Stryker Louis Trahan (pronounced ; born April 25, 1994) is an American

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who is a free agent. The

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selected Trahan in the first round of the

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out of

Acadiana High School Acadiana High School is located in Scott, Louisiana, United States. Acadiana High School opened in 1969 following the consolidation of Judice High School, located in Judice Community, and Scott High School, located in Scott. Donald Aguillard, a f ...

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, as a

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, and shifted him to the outfield in 2014.

Career

Trahan played baseball on travel teams in Louisiana as a

. He attended

, where he played for his school's baseball team. He had a .460

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as a junior, and batted .384 as a senior, being named to the Class 5A All-State first team in both his junior and senior years. He participated in baseball showcases for high school players. He also played

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and

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for the school's

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team, which won the state championship. He was honored as All-District as a quarterback in his senior year. He committed to attend the

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(Ole Miss) to play college baseball for the

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team. The

selected Trahan in the first round, with the 26th overall selection, of the

. Rather than enroll at Ole Miss, Trahan signed with the Diamondbacks, receiving a $1.7 million

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. Though the Diamondbacks kept him at catcher, they foresaw the potential need to take him off of the position and play him in the outfield. He made his professional debut that year in the Rookie-level

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, where he batted .281 with a .422 on-base percentage and a .473 slugging percentage. He began 2013 in extended spring training, before he was assigned to the

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of the Rookie-level Pioneer League. He batted .254 with ten

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s and a .462 slugging percentage with Missoula. Before the 2014 season, the Diamondbacks shifted Trahan to play as a

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. He opened the season with the

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of the Class A

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. After batting .198 and

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in 36% of his

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, the Diamondbacks demoted Trahan to the

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of the

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in July. Trahan homered for Hillsboro in the opening game of the 2014

championship series, won by the Hops. In 2015, playing catcher for most of the season, he played for Hillsboro Hops, moved up to Kane County Cougars, and ended the season with Visalia Rawhide. He started the 2016 season back with Visalia Rawhide moving to RF Position. The Diamondbacks released Trahan in March 2017.

Personal

Trahan was named for the title character in ''

B.L. Stryker ''B.L. Stryker'' is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989, to May 5, 1990, as part of the ''ABC Mystery Movie'' umbrella group, along with ''Columbo'', and ''Kojak''. Tom Selleck was one of the series' executive pr ...

''. His parents, Donna and Chad, were both catchers for the Acadiana softball and baseball teams, respectively. Donna was also named to the all-state team. Donna died of

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in April 2013. Trahan is married as of November 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trahan, Stryker 1994 births Living people People from Scott, Louisiana Baseball players from Louisiana Baseball catchers Baseball outfielders Arizona League Diamondbacks players Missoula Osprey players South Bend Silver Hawks players Hillsboro Hops players Kane County Cougars players Minor league baseball players