TicketsUC baseball rolls into San Diego tonight ranked No. 23 in the country.
— Charlie Clifford (@char_cliff) February 28, 2025
Kerrington Cross's story is a prime example of why the Bearcats national climb is no coincidence. pic.twitter.com/qfUNE0u4Vn
"I'm not going to overpower you. I'm going to outsmart you - outplay you."
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) May 7, 2025
From Ian Happ to Derek Jeter, @GoBearcatsBASE star has real motivation to make MLB dreams a reality.
He's also making history along the way.
Full feature on Kerrington Cross: https://t.co/389pu31coW pic.twitter.com/1DBvbOTbi0
Career: Ended his career ranking third all-time in runs scored (221), fourth in hits (260), fourth in home runs (41), fourth in triples (11), fifth in RBI (170), third in total bases (444), third in walks (153), and fifth in stolen bases (62)…219 career games played rank eighth all-time…Three-time all-conference honoree (2023 AAC, 2024-25 Big 12), the seventh player in program history to earn all-conference distinctions three times in a career.
2025 Season: Big 12 Player of the Year and First Team All-Big 12…Earned All-America honors from College Baseball Foundation, Perfect Game (First Team), ABCA/Rawlings (Third Team), and D1Baseball (Second Team)...2024-25 UC Male Student-Athlete of the Year…Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist…NCAA Tournament Knoxville Regional All-Tournament Team…First UC player to be named a Golden Spikes semifinalist since Ian Happ in 2015…Earned Big 12 Player of the Week and Golden Spikes National Player of the Week honors after 3-home runs, 10-RBI performance at Kansas on May 3; set single-game school record for RBI, tied record for home runs and total bases (14)…Also earned Big 12 POTW honors on March 31; hit .667, posted a .773 on-base percentage in wins vs. No. 18 Louisville and BYU…Hit .396 with 12 home runs, 50 RBI, 65 runs scored, 10 doubles, 50 walks, and 15 stolen bases to go along with a .647 slugging percentage and a .526 on-base percentage…As of the end of the 2025 season, the .526 OBP was second all-time in school history and the .396 batting average was eighth all-time and the highest since 2009…Led the Big 12 in OBP and OPS (1.173), ranked second in batting average, third in hits and walks, and fourth in runs scored…In Big 12 play, hit .420 with a .696 slugging percentage and .544 OBP…29 multi-hit games…Reached base at least four times in 14 games…Hit .438 (7-for-16) with two home runs and six RBI in the season-opening series win at No. 11 Duke…Went 2-for-4 with three walks in the series opener at Texas Tech (April 4)…Hit .529 in series sweep at No. 25 Kansas…Reached base five times vs. Tennessee in NCAA Tournament, going 2-for-2 with three walks and two runs scored.
2024 Season: Honorable Mention All-Big 12…One of two players to start all 57 games, making 56 starts at third base and one at DH…Hit .321 with 11 home runs, 53 RBI, 63 runs scored, 46 walks, and 16 stolen bases…Led UC in hits (71) and walks…As of the end of the 2024 season, 46 walks ranked ninth all-time in school history and 63 runs were tied for 10th…Ended the season ranking in the top ten in the Big 12 in walks, runs, and stolen bases…20 multi-hit efforts and 16 games with multiple RBI, both of which ranked second on the team…Opened the season with a hit each of the first eight games…Hit first home run of the season at Jacksonville in game two of opening day doubleheader (Feb. 16)…Season-high four RBI at Xavier (Feb. 27) and vs. TCU (April 7)…Hit game-ending home run in run-rule victory to complete series sweep of TCU…Stole four bases in two-game midweek series vs. Western Illinois (March 12-13)…Season-best four hits in finale at BYU, going 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI (May 11)…Homered twice in game two of doubleheader vs. Oklahoma (May 16)…Went 3-for-4, hit clutch home run in Big 12 Tournament win vs. Texas (May 22).
2023 Season: Named Second Team All-American Athletic Conference as utility player… Batted .262 (50-for-191) in 48 starts in 54 games played with 10 doubles, nine home runs, one triple, 37 RBI and 49 runs scored… Led the team in runs scored (49), stolen bases (14), sacrifice hits (4) and walks drawn (30), was second in doubles (10) and third in homers (9) and RBI (37)… Posted 14 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games… In AAC games, was first on the team in runs scored (27) and stolen bases (9) and second in hits (24) and doubles (5)… Named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week on May 15 after hitting four home runs in UC's three-game series against UCF… Batted .368 (21-for-57) with 12 RBI, eight-multi hit performances, six doubles, seven stolen bases and 23 runs scored in 14 games in the month of April… Named to AAC weekly honor roll on April 24 after batting .562 (9-for-16) in four starts with six RBI, nine runs scored, four multi-hit games and four extra-base hits… Batted .545 (6-for-11) in three games against Tulane with eight runs scored, a home run, a double and two walks… Finished 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBI to go along with two doubles and one run scored against Indiana (April 19)… Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and one run scored in middle game versus Wichita State (April 1).
2022 Season: Played in 52 games and started 50, mostly at third base ... batted .291 with 9 doubles, 9 home runs and 30 RBI ... led the AAC with 5 triples ... stole a team-high 17 bases in 23 attempts ... walked 28 times and scored 44 runs ... made collegiate debut on opening day at FGCU (2/18) ... hit first career home run against Saint Joseph's (3/18) ... went 3-3 with 2 triples and 3 RBI vs Saint Joseph's (3/19) ... was a double short of the cycle against Memphis (5/13)
2021 Season: Did not see action.
Prior to UC: Was the 2019 MVP and best hitter at Brownsburg High School ... also tabbed the defensive player of the year in 2017 ... was first team all-conference as a junior and sophomore ... also a member of the National Honor Society, had academic honors, technical honors ... played club for the Indiana Bulls.
Personal: Born April 15, 2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii ... parents are Harold and Miki ... has a brother, Kasey, and a sister, Clarice ... majoring in chemical engineering.