Biography
MLB Draft
Drafted in the ninth round, 264th overall by the Seattle Mariners in the 2021 MLB Draft
Career Honors:
2021 Honors
First-team all-Big South
Big South all-Tournament Team
NCBWA - Second-team all-America
ABCA/Rawlings - Second-team Atlantic all-region
2020 Honors
Preseason All-Big South (Perfect Game)
2019 Honors
Greenville Regional All-Tournament Team
NCCSIA Second Team All-State Team
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2021: Started all 55 games of the season… slashed .371/.452/.504 with 11 HR and a team-high 67 RBI… Finished fourth in the nation in RBI and led the Big South… Led the Big South in hits and RBI, was second in average and OBP, third in runs scored and fourth in doubles… Led Campbell with 23 multi-hit games… Reached a 12-game hit streak from 5/8-28… Reached safely in 35 consecutive games to begin the season, extending his streak to 46 games dating back to 2020… Went 3-3 with three RBI against Dayton on 2/26… Reached four times with a home run and three walks against GWU on 3/6, was walked six times during that day’s doubleheader… Went 2-5 with a career-high five RBI and a grand slam against Charleston Southern on 4/10… Hit .357 with three RBI at the Big South Championship… Hit a go-ahead home run in the first inning of the regional final at Mississippi State…Â
2020: Started in all 16 Campbell games, seeing time at first base, designated hitter, right field and left field... Tied for the team lead in runs scored at 13 and second on the team with 12 walks… Batted .164 (9-for-55) with five RBI, a home run, a double and three stolen bases during the abbreviated season… Totaled three multi-hit games… Went 1-for-2 with an RBI, a run and two walks in game two at South Alabama (2/15)… Tallied a 2-for-4 day with two runs and a walk against Villanova… Registered a 2-for-4 performance with a double and an RBI in a win over Air Force (2/29)… Followed up with another 2-for-4 day against Army (3/1), scoring a season-best three runs with two stolen bases… Knocked a two-run homer in a win over Furman (3/6)…
2019: Started 54 games as the Campbell designated hitter… Finished as Campbell’s batting leader with a .323 average, the eight-best mark in the Big South… Also finished with a team-high .436 on-base percentage… Led the Big South with 20 doubles, making him the only Big South slugger to reach the 20-double plateau… Ripped 10 doubles over the last 10 games of the season… Ranked fifth on the team with a .455 slugging percentage… Collected nearly 75 percent of his total hits (64) on the road, batting .398 (47-for-118) in away and neutral-site games, as compared to a .213 average at home… Slugged .576 away from Jim Perry Stadium with 15 doubles and two home runs, while also driving in 33 runs… Batted .313 with six doubles and a home run in conference play… Went 7-for-16 (.438) with five doubles and five RBI at the NCAA Greenville Regional, earning all-regional honors… Finished tied with Luis Gimenez for the team lead in hit by pitches with 13 and was fourth in walks with 28… Led the Camels with 13 multi-RBI outings… Had 19 multi-hit outings, including five three-hit performances… Reached base safely in 21-straight games from April 13 to May 31, batting .375 with a .500 on-base percentage, 28 hits, 13 walks, 19 RBI and nine doubles… Batted .462 (6-for-13) at the Big South Championship, collecting six hits, including two doubles with seven RBI… Hit his first career home run as a Fighting Camel in the season-opening win over Maryland (2/15)… Went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run in the series opener at High Point (3/16)… Pounded out two doubles as part of a 4-for-5 outing at Elon (4/9)… Led Campbell offensively in the 5-3 upset of No. 17 N.C. State (5/17) in Raleigh, going 3-for-4 with a pair of singles and a double… Finished 6-for-9 with four doubles and five RBI in the final two regional games vs. No. 7 ECU (6/3)…
Arizona Western College (Yuma, Ariz.): Two-time all-conference honoree for the AWC Matadors, earning first team recognition his freshman year and second team his sophomore year… Also named first team all-region as a freshman… Batted .383 as a sophomore, collecting 88 hits with 25 doubles and eight home runs… Posted a .364 clip as a rookie with 75 hits and 16 doubles… Drove in a career 96 runs, including 63 RBI his sophomore season… Finished as AWC’s team leader in batting average both seasons… Coached by Andrew Keehn…
Prep: Led Canyon del Oro High School to the Arizona Division II state championship as a junior… Scored the go-ahead run in the championship game to defeat top-seeded Tucson… Lettered two years for the Dorados… Coached by Keith Francis…
Personal: Full name is Spencer Simeon Packard… Born October 12, 1997… Son of Lisa and Clad Packard… Has one brother, Hunter… Majoring in public and interpersonal communications…
