Background
Bouknight was born in Columbia, South Carolina and graduated from Brookland-Cayce High School in 1997.
Bouknight was born in Columbia, South Carolina and graduated from Brookland-Cayce High School in 1997.
He finished with a 45-12 career record. Bouknight finished the 1998 season with a record of 6-1 and a 2.21 European Research Area.
He was selected as an All-Star by the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association in his senior year. During a playoff match-up against Union High School that year, he threw a no-hitter. In 1995, his sophomore year, he was named as an honorable mention from South Carolina in the All-United States of America High School award.
With his 45 wins, Bouknight is tied with Jeff Brantley for the all-time Securities and Exchange Commission record.
In that season, he earned first-team All-Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission All-Freshman Team and Freshman All-American honors. In honor of his break-out season, the University baseball team awards the Kip Bouknight Award to the best freshman pitcher each season.
As a junior in 2000, he earned the most wins of any collegiate pitcher with 17 that year, only lost one game, and posted a 2.81 European Research Area. He was named a consensus All-American. He was named to the first-team All-Securities and Exchange Commission team, Securities and Exchange Commission Pitcher of the Year and Securities and Exchange Commission Male Athlete of the Year.
In 2007, he was inducted into the University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
Bouknight was drafted by the Oakland A"s in 2000 but opted to remain in college for another year. The following year, he was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 13th round of the amateur draft. He remained in the Rockies organization through 2004.
That year he also spent time in Toronto Blue Jays system.
Bouknight spent most of 2005 and 2006 with the Harrisburg Senators, the Nationals" Associate of Arts affiliate in the Eastern League, and had brief stints with the American Automobile Association New Orleans Zephyrs of the Pacific Coast League. He began the 2007 season with the Pirates affiliate, the Associate of Arts Altoona Curve and was promoted to the American Automobile Association Indianapolis Indians in late June.
Kip Bouknight pitched 16 games for the Associate of Arts Reading Phillies in 2008 until being released by the Phillies on July 3, 2008. In the 2006 Eastern League All-Star game, Bouknight was the winning pitcher for the South division after 3 shut-out innings of relief.