AS A JUNIOR (2014): Saw action in 47 games, including 46 starts (all at dh) … Posted a .335 batting average in 188 at-bats with 35 runs scored on 63 hits, including 20 extra-base hits (3 HR), and 50 RBI … Also drew 27 walks and was hit by pitch three times … Registered five sacrifice flies, one sacrifice hit and was 1-for-2 on stolen base attempts … Tallied 18 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks in seven contests … Hit 6-for-13 (.462) in season-opening series at Anderson, including a 3-for-5, 5-RBI day in the finale … Recorded two hits in games two (2-for-5) and three (2-for-3) against Pitt-Johnstown … Doubled and hit his first career home run in the finale with the Mountain Cats … Performance was part of a seven-game hitting streak that was snapped in game two of Montevallo series … Scored a pair of runs on a 2-for-4 performance in series opener at Young Harris … Doubled, homered twice and drove in seven runs on a 4-for-5 hitting line in game two against Georgia Southwestern … Doubled and scored a run on a 3-for-4 tally against St. Augustine’s … Registered three hits in consecutive games with Coker (3-for-5, 2 2B) and at Francis Marion (3-for-4) … Recorded a hit in each of the last five games of the season … Scored a run on a 3-for-5 performance at Barton … Walked twice and scored two runs on a 2-for-4 showing in series finale with GRU Augusta … Drove in two on a 2-for-4 outing in PBC Tournament contest with Georgia College.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2013): Saw action in 46 games, including 46 starts (all at dh) … Posted a .351 batting average in 174 at-bats with 33 runs scored on 61 hits, including seven extra-base hits, and 30 RBI … Also drew 20 walks and was hit by pitch four times … Recorded two sacrifice flies and four sacrifice hits … Tallied 20 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks in four contests … Walked and drove in two runs on a 3-for-4 outing in series opener with Anderson … Also turned in a 2-for-4, 2-RBI outing in series finale with Trojans … Registered multiple hits in each bookend of the series with Salem International, including a 3-RBI day (3-for-4) in the opener … Sparked a nine-game hitting streak with a 1-for-3 outing in game two against Montevallo … Nine-game string saw him hit 18-for-37 (.486) with 15 RBI … Sparked a season-long 10-game hitting streak with a 2-for-5, 3-RBI showing against Wingate at home … Produced six multiple-hit games during the 10-game hitting streak and hit 16-for-39 (.410) with 11 RBI.
AS A FRESHMAN (2013): Saw action in 25 games, including 17 starts (11 at dh, 6 at 1b) … Posted a .354 batting average in 65 at-bats with 12 runs scored on 23 hits, including two extra-base hits, and 10 RBI … Also drew six walks and was hit by pitch once … Registered one sacrifice fly and was 1-for-2 on stolen base attempts … Tallied a .385 slugging percentage and a .411 on-base percentage … Committed one error in 49 total chances for a .980 fielding percentage … Turned in five multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks in one contest … Hit safely in each of the first seven games of his collegiate career … Doubled and scored twice on a 4-for-5 performance in the opening game of the Augusta State series … Drove in two on a 2-for-5 hitting line against Winston-Salem State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at West Carteret High School for coach Robbie Lassiter … Earned second consecutive all-conference honors as a prep senior after hitting .400 and pacing the Patriots to an 18-3 record … Also lettered in football and basketball at West Carteret.
PERSONAL: The son of Christian and Mark Knight … Has an older brother, Kameron, and a younger sister, Emory … Maintained a 3.0 cumulative grade point average at West Carteret High School … An environmental science major at UNCP.
KNIGHT CAREER HIGHS
At-Bats: 6, seven times - last vs. Coker, 03/24/15
Hits: 4, five times - last at Georgia Southwestern, 03/20/15
Walks: 2, 13 times - last vs. Shippensburg (1), 02/28/15
Runs Scored: 4, four times - last at Georgia Southwestern (1), 03/21/15
Doubles: 2 vs. Coker, 4/9/14
Triples: 2 at Coker, 03/11/15
Home Runs: 2 vs. Georgia Southwestern (2), 3/15/14
RBI: 7 vs. Georgia Southwestern (2), 3/15/14
Stolen Bases: 1, twice - last vs. Pitt-Johnstown (2), 02/08/15
Hitting Streak: 10 games (3/26/13 - 4/10/13)
