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Jersey Number 22
Kolby Somers
- Position:
- LHP/First Base
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hillsboro, Ore.
- High School:
- Century HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2022
Second-Team Senior CLASS Award® All-American
Senior CLASS Award® Finalist
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Stopper of the Year – Midseason Watch List
2021
NCBWA Third-Team All-America
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Stopper of the Year – Midseason Watch List
2019
Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2022
Second-Team Senior CLASS Award® All-American
Senior CLASS Award® Finalist
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Stopper of the Year – Midseason Watch List
2021
NCBWA Third-Team All-America
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Stopper of the Year – Midseason Watch List
2019
Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
CAREER
Named a NCBWA third-team All-American as a junior … Two-time first-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection … Named to the Stopper of the Year midseason watch list as both a junior and senior … Completed career second all-time in career saves (21) at Oregon, while ranking second in appearances (87) and third in games finished (40) … Ranked both sixth and in a tie for seventh in single-season saves at Oregon at end of career with 11 in 2021 and nine in 2022 … Wrapped career in seventh (2022) and a tie for eighth (2021) in single-season appearances … Finished career 11-16 with a 4.74 ERA with 163 strikeouts in 165.1 innings pitched … Held opposing hitters to a .246 career batting average … Began career as a starter making 11 starts in 2018 and five more in 2019 … All 52 appearances from 2020-2022 came out of the bullpen … Graduated with a degree in general social science -- business in the spring of 2021.
2022 SEASON
Earned second-team Senior CLASS® All-American honors … Named first-team All-Pac-12 for the second consecutive year after finishing the season 5-3 with nine saves and a 3.27 ERA in 26 appearances … Struck out 44 in 33.0 innings while walking just 15 … Allowed 18 runs (12 earned) on 31 hits while holding opposing hitters to a .248 batting average … Named to the Stopper of the Year midseason watch list for the second consecutive season … Finished in a tie for second in the Pac-12 Conference in saves … In Pac-12 games, led the league in saves with eight and tied for eighth in appearances with 15 … vs. St. John’s (Feb. 28): Fanned two in a scoreless inning of work in a 6-0 Oregon win … vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 4-6): Made a pair of appearances in a four-game series against the Gauchos … Picked up the win in the series opener tossing a scoreless ninth inning with a season-best three strikeouts in a 3-2 Oregon walk-off win … Fanned three more in two innings in the series finale … at #2 Stanford (March 11): Picked up first save of the season tossing a scoreless inning with one K … vs. Utah (March 19): Recorded second save of the season with a scoreless inning with one strikeout … vs. USC (March 25-27): Tallied saves in both Oregon wins to help claim the series win … Tossed a scoreless inning in both appearances … Fanned two in a 9-7 series-opening victory … Retired all three batters faced on just eight pitches with one K in a 7-6 series clinching win in game three … vs. Ball State (April 8-10): Made a pair of appearances in the four-game series picking up a win in game four while taking the loss in game two … Allowed a pair of unearned runs in the 3-2 game-two loss … Rallied to pick up the win in game four allowing no runs in two innings with three Ks in a 7-6 series clinching victory … at Washington (March 14-16): Made an appearance in all three games of a series for the first time in career … Picked up a win and two saves in the series while fanning five in 3.2 innings of work … Earned the save after fanning three in 1.2 innings while allowing two runs in a 7-5 series-opening Ducks win … Entered the game in the bottom of the eighth with runners on second and third and one out with a 5-3 lead … Got out of the inning unscathed before the Ducks tacked on two more runs in the top of the ninth … Got second save of the series tossing a scoreless ninth inning with one K in an 8-6 series-clinching win … Gave up the tying run on a solo home run in the bottom of the 10th inning, but got the win after Oregon scored in the 11th to wrap up a series sweep … at Portland (April 19): Picked up third save in last four appearances tossing 1.1 scoreless innings in a 5-4 win … vs. Washington State (April 22-24): Made two appearances against the Cougars fanning four in 2.0 innings of work … Earned the win in the series opener retiring all three batters faced, two on strikeouts … vs. California (April 29-May 1): Pitched in two games against the Golden Bears … Earned the save in the series opener fanning three in 1.1 innings … vs. UC San Diego (May 11): Awarded the win in a staffed game after retiring all five batters faced in a 15-6 Oregon win … vs. #25 Arizona (May 19-21): Made two appearances in a series sweep of the Wildcats … Fanned six in 2.2 innings of work in the two games … Earned the save in game one after inheriting a bases loaded situation with one out and a four-run lead in the eighth … Fanned two of the Pac-12’s top four hitters (Daniel Susac .368/Tanner O’Tremba .364) at the time to get out of the inning …
Added a strikeout in a scoreless ninth inning to finish with three Ks.
