Kasser one of 30 candidates for 2018 Senior CLASS AWARD ®
03/21/18 | Baseball
EUGENE – Oregon senior second baseman Kyle Kasser has been selected as one of 30 candidates for the 2018 Senior CLASS AWARD ®. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
Kasser is an accomplished student who will graduate in less than four years. The three-year member and past co-director of the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) has a 3.17 GPA in economics and will finish his degree in three years plus two terms. He claimed second-team Pac-12 all-academic accolades as a sophomore in 2016 and honorable mention recognition as a junior in 2017.
Kasser is a team leader who is well respected by his teammates and the coaching staff. He started his career as a non-scholarship athlete who eventually earned a scholarship and then became an all-conference honoree. He's selfless, on and off the field, coachable, competitive and tough minded. A team-first guy as is evident by being asked to play every position in the infield during his four-year career. He's a team captain, a SAAC representative for two years, and a hardworking, self-made player.
Kasser is the "go-to" guy on the Oregon Ducks' baseball team when it comes to being involved in the community. In addition to being a co-director of SAAC, he is the point man for Oregon baseball's involvement with Team Impact in pairing the team with James Dahl, a 15-year old living with Rasmussen's Encephalitis.
His willingness to do community service outreach projects included team Thanksgiving baskets for families in need as part of SAAC. Kasser wants to make a difference and leave a legacy at Oregon and has guided more young players to being a part of the SAAC program resulting in the most baseball players being involved since the sport originated in 2009.
Kasser has a .313 career batting average. As a junior, he batted a modern-era program record .352 and was named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference after hitting .381 in league games (third highest in the conference). The versatile infielder is Oregon's second baseman and has started 114 games split between the four infield positions during his career. He has 50 starts at first base, 29 starts at shortstop, 21 starts at second base and 13 starts at third base. At the four infield positions his career fielding percentage is .989, including .994 as a junior while splitting time between shortstop and first base. This season he is batting .324 with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists in late April.
Kasser is an accomplished student who will graduate in less than four years. The three-year member and past co-director of the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) has a 3.17 GPA in economics and will finish his degree in three years plus two terms. He claimed second-team Pac-12 all-academic accolades as a sophomore in 2016 and honorable mention recognition as a junior in 2017.
Kasser is a team leader who is well respected by his teammates and the coaching staff. He started his career as a non-scholarship athlete who eventually earned a scholarship and then became an all-conference honoree. He's selfless, on and off the field, coachable, competitive and tough minded. A team-first guy as is evident by being asked to play every position in the infield during his four-year career. He's a team captain, a SAAC representative for two years, and a hardworking, self-made player.
Kasser is the "go-to" guy on the Oregon Ducks' baseball team when it comes to being involved in the community. In addition to being a co-director of SAAC, he is the point man for Oregon baseball's involvement with Team Impact in pairing the team with James Dahl, a 15-year old living with Rasmussen's Encephalitis.
His willingness to do community service outreach projects included team Thanksgiving baskets for families in need as part of SAAC. Kasser wants to make a difference and leave a legacy at Oregon and has guided more young players to being a part of the SAAC program resulting in the most baseball players being involved since the sport originated in 2009.
Kasser has a .313 career batting average. As a junior, he batted a modern-era program record .352 and was named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference after hitting .381 in league games (third highest in the conference). The versatile infielder is Oregon's second baseman and has started 114 games split between the four infield positions during his career. He has 50 starts at first base, 29 starts at shortstop, 21 starts at second base and 13 starts at third base. At the four infield positions his career fielding percentage is .989, including .994 as a junior while splitting time between shortstop and first base. This season he is batting .324 with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists in late April.
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