2015: Appeared in 45 games, making 44 starts...Started in leadoff spot in the batting lineup 21 times...Made 17 starts in the third spot...Ranked 29th in all of NCAA Division II in toughest to strikeout...Fourth in Conference Carolinas with four triples...13th in the league and thrid on the team with a batting average of .358...One of three Tornado with at least 50 hits...Of his 59 hits, six were doubles and four were triples...Second on the team with 36 runs scored...Fourth among Tornado with 24 runs batted in...Posted an on base percentage of .398 and slugging percentage of .442...Had 17 multiple hit games, including six with three hits and two with four knocks...Posted eight games with at least two runs batted in, including three with three runs batted in...Ended the season with a 13-game hitting streak which ranked second on the team...Went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in and one run scored on February 10 at Carson-Newman...Drove in three, went 3-for-3 and scored three runs in a 15-6 win over Slippery Rock on February 14...Went 4-for-4 with three runs batted in adn three runs scored on February 28 in a 17-2 win over Barton...Drove in two, going 3-for-5 with one double and one triple and scoring twice in an 11-5 win over Erskine on April 10...Went 4-for-6 with two runs scored in a 7-6 win over Erskine on April 11...Registered three hits all all three games of the Southern Wesleyan series on April 16-17...Went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in and two runs scored in the game one 28-3 victory...Followed that by going 3-for-3 with a double and one run scored in a 4-1 win in game two...Scored three runs while going 3-for-4 with a double in the series finale 14-13 victory...Was 6-for-8 on stolen base attempts...Also pitched for the Tornado, starting seven of the eight games he appeared in...Posted a 2-2 record with a 7.00 earned run average...Struck out 18 batters in 27 innings pitched...Tossed four innings and allowed one run on three hits for his first win of the year on March 9 as King topped Mars Hill 3-2...Earned another win on March 25 in a 15-6 victory over Bluefield State where he struck out four in two and two-thirds innings...Posted a season-high five strikeouts in four innings in a 6-4 win at Lincoln Memorial on March 31.
2014: Dual role player for the Tornado, ranked second on the team with a .365 batting average and made 11 appearances, eight starts on the mound where he went 1-0...Tossed 39 innings on the mound...Earned his lone win of the season on April 2, defeating Carson-Newman University 15-5 at the Tennessee Smokie Stadium where he allowed three runs on six hits in six and one-thirds innings of work...Rankded seventh in NCAA Division II and led Conference Carolinas with seven triples...Ranked second on the team with 57 hits, and third with 39 runs scored...Slugged .532 and had an on base percentage of .429...Drew 17 walk and only struck out 13 times in 156 at bats...Had 15 multiple hit games to rank second on the team...Was 13-for-17 on stolen base attempts to rank third on the team...Started the season with a 2-for-3 performance at Newberry College on February 1...Ripped two doubles, going 2-for-4 with one run batted in and one run scored on February 15 at Francis Marion...Had two nine-game hitting streaks, one coming in the final nine games of the season and the other from March 10-22...Started his first nine-game hitting streak with a 4-for-5 performance with a double, triple nad two runs scored at UVa-Wise on March 11...Had four straight games on the streak where he recorded three hits in each game...Went 3-for-4 with a triple and one run batted in on March 15 in a 12-3 game one win at North Greenville University...Followed it with a 3-for-6 performance in the nightcap where he scored three times...Ripped a double and a triple while going 3-for-6 with four runs batted in a three runs scored on March 18 at UVa-Wise...Capped the spurt with a 3-for-5 performance where he scored three times in an 11-6 win over Belmont Abbey College on March 21...Drove in two, going 4-for-5 on March 31 against the University of Mount Olive...Laced a double and a triple while giong 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two runs batted in on April 5 at Erskine College...Scored three times and drove in two while giong 3-for-4 with a double in a 14-5 win over Limestone College on April 12...Registered a pair of hits in King''s 6-5 win over Pfeiffer University to open the Conference Carolinas Tournament...Followed that by going 3-for-5 with two runs scored in a 10-6 win over Erskine on April 26...Academic All-Conference Carolinas.
Prior to King: Spent two years at the University of Kentucky before transferring to Sinclair CC, where he hit .307 with three home runs and 28 RBI.
Personal: Son of Chris and April Raymond... Majoring in Psychology.
