FAYETTEVILLE — Carson Boles, a Division II All-American from Lincoln Memorial University, committed to play baseball at Arkansas on Wednesday.
Boles is a 5-11, 190-pound corner outfielder who batted .475 with 24 doubles, 1 triple, 15 home runs, 68 runs and 68 RBI in 50 games as a junior this season. He earned All-America from three publications and was the South Atlantic Conference player of the year.
Boles’ batting average and doubles total ranked third nationally in Division II. He set program records for doubles and RBI in a single season.
He also had 40 walks to 18 strikeouts, was successful on 14 of 16 stolen-base attempts and had an OPS of 1.435 while batting from the right side.
The Lebanon, Tenn., native had 28 games with multiple hits, including 12 games with at least 3 hits.
During an April 6 game against Emory & Henry, Boles went 4 for 6 with 2 doubles, 1 home run and 7 RBI. On April 17, Boles hit a game-winning home run in the 10th inning to give the Railsplitters a 4-3 victory over third-ranked North Greenville.
Boles spent three seasons at LMU, which is located in Harrogate, Tenn.
He is the 14th transfer to commit to Arkansas this offseason and first from the Division II level. The Razorbacks have committed eight players from Division I and five players from junior colleges.