2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kyle Kasser
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brea, Calif.
- High School:
- Brea Olinda HS
Honors and Awards
2018
Senior CLASS Award Finalist
Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017
First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2016
Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
CAREER
Finished fifth all-time at Oregon in hits with 178 … Third in career on-base percentage at .395 … Tied for fifth in career walks with 79 … Scored 99 runs to finish tied for seventh … Started the eight-most games with 150 … Turned in 50 multi-hit games to finish fifth at Oregon … Ended career with the third-longest consecutive starts streak in school history at 110.
2018 SEASON
A finalist for the Senior CLASS Award … Named honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference … A Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention selection … Second on the team in hitting with a .278 average and tied for the team lead in hits with 60 … Hit seven doubles and a triple while driving in 12 runs and scoring 33 … Was 10-for-13 in stolen base attempts and finished with a .381 on-base percentage … Hit a team-leading .308 in conference games … Went on a six-game hitting streak from March 4 to March 10, going 10-for-23 (.435) with two doubles, six runs scored and three RBI … vs. UC Davis (March 9-11): Hit .438 (7-for-16) in the four-game series wit two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored … Finished 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in the series opener while driving in the go-ahead run with a single in the fourth inning … vs. Cal (March 24-26): Went 7-for-12 (.583) with three runs scored in the three games … Had a season-high four hits in game two, going 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored … at Stanford (March 29-31): Hit .538 (7-for-13) with a double in a three-game series against the Pac-12s best pitching staff … vs. Utah (May 13): Scored all four runs, including the winning run on a passed ball, and went 2-for-4 with a triple in the 4-3 win.
2017 SEASON
A first-team All-Pac-12 selection, while being named to honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic Team … Finished with the highest batting average since baseball returned in 2009, hitting .352 … Led the team in hits with 75 and runs with 34 … Hit one home run with nine doubles and 24 RBI … Started all 55 games with 29 at shortstop, 24 at first base and one each at second and third base … Had a league-best .459 on-base percentage in Pac-12 games … Finished with the third-highest batting average in the league in conference games, hitting .381 in Pac-12 play, while tying for third in hits with 45 … Led the team with 24 multi-hit games putting him in third on Oregon’s single-season list Hit .435 in the month of May … Ended the season on 15-game hitting streak, tied for the longest streak in Oregon single-season history … Went 27-for-59 (.458) in that stretch with seven multi-hit games … Recorded five consecutive multi-hit games from March 3 to March 9 going 12-for-22 (.545) with five RBI, a home run and a double in that span … vs. Mississippi State (March 3): Hit first career home run in a 1-0 win, finishing the game 3-for-4 … vs. Mississippi State (March 5): Delivered a walk-off single in the 11th inning to cap off a 2-for-5 day … vs. Stanford (April 21-23): Had a productive series, finishing the weekend 8-for-14 with two doubles, two RBI and four runs scored … at USC (May 20): Recorded a career-high five hits in a 5-for-5 day to become the first Duck to have five hits in a game since 2012.
2016 SEASON
Named second-team Pac-12 All-Academic … Played in 49 games, making 39 starts, primarily at the corner infield spots … Hit .266 with seven doubles and 21 RBI … Finished with an on-base-percentage of .365 and was 7-of-8 in stolen bases … One of the more productive players offensively in conference play, hitting .262 with 18 RBI and five doubles … Broke into the starting lineup after going 10-for-18 with five RBI, four doubles, and four runs scored over a four game stretch from March 19-25 … Had a six-game hitting streak from April 30 to May 8, batting .400 with seven RBI and two doubles over that stretch … at Oregon State (May 13): Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored in a series opening win … vs. Portland (May 17): Finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI and a double in a 15-4 win.
2015 SEASON
Appeared in 26 games, making only start in the final game of the season against Iowa in the Springfield Regional … Proved to be a valuable asset off the bench, batting .333 with a double, seven RBI, two walks and a hit-by-pitch in 19 plate appearances as a pinch-hitter … vs. Oregon State (April 10): Delivered a pinch-hit, game-winning walk-off base-on-balls in the opening game of the series … at Portland (April 7): Also came on with the bases loaded as a pinch-hitter the game before and delivered an RBI fielder’s choice … at Washington State (May 8); at Utah (May 15): Helped spark Oregon rallies as a pinch-hitter against both Washington State and Utah, driving in the go-ahead run in a five-run ninth inning against the Cougars and adding a two-run double as a part of a six-run ninth inning against the Utes … vs. New Mexico State (Feb. 21): Contributed to a 22-7, entering as a pinch-hitter and finishing 1-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2014 graduate and four-year letterman at Brea Olinda High School in Brea, Calif. … Earned first-team all-league honors as a senior … Finished senior season hitting .434 in 30 games with eight doubles and nine stolen bases … Struck out just two times in 115 plate appearances … During the season, had multiple hits in eight consecutive games … Finished the season with 16 multi-hit games including three three-hit games … Scored multiple runs eight times … Did not make an error during the season while playing the infield … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in a 19-0 win over Greely West … As a junior, named second-team all-league after finishing the season with a .291 batting average and 14 stolen bases … Went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in a 3-0 victory over Foothill … Had six multi-hit games … Finished season with a .326 on-base percentage … As a sophomore, hit .308 with a .415 OBP and 14 stolen bases in 30 games … Went 2-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored in a 9-3 win over Kalama … Drove in two runs on a 2-for-4 day in a 8-7 victory over Canyon … Had multiple steals two times … Had five multi-hit games including a three-hit game with a double and two runs scored in a loss to Foothill … As a freshman, appeared in 24 games compiling a .299 batting average and .365 OBP … Had five multi-hit games … Named both a Century League Scholar Athlete and a Brea Olinda Scholar Athlete while at BOHS … Member of the National Honor Society … Lettered in basketball once … High school baseball coaches were Mike Baker, Matt Sorensen and Aeman Fauler.
SUMMER BALL
Played for the Wareham Gatemen in the prestigious Cape Cod League in 2017 … Hit .297 with three doubles, 14 RBI and an on-base percentage of .400 … Spent the summer of 2016 playing for the Rochester Honkers of the Nortwoods League … Batted .289 with a team-leading nine doubles and 15 RBI over 50 games played … Played with the El Dorado Broncos of the Jayhawk Baseball League following the 2015 season … Played for the Klamath Falls Gems in the West Coast Collegiate League in 2014 … Hit .340 over 15 games with the Gems.
MLB DRAFT
Selected in the 30th round (902nd overall) by the Kansas City Royals.
PERSONAL
Graduated with a degree in economics following the winter of 2018.
