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2018 Baseball Roster

29 Kaleo Johnson

  • Position Infield
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Alameda, CA
  • Previous School Laney College
  • Major Criminal Justice

Biography

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MLB DRAFT: Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 32nd Round/960th Overall of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft on June 6, 2018…second player in MSUB history to be picked in MLB draft after Adam Cox was picked in the 25th round of the 2018 draft.

Career Single-Game Bests
Category Total Date Opponent
At-Bats 6 4/13/18 at Northwest Nazarene
Runs 4 4/14/18 at Northwest Nazarene
Hits 4 3/31/18 at Central Washington
RBIs 4 5/9/18 3 times
2B 2 4/14/18 2 times
3B -- -- --
HR 2 5/10/18 2 times
Walks 2 5/3/18 4 times
Stolen Bases 1 4/27/18 2 times
Putouts 2 4/26/18 vs. Saint Martin's
Assists 4 4/13/18 at Northwest Nazarene
*Date of last occurrence if multiple
 *Bold italics denote school record

Awards
NCAA D2 All-American Season
Second-Team D2CCA 2018 (Junior)
Second-Team NCBWA 2018 (Junior)
Third-Team ABCA/Rawlings 2018 (Junior)
NCAA D2 All-West Region Season
First-Team ABCA/Rawlings 2018 (Junior)
First-Team D2CCA 2018 (Junior)
First-Team NCBWA 2018 (Junior)
All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Season
GNAC Newcomer of the Year 2018 (Junior)
First Team 2018 (Junior)
Athletic Department (Buzzies) Season
Newcomer of the Year 2018 (Junior)

2018: First player in MSUB history and fifth in GNAC history to be a consensus All-American...D2CCA second-team All-American...NCBWA second-team All-American...ABCA/Rawlings third-team All-American...first-team ABCA/Rawlings all-region...first-team NCBWA all-region…first-team D2CCA all-region...GNAC Newcomer of the Year…unanimous first-team all-GNAC third baseman…logged one of the best individual seasons in school history…became first player in GNAC history to win the triple crown, leading league in batting average (.412), home runs (17), and RBIs (54)…broke the MSUB record for batting average in a season at .412 and led the GNAC…broke the MSUB record for home runs in a season with 17 and led the GNAC, coming one home run away from tying the GNAC single-season record…broke the school and GNAC single-season records and led the NCAA D2 west region with a slugging percentage of .845…led the GNAC with 54 RBIs…ranked second in the GNAC with an on-base percentage of .497…started 41 games and played in 44…scored 53 runs…stole two bases in two attempts…ranked third on the team with 13 doubles…ranked fourth on the team with 61 hits…had 19 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games…had team season-best 16-game hitting streak from March 24-April 27, which ranks fifth-longest in school history…batting average was eighth-highest in GNAC single-season history, as he became the 13th player in the history of the league to hit .400…named MSUB Newcomer of the Year at The Buzzies…helped the Yellowjackets claim the 2018 GNAC regular season title and win a program-record 33 games.









Laney College:
As a sophomore in 2016 batted .250 with four home runs and a team-high 34 RBIs…mixed in eight doubles and three triples for 15 extra base hits and a slugging percentage of .441…played in 35 of 38 games as an infielder, drawing 22 walks against just 19 strikeouts…stole four bases and got on base at a clip of .362…as a freshman in 2015 was a first-team all-Bay Valley Conference infielder…led the team with 147 at-bats and carried a .286 batting average…led the squad with 16 doubles, five home runs, and 34 RBIs…scored 32 runs while playing all 36 games…reached base at a clip of .361 and had a team-high slugging percentage of .510…played with the Yellowjackets’ Ryan Myers for both seasons at Laney.

Freshman Stats (2015) | Sophomore Stats (2016)
 
Encinal High School:
Competed in baseball for four years under head coach Jim Saunders…was a first-team all-league selection at second base, shortstop, and catcher…was picked as MVP of conference…first-team all-state catcher for the Jets.
 
Johnson on choosing MSUB:
“I heard nothing but good things about the school and the baseball program. It was what I was looking for in a school to play at.”
 

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