Biography
Career Highs:
Hits: 4 (4 times) at Delaware Valley (3/26/17), at Eastern (4/20/18), vs Manhattanville (3/26/19), and at Marywood (3/27/19)
Doubles: 3 at Marywood (3/27/19)
Triples: 1 (3 times) at Penn College (4/26/16), vs Clarks Summit (4/17/17), and vs Penn State Abington (3/6/18)
Home Runs: 1 vs Wilkes (4/11/19)
Runs Scored: 4 (twice) vs FDU-Florham (4/29/17) and vs Marywood (3/20/18)
Runs Batted In: 4 vs Wilkes (4/11/19)
Stolen Bases: 2 at FDU-Florham (3/29/19)
Walks: 3 (3 times) vs FDU-Florham (4/13/18), at Manhattanville (4/22/18), and at Delaware Valley (4/28/18)
Assists: 4 at Wilkes (4/13/19)
Putouts: 5 (5 times) at Wilkes (4/23/17), vs FDU-Florham (4/29/17), at Eastern (5/7/17), at Eastern (4/20/18), and vs DeSales (5/4/18)
Innings Pitched: 7.0 (4 times) vs Delaware Valley (4/6/19), vs Misericordia (4/18/19), at Eastern (4/27/19), and vs Misericordia (5/3/19)
Strikeouts: 10 vs Clarks Summit (4/17/17)
2019: Started and appeared in all 36 games as a senior pitcher/utility player … Recorded a .359 batting average, a .490 slugging percentage, and a .411 on-base percentage as the third hitter in the lineup … Had 52 hits including a team-leading 16 doubles and one home run in 145 at-bats while drawing 11 walks and two hit by pitches … Scored 23 runs, recorded 20 RBI, and tallied a team-leading 71 bases … Stole six bases on eight attempts … Recorded a 4-2 record with a 3.26 earned run average in a team-leading 47 innings spanning nine appearances including nine starts … Led the team with three complete games including one shutout … Allowed 25 runs including 17 earned runs on 58 hits and 15 walks with a team-leading 23 strikeouts in 195 at-bats for a .297 opposing batting average … Recorded 49 putouts and 16 assists with three errors on 68 chances for a .956 fielding percentage … Had a season-high four hits including a season-high three doubles and the 100th hit of his career in King’s 11-10 loss at Marywood (3/27) … Had a season-high four hits and scored a season-high three runs in King’s 8-3 victory over Manhattanville (3/26) … Hit first career home run and recorded a season-high four RBI in King’s 9-3 victory over Wilkes (4/11) … Stole a season-high two bases on a season-high two attempts and recorded a season-high three putouts and one error on a season-high four chances in King’s 11 inning 10-9 victory at FDU-Florham … Struck out a season-high five batters in a complete game seven inning 1-0 shutout of Delaware Valley (4/6) … Pitched a season-high seven innings in a complete game 5-1 victory over Misericordia (4/18), in a complete game 5-1 victory at Eastern (4/27), and in King’s 6-1 loss against Misericordia in the MAC Freedom Tournament (5/3) … Recorded a season-high four assists on a season-high four chances in King’s 7-5 loss at Wilkes (4/13) … named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a First Team selection as a utility player … named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a Second Team selection as a pitcher … named MAC Freedom Player of the Week on April 1 … named MAC Freedom Pitcher of the Week on April 22 … King’s had a 17-19 overall record and 12-9 mark in conference play while recording a 0-2 record in the MAC Freedom Tournament
2018: Started and appeared in 34 of 37 games as a junior pitcher/utility player ... Recorded a .359 batting average, a .437 slugging percentage, and a .485 on-base percentage ... Had 37 hits including six doubles and one triple in 103 at-bats while drawing 24 walks and three hit-by-pitchers ... Scored 30 runs, recorded 10 RBI, and tallied 45 total bases ... Was successful on five of six stolen base attempts ... Recorded 62 putouts and 12 assists with five errors on 79 chances for a .937 fielding percentage ... Recorded a 4-1 record with a 2.31 earned run average in 39.0 innings pitched spanning eight appearances including eight starts ... Allowed 16 runs including 10 earned runs on 39 hits , 13 walks, and two hit-by-pitches with 22 strikeouts in 148 at-bats for a .264 opposing batting average ... recorded a season-high four hits including a season-high one double, stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt, and recorded a season-high five putouts in King's 18-13 victory at Eastern (4/20) ... Hit a season-high one double and recorded a season-high one RBI in King's 4-3 victory over Manhattanville (3/18) and in King's 9-3 victory at FDU-Florham (4/14) ... Hit a season-high one double, scored a season-high four runs, stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt, and recorded a season-high three assists in King's 15-9 victory over Marywood (3/20) ... Hit a season-high one double and stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King's 21-1 victory over Clarks Summit (3/26) ... Hit a season-high one double in King's 10-2 victory over Clarks Summit (4/10) ... Hit a season-high one triple and recorded a season-high one RBI in King's 15-12 loss against Penn State Abington (3/6) ... Recorded a season-high one RBI in King's 5-3 victory over DeSales (3/24), in King's eight inning 5-4 loss to DeSales (3/24), in King's 12 inning 13-6 loss to Wilkes (4/7), in King's 9-8 victory over Delaware Valley (4/30), and in King's 24-7 loss against Misericordia in the MAC Freedom Tournament (5/5) ... Recorded a season-high one RBI and stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King's 7-6 loss at Wilkes (4/6) ... Recorded a season-high one RBI and recorded a season-high five putouts in King's 9-1 loss against DeSales in the MAC Freedom Tournament (5/4) ... Stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King's 10-7 victory at Delaware Valley (4/28) ... Struck out a season-high six batters in King's 5-1 victory at FDU-Florham (4/14) ... Struck out a season-high six batters in a season-high 6.1 innings pitched in King's 2-0 victory over Eastern (4/21) ... named to D3baseball.com All-Mid-Atlantic Team as a first team selection as a utility player ... named to ABCA/Rawlings All-Mid-Atlantic Team as a third team selection as a utility player ... named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a first team selection as a utility player ... King's had a 21-16 overall record and 12-9 mark in conference play while recording a 1-2 record in the MAC Freedom Tournament
