Baseball

Career: In his 157-game career, Ford totaled 168 hits with 34 doubles, six triples, 12 home runs and 129 RBI. He is TU's all-time leader with 60 career stolen bases and is listed in the school record book several times where he is third all-time in runs scored (166), eighth in RBI (129), seventh in walks (97), sixth in sacrifice bunts (19), ninth in sacrifice flies (10) and seventh in hit by pitch (25).

2021: ABCA / Rawlings All-Region second team (SS)... D2CCA All-Region second team (UT)... All-South Atlantic Conference second team (SS)... batted .338 and closed out the season strong reaching base safely in his last 25 outings. He scored 60 runs which are the second-most in NCAA II this year... Of his 50 hits in 2021, he had 14 doubles, two triples and six home runs while tallying 45 RBI... Led the SAC with 23 stolen bases in 27 attempts... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

2020: Finished fourth on the team with a .324 batting average in his 21 starts in the TU line-up (10 in CF, 11 at SS)... Missed the Florida road trip (4 games) due to a death in the family... 27 runs scored were second on the team and tied for fifth in the SAC... Totaled 24 hits including six doubles, two triples (T3rd in SAC) with three home runs and 17 RBI... 17 walks (T8th in SAC) and 10 stolen bases (T5th in SAC)... Recorded a team-best 13-game hitting streak from Feb. 14-Mar. 7 where he went 19-of-47 (.404)... On-base streak from Feb. 12-Mar. 7... Belted two home runs in series finale vs UVa-Wise (Mar. 2), marking the 51st time a Pioneer has hit two homers in a game... Two homers are tied for third-most in a TU single-game... Went 3-for-5 with a double and a home run in 9-5 win over Embry-Riddle (Mar. 11)... 3-for-3 with a double vs UVa-Wise (Mar. 1)... Tallied two doubles in series opener vs No. 5 Catawba (Feb. 22)... 2-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and three stolen bases... CoSIDA Academic All-District first team... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Honor Roll.

2019: All-South Atlantic Conference Honorable Mention at Third Base... Played and started in all 51 games for the Pioneers, splitting time between third base and shortstop... NCBWA and SAC Player of the Week honoree... Had 192 official at-bats... Went 1-for-2 with two runs scored, a walk, three stolen bases, and was hit by a pitch at Belmont Abbey (Feb. 8)... Hit by two pitches at Young Harris (Feb. 13)... Vs. Notre Dame (Ohio) on Feb. 15), went 3-for-3, score two runs, drove in a runner, doubled, walked, and stole a base... In the Goldey-Beacom series (Feb. 24-25), went 6-for-13 with seven runs, nine RBI, three doubles, a triple, five walks, and two steals... Scored three runs, drew three walks, stole two bases, and was hit by a pitch at Mars Hill (Mar. 11)... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two steals, and a sacrifice fly vs. Queens (Mar. 16)... In the Coker double-header (Mar. 30), 4-for-6, four runs, three walks, and four steals... At Winston-Salem State (Apr. 3), 5-for-8, five runs, four RBI, two homers, one stolen base, and one sacrifice bunt... Had a five-game (Mar. 30-Apr. 5) and a seven-game (Feb. 18-Mar. 2) run streak... Twice had a five-game hit streak (Feb. 9-16, 18-25) and seven-game (Mar. 13-23; Mar. 26-Apr. 5) streak... Two-times drove in a run in four consecutive games (Feb. 18-25; Mar. 13-16)... Walked (Feb. 24-26) and stole a base (Mar. 26-Apr. 3) in five-straight contests... 50 runs were tied for 8th in the SAC and 63 hits were good for 15th... 100 assists and 47 RBI were enough for a tie for 7th in the conference... 26 stolen bases were second in the SAC, 31st in the NCAA, and third-highest in program history... Averaged .328, an OBP of .436, and slugged a .443 percentage... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Honor Roll.

2018: Finished third on the team with his .333 batting average... Played in 44 games with 28 starts... Batted .196 through his first 33 games... Ended the year with an 11-game hitting streak going 20-for-37 (.541) during that span... During the SAC Tournament he went 9-for-20 (.450) while starting in all four games at shortstop... Finished the year with 31 total hits including five doubles... Four of those doubles came during his 11-game hitting streak... Drew 18 walks against just nine strikeouts... Fanned only twice during his last 11 contests... Saw action at third base, second base and shortstop and finished the year with a .932 fielding percentage.... Had three hits apiece against Carson-Newman (Apr. 21), Lincoln Memorial (Apr. 28) and Anderson (Apr. 29).... Led the team with nine sacrifice bunts (4th in SAC/45th in NCAA II).

High School: Graduated from Bearden HS in Knoxville, Tenn... Coached by John Rice (baseball)... Lettered in baseball and football... 2016 All-State... Three-time All-District (2014, 2015, 2016)... 2016 District Offensive Player of the Year... Team advanced to Regionals in 2014... 2016 Stats: .480 batting avg... 2013 Region Tournament.

Personal: Born July 25, 1997 in Knoxville, Tenn... Son of Russ and Tracey Ford... Siblings: Ryan Ford (29), Kristen Ford (25)... Graduated from Tusculum in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in sport management... Working on master's in business administration... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Dean's List... Future plans: Work with a sports organization.