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36 Kyle Skeels

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Position C
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 250
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Langhorne, Pa.
  • High School Neshaminy

Biography

 A member of the 2016 National Championship Team … Selected in the 36th round (1085th pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … Named to the 2019 Buster Posey Award watch list … A 2019 All-Sun Belt second team pick and a 2019 Sun Belt All-Tournament selection … Finished his career hitting .299 with 20 home runs, 24 doubles, 97 RBIs and 85 runs scored … Recorded 101 career base hits … Posted a .547 career slugging percentage and a .410 career on-base percentage … Was hit-by-pitch 28 times in his career, eighth-most in CCU history … His 13 career sacrifice flies are tied for the eighth-most in Coastal’s career record books … Recorded a career fielding percentage of .988 behind the plate … Threw out 24 would-be base stealers for his career (53-77), which is tied for seventh all-time … Named to the 2015-16 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2019 (Redshirt Junior): Selected in the 36th round (1085th pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … A 2019 Buster Posey Award Watch List member …. A 2019 All-Sun Belt second team selection and named to the 2019 Sun Belt All-Tournament team … A two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 19 and April 2) … Caught 53 games behind the plate for the Chants and played in 59 games overall on the season … Hit .319 with 10 home runs, 14 doubles, 55 RBIs and 50 runs scored … Posted a .550 slugging percentage and a .446 on-base percentage while tallying a team-high eight sacrifice flies and swiping four stolen bases … Led the team with 18 hit-by-pitches, which was also among the league leaders in the Sun Belt … His 55 RBIs ranked sixth in the Sun Belt ... His .446 on-base percentage ranked seventh in the Sun Belt … Totaled 18 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games on the season … Threw out 17 would-be base stealers, which was second in the Sun Belt, and had two pickoffs from his catcher position … Hit two home runs in the same game twice – in game one of the doubleheader at South Alabama (April 6) and against UT Arlington (May 24) in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Drove in six RBIs in the home win over Wake Forest (March 6) … Also had five RBIs versus Mavericks (May 24) at the Sun Belt Tournament … Opened the season going 5-for-10 with two doubles, four walks, four RBIs and three runs scored on over three games on opening weekend at the Brittain Resorts Invitational (Feb. 15-17) … Drove in an RBI and scored a run in the road win at UNC Wilmington (Feb. 19) … Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored in the game two win over Michigan State (Feb. 22) in the doubleheader … Was 2-for-3 at the plate with a double, a walk, an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in the win over Kent State (Feb. 23) … Went 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored in the win over No. 25 Illinois (March 1) and then turned around to go 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored the next day versus UConn (March 2) … Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a home run, a double, six RBIs, three runs scored and a stolen base in the home win over Wake Forest (March 6) … Hit .500 (2-for-4) with an RBI and two runs scored in the win versus Washington (March 9) at the Seattle Baseball Showcase … Scored four runs combined over the first two wins at ULM (March 15 and 16) in the three-game series sweep … Hit a home run and went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the 9-7 win over Troy at home (March 23) … Combined to go 5-for-9 with three home runs, one each game, two walks, five RBIs and three runs scored in the three-game series versus Arkansas State (March 29-30) … Went 3-for-11 with two home runs, a double, two walks, six RBIs and three runs scored in the three games at South Alabama (April 6-7) … Hit a solo home run in the game one loss at Little Rock (April 12) … Was 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale versus Georgia Southern (April 20) … Recorded three hits by going 3-for-7 with a double and a run scored in the series-opening win over UT Arlington (May 10) … Combined to go 2-for-5, with a double, three walks, four RBIs and three runs scored in the three-game series versus Appalachian State (May 16-18) … Posted multiple hits in five of the Chants’ six Sun Belt Baseball Conference Championship Tournament games … Went 12-for-24 with two home runs, a double, four walks, 10 RBIs and nine runs scored in Coastal’s run to the tournament title … Was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the first-round loss to UT Arlington (May 22) of the conference tournament … Went 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs in the second round versus Texas State (May 23) and then went 3-for-5 with two home runs, five RBIs, two runs scored and two stolen bases in the win over UT Arlington (May 24) the next day … Was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the semifinals win over ULM (May 25) … Was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored in the championship game win over Georgia Southern (May 26) … Drove in two RBIs in the win over Florida A&M (June 1) and went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the loss to Georgia Tech (June 2) at the NCAA Atlanta Regional.

