Top 100 Countdown: 71. Jared King (Kansas State)

College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2012 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the countdown today at number 71 with Kansas State sophomore Jared King from Dublin, Ohio and Jerome High School. As a senior in high school, he hit .574 (58-for-101) as a senior with 15 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 26 RBI while being named All-State.

His freshman season in 2011 saw him play in 50 games (48 starts) while hitting .307 with eight homers and driving in 40 runs. He was also solid on the basepaths by stealing 13 bases in 16 attempts.

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