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2023 Baseball Roster

Sandy King

26 Ky Matthews-Hampton

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Elementary Education
  • Hometown Mount Barker, Australia
  • Highschool St. Francis de Sales

Biography

2023 - 1st Team All-OVC (Starting Pitcher)

2023 (5th YEAR):
Was number pitcher in EIU rotation for most of season making 17 starts including two starts in OVC Tournament and start against Vanderbilt in NCAA Regional... earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors as a starting pitcher going 7-3 with a 4.82 ERA for the season... pitched 89.2 innings on the mound which ranked as the eighth most innings by a pitcher in the NCAA Division I era... the 17 starts were the most by an EIU pitcher in the NCAA Division I era... was named the OVC Pitcher of the Week twice during the season winning the award on Feb. 27 and March 6... had a season long outing of 8.2 innings allowing one earned run at Dayton to start year at 3-0... went 6.0 or more innings in ten of 17 starts during the season... was a part of one combined shutout in season opening win over Florida A&M... also picked up a win over nationally ranked Arkansas... finished season with 50 strike outs with a season high seven against Tennessee Tech... Academic All-District as selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA)... 

2022 (SENIOR):
Made eight appearances on the season with five starts... posted a 1-1 record with a 7.08 ERA in 34.1 innings of work... collected his lone win of the season in the series finale against SEMO after he tossed a season long 6.2 innings (May 21)... collected 25 strikeouts on the season including a season high four at Belmont (May 15)... 

2021 (JUNIOR): Made 11 appearances on the season all as a starting pitcher... posted a 5-2 record with a 5.68 ERA in 69.2 innings of work... tossed a three-hit complete game shutout on April 23 against UT Martin earning OVC Pitcher of the Week honors... pitched six or innings in nine of 11 starts during season... picked up first EIU win in debut on Feb. 20 against Nicholls State working 6.0 innings allowing no earned runs with four strikeouts... had 40 strikeouts for the season with a high of eight against UT Martin... had six strikeouts in six innings of work against Belmont (April 2)... wins during the season came against Nicholls State (Feb. 20), Arkansas Little Rock (Feb. 26), Belmont (April 2), Eastern Kentucky (April 9) and UT Martin (April 23)... final appearance of the season was on May 1 against SIUE pitching six innings... OVC Academic Medal of Honor

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played 2020 baseball season at Southeastern CC... during shortened 2020 season made four starts on the mound finishing season with a 2-1 record and 2.00 ERA... pitched seven or more innings in three of four starts during the year... had 24 strikeouts in 27 innings...  played baseball at Pratt CC in 2019 making 17 appearances with nine starts... posted a 7-3 record with three saves in 71.2 innings... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended St. Francis de Sales College... played baseball for the Sturt Baseball Club and for the Adelaide Bite of the Australian Baseball League... represented Australia at the U-18 Baseball World Cup helping team place fifth at the Championships... in debut tossed a complete game shutout against Chinese Taipei... 

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2021Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 190 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2022Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 190 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2023Graduate Student

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 190 lbs
    26
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