Razorback Baseball Lands Kent State Transfer

Tuesday afternoon, Razorback Baseball landed a transfer from Kent State.

He was a big part of the Golden Flash offense the previous three seasons.

Coach Kevin Bohannon from The Hawg Talk said: “(Michael Turner) is a versatile player that can shift from behind the dish to 1st or 3rd.”

Here is Turner’s Kent State profile on KentStatesports.com:

Kent State Awards and Honors

• 2019 Back-to-Back MAC Player of the Week
• 2019 First Team All-MAC, C (At-Large)
• 2019 Recipient of the Olga A. Mural Endowed Baseball Scholarship

2020 Season

• Played and started in all 14 games, seeing time at catcher, first and third base
• Got a hit in 12 of 14 games played
• Tied for third on the team with three extra-base hits in 14 games

2019 Season

• Turned in a .369 batting average with 22 runs scored, 52 hits, and 42 RBIs
• Slugged .539 with 12 doubles and four home runs
• Belted two grand slams (at Ohio April 27 and at Bowling Green May 10), each lifting the Flashes out of a deficit to gon and win the game
• In MAC play, ranked second in RBIs (32) and third in batting average (.391). Led the MAC in sacrifice flies (5).
• Drove in a team-high six RBIs in a win at Bowling Green May 10, including his second grand slam of the season

2018 Season

• Made 29 appearances with 22 starts
• Hit .280 with a home run, a triple, and 2 doubles with 21 RBIs
• Had a season-high with a 3-for-5 performance against Belmont on Feb. 28
• Had 2 hits and 2 RBIs in the MAC Title game
• Had 2 hits in his first career start at Sam Houston State on Feb. 16
• Had 7 multi-hit games

Prior to Kent State

• Lettered four years at Champion High School in baseball and basketball
• Team won the state tournament during senior season
• Named All-League, All-Region, and All-State during senior season
• Named District Player of the Year and also named Vindicator Athlete of the Year during senior season
• Named All-League in baseball in all four years at Champion High School
• Holds school records in career batting average and career RBI’’s
• Earned Chet Williams Baseball Endowment

Personal

• Born August 18, 1998 in Warren, OH
• Parents are Brian and Christy Turner, Brian played baseball and was drafted out of high school to the New York Yankees in 1989
• Has a sister named Megan who will be attending Kent State to play softball in the fall of 2018
• Enjoys fishing and hunting
• Lists winning the State Championship his senior year of high school as the accomplishment he is most proud of (first in school history)
• Lists his parents as the people he admires most for their hard work and motivation