Missouri baseball took home another series victory this past weekend, winning two of three games against Tennessee on the road. However, it was not just another pair of wins for Tigers freshman left fielder Trey Harris. He had dedicated the series against the Volunteers to his aunt Sherri, who died this past Friday.

“It was rough at first,” Harris said. “Friday night, during the national anthem, I was tearing up a little bit.”

Harris pointed to his fellow teammates as his main way of powering through his tragic circumstances last weekend. He said his teammates helped him focus on baseball alone.

“My teammates really helped me,” Harris said. “Coming to the field, they would make me laugh. I really couldn’t pout about it and let it beat me up.”

Missouri coach Tim Jamieson also commended Harris’ teammates as well as others for helping Harris during this tragic situation.

“We have a family,” Jamieson said. “(The team) understood and knew where (Harris) was coming from. We had a lot of family there, outside of our team. All the moms and dads were there. Guys take care of each other during tough situations.”

Although Harris went just 1-for-12 in the series, he did contribute his fair share. The Powder Springs, Georgia, native scored a run and had a sacrifice bunt to help Mizzou secure its fourth consecutive Southeastern Conference East Division series victory. Harris said that being able to take two of three also helped ease his pain.

“(The series win) meant the world,” he said. “It put the biggest smile on my face, my grandmother, uncle. Everybody who was hurting the whole week just got to smile a little bit and enjoy our team winning and doing what we do.”

Harris, who said his family is his top priority, said the rest of his family took the news hard, but stayed strong in support for one another.

“Everybody took it rough at times, but as long as we have each other, nothing can break us,” Harris said.

Harris is enjoying a standout season for Mizzou, which is poised to reach its first NCAA Tournament since 2012. The left fielder is batting .257 on the season with one home run and 15 RBIs. In Mizzou’s first conference series against Georgia on March 13-15, Harris belted his first career home run in his home state in front of a large group of family members at the game.

After his impressive start, Harris said he is committing the rest of the year to his aunt in memoriam.

“I’m trying to do everything I can to make my family proud so that just for a little bit, they can forget,” he said.

Although Harris said he and his aunt were not as close as he would have liked, he thinks dedicating the rest of his freshman season to her is the best way that he can repay her for touching his life.

“I do know that she knows I love her and miss her,” Harris said. “She knows I’m going to do everything to make her proud.”