Guilford College

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2024 ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American
• 2024 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region
• 2024 D3Baseball First Team All-Region
• 2024 ODAC Player of the Year
• 2024 First Team All-ODAC (First Base)
• 2023 ABCA/Rawlings Fourth Team All-American
• 2023 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region
• 2023 D3Baseball Second Team All-Region
• 2023 First Team All-ODAC (First Base)
• 2022 Third Team All-ODAC (Utility)
• ODAC Player of the Week (3x, April 8, 2024, March 17, 2024, Feb. 26, 2023)

2024: Appeared & started in 41 games for the Quakers as an infielder… Slashed .421/.525/.736 for a team-best 1.261 OPS across 159 at-bats, second-most on team… Drove in team & ODAC-high 1.41 RBI per game, ranking 19^th nationally (NCAA Qualifiers)… Recorded team & ODAC-best .525 on-base percentage, ranking 30^th nationally (NCAA Qualifiers)… Recorded team & ODAC-best .736 slugging percentage, ranking 43^rd nationally (NCAA Qualifiers)… Drove in team-high 58 runs, ranking 27^th nationally, second in ODAC… Accumulated team-high 117 total bases, ranking 48^th nationally, second in ODAC… Recorded team-best .421 batting average, ranking 47^th nationally, third in ODAC (NCAA Qualifiers)… Recorded team & ODAC-best 1.261 OPS… Recorded team-high 67 hits ranking fourth in ODAC… Hit team-high 11 home runs, ranking tied for second in ODAC… Drew team-high 35 walks, ranking fifth in ODAC… Hit team-high 13 doubles, ranking tied for 12^th in ODAC… Had 67 hits with 13 doubles, two triples & 11 home runs… Drew 35 walks & three HBP… Recorded team-high 275 putouts & 20 assists against five errors for a .983 fielding percentage… Connected on two home runs twice, vs. Carolina University on Feb. 27, 2024 & vs. Hampden-Sydney College on March 30, 2024… Recorded career-high six hits vs. Eastern Mennonite University on April 13, 2024 tied for the most in a single game in program history (on record) & tied for the third-most in any NCAA Baseball game, regardless of division, during 2024 season… Scored career-high five runs vs. Southern Virginia University on April 4, 2023, tied for third-most in a single game in program history (on record)… Drove in 58 RBI, the most in a single season in program history… Drove in 1.41 runs per game, second-most in a single season in program history… Finished with a .525 on-base percentage, fifth-best in a single season in program history… Recorded 67 hits, tied for seventh-most in a single season in program history... Finished with a .421 batting average, tied for eighth-best in a single season in program history… Hit 11 home runs, tied for ninth-most in a single season in program history… Finished with .736 slugging percentage, tied for ninth-best in a single season in program history… Finished season with 214 career hits, second-most in program history… Finished season with 50 career doubles, tied for second-most in program history… Finished season with .387 career batting average, third-best in program history… Finished season with .669 career slugging percentage, third-best in program history… Finished season with 32 career home runs, tied for third-most in program history… Finished season averaging 1.47 hits per game in his career, fourth-most in program history… Finished season with 139 career runs scored, tied for fifth-most in program history… Finished season averaging 0.952 runs scored per game in his career, ninth-most in program history… Became 20^th member of Guilford 150 Career Hits Club vs. the University of Mount Union on Feb. 18, 2024... Became third member of Guilford 150 Career RBI’s Club vs. Hampden-Sydney College on March 30, 2024… Became fourth member of Guilford 30 Career Home Runs Club vs. Hampden-Sydney College on March 30, 2024… Became second member of Guilford 200 Career Hits Club vs. Eastern Mennonite University on April 13, 2024... Broke Guilford College Baseball Program Record for Career RBI vs. Averett University on April 3, 2024, finishing with cumulative total of 171… Broke Guilford College Baseball Program Record for Career Walks vs. the University of Lynchburg on April 27, 2024, finishing with cumulative total of 96.
 
