University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster
DeBarge, Kyle
Jersey Number 24
Kyle DeBarge
- Position:
- Infield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 170
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kinder, La.
- High School:
- Barbe
Bio
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2024 Consensus All-America
• 2024 First-Team All-America (D1Baseball)
• 2024 First-Team All-America (NCBWA)
• 2024 First-Team All-America (Baseball America)
• 2024 Second-Team All-America (Perfect Game)
• 2024 Third-Team All-America (ABCA/Rawlings)
• 2024 First-Team All-South Region (ABCA)
• 2024 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year
• 2024 Dick Howser Award Semifinalist
• 2024 NCAA Bryan-College Station All-Regional Team
• 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List
• 2024 All-Louisiana
• 2024 Astros Foundation College Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2024 SBC Player of the Week
• 2023 All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2023 All-Louisiana
• 2023 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team
• 2023 NCAA Coral Gables All-Regional Team
• 2022 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team
2024 (Junior)
Named a consensus All-American after earning first-team honors by D1Baseball, Baseball America and the NCBWA ... a second-team All-American by Perfect Game and third-team ABCA/Rawlings All-American ... named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year ... rated as the No. 1 shortstop nationally by D1Baseball … became the highest draft selection in school history when he was the 33rd overall pick by the Minnesota Twins in the 2024 MLB Draft ... set single-season records for home runs (21) and total bases (179), which was previously held by two-time All-American Jonathan Lucroy (175) ... team leader in home runs and RBI (72) – the most by a Ragin' Cajun since Greg Blevins (75) in 1990 ... finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in slugging percentage (.699), OPS (1.117), home runs (21), hits (91) and at-bats (256) ... joined Jace Conrad (2014) and Blake Trahan (2015) in earning SBC Player of the Year honors ... belted 13 homers and drove in 45 RBI in SBC games while becoming the first player in school history to break the 20-home run mark ... ranked 14th among Division I players in total bases … became the first player in school history to hit 20 homers in a season, belting a pair in the home finale against South Alabama … hit walk-off homers against Northwestern State and Tulane while hitting a go-ahead, three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning in a 3-2 win over Southern Miss … homered twice against Houston in the Astros Foundation College Classic at Minute Maid Park … had four hits with seven RBI against Northwestern State … four hits at Coastal Carolina … 14-game hit streak on the season and team-high 29-game streak of reaching base safely … 28 multi-hit games with 10 games with three or more … 13 game with 3-plus RBI in a contest.
2023 (Sophomore)
Team leader in hitting (.371) and on-base percentage (.448) despite missing 11 games due to injury ... second for the Ragin' Cajuns in hits (76), slugging percentage (.546) and hit by pitch (10) ... belted seven home runs and drove in 38 RBI in 54 games on the season with 52 starts ... second in multiple-hit games (22) ... recorded a 13-game hit streak during the season where he posted a .386 average (22-for-57) ... went 4-for-4 with four runs scored in win over Texas State (5/26) in the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... had nine, three-hit games during the season beginning with a 3-for-4 performance with three runs scored against BYU (2/23) ... belted a pair of home runs and was 3-for-5 with four RBI against High Point (3/10) ... drove in four runs with 2-for-4 performance at the plate against South Alabama (3/24) ... drove in three runs and finished 3-for-5 at the plate against Northwestern State (4/26) ... was 6-for-13 (.462) with a home run, two doubles and four runs scored in a three-game sweep at ULM (5/5-7) ... was 10-for-21 (.476) in the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... finished 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run, three RBI and a pair of runs scored against Maine (6/3) in the NCAA Coral Gables Regional ... played for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod League finishing with a .267 average with 15 RBI.
2022 (Freshman)
The lone player to start in all 60 games for Louisiana ... hit .293 as a freshman with three home runs, 30 RBI and 16 stolen bases ... finished as the team leader in total plate appearances (266), at bats (229) ... second in runs scored (42), hits (67), walks (21), and sacrifice bunts (8) ... tied for second in doubles (13) and sacrifice flies (5) ... recorded 20 games with two or more hits on the season with a season-high 4-for-4 performance against South Alabama (5/27) in the SBC Championships ... was 7-for-10 in the SBC Championships getting a pair of hits with an RBI against Georgia Southern (5/29) in the championship game ... collected a pair of hits in games against Texas A&M (6/4) and TCU (6/5) in the NCAA College Station Regional ... had a season-long seven-game hit streak where he went 11-for-27 (.407) at the plate ... had a string of 21 consecutive games without an error, including a perfect fielding percentage in 68 chances during the month of April ... perfect in stolen bases (7-for-7) in SBC play.
HIGH SCHOOL
The No. 7-ranked catcher and No. 44-ranked prospect in Louisiana by Perfect Game ... helped lead Barbe High to a 39-2 record as a senior, the Class 5A state championship and the 2021 MaxPreps National champion ... posted the best throw-out percentage in Barbe history ... has the most stolen bases as a catcher in Barbe history ... named Class 5A All state, All-District and All-Southwest ... a four-year member of the Honor Roll.
