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2022 Baseball Roster

Christina Leung
Christina Leung
Christina Leung
Christina Leung
Christina Leung

4 Kyle Knell

4 Kyle Knell

  • Position:
    Infielder
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    190
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Tigard, Ore.
  • High School:
    Jesuit HS
  • B/T:
    R/R

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention - 2020

 
2022 (SENIOR): Played in 46 games, logging 29 starts…Recorded a season high of four hits against LMU on 4/24/2022…Hit his first homerun of the season at home against Fresno State…Finished with a total of three home runs on the year…Had an impressive .979 fielding percentage as he split time defensively as both infield and outfield.

2021 (JUNIOR): Played in 40 games and made 12 starts for USF...Hit his first and only home run of the season on the road against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in an extra inning defeat on March 12....Posted an impressive .986 fielding percentage after making only one defensive error on the season as he split his time playing both the infield and outfield. 

**2020 (RS SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 15 games with eight starts - all at second base ... Had hits in five of his last six games with three multi-hit performances before the season came to a premature end ... Came off the bench in each of his last two games (March 8 at California, March 10 versus Sacramento State) and in both of those games went 2 for 2 at the plate with three total runs scored, helping the Dons to two victories ... Hit his first career home run at California after having entered the game as a defensive replacement, the first run in what would be a come-from-behind victory for USF (March 8) ... Had a two-run double in his only plate appearance versus Mount Saint Mary's on March 4, helping lead USF to a 6-0 win ... Finished the year batting .286 (10 for 35) with a double, home run, five RBIs, eight runs scored, a walk and a stolen base.

2019 (RS FRESHMAN): Played in 39 games with 19 starts while competing for the starting second baseman job in his first full season of college baseball ... Was the starting second baseman on Opening Day at San Diego State, drawing a walk while going 0 for 1 in his collegiate debut (Feb. 15) ... Got his first career hit, RBI and run scored versus CSU Bakersfield, knocking in the Dons' second run in the sixth and scoring the fourth in USF's 12-1 victory (Feb. 24) ... Posted his first career multi-hit game versus UC Riverside, going 2 for 3 with a double, run scored and stolen base (March 9) ... Went off in back-to-back games at first-place and nationally ranked BYU, going 2 for 5 with a season-high three RBIs in the Dons' 9-1 game-two victory (May 10), then notching a season-high three hits and three runs scored the very next day (May 11) ... Became the everyday starting second baseman on April 30 and finished the year with hits in four of his last six games ... Ended the season with a .190 average, three doubles, five RBIs, eight runs scored, two stolen bases and nine walks.

2018 (FRESHMAN): Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Jesuit High School ... Also lettered in volleyball, basketball and football ... Two-year team captain of the baseball squad ... Won the Most Inspirational Award and Coaches Award ... Earned All-Metro League honorable mention honors ... Two-time OSAA Academic Athlete Award recipient ... Helped lead his team to a 2016 state championship. 

PERSONAL: Born July 30, 1999, in Portland, Ore. ... Parents are Pamela and Leland ... Has a sister named Natalie ... Named to his high school's Honor Roll and was a member of the National Honor Society ... Plans to major in business ... Served over 80 hours of community service helping people with disabilities as part of Upward Bound Camp.

** 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2018Freshman

    Infield
    6'1" 175 lbs
    38
  • 4

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Infielder
    6'1" 175 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Graduate Student

    Infielder
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4