Honors & Awards
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2014; Spring 2015)
First baseman Ken Harvey earned consensus first-team All-America honors in 1999, leading the Huskers to a Big 12 Tournament title and an NCAA appearance. He led the nation with a .478 average, while hitting 23 homers and driving in 86 runs. Although he made his name on offense, Harvey was the Easton Redline Defensive Player of the Year after committing just two errors in 1999. A career .426 hitter, Harvey was selected in the fifth round of the 1999 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.
Harvey, K.
| Year | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | bb | so | sb-att |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997.... | .388 | 37-22 | 103 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 3-4 |
| 1998.... | .373 | 39-37 | 150 | 33 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 10 | 26 | 5-5 |
| 1999.... | .478 | 57-55 | 224 | 77 | 107 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 86 | 38 | 23 | 13-14 |
| TOTAL... | .426 | 133-114 | 477 | 133 | 203 | 37 | 3 | 35 | 153 | 55 | 65 | 21-23 |
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Harvey spent four seasons with the Kansas City Royals between 2001 and 2005. Harvey, a fifth-round pick of the Royals in 1999, made his Major League debut on Sept. 18, 2001, and hit .250 with a pair of RBIs in four games. He returned to the Majors in 2003, hitting .266 with 13 homers, 64 RBIs and 30 doubles, as Kansas City posted its first winning season since 1993. Harvey enjoyed his best year in the Majors in 2004, when he was selected to the MLB All-Star game. That year, he played in 120 games, hitting .287 with 13 homers and 55 RBIs before suffering a season-ending knee injury in September. Harvey was bothered by injuries in 2005, appearing in just 12 games that season for the Royals.