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Jersey Number 21
Kenyon Yovan
- Position:
- RHP/Infielder
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Beaverton, Ore.
- High School:
- Westview HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2021
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team
Collegiate Baseball Player of the Week (March 8)
D1Baseball Player of the Week (March 9)
NCBWA Hitter of the Week (March 9)
Perfect Game Player of the Week (March 9)
Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week (March 9)
2020
Collegiate Baseball First-Team All-America
2018
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (April 2)
Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (April 30)
2017
NCBWA First-Team All-America
Collegiate Baseball Second-Team All-America
Stopper of the Year (Finalist)
Collegiate Baseball Freshmen of the Year
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America
Baseball America First-Team Freshman All-America
D1Baseball Second-Team Freshman All-America
Perfect Game Second-Team Freshman All-America
ABCA Second-Team All-Region
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
2021
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team
Collegiate Baseball Player of the Week (March 8)
D1Baseball Player of the Week (March 9)
NCBWA Hitter of the Week (March 9)
Perfect Game Player of the Week (March 9)
Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week (March 9)
2020
Collegiate Baseball First-Team All-America
2018
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (April 2)
Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (April 30)
2017
NCBWA First-Team All-America
Collegiate Baseball Second-Team All-America
Stopper of the Year (Finalist)
Collegiate Baseball Freshmen of the Year
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America
Baseball America First-Team Freshman All-America
D1Baseball Second-Team Freshman All-America
Perfect Game Second-Team Freshman All-America
ABCA Second-Team All-Region
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
CAREER
First player in school history to earn All-America honors as both a pitcher (2017) and a hitter (2020) … First Oregon player in the modern era to be named first-team All- Pac-12 Conference three times … Set a new career school record for slugging percentage (.512) … Ranked in the top 10 in six career offensive categories, including slugging, and two pitching categories … Finished four on the career home run list with 24, while tying for second in intentional walks (8) … Wrapped up career seventh in on-base percentage (.397), tied for eighth in hit-by-pitches (19) and tied for 10th in RBI (83) … Finished second all-time in saves (20) and tied for fifth in games finished (32) … Finished in the top 10 on five single-season offensive categories and three single-season pitching categories … Earned three Pac-12 Conference Pitcher or Player of the Week honors during career … Signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels following 2021 season.
2021 SEASON
Earned first-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors after batting .309 (63-for-204) with 17 home runs, 10 doubles, 57 RBI and 53 runs scored … Reached base at a .407 clip while slugging .608 … Set single-season school records for home runs, RBI and multiple-RBI games (18) … Finished second in runs scored and third in slugging percentage … Finished third in the Pac-12 in home runs, sixth in RBI, eighth in slugging percentage and runs scored and 10th in total bases … Also tied for second in the league in sacrifice flies … Nationally, ranked in the top 40 in the country in home runs per game (23rd/0.33), home runs (24th), sac flies (25th) and RBI (48th) … In Pac-12 Conference games, finished fourth in runs scored (30), tied for fifth in HBP (7) and tied for eighth in home runs (7) … Named to the Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team … Claimed national player of the week honors from Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball, the NCBWA and Perfect Game following the UC Santa Barbara series … Claimed Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week following UCSB games as well … Became first modern era Duck to ever homer in four straight games (at UCSB 3/6-7/21; at OSU 3/12/21) … Finished with 15 multiple-hit games, including a 6-hit game and five 3-hit games … Had a streak of six consecutive multi-hit games from March 6-14 … at #15 UC Santa Barbara (March 5-7): Claimed multiple national player of the week honors after leading the Ducks to a four-game sweep of the Gauchos … Batted .467 (7-for-15) with four home runs, 11 RBI, six runs scored and six walks (4 IBB) in the series … After walking twice in game one of the series, went 5-for-9 with three home runs, nine RBI, four runs scored and one walk in a doubleheader sweep in games two and three of the series … Started DH going 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and a run scored in a 5-4 win … Hit a 3-run home run in the top of the eighth to cut a 4-0 deficit to one run before the Ducks tied it later in the inning … Drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth to clinch a 5-4 win … Homered twice in the nightcap, while going 3-for-4 with five RBI, three runs scored, a sacrifice fly and a walk … Hit a 2-run homers in the second and sixth innings in a 17-2 win … Finished the series going 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored, while being intentionally walked three times