Marques Inman

Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks

Photo by: Jennifer Shephard

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-1
Weight:
215
Class:
Redshirt Junior
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Elyria, Ohio
High School:
Elyria HS

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)

Earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Played in 52 games with 51 starts, 41 at first base and 10 as the designated hitter
Led the team with 20 doubles and 40 RBIs, was third with a .319 batting average, 61 hits, six home runs, a .529 slugging percentage and 101 total bases, fourth with 20 walks, fifth with 31 runs scored and a .387 on-base percentage and added a triple with a stolen base in one attempt
Tied for the team lead with four game-winning hits
Led the team with 12 multi-RBI games and was third with 20 multi-hit contests
Had a hit streak of nine games from April 11-24, with 19 hits and 15 RBIs, six multi-hit games in the stretch, and a reached-base streak of 22 games, both career-bests and third-longest on the team
Had three hits and two RBIs with a double and a walk in WVU’s win over No. 6 Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship on May 25
In an eight-game hit streak from April 28-May 11, had five multi-hit games with 14 hits, six RBIs and eight runs scored, highlighted by a two-run, game-winning double against Maryland on May 1, and two-hit, three-RBI day with a home run at Kansas on May 4
Had three hits and two RBIs, with a pair of doubles, on April 21 vs. Kansas State
Notched a career-high-tying four hits with an RBI and a run scored on April 20 against K-State
Hit a two-run double to bring in the eventual game-winning run as part of a three-RBI day on April 18 against Canisius
Had a career-best four RBIs, including the game-winner, with two hits, two runs scored and a home run on April 14 vs. Oklahoma State, which highlighted a series where he had multiple hits in all three games against OSU
Named the Big 12 Player of the Week and the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on April 9 after he homered in all three games against UNLV, including three RBIs on April 8, three runs scored on April 6 and two hits in each contest
Hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning for the game-winning RBI on March 10 at Middle Tennessee, and had two doubles and two runs scored in a win the following day

2017 (Sophomore)

Medically redshirted
Played in 16 games with 16 starts, 14 as the designated hitter and two at first base, before sustaining a season-ending leg injury
Through the first 16 games, led the team with a .351 batting average and a .544 slugging percentage with 20 hits, eight RBIs, three doubles, two home runs, one triple and a .387 on-base percentage
Had five multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games
Notched a career-long hitting streak and reached base streak of six games
Went 3-for-4 with a double on March 19 at No. 10 Baylor
Had a career-best four hits and a career-high-tying two RBIs with three runs scored on March 5 at Tulane
Homered and had three hits and two RBIs in WVU’s win at No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Feb. 25

2016 (Freshman)

Played in 30 games with 17 starts, 12 as designated hitter, three at second base and two at first base
Finished with a .258 batting average with 17 hits, 14 RBIs, four doubles, one home run and 10 runs scored with a .364 slugging percentage
Had three multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests
Hit his first career home run and had a career-best three RBIs on May 7 against Texas
Drove in the game-winning run as part of a 2-3 day with two RBIs, two doubles and a walk against Eastern Michigan on April 6
Had a career-best three hits with three runs scored, an RBI and a walk at Kansas on March 26
Had two hits and an RBI against Radford on March 15

High School

Played for coach Ed Piazza at Elyria High
Hit .443 with 22 runs, 13 doubles, three home runs and 32 RBIs in 2014
Named a Perfect Game Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American
Earned All-Northern Ohio Conference First Team honors and All-Lorain County First Team accolades
Coached by Ron Slusher of the Ohio Warhawks