2021 SEASON
A National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) third-team All-America pick … Named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference … On the midseason watch list for the Stopper of the Year Award … Finished the season 2-2 with a 3.08 ERA and 11 saves in 20 appearances … Allowed just nine runs on 14 hits in 26.1 innings pitched, while striking out 37 and walking 14 … Held opposing hitters to a .149 batting average … Allowed just two of 11 inherited baserunners to score (18.2 percent) … Did not allow a run in 16 of his 20 appearances … Finished 12th in the nation in saves … Ranked third in the Pac-12 in saves and fourth in games finished (18) … In conference only games, went 2-1 with a 3.06 ERA and seven saves in 13 appearances … Allowed just six runs on 10 hits in 17.2 innings pitched, while striking out 23 and walking eight … Held opposing Pac-12 hitters to a .156 batting average … Did not allow a run in 10 of 13 appearances in league play … Ranked second in conference games in saves and fourth in games finished (11) … vs. Seattle (Feb. 27): Opened the season striking out four of seven batters faced while tossing two hitless innings with a walk allowed … at #15 UC Santa Barbara (March 5-7): Made two appearances in Oregon’s four-game series sweep, picking up saves in games two and three … Inherited one-run leads in both games entering the games in the bottom half of the ninth innings … Struck out one and walked one in a scoreless ninth inning of a 7-6 game-two win … Had an identical pitching line in a 7-6 game-three win … vs. Arizona State (March 21): Locked down a game-three win with a scoreless ninth inning helping Oregon clinch a series win … Struck out one in the outing … vs. New Mexico State (April 3): Inherited a one-on, one-out situation in a one-run game in the top of the ninth … After giving up a two-out single putting runners on first and second, fanned the final hitter to get the save … vs. #21 Oregon State (April 9-11): Made two appearances in Oregon’s first series sweep of the Beavers since the 2011 season … Retired six of seven batters faced in games one and two, fanning five while walking one … Did not give up a hit in the two appearances … Retired the Beavers in order to pick up fifth save of season while ending game one with a K … Got the final three outs in the game-two win, striking out four in the ninth inning (one runner reached on an error after striking out) … at USC (April 18): Helped Oregon clinch the series picking up save number six in the series finale … Retired all three batters faced in the ninth inning of a 7-5 win … vs. UCLA (April 23-25): Picked up a save in game one and a win in game two helping the Ducks win their third straight conference series … Fanned one while working a scoreless ninth to clinch a 5-3 game-one win … Picked up first win since Feb. 21, 2020, with a scoreless top of the 10th in an Oregon walk-off win in game two … vs. Washington (May 7-9): Struck out six in two appearances (2.0 IP), retiring all seven batters faced in a Oregon series sweep … Tossed 1.2 innings in a 5-1 game-two win, picking up eighth save of season while fanning a season-high five … Inherited a two-on, one-out situation in the top of the eighth … Struck out both batters faced in the inning to get out of the jam … Struck out the side in the ninth to lock down the win … Got the final two outs in a 9-3 win in the series finale, retiring both batters faced including one on a K … at Utah (May 14): Registered ninth save of the season in a 7-3 series-opening win … Entered the game with the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning and two outs … Fanned the first batter faced to end the frame … Retired the Utes in order in the bottom of the ninth to clinch the victory … vs. #17 Stanford (May 21-23): Made two appearances, pitching more than an inning in back-to-back outings for the first time during the season … Combined with starter Robert Ahlstrom in a 2-1 series-opening win … Retired six of seven batters faced to pick up 10th save of the season … Inherited runners on the corners with one out in the eighth … Allowed just one run to score getting the final two hitters in the inning on a K and ground out … Gave up a two-out walk in the ninth but ended the inning with a ground out … Tossed a season-high 3.2 innings in the series finale … Pitched three scoreless innings (9th, 10th, 11th), before giving up three runs with two outs in the 12th to take the loss … Struck out three in the outing … NCAA Eugene Regional (June 4-7): Made three appearances in the tournament, striking out seven in 4.0 innings of work … vs. Central Connecticut State (June 4): Worked an inning of relief, pitching a scoreless ninth … Earned 11th save, fanning two in the 13-10 win … vs. Gonzaga (June 5): Wrapped up an Oregon 7-3 win with a scoreless ninth inning … Enticed a ground-ball double play before finishing the game with a strikeout … vs. LSU (June 7): Pitched two innings … Struck out two in a scoreless seventh, before giving up three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
2020 SEASON
Did not allow a run in six appearances in a season shortened by COVID-19 … Went 1-0 while giving up just two hits in eight innings pitched with five strikeouts and two walks … Limited opposing batters to a .077 average … Pitched multiple innings three times, while not allowing a hit in four of six outings … vs. San Diego (Feb. 15): Struck out a season-high two in 2.0 innings while allowing just one hit in game two of the Angels College Classic … at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18): Tossed scoreless 10th and 11th innings while fanning one in a 12-inning loss … vs. Nevada (Feb. 21): Picked up the win in Oregon’s 3-2 walk-off win tossing a scoreless top of the ninth inning with the game tied … Struck out one while allowing a hit … vs. Milwaukee (Feb. 28-March 1): Did not allow a run, hit or walk in two outings covering three innings … In Oregon’s 6-4 walk-off win in the 11th inning of game one of the series, threw two scoreless innings (9th and 10th) with one K … Tossed a 1-2-3 eighth inning in the series finale … at Hawaii (March 7): Got the only hitter faced to ground into a fielder’s choice.