in a 9-4 (10-inning) win … at #17 Oregon State (March 12-14): Batted a team-high .500 (6-for-12) with a home run, two RBI, a double a run scored and a walk in a series win … Had multiple hits in all three games, while driving in a pair of runs in the opener … Ran streak to four straight games with a homer in game one while going 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in a 7-0 win … Picked up two hits in four at-bats in a 3-0 game-two win … Finished the series going 2-for-3 with a double in the finale … vs. Arizona State (March 19-21): Batted .333 (3-for-9) with a home run, a double, three RBI and four runs scored with three walks in a series win … Had a hit and scored runs in all three games, while driving in runs in two of the three games … Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in the opener … Hit a 2-run homer in the top of the third of game two to give the Ducks the early lead in an eventual 7-1 win … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) with two RBI and two runs scored in the victory … In the series finale, reached three times (1-for-2, 2 BB) with a double, RBI and run scored in a 5-3 series-clinching win … vs. Portland (March 23): Went 1-for-3 with a run scored while also reaching on a walk and HBP in a 10-1 win … at #21 Arizona (March 26-28): Homered in the top of the first of game two while going 2-for-4 with a RBI, run scored and a walk … Drove in a pair of runs on sacrifice flies in an 18-13 win in the series finale, while going 1-for-4 with a run scored … vs. New Mexico State (March 1-3): Batted .333 (5-for-15) with home run, double, five RBI and four runs scored with a walk in a four-game series sweep … Gave Oregon an early 2-0 lead with a 2-run double in the bottom of the third in a 5-0 game-one win … In game two, put Oregon on top for good with a 2-run single in the bottom of the third in an eventual 8-2 win … Homered while going 3-for-4 with three runs scored in a 6-1 win to clinch a series sweep … at Portland (April 14): Reached base four times (3-for-6, HPB) with a double, three RBI and two runs scored in an 18-1 win … at USC (April 16-18): Homered and reached base three times (1-for-3, BB, HBP) in a game-two series evening 13-4 win … vs. UCLA (April 23-25): Had a hit in all three games, while driving in runs in game one and two wins to clinch the series … vs. San Jose State (April 27-28): Extended hitting streak to seven games with hits in both games of the two-game series … Reached base three times (1-for-3, BB, HBP) in an 11-7 game-one win, with a double, RBI and run scored … Went 1-for-4 with a RBI and a walk in a 13-1 game-two victory … at Washington State (April 30 – May 2): Went 4-for-13 (.308) with a home run, three RBI and four runs scored in the series … Went 3-for-5 with a 3-run home run while scoring twice and walking once in a 13-0 game-one win … Singled and scored a run in the series finale … vs. Washington (May 7-9): Homered, drove in three runs and scored three times in a series sweep of the Huskies … In the series finale, tied the game in the fourth inning with a solo home run before putting the Ducks in front for good with a fifth-inning RBI single … Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored to help cap the sweep … at Utah (May 14-16): Batted .571 (8-for-14) with two doubles, four RBI and six runs scored in a series sweep of the Utes … Reached base twice (1-for-4, HBP) with a run scored in a 7-3 game-one win … Went 6-for-6, the most hits by a Duck in the modern era and just one shy of the Pac-12 Conference record, in a 16-3 win in game two … Scored a career-high four runs while adding a double in the series-clinching win … Went 1-for-4 with a RBI doubles and sacrifice fly in a 9-2 game-three win to clinch the sweep … vs. #25 Gonzaga (May 18): Went 2-for-4 with a home run, double, three RBI, two runs scored and a walk in a 10-3 win … Hit a two-run third inning home run to cut a Gonzaga 3-0 lead to a run … Added a RBI double in the sixth to give the Ducks a three-run lead … vs. #17 Stanford (May 21-23): Homered, drove in two runs and scored a run in game two … Reached twice (1-for-5, BB) and scored a run in the series finale … at California (May 27-29): Batted .385 (5-for-13) with a home run, double, four RBI and four runs scored in a series win … Drove in a first-run with a RBI single to put the Ducks on top for good in the top of the first of an 11-5 game-one win … Reached base five times (3-for-3, 2 BB) in a 6-5 series-clinching win in the series finale … Gave Oregon an early lead with a first-inning solo home run … Added an RBI double in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie … Drove in the eventual winning run with a ninth inning RBI single … NCAA Eugene Regional (June 4-7): Homered three times in the regional tournament while driving in six runs and scoring five times … vs. Central Connecticut State (June 4): Homered twice in the Ducks’ tournament opener while going 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored … Hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first … Added a solo home run in the third inning … vs. Gonzaga (June 5): Walked and scored a run in a 7-3 Ducks’ win … vs. LSU (June 6-7): Drove in Oregon’s lone run with a third-inning sacrifice fly in a 4-1 loss in the first game of the championship … In the if necessary game, gave the Ducks a 7-6 lead with a two-run home run in the seventh inning … Reached base twice in the game (1-for-4, BB) with two RBI and two runs scored.
