As a freshman (2012) Led the nation at 57-for-61 on stolen base attempts, stole 29 consecutive without being caught to open the season Started all 63 games at third base, hitting .336 to finish 10th in the ACC, adding 13 doubles, five homers, and 43 RBIs Consensus Freshman All-America (NCBWA, Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America), ACC All-Tournament, and All-Regional Finished the season with a .432 OBP, good for seventh in the ACC. Sixth in the nation with 72 runs, tied the NC State freshman record (Tom Sergio in 1994) Scored at least one run in 25 of the Pack's final 29 games Turner's stolen base total would have been tied for 133rd amongst TEAMS, meaning he stole more bases than over half of the teams in Division I baseball His best stretch came with nine steals in a week against Elon and Clemson, which would have equaled the season mark by NC State's top base stealer in 2011 On April 13 at Clemson, Turner tied an ACC record by becoming the sixth player in conference history to steal five bases in a single game In the series with Clemson: tallied five stolen bases Friday, hit a two-out, two-RBI double for the game-winning runs Saturday, and took home ACC Player of the Week honors on Monday after going 5-for-12 with three runs and two RBIs for the series Hit a three-run double on opening day against Marshall Rallied the Pack going 5-for-12 with two RBIs and four runs, including his first collegiate home run (solo shot to left), and two walks in the series sweep over Wake Forest Tied and broke the NC State single-season stolen base mark with two steals against Elon in a 3-for-4 performance, coming a homer away from the cycle, with four RBIs, two runs scored, and two walks Went 9-for-15 with five runs and four RBIs over the series with Boston College, highlighted by a career-best 5-for-5, three run, two RBI effort in game two of Saturday's doubleheader Hit a home run on the first pitch of the Wolfpack's ACC Tournament game against Wake Forest, his second lead-off homer of the year
High school Had an outstanding career for head coach Larry Greenstein at Park Vista High School Batted .478 with nine doubles, five triples, one home run, 16 RBIs, 43 runs scored and 25 steals in 28 attempts Led Vista High School to a 21-9 record Played for the South team in Palm Beach County's Dick Howser All-Star Game Batted .379 and stole 13 bases as a junior in 2010 to earn first-team all-county honors from The Sun-Sentinel Was an honorable-mention selection to The Palm Beach Post's all-area large schools team Was an honorable-mention all-county selection Class 6-A/5-A/4-A selection Named second-team all-conference in Palm County's Central Division
MLB Draft Taken in the 20th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2011 MLB draft