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2020 Baseball Roster

36 Ashton King

36 Ashton King

  • Position:
    Pitcher
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Christiansburg, Va.
  • Highschool:
    Christianburg
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 189

Summary

Biography

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At King University: Earned Academic All-Conference Carolinas honors in 2019...Appeared in 22 games with 17 starts...Posted 12 hits with two doubles and one home run...Drove in eight runs and also scored eight runs...Made 16 appearances and four starts on the mound. He led the Tornado with two saves (ranked seventh in the conference) and struck out 63 batters through 52.1 innings pitched. He owned a 6.71 ERA and a 1-6 record. His 10.83 strikeouts per game ranked fourth in the league...Had a five-game hit streak...Posted three hits and scored twice at Emmanuel...Earned the win against UVA-Wise as he held the Highland Cavaliers to one unearned run on two hits in 6.2 innings of work...Got the save at Emmanuel after giving up one hit through the final three innings...Earned the save at Mount Olive after allowing just one hit in 2.0 innings of relief.

Was a Conference Carolinas Championship All-Tournament Team selection in 2018 and ranked fifth in the league with five triples...He was one of six Tornado players to hit over .300 and posted eight multi-hit games, including four with three hits....Had seven multiple-RBI games, including one game with five and two with three RBIs...Drove in five, going 3-for-4 with two home runs in a 14-1 win over Mount Olive in the opening game of the Conference Carolinas Championship...Hit four of his five homers in a three-game stretch, with three of them in the Conference Championship...Turned in back-to-back three-hit games in wins over Salem and Mount Olive...Made 14 appearances and five starts on the mound...Earned wins over Tusculum and Mars Hill, tossing one perfect inning in each game...Threw a season-long 4.0 innings three times...Struck out a season high seven batters against Lincoln Memorial.

At Liberty: Was a member of the Flames men's track team for the fall 2016 semester, where he trained as a decathlete.

Prep: Was a two-sport athlete at Christianburg High School, earning All-State and All-Conference teams in baseball and track...Played for coach Dale Nelson...Helped his baseball team win conference championships in 2015 and 2016...Won the long jump at the 2016 Virginia 3A outdoor state meet while placing seventh in the 200 and eighth in th 4x100-meter relay. Also placed third in the 55-meter dash and long jump at the 2016 Virginia 3A indoor state championship...Was the 2015 3A indoor and outdoor long jump runner-up and helped Christianburg capture the 2014 3A indoor boys' track & field team title. His top marks included 23' 2" in the long jump and 6.60 seconds in the 55-meter dash.

Personal: Full name is Ashton Michael King...Born on May 29, 1997...Son of Mickey and Joni King...Father played baseball at Radford...Graduated from King University with his bachelor's in Business Administration. He is working on a Masters of Business Administration degree.
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