2017: Started and appeared in 27 of 37 games as a sophomore pitcher/utility player … Recorded a .329 batting average, a .400 slugging percentage, and a .427 on-base percentage … Had 23 hits including three doubles and one triple in 70 at-bats while drawing 12 walks … Scored 17 runs, recorded seven RBI, and tallied 28 total bases … Was successful on all six stolen base attempts … Recorded 45 putouts and eight assists with four errors on 57 chances for a .930 fielding percentage … Recorded a 4-2 record with a 3.92 earned run average in 41.1 innings pitched spanning eight appearances including eight starts … Allowed 20 runs including 18 earned runs on 34 hits and 25 walks with 26 strikeouts in 150 at-bats for a .227 opposing batting average … Recorded a season-high four hits, recorded a season-high one RBI, and stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King’s 25-5 victory at Delaware Valley (3/26) … Hit a season-high one double, hit a season-high one triple, and struck out a season-high 10 batters in King’s 10-4 victory over Clarks Summit (4/17) … Hit a season-high one double and stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King’s 12-8 loss to Marywood (4/26) … Hit a season-high one double in King’s 10-0 victory over FDU-Florham (4/29) … Scored a season-high four runs and recorded a season-high five putouts in King’s 11-5 victory over FDU-Florham (4/29) … Recorded a season-high one RBI in King’s 5-4 loss at Manhattanville (4/2), in King’s 16-6 loss at DeSales (4/9), and in King’s 15-3 loss at Wilkes (4/23) … Recorded a season-high one RBI and recorded a season-high five putouts in King’s 7-3 victory at Eastern (5/7) … Recorded a season-high one RBI and stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King’s 11-8 victory at DeSales (4/9) and in King’s 10 inning 9-8 loss at #27 Misericordia (4/12) … Stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King’s season-opening 1-0 victory over Clarks Summit (2/26) … Stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt and recorded a season-high five putouts in King’s 12-7 victory at Wilkes (4/23) … Recorded a season-high three assists in King’s 3-2 loss at Delaware Valley (3/25) … named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a second team selection as a utility player … King’s had a 20-17 overall record and 13-8 mark in conference play while recording a 0-1 record in the MAC Freedom Tournament
2016: Started six games and appeared in 20 of 38 games as a freshman pitcher/outfielder … Recorded a .448 batting average, a .552 slugging percentage, and a .484 on-base percentage … Had 13 hits including one double and one triple in 29 at-bats while drawing two walks … Scored 12 runs, recorded three RBI, and tallied 16 total bases … Was successful on one stolen base attempt … Recorded 15 putouts and three assists with two errors on 20 chances for a .900 fielding percentage … Recorded a 1-2 record with a 6.11 earned run average in 17.2 innings pitched spanning seven appearances including two starts … Allowed 19 runs including 12 earned runs on 26 hits and 13 walks with four strikeouts in 71 at-bats for a .366 opposing batting average … Recorded a season-high two hits, scored a season-high two runs, and recorded a season-high two RBI in King’s 26-2 victory against Yeshiva (2/28) … Recorded a season-high two hits, scored a season-high two runs, and stole a season-high one base on a season-high one attempt in King’s 17-10 victory against Juniata (3/6) … Recorded a season-high two hits including a season-high one double and scored a season-high two runs in King’s 23-4 victory over Penn State Wilkes-Barre (3/29) … Recorded a season-high two hits including a season-high one triple in King’s 2-0 victory at Penn College (4/26) … Struck out a season-high two batters and recorded a season-high one assist in King’s 5-3 victory at DeSales (4/17) … Recorded a season-high four putouts in King’s 8-2 victory at FDU-Florham (4/30) … Recorded a season-high one assist in King’s 10 inning 4-3 victory against Wentworth (3/7) and in King’s eight inning 8-7 loss at FDU-Florham (4/30) … named to All-MAC Freedom Team as an honorable mention selection as a utility player … King’s had a 23-15 overall record and 11-10 mark in conference play while recording a 0-2 record in the MAC Freedom Tournament
PRIOR TO KING'S: Played for the Fighting Irish of Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey ... graduated from CCHS in 2015 ... named to All-Olympic Conference Team twice
PERSONAL: Son of Patricia and Gordon Hartson ... has one sister, Stephanie ... an accounting major ... chose King's for the "good business school and liked a smaller school." ... plans to work as an accountant after graduation ... favorite athletic memory is making the conference tournament as a freshman for the first time since 2011 when team was picked to finish last in preseason poll