Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR IN 2012
Played in 29 games and made 17 starts … starting designated hitter 16 times … hit .266 with 11 runs and 10 RBIs … posted a .337 on-base percentage … two stolen bases in three attempts … went 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI at USC Upstate on February 25 … 2011-12 Colonel Scholar.

AT WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Hit .394 with 11 home runs, 48 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 2011 at Walters State ... named second team All-TCCAA in 2010 after leading WSCC with a .379 batting average … started all 48 games for the Senators that season and recorded 72 hits, scored 59 runs and had 16 doubles and six homers while driving in 32 runs from the leadoff spot … also carried a .568 slugging percentage, a .444 on base percentage and stole 14 bases in 15 attempts.

HIGH SCHOOL
Batted .538 with five home runs, 43 RBI, 12 stolen bases and was a first team preseason all-state selection as a senior at Ridgeland High.

PERSONAL
Son of Mitchell Ball and Marian Bernal ... majoring in communications.