DURHAM, N.C. – Duke signee Chad Knight has been selected as the 2019 Gatorade Connecticut Baseball Player of the Year, announced this week. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field.
Hailing from Westport, Conn., Knight is a four-year letterwinner at Staples High School, and has served as the co-captain of his varsity squad for the past two seasons. The future Blue Devil batted .524 with 10 home runs, 23 RBI and a slugging percentage of 1.