Biography
AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Midwest All-Region Second Team … Second Team All-ASUN Conference catcher … drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2023 MLB Draft, the 609th pick overall and the 25th selection in the 20th round ... Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List … Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List … played in and started 45 games … made 24 starts at catcher and 21 at designated hitter … led the team with a .346 batting average … also had 13 doubles, 12 home runs, 47 RBIs and 47 runs scored … had a .626 slugging percentage and a .427 on-base percentage … hit .389 in conference games … eighth in the ASUN in batting average, 13th in slugging … tied for first among all ASUN catchers (minimum 15 stolen bases attempted against), throwing out 41.2 percent of the runners who attempted to steal … went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and four RBIs against North Florida (March 31) … drew a season-high three walks while finishing 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs and two RBIs against North Florida (April 1) … had a four-hit game with two runs and two RBIs at North Alabama (April 22) … hit a home run and drove in four runs at Western Kentucky (May 9) … chosen by D1Baseball as the No. 8 draft prospect in the ASUN Conference … Preseason All-ASUN by league coaches … Preseason All-ASUN by Perfect Game … College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ... Atlantic Sun Conference Honor Roll.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
First Team All-ASUN Conference catcher … ASUN All-Tournament Team selection … on the watch list for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, which honors the nation’s top Division I catcher, and was one of only three players from the ASUN on the watch list … played in and started 56 games … started 46 times behind the plate and 10 times at designated hitter … batted .313 with 19 doubles, 11 home runs, 60 RBIs and 31 runs … posted a .553 slugging percentage and a .393 on-base percentage … walked 24 times and struck out only 21 times in 217 at bats … led the team with 19 multi-RBI games … tied for second on the team with 19 multi-hit games … tied for seventh in the ASUN in RBIs, was sixth in doubles, 13th in slugging, tied for 15th in home runs, tied for 18th in hits (68) and was 21st in average … ranked 82nd in the country in doubles … only catcher to earn a spot on the ASUN All-Tournament team after hitting .667 with four runs, a double, a home run, three RBIs, eight hits in 12 at bats and a 1.000 slugging percentage … hit .392 with nine doubles, three home runs, 17 RBIs and nine runs in his final 17 games of the season … drove in a season-high five runs after going 2-for-5 with two home runs against Bowling Green (March 5) … had two doubles and four RBIs at Austin Peay (March 13) … drew a season-high three walks and scored a run against North Alabama (March 20) … finished 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI against Northern Kentucky (March 22) … was 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs and three RBIs against Central Arkansas (April 15) … went 3-for-5 with an RBI against No. 7 Louisville (May 17) … registered a season-high four hits in four at bats, with a double, a home run, three runs scored and an RBI against No. 1 seed Liberty (May 27) in the ASUN Tournament semifinals ... ASUN Conference Honor Roll.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
Played in 44 games … started 37 times, all at catcher … made his collegiate debut at Georgia Tech on Feb. 19 at the age of 17 years and 170 days old … hit .239 with four doubles, two home runs, 17 RBIs and 11 runs scored … struck out just 22 times in 134 at bats as a true freshman … in his first 27 games, he hit .177 with a .190 slugging percentage, one double, no home runs, six RBIs and four runs, but in his final 17 games he batted .327 with a .491 slugging percentage, three doubles, two home runs, 11 RBIs and seven runs, striking out just seven times in 55 at bats … was strong defensively throughout much of the season, finishing his first campaign leading the Ohio Valley Conference with 24 players caught stealing and having thrown out more than 40 percent of stolen base attempts against him … after starting the season by catching just 1-of-11, he then threw out 23-of-48 (48 percent) from that point on … in 400 chances he made just three errors and had only seven passed balls … at one point during the season he caught 88 straight innings and 136 of 143 … went 2-for-3 with two RBIs at No. 9 Tennessee (March 23) … was 2-for-3 with a double, a run and three RBIs against Morehead State (April 20) … finished 2-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBIs at Western Kentucky (May 18) … had a 3-for-4 dwy with a home run, two runs and two RBIs against North Dakota State (May 20).
HIGH SCHOOL
Batted .425 for IMG Academy during his junior season in 2020 … earned all-section honors while hitting .390 with a.450 on-base percentage as a sophomore in 2019 … team offensive player of the year as a sophomore… earned all-league recognition after hitting .310 with a .420 on-base percentage as a freshman.
PERSONAL
Full name is William Charles King … son of Laurence and Dov King … has one brother – Aaron … majoring in general studies.
