The 5-foot-11, 140-pound senior raced to a fourth consecutive Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class AAA individual state championship with a time of 16:35.09 this past season, leading the Raiders to fifth place as a team. The state's return
Knight has maintained a 3.67 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.