2020-21 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 28
Michael Turner
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Warren, Ohio
- High School:
- Champion
- Prev School:
- Champion
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
Ripken Reese Rips One Out of the Park for Kent State Baseball #baseball #ncaabaseball
Saturday, May 23
Alejandro Covas Doubles the Score With a 3 Run Homer for Kent State Baseball #baseball
Friday, May 22
Brody Williams Hits it Out of the Park For Kent State Baseball at the MAC Tournament #baseball
Friday, May 22
Baseball Head Coach Jeff Duncan Recaps Senior Day Weekend and Looks on to the Final Weekend Series
Monday, May 11
