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Kerrington Cross Season 2021

Pos.INF
Weight200 lbs
Height6-0
YearFreshman
HometownBrownsburg, IN
B/TR/R
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 ... plans to major in chemical engineering.
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Redshirt Senior
2025

INF
6-0 / 215 lbs
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Redshirt Junior
2024

UTL
6-1 / 215 lbs
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Redshirt Sophomore
2023

UTL
6-1 / 200 lbs
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Redshirt Freshman
2022

INF
6-0 / 200 lbs