2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Caden Kendle
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 200
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- Major:
- Social Ecology
Senior
- Corvallis All-Regional Team
- Named All-Big West First Team
- USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
- Big West Field Player of the Week March 4
- NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
- All-Big West Preseason Team
- D1Baseball Preseason Big West Offensive Player of the Year
- Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
- Started and played 51 games as an outfielder
- Hit .387 with 82 hits to tie for the team hight
- Added a team-best 19 doubles, three triples, six home runs, 61 RBI, and 56 runs scored
- Hit two grand slams, one coming March 3 vs. UCLA at Dodger Stadium and the other March 9 vs. Columbia
- Top streaks of nine games with a hit and seven games with an RBI
- Drafted 10th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, elected to return for senior season as highest-drafted college player to return to college
- Big West co-Field Player of the Year
- All-West Region Second Team
- All-Big West First Team
- Named to Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
- Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 2023 MLB Draft
- Named to Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
- Preseason All-Big West
- Finished among the Big West leaders in hitting (8th), on-base (5th), OPS (8th), hits (2nd), RBIs (2nd), doubles (T10th), and hit by pitch (T2nd)
- Set a program record with 69 runs scored and finished atop the Big West and ranking 45th nationally
- Started all 55 games and hit .335 with 77 hits, 27 for extra bases, seven home runs, and drove in 56
- Six outfield assists to tie for Big West lead
- Reached base in 54 of 55 games which included a 43-game on-base streak and 16-game run scored streak
- Changed to #5 after wearing #12 his first two seasons
- First Team All-Big West
- Led the squad with a .328 average with 40 hits, .631 slugging, and .465 on-base in 46 games, starting 33 times
- Hit six home runs with five doubles, one triple, driving in 17 with 26 runs scored
- Added five stolen bases and 13 hit by pitch
- Posted streaks of 10 straight games with a hit, six games with an RBI, and five straight with a run scored
- Alaska Baseball League champion with the Anchorage Glacier PIlots with UCI teammate Jacob King hitting .270 (30-for-111) in 30 games with five doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 23 RBI, and five stolen bases
- Appeared in 29 games in 2021, five times as a starter, twice as a defensive replacement, and served as the team's primary pinch-runner
- Hit .111 (3-for-27) with one double, one RBI, and eight runs scored
- Made his debut off the bench on opening day March 20 vs. Washington
- First career hit came March 13 at Stanford as an RBI single, and scored first career run that game
- In summer ball, won the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League championship with Saugerties Stallions - hit .191 (9-for-47) with one double, one triple, one home run, six RBIs, six stolen bases, and 14 runs scored in 18 games played
- Attended Marina High School
- Played four years of baseball and one year of football
- Running back on the football team
- Played travel ball for Jon Painto and CBA Marucci
- Dad attended Chapman University while mom attended Long Beach State
- One younger sister
- Majoring in social ecology
- Aspires to play in the MLB or join the military as as Navy Seal, Armed Forces, or SWAT
- Fan of Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Angels
- Enjoys watching his favorite movie, Wolf of Wall Street and listening to NBA youngboy
- Hobbies include weightlifting, body surfing, fishing, and backflips
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