AS A JUNIOR (2014): Garnered the D2 Academic Achievement Award … A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Saw action in 48 games, including 47 starts (all at ss) … Posted a .321 batting average in 187 at-bats with 40 runs scored on 60 hits, including 22 extra-base hits (2 HR), and 41 RBI … Also drew 18 walks and was hit by pitch five times … Tallied three sacrifice flies, two sacrifice hits and was 1-for-2 on stolen base attempts … Committed 10 errors in 232 total chances for a .957 fielding percentage … Registered 16 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks on two occasions … Hit safely in each of the first nine games of the season … Stretch included a .700 (7-for-10) series against Pitt-Johnstown in which he doubled four times and drove in eight runs … Turned in a perfect 3-for-3 tally in the opener with the Mountain Cats … Hit 2-for-4 with 3 RBI in series finale at Young Harris … Performance sparked a season-long 11-game hitting streak in which he hit 19-for-41 (.463) with six extra-base hits (2 HR) and 17 RBI … Recorded two hits in four consecutive games against St. Augustine’s and all three outings with Flagler … Compiled a .667 (6-for-9) series against the Saints, including a 2-for-4, 4-RBI showing in game two with the Saints … Hit .500 (6-for-12) series with North Georgia despite having his 11-game hitting streak snapped in game two with the Saints … Recorded three hits in each bookend of the series, including a 3-for-5, 4-RBI day in the series opener … Doubled twice on a 3-for-4 hitting line in the series finale with Armstrong Atlantic … Doubled twice and scored four times on a 4-for-5 performance in the series finale with GRU Augusta.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2013): Saw action in all 54 games, including 54 starts at shortstop … Posted a .339 batting average in 221 at-bats with 42 runs scored on 75 hits, including 18 extra-base hits (5 HR), and 43 RBI … Also drew 17 walks and was 3-for-6 on stolen base attempts … Tallied a .471 slugging percentage and a .380 on-base percentage, while also recording four sacrifice flies and seven sacrifice hits … Committed 22 errors in 230 total chances for a .904 fielding percentage … Registered 23 multiple-hit games (second on team) and 10 multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks in four contests … Collected multiple hits in each of the first two games of the season, including a 3-for-6, 2-RBI effort in the series opener with Anderson … Registered 2-for-4 outings in both ends of the series with Salem International … Recorded two hits in three consecutive games, including the contest at Coker, as well as in first two games of series with Georgia College … Scored twice on a 2-for-5 hitting line in series finale at Georgia Southwestern … Performance sparked a season-long 14-game hitting streak in which he hit .397 (25-for-63) with nine extra-base hits (3 HR) and 16 RBI … Stretch included a .462 (6-for-13) series at North Georgia in which he homered in both bookends of the series … Hit 3-for-4 with four RBI in the series opener with the Saints … Hit 6-for-13 (.462) in series with Francis Marion, including a 3-for-4, 4-RBI day in the series opener … Doubled and drove in three runs on a 3-for-4 day in the series finale at Erskine … Hit 4-for-5 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored in the first-round upset of top-ranked USC Aiken in the PBC Tournament … Hit 3-for-5 in the season finale with Georgia College.
AS A FRESHMAN (2012): Saw action in 19 games, including 10 starts (7 at ss, 3 at dh) … Posted a .289 batting average in 47 at-bats with five runs scored on 14 hits, including two extra-base hits (1 HR), and nine RBI … Also drew six walks and registered four sacrifice hits … Committed four errors in 36 total chances for an .889 fielding percentage … Recorded three multiple-hit games and one multiple-RBI game … Hit 2-for-3 with a RBI double in game two against Salem International – the first two hits of his collegiate career … Drove in one and scored once on a 4-for-5 outing in game two against Georgia College … Drove in a run on a perfect 3-for-3 hitting line against Coker at home … Hit his first collegiate home run – a 2-run shot – to highlight a 1-for-3 showing in game two at Francis Marion.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at North Gaston High School for coach Jesse Martin … Graduated as the all-time hits leader at North Gaston … Earned three-straight all-conference and all-Gazette laurels, including a pair of first team nods.
PERSONAL: The son of Karen and Blair Denton … Has a younger sister, Olivia … Maintained a 4.33 cumulative grade point average at North Gaston High School … Enrolled in pre-major studies at UNCP.
DENTON CAREER HIGHS
At-Bats: 7 vs. Montevallo (Game 1), 2/22/14
Hits: 4, twice - last vs. GRU Augusta, 04/27/14
Walks: 2, 10 times - last vs. North Georgia (1), 03/15/15
Runs Scored: 4 vs. GRU Augusta, 4/27/14
Doubles: 2, four times, last vs. GRU Augusta, 4/27/14
Triples: 1 at Georgia Southwestern, 3/17/13
Home Runs: 1, 11 times - last at St. Andrews, 03/04/15
RBI: 4, six times - last vs. Pitt-Johnstown (1), 02/07/15
Stolen Bases: 1, eight times - last vs. Columbus State, 02/15/15
Hitting Streak: 23 games (04/26/14 - 03/11/15)