2019 SEASON
Appeared in 19 games, making five starts, throwing 35.2 innings with 31 strikeouts ... Went 1-4 with a 8.58 ERA and a save ... at Portland (March 5): Pitched four shutout innings while striking out five and walking one in a no-decision ... at Hawaii (March 8): Picked up first career save, throwing two perfect innings with two strikeouts ... at Washington State (April 12): Worked a scoreless inning of relief, striking out one ... at Gonzaga (April 15): Got the win, throwing four innings out of the bullpen, giving up a run on three hits while fanning two ... vs. Portland (May 7): Got a big strikeout to strand a pair of runners and keep the game tied in an 0.1 innings of relief ... vs. Gonzaga (May 14): Struck out four over four innings of work, giving up two runs on four hits ... at USC (May 19): Threw 5.2 innings and struck out three while allowing five runs, three earned, on six hits but took the loss.
2018 SEASON
Appeared in 16 games, making 11 starts ... Struck out 46 while walking just 13 in 62.1 innings pitched ... Finished 2-7 with a 4.62 ERA ... vs. Indiana State (Feb. 18): Tossed 1.2 scoreless innings while giving up three hits with two strikeouts in first career appearance ... at Loyola Marymount (Feb. 23-25): Made two appearances allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits in 3.1 innings with three Ks and a walk … In game one of the series, struck out three in two innings of relief ... In game three, worked 1.1 innings out of the bullpen, striking out one ... vs. UC Davis (March 10): Faced the minimum in first collegiate start, striking out four over five innings to pick up first career win ... vs. California (March 25): Pitched 5.2 innings while striking out three but took the loss ... at #3 Stanford (March 31): Struck out six over six innings of one-run ball, walking none and giving up just three hits in a loss ... vs. Washington State (April 6): Took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits while fanning four in 5.1 innings ... at Washington (April 15): Fanned a career-high seven with no walks in 4.1 innings while giving up two runs on eight hits in a loss ... vs. USC (April 29): Set a career-high with 6.1 shutout innings, giving up just two hits while striking out four and walking one in a no-decision ... at UC Irvine (May 6): Got the win after throwing five innings and striking out three while allowing three runs on five hits ... vs. Utah (May 12): Took a no-decision, giving up three runs, two earned, on five hits ... vs. Arizona (May 24): Threw four innings out of the bullpen and fanned two while giving up two runs on four hits.
SUMMER BALL
Played for the Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League in 2018 … Appeared in 12 games, three starts, striking out 31 in 28.2 innings … Played for the Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League in 2017.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterman at Century High School in Hillsboro … The Oregon 6A State Pitcher of the Year as a senior … Named a second-team Collegiate Baseball High School All-American … Earned first-team recognition on the USA Today All-USA Oregon Baseball Team as a pitcher … Finished with a 1.02 ERA and 93 strikeouts to only seven walks in 48 innings pitched … Also batted .341 with 15 doubles and 18 RBI with an on-base percentage of .424 … Named to the Oregon 6A All-State Baseball Team as an outfielder in 2016 … A 2016 All-Metro League selection as an outfielder and pitcher as a junior … Selected to USA Today’s All-USA Oregon First Team as an outfielder … Finished 2016 with a 1.70 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 50 innings pitched while also hitting .490 … Also made the Oregon 6A all-state and all-league teams as a first baseman as a sophomore batting .457 … On the mound as a sophomore, finished with a 2.93 ERA while striking out 62 in 43 innings pitched … Claimed honorable mention all-league honors as both a pitcher and first baseman as a freshman finishing with a 2.54 ERA and a .356 batting average … Part of the Kansas City Royals’ Area Code Team in 2016 … High school coach was Mason Wright.
MLB DRAFT
Selected in the 38th round (1,143rd overall) by the Seattle Mariners.
MAJOR
General Social Science – Business
MASTERS
Sport Product Management
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