2022 Baseball Roster

20 Will Knight

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Amherst, Va.
  • Highschool Amherst County

Biography

2022: The only Keydet to play in, and start, all 56 games … hit .307 with 33 runs, 38 RBI and 12 doubles … had a .396 on base percentage and stole five bases … had three hits and scored three times in the series opener at ETSU on April 22 … went 3-5 with a walk against Va. Tech on 3/29 … had five hits in a doubleheader at Georgetown on March 26 with three doubles … went 3-4 with a double at ODU on March 22 … reached base safely four times (1B, 2 BB, HBP) at Duke on 2/20 … opened the season going 3-5 with four RBI in a 10-5 upset of #23 Duke.

2021: Had a .290 batting average with a .397 on-base percentage and .449 slugging percentage … scored 32 times and tied for the team-high with 29 RBI … hit five doubles, a triple and a team-high seven home runs … was 3-4 with a double, a triple and two runs scored at UNCG on 5/20 … was 3-5 with two runs scored and three RBI at The Citadel 4/30 … homered for the second-straight game at Samford on April 3, had an identical line of 3-5, 2R, 3 RBI … popped a home run and went 3-5 in game 2 at Samford on 4/2, had two runs and three RBI … drilled home runs in both ends of a doubleheader vs. UNCG 3/27 ... had four hits and a walk on the day … ripped three hits, including a double, against JMU on March 14 … set the school single-game record with five walks against JMU on March 13; homered in his other AB.

2020: Earned first-team all-state honors … ripped three hits five times over VMI's abbreviated 2020 season, and had eight multi-hit games in his 15 starts … in a nine-game stretch he went 20-32 for a .625 batting average, six doubles and a triple … ranked fifth in the Southern Conference with a .431 batting average, and was seventh in slugging (.586) and eighth in on-base percentage (.484) … tied for the SoCon lead with 25 hits and tied for third with seven doubles … went 3-4 with a double Feb. 28 vs. Quinnipiac … named the SoCon Player of the Week on Feb. 24 after hitting .600 with four doubles in four games against Virginia and Lafayette … went 3-4 at UVA on 2/19 with two doubles and two RBI … opened the season by hitting .462 in series at North Florida with a triple.

2019: Started 56 of 58 games in 2019, hitting .253 with 28 runs scored and 34 RBI … had three hits at Furman on 5/3 … smashed his first collegiate home run, a three-run shot, at WCU on 4/28 … went 3-6 with three RBI in series-opening win at Western Carolina 4/26 … went 4-5 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI at Radford 4/9 … had two hits vs. Radford on 3/19 … hit safely in each of VMI’s first four games, two with two hits.

2018: Redshirted the 2018 season. 

High School/Personal: All-district SS at Amherst County...teammate of fellow signee Nathan Loyd...ranked as high as the #9 shortstop in the state by Prep Baseball Report...all-district at shortstop...Virginia Cardinals (coached by Rich Graham), Marucci Stars and Virginia Baseball Network...Golden A award for having a 3.8 GPA or higher...all PBR-Virginia/DC Second Team...HS coach: Joey Crawford...intends to major in economics and business.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18Freshman

    Infielder/Outfielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
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    2018-19Redshirt Freshman

    Infielder/Outfielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
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    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
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    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
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    2022Redshirt Junior

    Outfielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
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