WKU President's List (Spring 2017)
WKU Dean's List (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
2017 (Junior): Led WKU and ranked seventh in Conference USA with 27 total appearances ... Did not allow a hit or walk through his first 7 appearances, facing 15 batters and retiring all but 1 (reached on an error), while stranding 14-of-14 inherited runners ... Overall, faced a team-high 48 inherited runners and stranded 32 of them ... Earned a victory March 7 vs. Belmont, pitching 1.1 scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts, setting the table for a Grayson Ivey pinch-hit walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth ... Struck out a career-high 4 batters vs. Charlotte on April 15 and at Austin Peay on April 25 ... Pitched 2-plus innings in 8 of his last 18 appearances.
At Motlow State CC: Made 11 appearances (including 2 starts) for the Bucks, with 19 strikeouts in 24.2 innings pitched ... Posted scoreless outings in 7-of-11 appearances ... In his best start, Boyd pitched 7 innings against Volunteer State with 5 strikeouts and only 1 run allowed on 6 hits.
Personal Info: Born July 3, 1995 in Smyrna, Tenn. ... Son of Carl and Karen Boyd ... Studying Sport Management at WKU ... Favorite athlete is Sonny Gray because he also went to Smyrna High School ... Chose WKU because he knew he wanted to play here after attending camps and a tournament at Nick Denes Field ... Plans to find a job in sports to try and stay involved with baseball in hopes of coaching the sport after his playing days are over ... His family had the biggest influence on his athletic career because they all played sports so he grew up in that environment.
