▁senior ▁in ▁baseball , ▁was ▁All - Con ference ▁basketball ▁selection ▁in ▁both ▁junior ▁and ▁senior ▁seasons , ▁and ▁hit ▁a ▁. 5 0 0 ▁batt ing ▁average ▁with ▁ 2 0 ▁home ▁runs ▁and ▁ 6 5 ▁runs ▁batt ed ▁in ▁as ▁a ▁prepar atory ▁senior . ▁ ▁Before ▁Louis ville , ▁Kay ▁attended ▁Iowa ▁Western ▁Community ▁College ▁and ▁won ▁a ▁national ▁championship ▁with ▁the ▁I W CC ▁Re ivers ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁rating ▁as ▁No . ▁ 3 ▁prospect ▁in ▁the ▁colleg iate ▁summer ▁baseball ▁New ▁England ▁Colleg iate ▁Baseball ▁League ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁as ▁a ▁fresh man ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁only ▁junior ▁college ▁player ▁named ▁Colleg iate ▁Summer ▁Baseball ▁All - American ▁in ▁that ▁season . ▁Besides , ▁he ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁the ▁First - team ▁All - Con ference ▁and ▁All - Region ▁in ▁both ▁fresh man ▁and ▁s oph om ore ▁seasons ▁at ▁Iowa ▁Western , ▁hitting ▁. 3 7 3 ▁and ▁ 1 3 ▁home ▁runs ▁as ▁a ▁fresh man , ▁while ▁driving ▁in ▁ 3 7 ▁runs ▁and ▁scoring ▁ 4 2 ▁times . ▁Unfortunately , ▁a ▁kne e ▁injury ▁suffered ▁as ▁a ▁s oph om ore ▁limited ▁his ▁avail ability , ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁r ated ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁junior ▁college ▁ball play ers ▁in ▁the ▁nation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Kay ▁posted ▁a ▁. 2 8 5 ▁average ▁( 5 9 - for - 2 0 7 ) ▁with ▁five ▁home ▁runs