2015... Was named a first team All-Peach Belt Conference selection... was also named a second team Rawlings NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region selection... was named the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week twice during the season... started all 47 games for the Falcons during his junior season... posted a .291 batting average with a team-high 24 home runs and drove in a team-high 59 runs... finished with 10 doubles and one triple... scored 51 runs... recorded a team-high .753 slugging percentage and a .419 on-base percentage... registered a career-high three hits against UNC Pembroke, Tuskegee, North Alabama, Young Harris and North Georgia... drove in a career-best five runs against UNC Pembroke and North Alabama... scored a career-high four runs against North Alabama.
2014... Competed at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla. during his sophomore season... appeared in 59 games for Oklahoma Baptist, including 52 starts... finished with a .326 batting average to go along with 15 homers and 72 RBIs... finished fourth among all NAIA hitters with his 15 homers and fifth nationally with his 72 RBIs... recorded a .647 slugging percentage and a .434 on-base percentage... was named a second team NAIA All-American selection and a first team All-Sooner Athletic Conference selection following his sophomore season... played with Top Speed Baseball in the Golden State Collegiate Baseball League in the summer... recorded a .261 batting average with 15 homers and 48 RBIs in 53 games... finished with a .410 on-base percentage and a .581 slugging percentage this summer... was named to the GSCBL All-Star team.
2013... Competed at Canada College in Redwood City, Calif. during his freshman season... finished with a .303 batting average to go along with eight homers and 41 RBIs... was named both a first team NJCAA All-American and first team All-Coast Pacific Conference selection.
High School... Graduated from El Camino High School in San Francisco, Calif. in the spring of 2012... was named a two-time Peninsula Athletic League Player of the Year while also being selected to the All-State team during his high school career.
Personal... Is a sociology major at Montevallo... is the son of Steve and Cynthia Knudson... has three brothers, Victor Messer, Mike Knudson and Sean Cariola.
