ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Commissioner’s List, 2013-14
• CAA Commissioner’s Award, 2011-12 and 2012-13
• President’s List, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015
• Dean’s List, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2014
AT GEORGIA STATE: Four-year letterwinner who spent his junior and senior seasons as a pitcher after two years as backup first baseman and catcher ... Right-hander with a side-arm delivery ... Outstanding student.
2015: Relief pitcher who made just one appearance on the mound.
2014: Posted a 2.57 ERA in seven innings on the mound, covering nine appearances, but did not record a decision ... Longest outing of the season was 2.1 scoreless innings against Xavier ... Appeared in wins against Northern Kentucky, Siena, Alabama A&M and Oglethorpe.
2013: Appeared in seven games as a pinch hitter or defensive replacement at first base ... Hitless in four at-bats but reached on a strikeout against Georgia Tech and came around to score ... Made his first appearance on the mound in a win over Savannah State (3-23-13) , finishing the game with 0.2 innings. Hit the first batter he faced, then induced a game-ending double play ... Threw one inning in the season finale at William and Mary (3-17-13) ... Perfect fielding with six putouts and one assist ... Named to 2012-13 Georgia State All-Academic Team as baseball student-athlete with highest GPA.
2012: Reserve who made 10 appearances in first year with the club, starting one game as designated hitter ... All three hits went for extra bases, belting a home run and two doubles ... Slugged .667 with .400 on-base percentage ... Key figure in one of the most memorable games in GSU history and he drove in two runs, scored two and had his first career hit during stunning 11-run, ninth-inning comeback win over Northeastern March 16 ... Scored game-winning run in the 13-12 victory ... Belted home run later in the series in pinch hit at-bat March 18... Scored run in first career start at Alabama State March 20 ... Added double at UNC Asheville May 8 ... Made nine putouts defensively with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three seasons for coach Shane Amos at Region 5-AAAAA Walton High School in Marietta, Ga. ... Power at the plate helped lead team to state playoffs senior season ... Went 4-for-4 with two singles, a double and a triple in one game ... Belted a grand slam senior year ... Played at the club level for the Windward Braves ... Also played football for three seasons in high school ... Member of Beta Club, volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and was twice named a scholar-athlete.
PERSONAL: Joseph Alex Prescott was born Aug. 7, 1993 to Patrick and Susan Prescott in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... Has one younger brother, Alan ... Grandfather, Daniel Prescott, played baseball at Vermont ... Criminal justice major who earned his degree in December 2014 ... Plans to attend law school.
