CAREER STATISTICS
ACADEMIC HONORS
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2020
AT GEORGIA STATE: Georgia State’s top hitter and run-producer over his three seasons (2019-21) ... Hit 19 career home runs, along with 27 doubles and 78 RBI ... Right-handed hitter who played in121 games with 115 starts at DH, first base, catcher or outfield … Two career walk-off hits: 2019 vs. ETSU in 13th and 2021 vs. West Virginia in 10th ... Joined the program in 2018-19 after transferring from Eastern Florida State College.
2021: Hit seven homers and was second on the team with 30 RBI while providing big hits throughout the season ... Started games first base, catcher, left field, right field and DH ... Delivered the walk-off, two-out single in the 10th for 7-6 victory over No. 14 West Virginia ... Drove in four with a two-run single and two-run double in 20-4 win over WVU ... Hit a huge 2-run homer in the top of the ninth inning for crucial insurance runs in 4-2 win over No. 2 Vanderbilt ... Also hit a solo homer in Game 4 vs. Vandy ... Homered in back-to-back games vs. Kennesaw State ... Had four hits and four RBI in back-to-back victories over Georgia Southern. Homered and drove in two runs in series-clinching 3-2 victory ... Drove in four runs, including the go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning in 7-5 win over Troy ... Added two more RBI in Sunday’s 17-15 series clincher vs. Troy ... 2-run homer at Mercer ... Hit game-tying, 2-run double in the 9th inning vs. Wofford, allowing the Panthers to win in the 14th ... Preseason first-team All-Sun Belt Conference and Preseason third-team All-America by NCBWA..
2020: Named Sun Belt Conference Breakout Player of the Year by D1 Baseball ... The Panthers’ top hitter who hit third in the batting order while starting all 16 games in left field or at DH ... Led the team with a .407 batting average, five homers and six doubles, along with 13 RBI ... Ranked in the Top 5 in the Sun Belt in average (4th), homers (4th), slugging (.763/2nd) and on-base percentage (.527/3rd) and walks (15/2nd) ... Walked 15 times, including five intentional walks ... Second on the team with 18 runs scored.
Named Sun Belt Player of the Week after going 7-for-11 with two homers, two doubles, seven RBI and seven runs scored in wins over Cincinnati, St. John’s and Saint Peter’s. Had a 2-run HR vs. Cincinnati and then in the 10th inning, he hit a one-out double and scored the winning run in the walk-off ... Hit a three-run homer vs. Saint Peter’s ... Went 3-for-5 in 10-inning win at Western Carolina ... Homered twice in series at ETSU ... Belted a two-run homer in 6-5 win over North Alabama.
2019: Led the team with seven homers and was second with 31 RBI while hitting .267 ... Started 51 games as the DH in his first season with the program ... Had two game-winning hits in the Panthers’ last at bat.
Had a career day in win over Coastal Carolina (4-28-19) with two home runs and seven RBI. Hit two three-run homers and an RBI-single that tied the game in the eighth inning as GSU rallied from a 10-5 deficit after five to win 15-11. His seven RBI are one shy of the school record ... Hit home run No. 7 at Louisiana (5-12-19).
Went 5-for-12 with a home run, five RBI and a game-winning hit in the ninth inning to lead Georgia State to a series victory at Charleston Southern ... With GSU trailing 6-5 in ninth inning of Game 3, he laced a single off the pitcher that deflected into left field to score the tying and go-ahead runs ... Hit his second homer at Georgia Tech (2-26-19) ... Season-high three hits vs. Samford (3-2-19) ... Homered and drove in two runs at Mercer (3-5-19)... Season-high three RBI in win over ETSU (3-8-10), including a two-out, two-run walk-off single in the bottom of the 13th inning to give GSU a 6-5 victory ... Hit his fourth homer at App State (3-16-19) ... Had five hits and two RBI in UT Arlington series ... Two hits, two runs and an RBI in win over Furman (4-3-19) ... Four hits and three RBI in Troy series.
JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: Hit .271 with seven homers, 12 doubles and one triple in 2018 at Eastern Florida State … Drove in 32 runs and scored 39 … Posted a .337 average as a freshman with 21 extra base hits: four homers, 14 doubles and three triples … Had 32 RBI and 35 runs scored … Attended Lake Nona High School.
PERSONAL: Full name is Manuel Elian Merejo … Born July 4, 1998 … Son of Manuel Merejo Sr. and Liliana Gasca ... Criminal justice major who earned his degree in Spring 2021.
