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Tuesday afternoon, Razorback Baseball landed a transfer from Kent State.
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be using my last year of eligibility at the University of Arkansas. I cannot wait to be apart of such a legendary program! Go Hogs! pic.twitter.com/GOrBmyMCSQ
— Michael Turner (@MBTurner5) June 22, 2021
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