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 35 games, making 23 starts on the season … Split time at catcher and designated hitter … Hit .301 with five home runs, seven doubles, 28 RBIs and 22 runs scored … Totaled 28 base hits for the year … Posted a .538 slugging percentage and a .382 on-base percentage on the season … Was hit by a pitch eight times … Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on the season with 120 putouts and 10 assists … Tallied six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games for the year … Posted a season-high on-base streak of 13-straight games and a hitting streak of six-straight contests … Drove in a career-high six RBIs in the win versus Wake Forest (March 7) … Had an RBI in the season-opening win over Virginia Tech (Feb. 16) … Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in the start behind the plate versus Kansas State (Feb. 18) … Was 1-for-4 with an RBI in the loss versus No. 17 Indiana (Feb. 19) … Went 2-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored in the road win at the College of Charleston (Feb. 21) … Combined to go 2-for-7 with a double, a walk and two runs scored in the two games versus Illinois (Feb. 23-24) … Was 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored in the win over VCU (Feb. 25) … Also went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, a walk, six RBIs and three runs scored against Wake Forest (March 7) … Was 1-for-4 with an RBI sacrifice fly in the loss versus High Point (March 9) … Went 1-for-3 at the plate versus both High Point (March 11) and against UConn (March 13) … Blasted two doubles and was 4-for-6 with a sacrifice fly, three RBIs and three runs scored in the 26-14 win at Arkansas State (March 17) … Hit a home run and went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored off the bench in the road win at Georgia Southern (March 30) … Was a combined 3-for-6 with a double, an RBI and four runs scored in the three-game series versus South Alabama (April 6-8) … Also went a combined 4-for-10 at the plate with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored in the three-game conference series versus Georgia State (April 20-22) … Hit a three-run home run in the NCAA Regional win over LIU Brooklyn (June 1).

2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Was a very productive hitter as eight of his 12 hits on the season went for extra bases ... Drove in 14 RBIs and scored 13 runs as the back-up catcher ... Played in 28 games, starting 17 ... Hit .222 with five home runs ... In his last six games of the regular season, he batted .400 (6-for-15) with seven runs, eight RBIs and three home runs ... First career hit and first career RBI came in the Winthrop win ... Hit a two-run double and added a sac fly in the sixth inning which proved to be the game-winner over the Eagles ... Hit his first career home run in the UNC Wilmington win (March 29) ... Reached base all four times in that UNCW win with three runs scored, going 1-for-1 with a walk and two hit-by-pitches ... Hit a two-run home run in game two versus Louisiana, going 1-for-3 ... Came off the bench to go 1-for-1 with a double, walk and a run scored at No. 20 Wake Forest (April 11) ... Recorded third home run of the season in Troy finale, going 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored ... Had a huge game in the UNC Wilmington win (May 9), going 3-for-3 (single, double and home run) with two walks, a career-high four RBIs and a career-high four runs scored ... Delivered a sac fly and was 1-for-2 at the plate in the UTA finale ... Hit a two-run home run in game two versus Appalachian State, which proved to be the game-winner.

2016 (Freshman): Redshirted, but traveled for all games during the regular season ... Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

High School: Selected first-team All-Suburban (Philadelphia) One League National Conference ... Named 2015 Atlantic Region honorable mention by PerfectGame.org, as well as third-team 2015 preseason All-Southeastern PA by the Philadelphia Inquirer ... Posted a .368 batting average as a senior with 21 runs scored and 18 RBIs in 20 games, adding six doubles, a triple and six home runs ... Hit .340 as a junior and .326 as a sophomore ... In 55 career games, he posted a .350 batting average with 40 RBIs and 56 hits.




 

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2016Freshman

    C
    6'2" 235 lbs
    42
  • 36

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    C
    6'2" 240 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2018Sophomore

    C
    6'2" 250 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2019Redshirt Junior

    C
    6'2" 250 lbs
    36