2019 Baseball Roster
Turner, Michael
Jersey Number 28
Michael Turner
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Warren, Ohio
- High School:
- Champion
Bio
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
25 BSB MACT HYPE
Friday, July 18
25 BSB HYPE
Friday, July 18
Dane Gets Thrown on to the Mound with Kent State Baseball
Friday, July 11
Kent State Baseball | MAC Tournament 2025 Game 1 vs Ball State 5.23.25
Saturday, May 24
