STARKVILLE — Elijah MacNamee is heading to the Midwest.
The former MSU slugger will join the Frontier League’s Evansville Otters per an announcement on his Twitter page.
MacNamee hit .286 with 52 RBIs and 20 doubles in an injury shortened senior season as helped lead the Bulldogs to the program’s 11th College World Series appearance.
The Cypress, Texas native will perhaps best be remembered for his walk-off home runs against Florida State and Vanderbilt in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
MacNamee, or “Big Hit Mac” as he came to be known in Starkville, channeled his inner-clutch gene in his final at-bat at Dudy Noble Field, roping a three-run homer into the Left Field Lounge to help the Bulldogs to an 8-0 victory over Stanford in game two of the Super Regionals.
The Otters are an independent league team and thus are not affiliated with a MLB ball club. That said, Evansville has sent 79 players to the major leagues since 1996.
Ben Portnoy reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @bportnoy15.
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