2023 Baseball Roster
Peebles, Cannon
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 5
Cannon Peebles
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 198
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Ashland, Va.
- B/T:
- S/R
- Major:
- Business Administration
- High School (Last School):
- Hanover
Bio
2023 NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American, DH
2023 D1Baseball Second Team Freshman All-American, DH
2023 ABCA Atlantic All-Region Second Team, DH
2023 ACC All-Freshman Team
2023 - Freshman Season
- Turned in a stellar freshman season after leading the Wolfpack with a .352 batting average, .697 slugging percentage and a .456 on-base percentage
- Tied for first on the roster with 50 RBI and ranked second on the team with 12 home runs in just 142 at-bats
- Led all NC State hitters with a .348 batting average and a .742 slugging percentage in ACC play, tying for first with seven homers
- Posted one of the best single-game stat lines in NC State history in a 21-2 win over NJIT on March 4, going 6-for-6 with three doubles, two home runs, two runs scored and 10 RBI. Peebles became the first NC State hitter with six hits in a single game since Brian Wright on March 11, 2001. His 10 RBI were the most by a Wolfpack hitter since at least 1999 and he was the first Wolfpack player to hit a homer from both sides of the plate since Patrick Bailey on Feb. 28, 2020.
- Earned Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week honors and Golden Spikes National Performance of the Week accolades following his 6-for-6 performance on March 4
- Logged 30 starts as the designated hitter and nine starts behind the plate, recording a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 77 putouts and seven assists
- Recorded 13 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games
- Ranked third in NC State freshman history with 50 RBI and tied for third with 12 homers
- 24 of his 50 hits went for extra bases – 11 doubles, one triple and 12 home runs
- Recorded a two-RBI walk-off single in NC State’s comeback win over No. 14 Virginia on March 18
- Finished the season on a nine-game reached base streak and a five-game hitting streak
- Was the only Wolfpack batter with multiple games with five or more RBI, logging 10 against NJIT (March 4) and five against Davidson (April 18)
- Batted .330 or higher from both sides of the plate and .426 with runners in scoring position
High School / Prep Career
- Received first-team All-State, first-team All-Metro, and first-team All-Region during his time at Hanover High School in Virginia
- Captured the Virginia Class 4 State Championship in the Spring of 2022 as Hanover posted a 23-2 overall record and a 22-0 mark against in-state opponents
- Slashed a .534 batting average complimented by a .653 on-base percentage and a .902 slugging percentage during his senior season
- Finished with a staggering 1.667 on-base plus slugging percentage
- Enters the college game as Perfect Game’s top-ranked catcher out of Virginia