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6 Casey Golden

  • Position OF
  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 210
  • Hometown Siler City, N.C.
  • High School Jordan-Matthews

Biography

Awards/Honors
  • 2017 ABCA First-Team All-East Region
  • 2017 CAA Player-of-the-Year
  • 2017 First-Team All-CAA
  • 2017 NCCSIA First-Team All-State
  • 2017 CAA All-Tournament selection
  • 2017 Two-time CAA Player-of-the-Week (3/20 & 5/8)
  • 2016 Second-Team All-CAA
2017 (Senior): Selected by Colorado in the 20th round of the MLB Draft ... Started 57 games, missing just two ... Led Seahawks and tied UNCW single-season record with 21 home runs ... Concluded career tied for first with 40 career home runs ... Homered twice in CAA Championship against Delaware (5/27) ... Hit game-winning home run against Northeastern (5/5) and then led off game following day with a round tripper (5/6) ... Totaled 21 multi-hit games and  12 multi-RBI games ... Fashioned UNCW's longest hitting streak of season with 14-game streak ... Finished career ranked in UNCW's top-10 in 10 different categories.

2016 (Junior): Missed first 15 games with leg injury ... Bounced back and started 38 games ... Hit career-high .311 with 18 extra base hits, including nine doubles and nine home runs ... Scored 31 runs and drove in 31 ... Had four games of three hits ... Knocked in season-high four runs in win over Hofstra (5/1) ... Homered in two games at William & Mary (4/8-9) in regular season sweep.
 
2015 (Sophomore): Second-team All-CAA outfielder ... Played in 58 games with 57 being starts in centerfield ... Finished season with .283 batting average and was third on team with 45 runs scored and was fourth with 65 hits ... Scored three times on four different occasions ... Had eight-game hitting streak in which he hit .452 (14-31) with five extra base hits ... Scored 12 runs during that stretch (4/26 at Elon through 5/8 at Col. of Charleston) ... Also pieced together a pair of six-game hitting streaks .. Hit .340 in CAA play with 10 doubles and four home runs.

2014 (Freshman): Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America … Earned CAA All-Rookie honors … Participated in tryouts with Team USA Collegiate National Team … Earned CAA Rookie-of-the-Week honors (2/25) … Played in 55 games, making 53 starts … Hit .269 with a team-leading 35 runs scored … Tied for team lead with nine stolen bases … Collected 12 doubles, three triples and four home runs … Committed just one error in 142 total chances … Fashioned 10-game hitting streak … Connect on first career home run against Hofstra (4/11) … Drove in career-high four runs in same game … Had career-high three hits, scored twice and knocked in two runs against James Madison in CAA tournament … Tied career-high with three hits, including two homers against Towson (4/20).

At Jordan-Matthews: Four-year letterwinner for Jets … All-State selection his senior season … Four-time All-Mid State Conference and All-County honoree … Three-time Offensive Player-of-the-Year … Team MVP in 2013 … Mid-State Conference Player-of-the-Year in 2012 … Hit .584 with 27 extra base hits his final season … Finished career with Jets hitting .488 with 79 extra base hits, including 16 home runs … Played in 2012 State Games for Region 5 … Also played in Legion All-Star Game in 2013.

Personal: Full name: Casey Seth Golden … Born in Greensboro, N.C. … Son of Kelly and Richard Golden.

Statistics

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2017

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2014Freshman

    OF
    6'1" 200 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2015Sophomore

    Outfielder
    6'1" 199 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2016Junior

    Outfielder
    6'1" 199 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2017Senior

    Outfielder
    6'2" 210 lbs
    6