University of Missouri Athletics

2016

• Played in 12 games as a freshman, starting seven, and hit .214 with a .290 OBP, four RBI and six runs scored.
• Earned his first start of the year against Seton Hall (2/21).
• Tallied his first career multi-hit game against LSU (4/15), with an RBI, a double with a walk.
• Again had a multi-hit game against Missouri State (4/26), driving in three runs and scoring another.
• Hit .313 with runners on base in his limited action and reached base at a .500 clip with leading off an inning.
• Three of his four RBIs on the year came with two outs.

HIGH SCHOOL

• Excellent baseball player, earning 2014 Underclass Third Team All-America honors from PerfectGame
• PerfectGame rated him a perfect 10.0 on the prospect scale, which projects him to be an elite-level college player 
• Drafted in the 15th round of the MLB Draft in 2015 by his hometown Kansas City Royals.
• 2015 Perfect Game Second Team All-American and All-Region First Team by PerfectGame
• Tabbed as the No. 1 prospect in the state of Missouri by PerfectGame and the No. 112 prospect nationally (No. 27 among OFs).
• Excelled in football and redshirted this fall with the Mizzou Football program
•  Was  four-star RB prospect by Rivals and the No. 4 recruit in the state of Missouri, Doherty was also tabbed as the No. 31 running back nationally by Rivals
• Also a four-star prospect by ESPN and 247Sports
• Ran for 598 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior at Winnetonka 
• Followed his junior season with an exceptional senior campaign in which he ran for 1,037 yards and 15 scores on 137 carries (7.6 yards per carry)
• He also caught 23 passes for 348 yards and two more scores as a senior 
• Played both sides of the ball, also hauling in a pair of interceptions 
• First Team All-State DB and First Team All-Conference running back and defensive back as a senior 

PERSONAL

• Parents – Denny & Chriss Doherty
• Comes from a very athletic family, as he has an older brother, Brandon, who played baseball at Michigan State, while another older brother, Tyler, wrestled at Central Michigan
• Chose Mizzou over offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Nebraska, Oregon, Minnesota and Vanderbilt among others 
• Intends to major in journalism or public relations while at Mizzou 
• Lists a few of his hobbies outside of football as fishing, playing video games, and free-style rapping.