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#1 Byron McKoy
Position: OF
Height: 5-9
Weight: 180
Class: Junior
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
High School: Independence
2010: One of five Owls to appear in all 51 games, making 50 starts in left field…Batted .288 with a team-best six home runs and two triples…Tied for the team lead in hits with 62…Led the team with 12 stolen bases in 15 attempts…Put together a team-best 15 game hit streak 4/23 to 5/15, hitting safely in 18 of the team’s final 19 games…Earned Philadelphia Big-5 Player of the Week for the week of 5/24…Ranked second on the team with nine multi-RBI games, also putting together 15 multi-hit games…Only committed one error on the season in 114 chances, leading TU outfielders with seven assists.
2009: Made appearances in 49 games, starting 47...Hit .278 with a .369 on base percentage...Finished second on the team with 8 homeruns...Totaled 54 hits, 41 runs, 10 doubles, 28 RBI's, and 10 stolen bases on 11 attempts...Named to the Big 5 all-academic team.
2008: Second Team All-Atlantic 10...First Temple freshman to earn first or second team All-A-10 honors and just the third designated hitter...Also named to Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team...Philadelphia Big 5 Rookie of the Year and All-Big 5 pick...Set TU record for hits by a freshman (64), breaking former major leaguer John Marzano[apos]s 57 hits in 1982...Led team in batting (.352), slugging percentage (.511) and on-base percentage (.422)...Second on the team with 11 doubles, six home runs and 17 stolen bases...Two-time Big 5 Player of the Week and one-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week...Was 11th in the A-10 in batting (.352) and steals (17)...Went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in first collegiate start at Bethune Cookman (2/24)...Had 11-game hitting streak from April 12-27, batting .489 (23-for-47) over that span...Stole 14 bases without being caught from March 23 until the end of the season...Batted team-high .374 in Atlantic 10 games...Appeared in 50 games, starting 44.
High School: Two-time all-conference selection...Offensive Team MVP as a senior...Academic All-American in swimming.
Personal: Played summer baseball for Carolina Sox in the Southern Collegiate Baseball League, earning league all-star honors...Major is information science and technology.
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