Biography
Notable: 2016 NCAC Player of the Year…2013 NCAC Newcomer of the Year…four-time All-NCAC selection (2013, HM; 2014, HM; 2015, 1st; 2016, 1st)…two-time ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region selection (2015, 3rd; 2016, 1st)...D3baseball.com All-American selection (2016, HM)...D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region selection (2016, 1st)…program career record holder for doubles with 52…finished his four years with top five spots in the school record books for at-bats (564, 3rd), hits (211, 2nd), runs scored (141, 5th), and runs batted in (145, 5th)
2016: NCAC Player of the Year and All-NCAC First Team selection, also garnering ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region First Team plaudits, as well as D3baseball.com All-America Honorable Mention and All-Mideast Region First Team accolades…started all 35 games, closing his illustrious career by leading the NCAC with a .438 batting average, .701 slugging percentage, 101 total bases, and six homeruns…picked to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week on Mar. 15 and May 3…broke the program career record for doubles against Ohio Wesleyan (Apr. 13) in Canton with his 42nd...became the second player in school history to reach the 200-hit plateau at Mount Union (Apr. 25)…hit two round-trippers, including a ninth-inning, first-pitch walk-off blast in a 14-12 victory over Pitt-Greensburg (Apr. 14)…bashed a walk-off double in a 6-5 win over Baldwin Wallace (Mar. 30)…went 4-for-6 with a double, homerun, two runs scored, and six RBI at Kenyon (Apr. 30)…opened the season scorching hot, going 8-for-10 with two extra-base hits and five RBI in wins over John Carroll (Mar. 9) and Fredonia State (Mar. 12)…ripped multiple hits in 20 different games and reached base in all but one contest…named Gator Male Athlete of the Week on Mar. 14
2015: All-NCAC First Team and ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Third Team selection...closed out his junior season with a .374 batting average, the second highest total on the team, closing out the year with a team-leading 42 RBI, 16 doubles while forcing a squad-leading 25 walks…opened the year with a 14-game hitting streak, opening the season with a 3-for-4 performance against Ripon (Mar. 15)…went 3-for-3 with three runs driven in against Wooster (Mar. 30)…drove in three runs in three consecutive games against Hiram (Apr. 11-12)…was a key contributor for the squad in the NCAC Crossover series, batting 7-of-14 with seven runs driven in to help send the Gators back to the NCAC Tournament
2014: All-NCAC Honorable Mention selection…ended season batting .313 with a .413 slugging percentage over 41 starts…scored 43 runs, the fourth highest total in the conference, to lead the team…tied the eighth highest walk total in the conference, forcing 20 during the season…scattered a career-high five hits against Penn State-Behrend (Apr. 10), scoring a career-high four runs…logged a career-high six assists at Kenyon (Apr. 18)
2013: NCAC Newcomer of the Year and All-NCAC Honorable Mention selection…led Allegheny with .374 batting average, hitting .419 against conference opponents…scattered a team-high 11 doubles and two triples during the season to finish with team-leading .489 slugging percentage and .485 on-base percentage…drove in seven runs in the second game of a Pitt-Bradford double-header (May 1)…recorded 13 multi-hit games, picking up a career-high three hits on three occasions, closing the season with a 3-for-5 performance against Wooster (May 10)…finished second on the team with 31 RBI…scored a team-high 30 runs…earned Allegheny Male Athlete of the Week accolades on May 6
Personal: Son of David and Rebecca Killian…born Sept. 7, 1993…ten-time varsity letter winner (football, basketball, baseball)…named to All-WPIAL baseball team (2011, 2012)…named to football all-conference team as quarterback and cornerback…member of National Honor Society…managerial economics major with Communication Arts minor…father Dave Killian played baseball at Kent State University