2023: Appeared & started in all 40 games for the Quakers as an infielder… Slashed .421/.500/.768 for a team-best 1.268 OPS across 164 at-bats, second-most on team… Drove in team & ODAC-high 1.43 RBI per game, ranking 16^th nationally (NCAA Qualifiers)… Recorded team & ODAC-best .768 slugging percentage, ranking 33^rd nationally (NCAA Qualifiers)… Hit team & ODAC-high 13 home runs, ranking 40^th nationally… Scored team & ODAC-high 1.33 runs per game, ranking 47^th nationally (NCAA Qualifiers)… Accumulated team-high 126 total bases, ranking 34^th nationally, second in ODAC… Hit team-high 18 doubles, ranking 36^th nationally, second in ODAC… Recorded .421 batting average, ranking 74^th nationally, second in ODAC, second on team (NCAA Qualifiers)… Recorded .500 on-base percentage, ranking third in ODAC, second on team… Drove in team-high 57 runs, ranking 40^th nationally, third in ODAC… Scored team-high 53 runs, ranking tied for fifth in ODAC… Recorded team-high 69 hits ranking sixth in ODAC… Had 69 hits with 18 doubles, & 13 home runs… Drew 28 walks, second-most on team, & one HBP… Recorded team-high 311 putouts & 22 assists against two errors for a .994 fielding percentage… Drove in career-high six RBI vs. Greensboro College on March 1, 2023, Drove in 57 RBI, the most in a single season in program history… Drove in 1.43 runs per game, the most in a single season in program history… Hit 13 home runs, tied for the most in a single season in program history… Scored 1.33 runs per game, tied for the most in a single season in program history… Hit 18 doubles, second-most in a single season in program history… Scored 53 runs, tied for the second-most in a single season in program history… Finished with  .768 slugging percentage, fifth-best in a single season in program history… Recorded 69 hits, fifth-most in a single season in program history... Finished with a .500 on-base percentage, ninth-best in a single season in program history… Finished with a .421 batting average, tenth-best in a single season in program history… Recorded 311 putouts, ninth-most in a single season in program history… Finished season with a .994 fielding percentage, the sixth-best in a single season in program history (min 100 total chances)… Became ninth member of Guilford 20 Career Home Runs Club vs. the University of Lynchburg on April 29, 2023… Became 15^th member of Guilford 100 Career RBI’s Club vs. the University of Mary Washington on April 8, 2023.
 
2022: Appeared in all 32 games with 31 starts for the Quakers as a two-way player.
BATTING: Slashed a .331/.419/.532 for a .951 OPS across 124 at-bats… Had 41 hits, third-most on team, with 11 doubles, second-most on team, one triple, & four home runs, second-most on team… Drove in 28 RBI, second-most on team, & scored 23 runs… Drew 16 walks, third-most on team, & five HBP, second-most on team… Recorded team-high 74 putouts & five assists against two errors for a .975 fielding percentage.
PITCHING: Made three appearances, all in relief, tossing 1.2 innings… Pitched to a 0.00 ERA & 3.60 WHIP… Struck out two against four walks, fanning 10.80 batters per nine… Had a .286 batting average against.
 
2021: Appeared in all 19 games with 17 starts for the Quakers as a two-way player.
BATTING: Slashed a .290/.359/.420 for a .778 OPS across 69 at-bats, the second-most on team… Had 20 hits, second-most on team, with four doubles, tied for a team-high, & one home run… Drove in a team-high 16 RBI & scored 11 runs, tied for the second-most on team… Drew seven walks, third-most on team, & one HBP… Recorded team-high 74 putouts & five assists against two errors for a .975 fielding percentage.
PITCHING: Made three appearances, all in relief, tossing 1.0 innings… Pitched to a 90.00 ERA & 12.00 WHIP… Struck out one against seven walks, fanning 9.00 batters per nine… Had a .556 batting average against.
 
2020: Appeared in 14 games with 11 starts for the Quakers as a two-way player.
BATTING: Slashed a .459/.551/.865 for an team-best 1.416 OPS across 37 at-bats… Hit a team-high three home runs, ranking third in 46^th nationally, third in ODAC… Recorded a team-best .459 batting average, ranking 163^rd nationally, fourth in ODAC… Recorded a team-best .551 on-base percentage, ranking second in ODAC (ODAC Qualifiers)… Recorded a team-best .865 slugging percentage, ranking second in ODAC (ODAC Qualifiers)… Had 17 hits, tied for second-most on team, with four doubles, tied for second-most on team, one triple, tied for a team-high, & a team-high three home runs… Drove in a team-high 12 RBI & scored 12 runs, the second-most on team… Drew ten walks, second-most on team… Recorded 14 putouts & two assists against 0 errors for a 1.000 fielding percentage… Recorded first career hit vs. Brevard College on Feb. 15, 2020… Recorded first career RBI vs. Methodist University on Feb. 26, 2020… Hit first career home run Recorded first career RBI vs. Methodist University on Feb. 26, 2020… Made collegiate hitting debut vs. Brevard College on Feb. 15, 2020.
PITCHING: Made four appearances, tied for third on team, with two starts, tossing 7.0 innings… Posted a record of 0-1… Pitched to a 5.14 ERA & 2.29 WHIP… Struck out five against eight walks, fanning 6.42 batters per nine… Had a .296 batting average against… Pitched career-high of 2.1 innings vs Penn. State-Abington University on March 1, 2020… Struck out career-high two twice, vs. Averett University on Feb. 14, 2020, & vs. Penn. State-Abington University on March 1, 2020… Recorded first career strikeout vs. Averett University on Feb. 14, 2020… Made first career start vs. Penn. State-Abington University on March 1, 2020…  Made collegiate pitching debut vs. Averett University on Feb. 14, 2020.
 
OFF THE DIAMOND
One-time Dean’s List… Two-year Guilford Student-Athlete Honor Roll.
 
BEFORE GC
Earned three Varsity Letters in baseball at Southwest Guilford H.S.… Three-time Conference Champion… Two-time All-Piedmont-Triad 3A Conference selection… Named team MVP & Offensive Player of the Year… Set school record for single-season RBI.
 
Son of Angela Penny & Walter Hairston.