AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2018): Consensus all-region selection (D2CCA, NCBWA, ABCA) … All-Peach Belt Conference … NCCSIA All-State pick … PBC Freshman of the Week (April 30) … Played and started in 49 games (27 at 1b, 22 at dh) … Posted a .304 batting average in 191 at-bats with 43 runs scored on 58 hits, including 25 extra-base hits (9 HR), and 52 RBI … Also drew 23 walks, was hit by pitch four times and was 2-for-3 on stolen base attempts … Logged one sacrifice fly and a pair of sacrifice hits … Did not commit an error in 236 total defensive chances (1.000 fielding percentage) … Tallied 17 multiple-hit and 14 multiple-RBI outings … Also scored two or more runs in 14 contests … Walked twice and scored a pair of runs, while also picking up first collegiate hit on a RBI single, in game two of series with Shepherd … Hit .500 (4-for-8) in the series with Augusta to go along with two doubles, one home run, three RBI and a pair of runs scored … 2-for-5 (2B) outing in the opener with the Jaguars sparked a six-game hitting streak that saw him hit .407 (11-for-27) with six extra-base hits (5 2B, 1 HR), seven RBI and five runs scored … Tallied a 6-for-15 (.400) in the series with Lander … Doubled twice, drove in three runs and scored once on a 3-for-6 outing in game two with the Bearcats … Hit 5-for-11 (.455) in the home-and-home series with Coker, including a 3-for-5, 3-RBI day in Hartsville … Hit a 3-run homer in the series finale at Columbus State to spark a season-long seven-game hitting streak that saw him hit .407 (11-for-27) with four extra-base hits, eight RBI and nine runs scored … Collected a pair of hits in both ends of the twinbill at Winston-Salem State … Walked, doubled, homered, drove in three runs and scored twice on a 2-for-4 hitting line in the nightcap with the Rams … Scored four times in the doubleheader with St. Augustine’s … Drove in and scored a pair of runs on a 3-for-4 showing in the opener with the Falcons … Tallied a .625 (5-for-8) average in the home-and-home series with Wingate … Doubled, homered and drove in five runs on a 2-for-4 outing against the Bulldogs on the road … Doubled, homered and drove in four runs on a perfect 4-for-4 performance in the series opener with Flagler … Also doubled and homered in the series finale with the Saints – a performance that sparked a string of four-straight multiple-hit outings … Hit .571 (8-for-14) in the series with Georgia Southwestern to go along with four extra-base hits, eight RBI and five runs scored … Tripled, homered and scored three times to highlight a 3-for-5 day in the series opener with the Hurricanes … Also turned in a trio of hits in the nightcap of the series-opening twinbill.
AS A FRESHMAN (2017): Redshirted … Did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Whiteville High School for coach Brett Harwood … Earned first team all-region honors as a senior, while also capturing his second-straight all-conference nods.
PERSONAL: The son of Natalie and Kevin Grainger … Has two younger sisters, Kourtney and Tori … Kourtney currently plays softball for the Braves … Maintained a 3.6 cumulative grade point average at Whiteville High School … Enrolled in pre-major studies at UNCP.
| CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 3/24/2020) |
| At-Bats |
6, four times - last vs. North Georgia (4/14/19) |
| Runs |
5 at Barton (3/12/19) |
| Hits |
4, twice - last vs. North Georgia (4/14/19) |
| Walks |
6 vs. Indiana (Pa.) (2/10/19) |
| RBI |
6 at Augusta (2/15/19) |
| Doubles |
2, four times - last vs. Claflin (3/1/20) |
| Triples |
1, four times - last vs. Claflin (2/29/20) |
| Home Runs |
3 at Augusta (2/15/19) |
| Stolen Bases |
1, three times - last vs. Claflin (2/29/20) |
| Sac Hits |
1, three times - last vs. Lock Haven (2/9/20) |
| Sac Flies |
1, four times - last vs. Claflin (2/28/20) |
| Hitting Streak |
9 games |
