Transfer from Arizona State will play baseball and basketball for the Shockers

WICHITA, Kan. ?Johnny Coy, a St. Joseph, Mo., high school standout in baseball and basketball who spent the Fall semester redshirting at Arizona State, has signed a financial aid agreement with Wichita State and will transfer to the school for the Spring semester, Head Men's Basketball Coach Gregg Marshall and Head Baseball Coach Gene Stephenson announced today.

“We are very excited Johnny is going to be a part of our family at Wichita State,” Marshall said. “He really plays hard, he's a really good athlete, and he's skilled as a forward. When we learned he wanted to transfer, we thought he would be a natural fit here with his desire to be a two-sport athlete as a member of the baseball and basketball teams and the proximity to St. Joseph. After spending time with him on his official visit and correspondence, and spending time with his family, he is a natural fit. Wichita State basketball is a very close-knit family, and now that relationship will extend to St. Joseph, Mo., and the Coy family.”

Coy, who was a seventh-round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2008 Major League Draft, was also the career basketball scoring leader at Benton High School with 2,104 points and 1,029 rebounds.

"We are extremely excited about the addition of Johnny Coy to our program,” Stephenson said. “We look forward to the opportunity to work with him and help him to become a player who can contribute to the positive way of our program."

His basketball career-bests were 46 points and 16 blocks, both which were school records, while he also broke his brother's batting average school record of .564 by hitting .655 as a senior. In his time there, his high school baseball team was 91-9 in his four years as a starter.

Here's a closer look at Coy's high school accomplishments:

Benton High School Basketball: Averaged 27.1 points, 12.7 rebounds, 5.3 blocks and 3.9 assists for 22-5 team in senior season...averaged 26.7 points, 12.1 boards, 4.9 blocks and 4.1 assists for 25-4 team in junior year...first team all-state twice, first-team all-conference three times, first-team all-district three times and was McDonald's All-American nominee at the school.

Benton High School Baseball: Team went 18-3 in senior year as he hit .655 and had school records in hits (52), RBI (51) and home runs (13) and was perfect in 18 stolen base attempts and added 14 doubles...team won state title in junior year with 24-2 record as he hit .489 with 11 home runs, 11 doubles and 46 RBI...team was 24-1 in sophomore year...first-team all-state for two years and all-city and all-district three years.