Harding University Athletics

Awards

• 2007 ABCA All-South Central Region
• 2007 Daktronics Second-Team All-South Central Region
• 2007 All-Gulf South Conference

Career

• Ranks fifth at Harding in career batting average (.353) ... tied for fifth in triples (7) ... sixth in slugging percentage (.553) ... seventh in on-base percentage (.437).

2008

• Played in only eight games due to a hamstring injury ... received a medical redshirt ... hit .304 with seven hits in 23 at-bats ... scored six runs and drove in one.

2007

• Started all 56 games, all in CF ... led Harding in average (.404), at-bats (188), hits (76), doubles (14), home runs (7), RBI (58) ... became only the second Harding player and the first since J.D. Noye hit .446 in 2001 to win the Gulf South Conference batting title.
• Hit .455 against left-handed pitchers, .461 with runners on base and .447 with runners in scoring position ... led the team with 23 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games
• Best game of the season was at Christian Brothers (4/7) when he was 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, two home runs, four runs scored and six runs driven in ... also had a five-RBI game vs. Ozarks (Mo.) (3/10) ... tied for the team lead with a nine-game hitting streak from 3/6-18 (hit .441, 15-for-34, during the streak) ... was the only Bison with a multi-HR game (2 vs. Christian Brothers, 4/7)
• Set the Harding single-season record with 76 hits ... led Harding with a .430 batting average in GSC games.

2006

• Started all 49 games ... led the team in doubles (13), home runs (4), RBI (30), slugging pct. (.479), walks (18), and stolen bases (17) ... second on the team in batting average (.301), runs (27), and hits (49).
• Hit .412 vs. left-handers ... led the team with 13 2-out RBI ... tied for the team lead with 15 multi-hit games ... had seven multi-RBI games ... started 36 games in centerfield and 13 games in rightfield ... had two doubles and a home run vs Ozarks (Mo.) (3/17).

2005 (at MTSU)

• Played in 29 games with 12 starts ... hit .345 with a home run and 11 RBI … his lone HR came against the University of Memphis.

High School

• Started three seasons in centerfield at Jackson Christian School in Jackson, Tenn. ...  two-time all-state … All-West Tennessee ... region MVP ... also an all-state linebacker.

Personal

• Feb. 7, 1986 in Jackson, Tenn. … Major: Professional Sales … Parents: Ron and Phyllis Darby … has one brother.