (May 10) & The Citadel (May 17)
- Went 2-for-4 with two home runs & a season-high six RBI vs. Alcorn State (May 10)
- Batted in three runs in a 1-for-3 performance to help Mercer defeat No. 1 Florida on the road (April 24)
Before Mercer
High School
- Four-year letterwinner for head coach Kyle Kirk at Tift County High School (Tifton, Ga.)
- Earned Region I 7A First Team honors as an infielder (2017) & Region I 7A Second Team honors as a pitcher (2017)
- Named to 7A All-State Team as a senior (2017)
- Batted .370 with two home runs, 30 RBIs & seven stolen bases as a senior (2017)
- Named Region I 7A Academic Player of the Year
- Helped lead Tift County HS to 2015 Region I 7A title
- Played summer ball for Team Elite South, helping team to 2015 USA Baseball National Team Championships 17U East title
- Graduated with Superior Honors (4.0 GPA)
- Member of school's National Honor Society & BETA Club
- Earned Physics Award, English Award, Geometry Award & Georgia Certificate of Merit
- Full name is Lawton Eugene Bassett IV
- Born Aug. 15, 1998 in Tifton, Ga.
- Son of Alisha Bassett & Lawton Bassett III
- Has one sister, Annslee
- Father, Lawton, played baseball at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
- Chose Mercer because of its rich baseball tradition & its excellent academic programs
Mercer Football Press Conference (Week 3 vs. Wofford)
Monday, September 08
Mercer v. South Florida Men's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/7/2025
Monday, September 08
Mercer v. Gardner-Webb Women's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/7/2025
Monday, September 08
Mercer v. Kennesaw State Women's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/4/2025
Friday, September 05
