2025 (Sophomore): Emerged as one of the best catchers in college, starting all 60 games – 50 at catcher and 10 at 3rd base…slashed .347/.421/.500 with a team-high 77 base hits including 14 doubles, one triple and six home runs for 42 RBI and 45 runs scored…Led the team and all Division I catchers with 18 stolen bases on 21 attempts while also catching 14 opponents’ attempted steals from behind the dish…Led the Jackets with 27 multi-hit games (45% of his games played)…His .347 batting average led the team among players with at least 200 ABs and ranked third among Power 4 catchers…77 hits also ranked third among Power 4 catchers…Also led the team with eight hit by pitches…An ACC Regular Season Champion, Lackey led the Yellow Jackets with 41 hits in conference play…he worked with the Georgia Tech pitching staff to hold opponents to 8.84 hits-per-nine innings, the lowest mark in over a decade while helping lower the team ERA by 1.57 runs compared to 2024, the largest decrease of any Power 4 team to make a Regional…Reached base in each of the first 22 games of the season…Recorded four hits, including a double and a home run, and drove in four runs while scoring five himself over three games in the Oxford Regional, scoring at least one run in all three games…Posted a career-high four RBI twice, firstly in the series opener at Notre Dame (March 21) off two singles, a groundout and a SAC fly, and again in the second game of the Oxford Regional (May 31) thanks to an RBI single and a three-run home run…Stole a career-best three bags in the Jackets’ 13-0 victory over Western Carolina (May 4)…Showed his athleticism by scoring an inside-the-park home run in GT’s ACC quarterfinal game vs. Cal, helping Tech set an ACC Tournament record for the most home runs in a single game, with seven…in the summer, he was named one of two catchers for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, essentially named one of the top-two American catchers returning to the sport next season and the fifth Tech catcher to represent on the international stage, joining GT legends Kevin Parada, Matt Wieters, Mike Nickeas and Jason Varitek.
2024 (Freshman): Played in 36 games starting 26, mostly at catcher … finished his first year on The Flats with a .214 average, hitting four home runs and driving in 15 RBI over 84 at-bats … drew 12 walks for a .330 on-base percentage … hit a solo home run in his very first collegiate at-bat in the season opener against Radford (Feb. 16) … hit a second home run just two at-bats later against Cornell (Feb. 25) giving him two home runs in his first four college ABs … took control of the catcher position as the season went on starting five of Tech’s six postseason games behind the dish … secured first-career multi-hit and multi-RBI game against Kennessaw State (April 23) going 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI … hit a three-run home run in the Regional Final against Georgia (June 2) to put GT ahead, 4-2 in the second inning, and record his second three-RBI performance … finished with one stolen base vs. Georgia Southern (April 10) … stood out for his arm behind the plate, Lackey succesfully caught six baserunners trying to steal in his freshman campaign
High School: Rated as the No. 16 catcher out of the state of Georgia by Perfect Game … Three-year letterwinner at Collins Hill … Named a captain his senior season … Named all-state, all-region and all-county in 2023 … Selected to 2023 Georgia Senior All-Star Game … Hit .328 in 24 PG games in 2022, recording 21 hits, 14 RBI and just six strikeouts.
