Ken
FolkersInfielder
1996: Games Played/Started: 62/61...Missed one game after injuring right index finger attempting to bunt against Arkansas 3/9...Named to the Atlantic Regional All-Tournament team after batting .353 (6x17) with three doubles, a home run and three RBI and six runs scored...Collected a season high four hits with two doubles against West Virginia 5/25, while scoring three runs...Got sixth home run of the season against Georgia Southern 5/25.... Started Vol career with a 3-for-5 night against Old Dominion 2/23 with a double and two RBIs...Went .500 (3x6) in Alabama series...Had a season high six-game hitting streak from 2/28-3/9 where he hit .345 (10x29)...Hit first home run against Carson-Newman 4/2, while driving in three runs...Came back with two more home runs the next night against ETSU 4/3 while going 3-for-3 with three RBI...Went .357 (5x14) with five RBI in the Ole Miss series...Drove in four runs vs. MTSU 4/10...Had best output of the season in eight-game stretch from 4/2-12 when he hit .353 (12x34) with three home runs and 16 RBIs...Had three hits, including his fourth home run, and a career high five RBIs against Vanderbilt 5/3...Hit fifth HR two days later against the Commodores while driving in four runs...Went .417 (5x12) with two home runs nine RBIs in the Vanderbilt series...Scored runs in six straight games from 5/5-12...Didn't strikeout in 10-game stretch from 4/30-5/12...Had only seven RBIs in first 24 games, whereas in his last 38 games he drove in 40...Went 0-for-9 with a walk at the SEC Tournament...Had 23 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games...Hit .326 against lefthanders, .275 against righthanders, .444 when leading off an inning, .316 with two out and .326 with runners in scoring position...Led team with 21 two-out RBIs...In the summer, he played for the Hornell Dodgers in the Northeastern League in New York where he won the triple crown by batting .381 with five home runs and 27 RBIs...
LASSEN CC: Selected as one of the top 25 junior college players in California in 1995...Earned 1995 All-America, All-State and All-Northern California honors at Lassen...Earned first team All-Golden Valley Conference his freshman and sophomore campaigns...Voted as the conference's Most Valuable Player in 1995...A Northern California Junior College All-Star...Led team to 112-20 record, three conference titles, a regional win and trips to the 1994 Final Four and 1995 Final Eight...Coached by Steve Abney at Lassen...
HIGH SCHOOL: Led team to conference championship his junior season...Earned first team all-conference honor as a senior and honorable mention as a junior...After senior campaign was selected as Most Valuable Player...Selected as Chicago Tribune Player of the Week...Earned first team All-Area accolades as a senior and second team All-Area as a junior...Set school records with a .494 batting average and 48 hits in a season...Coached by Lin Dailey at Waubonsie Valley High School...
PERSONAL: Full name is Kenneth Joseph Folkers...Born on October 11, 1974 in Naperville, Ill...Son of Ken and Cindy Folkers.
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