Cowboy Baseball Picks Up Former CWS All-Tournament Shortstop in Forsythe

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State is getting a transfer shortstop from Mississippi State with a national championship on his resume’. Lane Forsythe helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2021 CWS National Championship as a freshman and he earned CWS All-Tournament team honors in doing so. In that season Forsythe started 58 games as shortstop. He appeared at the plate 186 times, earning a batting average of (.231) for the season with an on-base percentage of (.321). The Hunboldt, Tenn. native collected 30 runs on 43 hits while gaining 21 RBIs. He was stellar defensively with and the second highest total on the team in most assists (119) and the second most highest in fielding double plays (24).

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Forsythe at bat for the Bulldogs.

Overall in his career at Mississippi State, Forsythe was known for his stellar arm over at short, but he struggled at the plate for most of his career. This past season Forsythe was batting .248 -- just above his career average of .247 -- but freshman Davis Merson replaced him after he committed 15 errors defensively.

It sounds like a situation where a talented player just needs a change of scenery and he will get that in Stillwater with the Cowboys. 

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Lane Forsythe

This past season he had his best series against Arizona State early in the year when he hit .333 on the weekend, picking up five RBIs, and hit his first home run of the season in game three. In SEC play against Vanderbilt he hit a two-run homer in game two of the series. In the Alabama series he picked up two hits in game one against the Tide while also reaching on a walk. 

As a sophomore in the 2022 season, he appeared in 48 games, starting 36 at shortstop. Forsythe accumulated a .273 batting average on 30 hits, drove in 12 RBIs, drew 15 walks, and stole four bases. A multiple talent, he also appeared in relief on the mound three times. 

Forsythe made his announcement of his transfer destination on his Instagram account.