Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU: Returning 2-year letterman and 2021 starter....Earned BGS degree in educational studies in May 2021....NCBWA honorable mention All-America Team 2022....ABCA/Rawlings Southeast All-Region Team (first team) 2022....NCBWA All-Southeast Region Team (first-team) 2022....D2CCA All-Southeast Region Team (second team) 2022....Conference Carolinas first-team All-Conference Team (1B) 2022....Conference Carolinas Spring Academic All-Conference Team 2022....Played and started 28 contests in 2021 (24 at 1B, 4 at DH)....Tied for second on the team in homers (5) and tied for third with 25 RBIs....9 multi-hit games and 5 multi-RBI games....Reached base at a .400 clip when leading off....Third in slugging (.519)....PBC Team of Academic Distinction 2021....Appeared in 14 games in 2020 and made 10 starts (5 at 1B and 5 at DH)....Third on the squad in slugging (.476)....4 multi-hit games and 3 multi-RBI games....Hit .333 with runners in scoring position....Transfer from Louisburg College, where he played two seasons....Also spent a red-shirt season at UNC Pembroke before landing at Louisburg....Put together two good years at Louisburg playing for coach Blake Herring.....Big and strong...Has good plate discipline...Tough out at the plate....Expected to play first base or DH and bat fourth or fifth in the line-up....Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll 2021....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2019 (fall), 2020 (spring, fall), 2021 (spring).

LC: As a sophomore, batted .292 with five doubles, eight home runs, and 30 RBIs....Served as team captain and recorded a .566 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage, while fielding at a .980 clip over 203 chances....As a freshman, hit .264 with four homers and 14 RBIs for a 31-22 Hurricane squad. 

PERSONAL:

• Born Darius Michael Nobles in Greenville, N.C.
• Graduate of J.H. Rose High School, where he played for coaches Ronald Vincent and Clay Medlin
• As a senior, batted .328 with four doubles, two homers, 12 RBIs, and a .446 on-base percentage
• Named his team’s top offensive player that year for 2016
• Garnered honorable mention 2016 All-County honors from The Daily Reflector
• Pitt County American Legion Post 39 2016 M.V.P.
• Nicknames are "D", Nobles, or Bibby

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Astronaut 
• Favorite Superhero: Luke Cage
• Favorite Athlete:  Kevin Durant
• Favorite Sports Team:  New England Patriots 
• Favorite Movie or TV Show: This Is Us
• Favorite Food: Wings
• Favorite Vacation Spot: Seattle, WA
• Instagram Account: Treinta_Cinco
• Your Motivation Music: Contemporary, don't really have a preference
• Favorite Thing About FMU:  The atmosphere, everyone is nice and willing to help
• Favorite Off-Field Activity:  Video games
• Goals for Upcoming Season:  Score as many runs as possible; Bigger, faster and stronger.
• Why you first chose your sport: I was always able to hit the ball far and hit homers, so it was something that stuck with me
• The biggest mental challenge to you improving faster: Fear of falling or not producing for my team, and over competitive; Wanting to win so bad that I get in my own way
• Interesting Notes:  Art Monk (former Washington Redskins and 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee) is my cousin; Bernard Edwards (Chic and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Song-Writer Hall of Fame inductee) is my uncle; Thelonious Monk (Jazz pianist) is my cousin; Enok Roberts (rewarded bronze star V in the Korean War) is my great uncle; In two years at Louisburg, I batted .292 and hit 13 home runs