AS A JUNIOR (2016): Played in 18 games, including 15 starts (10 at c, 5 at 1b) … Posted a .200 batting average in 55 at-bats with six runs scored on 11 hits, including six extra-base hits (3 HR), and 10 RBI … Also drew three walks and was hit by pitch one time … Tacked up two multiple-hit and three multiple-RBI games … Committed just two errors in 117 total defensive chances for a .983 fielding percentage … Doubled and drove in a pair of runs on a 3-for-4 outing in the series opener with Concord … Walked, homered and drove in two runs on a 2-for-4 hitting line in the second game of the series with Shippensburg … Homered in consecutive appearances against Georgia Southwestern and Chowan.
BEFORE UNCP: Played two seasons (2014-15) at Catawba Valley CC in Hickory … Saw action in 29 games as a sophomore … Posted a .281 batting average in 89 at-bats with 17 runs scored on 25 hits, including 10 extra-base hits (5 HR), and 15 RBI … Also drew 10 walks … Registered five multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI contests … Doubled in a pair of runs on a 3-for-4 outing in the season opener at USC Sumter … Hit a pair of home runs and tallied four RBI on a 2-for-4 hitting line against Southeastern … Played in 40 games as a freshman … Tallied a .294 batting average in 136 at-bats with 22 runs scored on 40 hits, including 11 extra-base hits (2 HR), and 23 RBI … Also drew 14 walks … Turned in 11 multiple-hit and seven multiple-RBI games … Doubled and homered on a 2-for-3, 2-RBI outing against Limestone … Hit a grand slam in a 9-7 win over Rockingham in early May.
AS A FRESHMAN AT APPALACHIAN STATE (2013): Redshirted … Did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at West Wilkes High School for coach Drew Ward … Earned second-straight all-county and all-conference honors as a senior after hitting .304 with seven home runs and 25 RBI … Participated in the East Coast Pro Showcase … Hit .312 with eight home runs and 22 RBI as a junior … Also walked 28 times … Participated in the Powerade State Games and won the 2011 Powerade State Games Home Run Derby … Also named most improved as a member of the swim team at West Wilkes.
PERSONAL: The son of Angel and Jeff Minton … Has a younger sister, Lauren … Maintained a 4.125 cumulative grade point average at West Wilkes High School and graduated in the top 10 percent of his 160-member senior class … A business administration major at UNCP.
JUCO CAREER HIGHS
AB: 5, three times – last vs. Surry (4/12/14)
R: 3 at Danville (3/22/14)
H: 3, five times – last at USC Sumter (1/31/15)
RBI: 4, twice – last vs. Southeastern (4/26/15)
2B: 2, twice – last at Walters State (4/8/14)
3B: None
HR: 2 vs. Southeastern (4/26/15)
BB: 3 vs. Belmont Abbey JV (4/3/14)
SB: None
Hitting Streak: 7 games (2/8/14 – 2/22/14)
