Carson Stevens

Height:
5-10
Weight:
180
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Elk Grove, CA
High School:
Franklin HS (San Joaquin Delta College)

Expected to back up Ryan Stafford and Collin Villegas as part of Cal Poly's catching corps this spring.

2022 -- Redshirt ... played summer ball for Rochester Honkers in Northwoods League, hitting .257 with nine doubles, four home runs and 26 RBIs in 32 games ... went 7-for-17 in final four games of season.

Community College -- Attended San Joaquin Delta Community College for two years ... Mustangs did not play baseball in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... as a freshman in 2020, hit .280 in 12 games for the Mustangs before season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic ... produced one double and drove in five runs as a freshman and, behind the plate, handled 98 fielding chances without an error ... pair of two-hit games for Delta, which finished the shortened season with a 16-5 record.

High School -- A 2019 graduate of Franklin High School in Elk Grove, Calif. ... under head coach Bryan Kilby, hit .285 in three varsity seasons, including a .320 average as a senior in 2019 with six doubles, two home runs and 25 RBIs in 28 games ... hit .250 during his junior season in 2018 with four doubles, three triples and 29 RBIs in 31 games ... produced a total of 11 multiple-hit games in 69 varsity contests in his prep career ... career numbers also included 11 doubles, three triples, a pair of home runs and 56 RBIs with four steals ... caught a perfect game as a junior as Franklin beat Vacaville 2-0 in March 2018 ... also caught a pair of no-hitters at Franklin ... Wildcats were 20-8 overall in Stevens' senior season, placing third in Delta League and reaching quarterfinal round of CIF-Sac-Joaquin Division I playoffs ... Franklin won the Delta League title in 2018 and was 23-8 overall ... named to Sacramento Bee's All-Metro first team in 2019 and was an honorable mention in 2018 ... also landed on the All-Delta League first team as a senior and to the second team as a junior ... also was a fullback on Franklin's junior varsity football team as a sophomore ... also recruited by Tennessee, Santa Clara, UC Santa Barbara, Nevada, CSU Bakersfield and Sacramento State, Stevens chose to transfer to Cal Poly "because my family has alumni there and also the culture and environment they are building in the baseball program. I also want to make it to a College World Series and I felt Cal Poly has what it takes."

Personal -- Son of Mike and Brooke Stevens ... both are Sacramento State graduates ... two brothers, Nolan and Grant ... Nolan plays baseball at Franklin and currently is ranked No. 15 in the country for the Class of 2023 while Grant is a southpaw pitcher at Pacific ... enjoys golfing ... wants to play professional baseball ... born in Elk Grove, Calif. ... majoring in sociology.