2020 Baseball
Kyle Ashworth
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Santa Ana, CA
- High School:
- Foothill HS
Expected to back up the outfielders in second season at Cal Poly.
2020 -- Played in 13 games, including six starts, as a true freshman before season was cut short due to the pandemic ... collected a pair of hits, both singles, scored three times and knocked in three runs ... drove in two runs via groundouts in season opener versus Connecticut in MLB4 Tournament at Scottsdale, Ariz., and his single up the middle with the bases loaded scored a run against BYU ... drew six walks, including three in series finale versus BYU ... played summer ball for Kalamazoo Mac Daddies in Northwoods League ... rebounded from 2-for-27 start by hitting .271 in his last 48 games, finishing with a .234 average in 68 games with three doubles, two triples, five RBIs and six steals ... drew 42 walks, third in the league, and was hit by pitch five times, resulting in .422 on-base percentage, among the top 30 in the league.
High School --- A career .416 hitter in three varsity seasons under head coach Vince Brown at Foothill High School in Santa Ana ... 21 doubles, 10 triples, five home runs and 62 RBI ... stole 28 of 31 bases with a .528 on-base percentage, 88 runs scored and struck out just 29 times in 354 plate appearances ... hit .438 as a senior with seven doubles, seven triples and a pair of home runs, knocking in 23 runs, earning first-team All-Crestview League honors and leading Knights to 19-12 overall record, Crestview League title and a berth in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs ... landed on the All-Orange County first team and was selected to play in the Orange County All-Star Game ... Ashworth hit .359 as a junior in 2018 with eight doubles, two triples, a trio of home runs and 17 RBI with nine steals and a .586 on-base percentage, earning USA Today Preseason All-America, first-team All-Crestview League, second-team All-Orange County, second-team All-CIF-Southern Section and Cal-Hi all-state honors ... set a school record for walks in a season (33) and his 111 hits are Foothill's all-time hits record ... Foothill was 25-9 in 2018, winning the Crestview League title and going on to finish second in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs ... Ashworth was selected to play in the 2018 CBCA North-South Showcase in June 2018 at UC San Diego ... as a sophomore, Ashworth was named team MVP, first-team All-Crestview League and offensive player of the year, first-team All-CIF-Southern Section Division 1, second-team All-Orange County and Cal-Hi state sophomore player of the year after hitting .453 with six doubles, a triple, 22 RBI and seven steals along with a .546 on-base percentage ... played summer league baseball for Utah Marshalls, hitting .284 with 21 hits and eight RBIs ... recruited by more than 10 schools, including Dartmouth, Arizona, Washington State and UCLA, Ashworth chose Cal Poly because of "its coaches, academics, stadium and clubhouse renovation and baseball atmosphere."
