2018: Made 10 starts in 15 games before being sidelined by a season-ending injury … Made five starts at second base and five starts at third base … Had five hits in 35 at-bats with four RBIs, three runs scored and one double. Also contributed three sacrifice bunts and one sacrifice fly … Started all three games at third base at Georgia Southern to open Sun Belt Conference play and missed the rest of the season following the March 24 finale … Scored two runs in a Feb. 27 win at Western Carolina … Had two hits and recorded two RBIs in the final game of a doubleheader at Elon on March 10.

2017: Third baseman was one of two players (the other was middle infielder Matt Vernon) who started all 55 of App State’s games … Served as App State’s leadoff hitter in a team-high 34 games … Had 41 hits, a team-high 32 walks, a team-high 10 hit by pitches, five doubles, nine RBIs and a .219 batting average … Opened the season with a nine-game hitting streak that included two multi-hit games in a road sweep of Gardner-Webb. Batted .344 and drew eight walks during that stretch … Posted a season-high three hits in a series-opening game against South Alabama on May 13.

High School: A five-year letterwinner in baseball and four-year letterwinner in baseball … in baseball, as starting shortstop his entire career, led team in steals his freshman year and was team defensive player of the year as a junior … selected to multiple all-area and all-state teams … named to all-tournament teams … played all nine positions during his time four years … in football, named state player of the week, multiple players of the week (area), all-region … multi-position player spending time at punter, quarterback and receiver … earned team offensive player of the year and team MVP his senior year as well as state player of the year … selected to multiple all-area and all-state teams throughout four years … finished with more than 2,200 yards of offensive his senior year and more than 5,000 yards for his career … recorded 45 total touchdowns … had school Iron Man Award named after him as the Laverne Award.

Personal: Full names is Charles LaVerne Grubbs III … born July 28, 1998 … son of Tammy and Charlie Grubbs … has one sibling: Kaytie … enjoys golfing, fishing, camping and hiking in his spare time … major is undecided.