Campbell University

2024 Honors
Preseason All-CAA
CAA Player of the Week (2/26)
CAA Player of the Week (3/18)
USA Baseball Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List
First Team All-CAA

2023 Honors
First-Team all-Big South
Big South Tournament MVP
Big South All-Tournament Team
Columbia Regional All-Tournament Team
 
2024: Named First Team All-CAA and two-time conference player of the week ... Appeared in and started 29 games for the Camels behind the plate and at DH ... Slashed .402/.547/1.029 with 18 home runs, 46 RBI and 27 walks ... Led the country in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage through the first 22 games of the season ... Had season-highs four hits, six RBI and career-high three home runs against Bucknell (3/10) .. Opened the season with an eight-game hit streak ... Homered in four straight games (3/9-3/15) ... Was 7-9 on stolen base attempts ... Made four appearances out of the bullpen and recorded two saves (East Carolina 2/20 and Georgia Southern 3/2) ... Recorded six strikeouts to only one walk and one extra-base hit for the year ... Allowed only one run for a season ERA of 1.59 ... Against Delaware (3/22), pitched the final 2.1 innings and allowed zero base runners on 29 pitches with two strikeouts ... Named to the Midseason First Team All-America by D1Baseball ... Also named D1Baseball's Midseason Breakout Star.

2023: Appeared in 55 games making 53 starts behind the plate… Slashed .278/.414/.572 with 13 HR and 55 RBI… Went 3-5 with a HR in the second game of the season against Rutgers… Drove in a season-high four runs three times… Had seven RBI in a two-game stretch with a 4-RBI day and 3-RBI day at Radford on 3/24 and 3/25… Went deep in four straight games at UNC Asheville and UNCW from 5/5-5/9… Hit the game winning HR in the eighth inning of the Big South Championship against USC Upstate on 5/27… Had three hits and HR against NC State at the Columbia Regional on 6/4… Batted .500 for the weekend to earn a spot on the Columbia Regional all-tournament team…

2022: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Appeared in 22 games, making 16 starts behind the plate… Slashed .271/.362/.475 with four HR and 16 RBI… Hit HR in back-to-back games against Ohio State and Pitt on 3/4 and 3/6… Had a day for the record-books, going 5-6 with nine RBI and five runs scored against PC on 3/27. Nine RBI and five runs are both tied for third in a single game in program history… His nine RBI against PC came via two singles, a two run-HR and a grand slam…  Had four total multi-hit games on the season, his next best being three at Winthrop on 5/8…

Alabama: A member of the Crimson Tide in 2021… Did not see game action…

Prep: Played for Louisville Male HS and coach Jake Fiorella… Named to the 2019 KHSBCA All-State first-team, all region, all district and all area… 2020 NHSBCA and Rawlings/Perfect Game preseason all-American… Received the 2020 Johnny Bench Award… Batted .364 with five home runs, two triples, 10 doubles and 22 RBI in 2019… 

Personal: Full name is Grant Alexander Knipp… Born Nov. 29, 2001… Son of Terry and Mary Knipp, has one sister Lauren… Intends to major in sports management…