AWARDS & HONORS
D3baseball.com All-South Region Third Team (2019)
All-SAA First Team (2019)
2019
Started all 40 games for the Colonels as a junior...Led Centre (4th in SAA) in batting average (.385) and runs scored (42)...55 hits ranked fifth in program history for a single season...Finished with a .505 OBP (2nd in SAA)...Had 14 multi-hit games, including a 5-for-5 day against Thomas More (Apr. 16)...Also converted 15 of 18 stolen base attempts...Led Centre's outfielders with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
2018
Started 36 of 37 games as a sophomore ... Led the team with 33 runs scored ... Hit .304 and slugged .356 with a .391 on-base pct. ... Stole 12 bases ... Second on the squad with 41 hits ... Went 3-for-5 and scored four runs against Oglethorpe (March 10) ... Recorded a season-high three RBIs against third-ranked Washington & Jefferson (March 19) ... Led Centre's outfielders with a .966 fielding pct.
2017
Freshman outfielder played in 35 games … Hit .286 with 22 runs scored, 11 RBIs, three doubles and two triples … Recorded a .450 on-base percentage, third-best on the team, and was second with 14 stolen bases … Notched first collegiate hit and RBI against Coast Guard (Feb. 18), scoring two runs … Totaled three RBIs on two hits in a 10-7 win against Whitman (Mar. 5)
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four times in soccer and baseball at Patton High in Morganton, N.C. … Conference champions freshman, sophomore and senior years … NWC first team All-Conference shortstop sophomore, junior and senior years … Named 2015 NWC baseball Conference Player of the Year … 2015 NWC Men’s soccer Offensive Conference Player of the Year … 2015 North Carolina All-Region Team for baseball and soccer … 2016 Patton High School Athlete of the Year … National Honor Society, top 10 in graduating class, Academic All-Conference team junior and senior year.
PERSONAL
Son of Andrea and David Kirk … Has once sister (Olivia) and one brother (Nathan).
