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2026 Baseball Developmental Team Roster

Eli Gentry

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 230
  • Class Freshman
  • Major Undecided
  • Hometown Moncks Corner, SC
  • Highschool Cane Bay HS

Biography

FMU:  First-year player at FMU.

PERSONAL:
  • Graduate of Cane Bay High School, where he played for coach Kyle Stampley
  • All-State honors as a senior
  • Top 200 in the nation
  • Top 20 in batting average
  • Led the region in home runs
  • Part of region championship team in football
  • Father played college baseball and was a two-way player
  • Nickname is E
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
  • As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Engineer
  • How you got your nickname:  It just happened to be used
  • Favorite Fictional Character:  Lightning McQueen
  • Favorite Athlete:  Ronald Acuña Jr
  • Favorite Sports Team:  Atlanta Braves
  • Favorite Movie or TV Show:  Attack On Titan
  • Favorite Food:  Chicken
  • Favorite Vacation Spot:  Atlanta, GA
  • Favorite Musical Artist:  Morgan Wallen
  • Favorite Thing About FMU:  The environment/campus
  • Favorite Off-Field Activity:  Exercise or play video games
  • Goals for Upcoming Season:  Lead the team in batting average and RBIs
  • Why you first chose your sport:  The love for the game
  • Biggest mental challenge in your sport:  Learning how to control every at bat
  • Interesting Notes:  Earned All-State honors as a senior year; won the region in football; top 200 in the nation and top 20 in batting average; led the region in home runs; father played college baseball and was a two-way player
  • Brush With Greatness:  I have several instances with go-ahead XBH including home runs in the regular season and postseason