The 5-foot-11 junior distance runner raced to a third consecutive Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class AAA individual state championship with a time of 16:15.70 this past season, leading the Raiders to second place as a team. A three-time
Knight has maintained a 3.60 GPA in the classroom.
An Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, he has volunteered on behalf of his church's youth group and at a local soup kitchen.