PERSONAL
Born July 15, 2003 in Lake Charles, La. ... the son of Ramona and Toby DeBarge ... has four sisters and two brothers ... majoring in business management.
• 2024 Consensus All-America
• 2024 First-Team All-America (D1Baseball)
• 2024 First-Team All-America (NCBWA)
• 2024 First-Team All-America (Baseball America)
• 2024 Second-Team All-America (Perfect Game)
• 2024 Third-Team All-America (ABCA/Rawlings)
• 2024 First-Team All-South Region (ABCA)
• 2024 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year
• 2024 Dick Howser Award Semifinalist
• 2024 NCAA Bryan-College Station All-Regional Team
• 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List
• 2024 All-Louisiana
• 2024 Astros Foundation College Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2024 SBC Player of the Week
• 2023 All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2023 All-Louisiana
• 2023 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team
• 2023 NCAA Coral Gables All-Regional Team
• 2022 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team
2024 (Junior)
Named a consensus All-American after earning first-team honors by D1Baseball, Baseball America and the NCBWA ... a second-team All-American by Perfect Game and third-team ABCA/Rawlings All-American ... named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year ... rated as the No. 1 shortstop nationally by D1Baseball … became the highest draft selection in school history when he was the 33rd overall pick by the Minnesota Twins in the 2024 MLB Draft ... set single-season records for home runs (21) and total bases (179), which was previously held by two-time All-American Jonathan Lucroy (175) ... team leader in home runs and RBI (72) – the most by a Ragin' Cajun since Greg Blevins (75) in 1990 ... finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in slugging percentage (.699), OPS (1.117), home runs (21), hits (91) and at-bats (256) ... joined Jace Conrad (2014) and Blake Trahan (2015) in earning SBC Player of the Year honors ... belted 13 homers and drove in 45 RBI in SBC games while becoming the first player in school history to break the 20-home run mark ... ranked 14th among Division I players in total bases … became the first player in school history to hit 20 homers in a season, belting a pair in the home finale against South Alabama … hit walk-off homers against Northwestern State and Tulane while hitting a go-ahead, three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning in a 3-2 win over Southern Miss … homered twice against Houston in the Astros Foundation College Classic at Minute Maid Park … had four hits with seven RBI against Northwestern State … four hits at Coastal Carolina … 14-game hit streak on the season and team-high 29-game streak of reaching base safely … 28 multi-hit games with 10 games with three or more … 13 game with 3-plus RBI in a contest.
2023 (Sophomore)
Team leader in hitting (.371) and on-base percentage (.448) despite missing 11 games due to injury ... second for the Ragin' Cajuns in hits (76), slugging percentage (.546) and hit by pitch (10) ... belted seven home runs and drove in 38 RBI in 54 games on the season with 52 starts ... second in multiple-hit games (22) ... recorded a 13-game hit streak during the season where he posted a .386 average (22-for-57) ... went 4-for-4 with four runs scored in win over Texas State (5/26) in the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... had nine, three-hit games during the season beginning with a 3-for-4 performance with three runs scored against BYU (2/23) ... belted a pair of home runs and was 3-for-5 with four RBI against High Point (3/10) ... drove in four runs with 2-for-4 performance at the plate against South Alabama (3/24) ... drove in three runs and finished 3-for-5 at the plate against Northwestern State (4/26) ... was 6-for-13 (.462) with a home run, two doubles and four runs scored in a three-game sweep at ULM (5/5-7) ... was 10-for-21 (.476) in the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... finished 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run, three RBI and a pair of runs scored against Maine (6/3) in the NCAA Coral Gables Regional ... played for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod League finishing with a .267 average with 15 RBI.
2022 (Freshman)
The lone player to start in all 60 games for Louisiana ... hit .293 as a freshman with three home runs, 30 RBI and 16 stolen bases ... finished as the team leader in total plate appearances (266), at bats (229) ... second in runs scored (42), hits (67), walks (21), and sacrifice bunts (8) ... tied for second in doubles (13) and sacrifice flies (5) ... recorded 20 games with two or more hits on the season with a season-high 4-for-4 performance against South Alabama (5/27) in the SBC Championships ... was 7-for-10 in the SBC Championships getting a pair of hits with an RBI against Georgia Southern (5/29) in the championship game ... collected a pair of hits in games against Texas A&M (6/4) and TCU (6/5) in the NCAA College Station Regional ... had a season-long seven-game hit streak where he went 11-for-27 (.407) at the plate ... had a string of 21 consecutive games without an error, including a perfect fielding percentage in 68 chances during the month of April ... perfect in stolen bases (7-for-7) in SBC play.
HIGH SCHOOL
The No. 7-ranked catcher and No. 44-ranked prospect in Louisiana by Perfect Game ... helped lead Barbe High to a 39-2 record as a senior, the Class 5A state championship and the 2021 MaxPreps National champion ... posted the best throw-out percentage in Barbe history ... has the most stolen bases as a catcher in Barbe history ... named Class 5A All state, All-District and All-Southwest ... a four-year member of the Honor Roll.
PERSONAL
Born July 15, 2003 in Lake Charles, La. ... the son of Ramona and Toby DeBarge ... has four sisters and two brothers ... majoring in business management.
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