2020 SEASON
Named Collegiate Baseball first-team All-America as a designated hitter … Started all 15 games at designated hitter while making two appearances on the mound in a season shortened by COVID-19 … Led the team batting .429 with a team-high 24 hits, while also having a team-best four home runs, 22 runs scored and 15 walks … Also topped the team in on-base percentage (.566) and slugging percentage (.714) … Had nine RBI with two doubles and a triple, while getting hit by four pitches … Finished with six multi-hit games, including five 3-hit games … Had two multi-RBI games … Scored multiple runs in seven of 15 games, including two games with three runs scored … One of three Ducks to reach base in all 15 games, while reaching base twice three times, three times on four occasions, four times in four games and five times once … Finished in the top three In the Pac-12 Conference in seven offensive categories, while ranking in the top six in two more … Second in the league in slugging percentage and runs scored … Third in the Pac-12 in batting average, OBP, hits, home runs (tied) and total bases (40) … Finished sixth in the conference in walks and sixth in HBP … Nationally, ranked sixth in runs per game, 11th in runs scored and 12th in OBP … On the mound, allowed three runs on four hits in 1.1 innings pitched … Angels College Classic (Feb. 14-16): Led the Ducks batting .462 (6-for-13) with four runs scored and a triple … vs. Minnesota (Feb. 14): Opened the season with a 3-hit game going 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs scored … In addition to the three hits, walked to reach base four times … vs. San Diego (Feb. 15): Reached base three times with second consecutive multi-hit game and a walk … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored … vs. Pepperdine (Feb. 15): Got on base with a walk and a hit (1-for-4) … Made first appearance on the mound since Feb. 15, 2019, tossing a third of an inning … at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18): Hit a pair of game-tying solo home runs while going 3-for-3 with, two RBI, three runs scored, a double, a walk and a HBP … Capped four-game Arizona road trip batting .563 with a .667 OBP and a 1.125 slugging percentage … Was 9-for-16 with four extra-base hits and seven runs scored on the four-game trip … vs. Nevada (Feb. 21-23): Batted .300 (3-for-10) with two RBI, three runs scored and four walks … Finished three-game series with a .500 OBP … Had a walk-off single in a 3-2 win in the opener while going 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored … Walked and scored a run in a 3-2 win in game two … Drew two walks, drove in a run and scored a run to help clinch the sweep in the series finale … vs. Milwaukee (Feb. 28-March 1): Hit .462 (6-for-13) with six runs scored, 5 walks, two HBP a double and a RBI in the four-game series sweep by the Ducks … Reached base at a .650 clip while slugging .538 … Scored the winning run on a Gabe Matthews’ two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th after walking to lead off the inning … Reached base three times in the opener going 1-for-4 with a walk and HBP … In game two, reached base four times going 3-for-4 with a HBP and two runs scored … Finished the Saturday doubleheader sweep in game three of the series by getting on base two more times … Went 1-for-3 with a RBI, two runs scored in a walk in the 6-0 win … In the series finale, had a hit (1-for-2) with three walks and a run scored … at Hawaii (March 5-8): Finished the season batting .353 (6-for-17) in the four-game series with two home runs, four RBI, six runs scored and three walks … Reached base at a .429 clip while slugging .706 … Opened the series going 1-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two walks … Added a hit in both games two and three, while driving in a run, scoring a run and reaching on a base on balls in game three … Capped the season going 3-for-6 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored in a 13-2 win … Pitched the final inning in second appearance of season.
2019 SEASON
Redshirted after suffering season ending injury during season opener … at Texas Tech (Feb. 15): Pitched two innings in season opener before suffering a season-ending injury … Named to the preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list ... Named Collegiate Baseball and D1Baseball preseason second-team All-America ... A third-team preseason All-America pick by the NCBWA ... Perfect Game Preseason Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year.
