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Jersey Number 26
Owen Michelson
- Position:
- Catcher/Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Candler, N.C.
- Major:
- Chemistry
Awards & Honors
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 Big South Conference All-Academic Team
2026 Season (Junior) - Appeared in 43 games making 42 starts between catcher and right field on the season...Slashed .307/.495/.453, finishing in the top five in the Big South in on-base percentage...Totaled 42 hits with eight doubles and four home runs...Scored 39 runs and drove in 27 runs on the season....Drew 37 walks and also stole seven bases on the season...Mashed two doubles against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 14...Drove in four runs against Charleston Southern on Apr. 25 while scoring three runs the next day against Charleston Southern...Registered three hits on May 9 at Radford.
2025 Season (Sophomore) - Played in 40 games making 34 starts as a sophomore transitioning to the outfield from behind the plate...Totaled 28 hits for a .277 average with six doubles and one triple...Drove in 14 runs while scoring 11 times...Also drew 12 walks and stole two bases...Also posted five outfield assists this season...Posted a career-high three hits on Mar. 29 against Presbyterian stealing two bases in that same game...Scored two runs and drove in two on Apr. 29 at ETSU while also posting five putouts in that game...2025 Big South Conference All-Academic Team selection...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.Â
2024 Season (Freshman) - Appeared in nine games making three starts behind the plate...Registered his first career hit on Apr. 2 against ETSU...Scored his first collegiate run on Feb. 23 against Bellarmine.
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 Big South Conference All-Academic Team
2026 Season (Junior) - Appeared in 43 games making 42 starts between catcher and right field on the season...Slashed .307/.495/.453, finishing in the top five in the Big South in on-base percentage...Totaled 42 hits with eight doubles and four home runs...Scored 39 runs and drove in 27 runs on the season....Drew 37 walks and also stole seven bases on the season...Mashed two doubles against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 14...Drove in four runs against Charleston Southern on Apr. 25 while scoring three runs the next day against Charleston Southern...Registered three hits on May 9 at Radford.
2025 Season (Sophomore) - Played in 40 games making 34 starts as a sophomore transitioning to the outfield from behind the plate...Totaled 28 hits for a .277 average with six doubles and one triple...Drove in 14 runs while scoring 11 times...Also drew 12 walks and stole two bases...Also posted five outfield assists this season...Posted a career-high three hits on Mar. 29 against Presbyterian stealing two bases in that same game...Scored two runs and drove in two on Apr. 29 at ETSU while also posting five putouts in that game...2025 Big South Conference All-Academic Team selection...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.Â
2024 Season (Freshman) - Appeared in nine games making three starts behind the plate...Registered his first career hit on Apr. 2 against ETSU...Scored his first collegiate run on Feb. 23 against Bellarmine.
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville vs Presbyterian (Game 3)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville at Presbyterian (Game 2)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville at Presbyterian (Game 1)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville vs Gardner-Webb (Game 3)
Monday, May 13
