Wofford College Athletics

Expected to be the starter at third base for the Terriers ... Is the returning leader in at-bats, home runs, RBIs and total bases from last season ...  2007: Started 62 games as a junior ... Had a .323 batting average ... Second on team with 16 home runs, second on team with 248 at-bats and third on team with 80 hits ... Key part of Wofford earning NCAA Home run Title with 108 ... Among the SoCon, was third in home runs and seventh in total bases (148) ... In the field had 97 putouts and 95 assists with a .914 fielding percentage ... Against Dayton (Feb. 11) had two home runs in four at-bats with four RBIs ... Was four-of-four from the plate against Manhattan (March 11), with a double and home run to score three runs ... Against Lafayette (March 14) was three-of-five with a home run and two doubles along with a season-best five RBIs ... At Appalachian State (March 23) had three hits and four RBIs ... Had two home runs at Appalachian State (March 25) ... At Georgia Southern (April 29) was four-of-five from the plate with two home run blasts and a season-best six RBIs ... In the Southern Conference Tournament against The Citadel (May 25) was three-of-four with a triple ... In the NCAA Tournament game against N.C. State (June 3), was four-of-five from the plate with a double and triple, scoring one run ... Named to the Southern Conference Preseason All-Conference team by the league coaches and Baseball America ...  2006:  Started all 56 games and hit .322 for the season ... Led the club with 12 home runs, 14 doubles, 115 total bases, 65 hits and 40 RBIs ...Tied for fifth in the SoCon with 12 homers ... Hit a pair of home runs in Wofford’s 9-8 win over South Carolina (May 3) ... Hit a two-run homer in the third inning to put the Terriers up 2-0 ... Added a solo shot in the seventh ... Had the game-winning RBI in a 5-4 win over Liberty (Feb. 12) ... Hit a home run in the first inning of the season-opener vs. Longwood (Feb. 4) ... Went three-for-three vs. Georgia Tech (May 16) ... Led the team with 19 multiple-hit games and was second with 10 multi-RBI games ... Was three-for-four vs. Quinnipiac ... Had three hits and five RBIs vs. Western Carolina (March 2) ... 2005:  Made quite an impact on the team as a freshman ... Led the team with 13 doubles and a .545 slugging percentage ... Was also hit by pitch a team-high 10 times ... His two triples also marked a team-high ... Drove in a season-high six runs in a 19-9 win at Georgia Southern on May 1 ... Was hit by pitch twice in the same game, against The Citadel (April 2) and Davidson (April 9) ... Had a team-high nine-game hitting streak between April 3-23 in which he went 12-for-35 (.343) ... Started 40 games as a freshman including 30 at third base, eight at second base and two at DH ... HIGH SCHOOL Selected to play in the 2004 North-South All-Star Game and named MVP of the game ... Topped Lugoff-Elgin in nearly all offensive categories his senior year ... Batted .419 with 10 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 33 RBI ... Also had seven stolen bases in earning All-Region honors for the third consecutive year ... Lugoff-Elgin’s Most Valuable Offensive Player after his sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Hit .429 as a junior with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 13 stolen bases and 26 RBI ... Led his Diamond Travelers 17-and-under squad to a national championship in July 2003, batting .467 with four RBI and five stolen bases in eight tournament games ... An Honor Roll student, ranking fifth in his graduating class ... Had 12 years of perfect attendance in the Kershaw County School District ... Earned WLTX Player of the Week honors ... PERSONAL: Born December 25, 1985 ... Son of Scott and Tammy Kirkley ... Majoring in finance ... His father, Scott Kirkley, played baseball at The Citadel while his great uncle, Grady Ray, is in the Newberry College Athletic Hall of Fame as a former football standout ... Ray is also a member of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in addition to serving as its past president.