University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Kirby, Drew
Jersey Number 43
Drew Kirby
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 190
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Cy Woods
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Freshman)
Redshirt season … pitched for the Lima Locos of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League where he finished 2-1 with a 3.60 earned run average … named a GCSCL All-Star after striking out 35 batters in 25.0 innings … named to the 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as the No. 58 right-handed prospect in the state of Texas by PerfectGame.org ... a three-year letterwinner in baseball at Cypress Woods ... part of a Cy Woods team which finished 38-4 in 2023 ... earned honorable mention Academic All-State honors for the 2022-2023 school year from the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA).
PERSONAL
Born April 12, 2005 in Cookeville, Tennessee ... the son of Valarie and Bryan Kirby ... has two sisters ... his father was director of baseball operations at Rice from 2018-24 ... older sister, Sydney, plays softball at Tennessee Tech ... career ambition is to become an Air Force pilot ... enjoys fishing, hunting and playing poker in his spare time ... a finance major.
• 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Freshman)
Redshirt season … pitched for the Lima Locos of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League where he finished 2-1 with a 3.60 earned run average … named a GCSCL All-Star after striking out 35 batters in 25.0 innings … named to the 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as the No. 58 right-handed prospect in the state of Texas by PerfectGame.org ... a three-year letterwinner in baseball at Cypress Woods ... part of a Cy Woods team which finished 38-4 in 2023 ... earned honorable mention Academic All-State honors for the 2022-2023 school year from the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA).
PERSONAL
Born April 12, 2005 in Cookeville, Tennessee ... the son of Valarie and Bryan Kirby ... has two sisters ... his father was director of baseball operations at Rice from 2018-24 ... older sister, Sydney, plays softball at Tennessee Tech ... career ambition is to become an Air Force pilot ... enjoys fishing, hunting and playing poker in his spare time ... a finance major.
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