2018 SEASON
Named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference for the second straight season ... Received Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors twice, following dominant starts against Stanford (April 2) and USC (April 30) … Appeared in 21 games while making 10 starts after joining the weekend rotation midway through the season ... Went 6-4 with a team-leading 2.98 ERA while recording five saves ... Fanned the fourth-most batters in a single season at Oregon with 98 punch-outs while walking 37 over 84.2 innings ... Went 6-3 with a 2.77 ERA as a starter … Turned in a quality start in eight of his 10 starts … vs. USC (April 28): Struck out third-most batters in a game in school history, fanning 15 while walking none in a career-high eight innings to earn the win and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors ... vs. Arizona (May 25): Pitched first career complete game in a two-hitter, giving up a run and striking out six while walking three ... at Stanford (March 29): Got the win after fanning nine and walking just one over six shutout innings to earn Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week recognition ... vs. Cal (March 24): Made first career start and picked up the win, throwing five innings with four strikeouts ... vs. Washington State (April 6): Went seven innings, striking out eight while giving up a run on six hits to earn the win ... at Washington (April 15): Pitched 7.1 innings while fanning seven in a no-decision against as Husky team that made it to the College World Series ... at UC Irvine (May 4): Took the loss, pitching seven innings with nine punch-outs while giving up two runs on six hits for sixth quality start ... vs. Utah (May 11): Battled through seven innings of two-run ball to get the win, striking out two and walking six ... at Oregon State (April 20): Turned in a strong start at an eventual College World Series team in Oregon State, going seven innings with five strikeouts while giving up two runs on five hits in a loss ... vs. Loyola Marymount (Feb. 16): Threw two innings and struck out three ... vs. Indiana State (Feb. 18): Picked up first save of the season against Indiana State, going two innings and striking out one ... at Loyola Marymount (Feb. 24): Earned save at Loyola Marymount, pitching one perfect inning ... vs. FAU (March 2): Got third save, striking out one in an inning of work ... vs. UC Davis (March 10): Fanned four and did not allow a hit over two innings to pick up a save ... vs. Gonzaga (March 13): Struck out five in two innings to record fifth save.
2017 SEASON
Named a first-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association … A second-team Collegiate Baseball All-American selection … One of four players to earn Collegiate Baseball Freshmen of the Year honors … Named second-team Freshman All-America by both Perfect game and D1Baseball … A second-team American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) all-region selection … Earned first-team All-Pac-12 recognition … A finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year award … Finished with the fourth most saves in Oregon single-season history with 15 … Appeared in 22 games out of the bullpen with a 1.97 ERA and 36 strikeouts and just six walks in 32 innings pitched … Earned a save in half of Oregon’s 30 wins … Did not allow an earned run in his first 13 appearances, while giving up just two unearned runs … at Fresno State (Feb. 20): Earned first career save in first outing on the mound as a Duck, throwing a scoreless ninth inning … vs. Mississippi State (March 5): Picked up first career win in an extra-innings, pitching three innings with a career-high six strikeouts and no walks … vs. Washington (March 24): Pitched two innings to get the save and hold a one-run lead in a series-opening win … vs. Arizona State (April 30): Matched a career-high three innings pitched to earn the save in a 3-2 win … vs. UCLA (May 26): Struck out two in 1.2 innings to lock down the win.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterman and 2016 graduate of Westview High School … Named The Oregonian’s Brian T. Meehan Memorial Baseball Player of the Year as a senior … Given Player of the Year honors by USA Today as part of the 2016 All-USA Oregon Baseball Team … Also selected first-team 6A all-state … Named the Metro League Player of the Year after posting an 11-0 record with a 0.59 ERA and 133 strikeouts in 71.2 innings … At the plate, hit .482 with six home runs, 38 RBI and 16 doubles to lead Westview to a 6A state semifinal appearance … Tossed a complete game one-hitter with nine strikeouts in Westview’s state quarterfinal win over West Salem … Earned first-team 6A all-state honors as a junior … Went 9-0 with a 1.42 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 69 innings on the way to being named first-team All-Metro League … Selected second-team 6A all-state as a sophomore … Named the Metro League Pitcher of the Year after posting a 0.88 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 56 innings … Threw a no-hitter with nine strikeouts in the first round of the 2014 Oregon 6A Playoffs … Named honorable mention All-Metro League as a freshman … High school coach was Steve Antich.
COLLEGIATE NATIONAL TEAM
Selected to the Collegiate National Team in 2018 … Posted a 1.08 ERA over five relief appearances, striking out seven batters in 8.1 innings of work … A member of the 28-man Collegiate National Team that played a series vs. Chinese Taipei in 2017 … Appeared in four games and posted a 2.08 ERA and five strikeouts in 4.1 innings.
SUMMER BALL
Played for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League in 2017 … Finished with a 2.60 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 27.2 innings pitched for the Honkers … Played for the Cowlitz Black Bears of the West Coast Collegiate League in 2016 … Named first-team all-league as a utility player … Went 1-2 with a 2.61 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 31 innings pitched while hitting .268 with two home runs, 20 RBI and six doubles.
2016 MLB DRAFT
Selected in the 32nd round (957th overall) by the Seattle Mariners.
2019 MLB DRAFT
Selected in the 27th round (811th overall) by the Los Angeles Angels.
MAJOR
General Social Science -- Business
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