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2023 Baseball Roster

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48 Kyle Dobson

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 220
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mission Viejo
  • Highschool Santa Margarita Catholic HS

Biography

Notable Awards
- All-CCAA Second Team (2022)
- All-West Region Second Team (2022)
- CCAA Player of the Week (February 25-27, 2022)
- CCAA Batting Champion (2022)
- CCAA All-Academic Recipient (2021, 2022)

As a Junior (2023)
- Started 35 of 39 games, mostly in left field (25 games)
- Penciled in the lineup as a right fielder for 8 games
- Batted .298 with 13 RBIs
- Stretched for 2 doubles and a triple
- Hit lone home run at Sonoma State on March 26

As a Sophomore (2022)
- Named second team in both All-CCAA and All-West Region
- Won the CCAA batting title with a .417 average
- Ranked second in the conference in on-base percentage (.504)
- Racked up 16 multi-hit games on the season
- Went 8-for-12 with seven RBI in the Wildcats’ four-game sweep of Sonoma State February 25–27, 2022, earning CCAA Player of the Week honors
- Put together a 12-game hitting streak April 10–May 6, 2022, hitting .438 during that span
- Two-time CCAA All-Academic recipient
- Earned the 2021–22 Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award

Pre-Chico Days 
- Spent three seasons playing at Irvine Valley College
- Earned First Team Orange Empire Conference honors in 2019
- Named Irvine Valley College Male Athlete of the Year as a freshman
- A 2018 graduate of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita
- Played two varsity seasons

Personal
- Born October 21, 1999, in Torrance
- Son of Terry and Mary
- Has two siblings, Mikayla and Matt
- His hero is actor Will Ferrell (“He knows how to make you laugh”)
- Favorite course at Chico State is Organic Chemistry, taught by Jinsong Zhang
- Why he chose to attend Chico State: “I felt it had a good atmosphere I could fit in with”
- His greatest sports moment is homering to start a six-run rally in the bottom of the 9th inning in the Wildcats’ 14-11 win April 10, 2022 vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills
- The most interesting thing he’s ever done is visit Civil War battle sites
- The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is finishing with academic honors during the season multiple times…Has learned by playing baseball that “nothing comes easy”
- Enjoys playing golf and playing Xbox when he has some free time
- Says wakeboarding in his biggest non-baseball talent
- Says “I can do anything I set my mind to”
- At the top of his bucket list: “Going to Europe”
- Best advice ever received: “Don’t be afraid to fail”
- Majoring in biological sciences

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