- Kip Bouknight
Kip McKey Bouknight (born
November 16 ,1978 in Columbia, SC) is a right-handed startingpitcher in thePhiladelphia Phillies (AA Reading) baseball organization.High school career
Bouknight was a 1997 graduate of Brookland-Cayce High School. He was selected as an All-Star by the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association in his senior year. [ [http://www.scbca.net/all_stars.htm SCBCA All-stars] ] During a playoff match-up against Union High School that year, he threw a
no-hitter . [ [http://thediamondprospects.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=446 "Where are they now? Part I"] ] In 1995, his sophomore year, he was named as an honorable mention from South Carolina in the All-USA High School award. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sbusa5.htm "All-USA high school baseball", USA Today] ]College career
Bouknight was a four-year starting pitcher at the
University of South Carolina and set career records at the university in innings pitched (482.0), strikeouts (457), games won (45) and games started (57). He finished with a 45-12 career record. [ [http://uscsports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/080902aaa.html "Former Carolina Hurler Kip Bouknight Throws No-Hitter"] ] With his 45 wins, Bouknight is tied withJeff Brantley for the all-time SEC record. [ [http://thediamondprospects.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=449 "Where are they now? Part II"] ]Bouknight saw success as a freshman in 1998, finishing with a record of 6-1 and a 2.21 ERA. In that season, he earned first-team All-SEC, SEC All-Freshman Team and Freshman All-American honors. [ [http://www.baseball-news.com/allamericans/archives/1998/freshmenallamericans1998.htm Louisville Slugger 1998 Freshman All-Americans] ] In honor of his break-out season, the University baseball team awards the "Kip Bouknight Award" to the best freshman pitcher each season. [ [http://uscsports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/111502aaa.html "2002 South Carolina Banquet Held" (Aaron Rawl wins Kip Bouknight award)] ]
As a junior in 2000, he amassed the most wins of any collegiate pitcher with 17 that year, only lost one game, and posted a 2.81 ERA. His strong play kept South Carolina near the top of the rankings for much of the season and earned him consensus
All American honors. He was named to the first-team All-SEC team, SEC Pitcher of the Year and SEC Male Athlete of the Year. [ [http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=0&url_article_id=1781&change_well_id=2 SEC National Players of the Year] ]Bouknight also won several national Player of the Year honors in 2000 including the
Golden Spikes Award as the nation's top amateur player and theRotary Smith Award as the most outstanding collegiate pitcher. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/bbw/2001-02-28/2001-02-28-colleges.htm USA Today, "Some big men on campus shake off pro dollar signs"] ]In 2007, he was inducted into the University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070706/NEWS/707060333/-1/BUSINESS "Five named to USC Athletic Hall of Fame", "Spartanburg Herald-Journal", July 6, 2007] ]
Professional career
Bouknight was drafted by the
Oakland A's in 2000 but opted to remain in college for another year. The following year, he was selected by theColorado Rockies in the 13th round of the amateur draft. He remained in the Rockies organization through 2004. That year he also spent time inToronto Blue Jays system. Bouknight spent most of 2005 and 2006 with theHarrisburg Senators , the Nationals' AA affiliate in the Eastern League, and had brief stints with the AAANew Orleans Zephyrs of thePacific Coast League . He began the 2007 season with the Pirates affiliate, the AAAltoona Curve and was promoted to the AAAIndianapolis Indians in late June. Kip Bouknight pitched 16 games for the AAReading Phillies in 2008 until being released by the Phillies on July 3,2008.Career Achievements
*In the 2006 Eastern League
All-Star game, Bouknight was the winning pitcher for the South division after 3 shut-out innings of relief. [ [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2006_07_12_elnaax_elsaax_1&did=milb&sid=milb 2006 Eastern League All Star box score] ]*On
August 8 ,2001 , Bouknight threw a combinedperfect game for the Class-ATri-City Dust Devils . Bouknight pitched the first six innings and Pat Lynch finished the game, completing the first 9 inning perfect game inNorthwest League history. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-46166241.html "Dust Devils Pitch Perfect Game"] ]*On
August 7 ,2002 , Bouknight threw a no-hitter for the High Class-ASalem Avalanche . [ [http://uscsports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/080902aaa.html "Former Carolina Hurler Kip Bouknight Throws No-Hitter"] ]Links
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Kip-Bouknight.shtml Professional Career Statistics]
References
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