2017: Started 18 of the 28 games in which he appeared...Made three starts on the mound, amassing seven innings...Posted a batting average of .226 with five doubles...Drove in 10 runs and scored 12...Posted three games with two hits...Recorded a five-game hitting streak...Reached base in seven straight contests...Drove in a pair, going 2-for-4 with two doubles at Young Harris on February 11.
2016: Redshirted...Academic All-Conference Carolinas.
2015: Selected first team All-Conference Carolinas...Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the Week on March 25...Became King''s top starter, going 6-3 with a 4.85 earned run average in 14 appearances, 11 starts...Led the team and ranked 11th in the league with 68 and two thirds innings pitched...Seventh in Conference Carolinas with six wins, all coming in conference play...Earned his first win in the Conference Carolinas-opener, a 14-3 victory at North Greenville after tossing six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out five...Posted five strikeouts in his next two outings, coming against Barton and Pfeiffer...Earned wins in back-to-back starts at Emmanuel on March 15 and against Mount Olive on March 12...Tossed six innings, striking out four while allowing two runs on five hits in the 4-2 win over Emmanuel...Followed that by allowing one runs on six hits and striking out five in seven innings in a 4-3 win over Mount Olive...Earned the win in an 11-5 win over Erskine on April 10 after tossing six innings...Defeated Southern Wesleyan 28-3 after tossing five innings...Recorded a season-high of seven strikeouts at Limestone on April 3...Started the season as a hitter, recording hits in each of his first four games...Drove in two runs and scored three times...Drew three walks at Pfeiffer on March 7...Ended the season with a .227 batting average, recording five hits in 22 at bats.
Prior to King: Played third base at the University of Tennessee.
High School: Member of the baseball team at Science Hill High School... All conference, district and region in 2011-2012... Baseball America All-American in 2012... 11-2 record as a pitcher... 51 doubles in two seasons... Hit .460 in two seasons.
Personal: Son of Stephen and Karen Loyd... Majoring in Psychology.
