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Robert "Robbie" Knight
Robert "Robbie" Knight (Aug 06, 1988) is a former baseball player born in Detroit, MI. He became famous for being the first Little League pitcher to ever strike out all 18 batters he faced in a game on June 4th, 2001 in Harper Woods, MI. He achieved national fame and was even interviewed on Good Morning America. He was featured on several local and national news outlets, such as ESPN. His baseball career eventually led him to play in the NCAA division II collegiate baseball at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC.

Harper Woods Little League
Robert began playing little league baseball at the age of five in Harper Woods, MI. He was playing for the Tigers at the time of his perfect game. During his 11-year old season, the Tigers won the City Championship in 2000.

Lenoir-Rhyne University Baseball
After playing his first two seasons in the National Junior College Athletic Association (St. Clair County Community College in Port Huron, MI and Blue Ridge Community College in Blue Ridge, NC), he signed with Lenoir-Rhyne University as a catcher and designated-hitter. During his junior season of collegiate baseball (2009), Robert led the country for most bases on balls per game (1.22) in the division II. To date, he holds the school record for highest batting average (.452) and on base percentage (.610) in a season. He earned second team all conference honors as a designated hitter in the South Atlantic Conference.

Personal Life
Robert graduated with a bachelors degree from Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2011, with a major in biology and minor in chemistry. He proceeded to attend Ross University School of Medicine and graduated with a medical doctorate in 2012. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago, IL in 2020. To date, he is a practicing physician of hospitalist medicine at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL.