2027 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 8
Ethan Buffone
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Hometown:
- Warner Robins, Ga.
- High School:
- Houston County HS
2026 SoCon Regular Season Champion
2026 SoCon All-Freshman Team
AS A FRESHMAN (2026)
2026 SoCon All-Freshman Team
AS A FRESHMAN (2026)
- Appeared in 35 games and made 20 starts, primarily at second base
- Slashed .225/.300/.325 across 80 at-bats
- Tallied 18 hits, 13 RBI, 26 total bases and scored 13 runs
- Picked up his first collegiate hit and scored a run against Troy (February 14)
- Won the starting role at second base and went 3-for-5 with three RBI against Alabama State (April 21)
- Mashed his first collegiate home run against Wofford (April 25)
- Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a double against Samford (May 2)
- Went 6-for-11 with six RBI, a double, a home run and two runs scored in the final series of the regular season to help clinch the SoCon Regular Season Championship against ETSU (May 14-16)
- Played for head coach Matt Hopkins at Houston County HS
- Earned All-Region and All-State honors as both a junior and senior
- Son of Sara and Gerald Buffone
- Has a brother, Jerry, and a sister, Olivia
- Graduated Top 100 out of 700 in his graduating class from Houston County HS with a 3.9 GPA and was a four-year honor student
- Played soccer and baseball at Houston County HS
- Also plays soccer under head coach Brad Ruzzo at Mercer
- Lists Jesus and his parents as his hero
- Majoring in Business
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