UNCP Softball Adds Queens Transfer

PEMBROKE, N.C. -- UNC Pembroke head coach Steve Johnson has announced the addition of Sam King, formerly of Queens (N.C.), to the Braves’ softball program for the 2007-08 academic year.

“We are really excited about Sam joining our team,” Johnson said. “She is a true outfielder that can cover a lot of ground out there. Offensively she is a multi tool hitter that can slap, bunt, hit from the left and hit from the right, plus, she possesses great speed and will be a threat on the base paths.”

King, a native of Manchester, Mich., started five games for the Royals before having her freshman campaign ended due to injury. She batted .333 and was 3-for-4 in stolen bases with an .857 fielding percentage.

A graduate of Lecanto High School in Lecanto, Fla., King earned four letters in softball during her high school career while also earning three letters in soccer, two letters in diving, and one letter each in basketball, track and volleyball.

During her senior season at LHS, she tallied a .456 batting average and led her team in runs scored, hits, triples, home runs, stolen bases and slugging percentage. King was named all-county and all-conference her final two seasons while being named the county softball player of the year her senior season.

The daughter of Michelle and Robert King, Sam plans to major in social work at UNCP.