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2023 Baseball Roster

University of Virginia Athletics

5 Kyle Rausch

  • Position OF
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Hometown Middle Island, N.Y.
  • High School Longwood
  • Bat/Throw R/R

Biography

Career Highs:
Runs: 2, five times, MR: at Maryland Eastern Shore (4/12/23)
Hits: 4, at Maryland Eastern Shore (4/12/23)
RBI: 4, three times, at Maryland Eastern Shore (4/12/23)
Stolen Bases: 1, three times, MR: at Lafayette (4/16/23)
Hit Streak: 6 games (4/8/23-4/16/23)

2023 (Senior)
- Played in 40 games for the Mids, starting each of those contests
- Paced the team in home runs (5), RBI (32) and slugging percentage (.468), ranking second on the Mids in batting average (.295)
- Led Navy with nine multi-RBI games, including a trio of four-RBI contests
- Posted a career-high six-game hitting streak from April 8-16, totaling 11 hits and nine RBI in that span
- Tallied a career-high four RBI on Feb. 21 in a two-hit contest against Georgetown, including legging out his lone triple of the season
- Returned from injury on March 17 with a four-RBI performance against Bucknell, highlighted by a three-run double
- Registered a career-high four hits and four RBI at Maryland Eastern Shore on April 12, collecting a homer and double while scoring twice
- Smashed three hits in the regular season finale against Elon on May 7, scoring once and driving in one run
- Blasted team-leading fifth home run in the final game of the season, hitting a two-run shot on May 13 at Bucknell in the Patriot League Tournament
 
2022 (Junior) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts prior to suffering a season-ending injury
Hit .300 while notching a home run, two doubles, two RBI and four runs scored
Recorded a .417 on-base percentage and slugged at a .467 clip
Turned in a season-best performance at the plate against Coppin State (2/23) by going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, an RBI and two runs scored
Reached base safely in eight of his 12 appearances

2021 (Sophomore) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Finished the season with a .216 average for the Midshipmen in his 19 appearances and 15 starts
- Compiled a .379 on-base percentage behind 11 hits, 11 walks and three hit-by-pitches
- Of his 11 hits three went for extra bases
- He also finished the season with eight runs scored and four RBI while swiping one base
 
2020 (Freshman) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Appeared in five games and earned his first career start on Feb. 23 against Air Force
- Rausch recorded his first career hit and RBI against Massachusetts on Feb. 29 with a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth inning to seal Navy’s 10-0 win
- He finished his first season with a .200 average and a .333 on-base percentage

High School
- Lettered three times in baseball and twice in football at Longwood
- Won the 2018 League I Championship
- In 2018 and 2019, he was named the team captain and team MVP, while also earning All-County honors
- Also captained his football team as a senior and was an All-County selection
 
Personal
- Son of Jim and Lisa
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Earned High Honor Roll
- His father, Jim, played football for two seasons at Delaware
- Played baseball with Adelphi’s Jose Matos and Steven Murphy

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2020Freshman

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2021Sophomore

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    10
  • 5

    2022Junior

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    5