2020 Baseball
Myles Emmerson
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Spring Valley, CA
- High School:
- El Capitan HS
Listed No. 1 on preseason depth chart behind the plate in fifth season at Cal Poly, backed up by Collin Villegas.
2020 -- Played in all 16 games as Cal Poly's catcher in senior season ... granted another season of competition due to pandemic ... only player among last year's five seniors to return for one more campaign ... hit .317 with 20 hits, including three doubles ... knocked in five runs, including two against Santa Clara with a double and sacrifice fly ... drew seven walks, second on the team ... six multiple-hit games, including 4-for-7 performance (all singles) in 14-inning game versus BYU ... also had a three-hit game (one double, two singles) in series opener versus Baylor ... just two errors in 170 chances for .988 fielding percentage ... did not play summer ball.
2019 -- Earned All-Big West honorable mention praise after hitting .256 with 44 hits, including six doubles and one home run ... started 50 games and played in four others, driving in 17 runs and making just five errors in 435 chances behind the plate ... home run was a solo shot against USC on April 28 ... 10 multiple-hit game, including a 4-for-4 day, all singles, with four RBIs against Hawai'i on May 3 ... three multi-RBI contests ... had an 11-game hitting streak from April 6-26, going 16-for-34 (.471) with three doubles and three RBIs to lift his average 111 points ... led Mustangs in Big West games with .337 batting average ... hit .282 on the road and .333 in night games ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Blues, hitting .231 with a double and three RBIs.
2018 -- Hit .322 in 22 games, including 16 starts, as a sophomore ... his 19 hits included two doubles and a triple ... eight RBI ... went 4-for-4 with a triple and four RBI versus Michigan on Feb. 25 ... was 3-for-4 with two RBI against San Diego State on March 16 ... also had two hits versus UC Riverside on May 25 ... hit .313 in Big West games, .333 against left-handers and .361 with runners on base ... a .318 hitter on the road, .351 in day games and .333 in games lost ... played summer ball for Waterloo Bucks of Northwoods League ... hit .280 over 39 games with eight doubles, one home run and 22 RBI ... went 6-for-6 -- five singles and a double -- with four RBI and three runs scored in a 16-1 Waterloo win over Thunder Bay
2017 -- Played in 20 games with 10 starts in first season as a Mustang ... seven starts behind the plate and three as designated hitter ... hit .200 with eight hits in 40 at-bats ... doubles against Santa Clara and Fresno State ... knocked in five runs, including two each against Santa Clara and Fresno State ... no errors in 69 fielding chances ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Blues and hit .289 with six doubles, one home run and 12 RBU ... five multiple-hit games, including a 3-for-4 contest with two singles and a home run against the Ventura Halos.
High School -- A 2016 graduate of El Capitan High School in San Diego County ... as a junior hit .422 with 14 doubles and three home runs, knocking in 23 runs, under head coach Clayton Curo, helping his team reach the semifinals of the CIF-San Diego Section Division II playoffs ... named first-team All-East County, Player of the Year in the Grossmont Valley League and was an All-CIF-San Diego Section second-team pick ... helped Vaqueros to a 23-9 record, first-place tie in the Grossmont Valley League and a spot in the semifinals of the CIF-San Diego Section Division II playoffs ... due to injury, played in just 10 games as a senior, hitting .208 with two doubles and three RBI ... also played basketball at El Capitan, averaging nine points and two assists as a sophomore ... member of school's Honor Roll.
Personal -- Son of Dan and Kathy Emmerson ... father played tennis at UC Santa Barbara ... two brothers, Karac and Bryan, and one sister, Danielle, who played softball at San Diego State ... wants to be a professional baseball player ... claims to be a better fisherman than Michael Clark and Tate Samuelson and enjoys chocolate milk ... nicknamed pork chop learned to surf in the summer of 2020 and enjoys watching sports ... born in San Diego, Calif. ... majors in history.
