Elijah Skipps

Height:
6-3
Weight:
225
B/T:
S/R
Class:
Senior
High School:
Cypress HS
Experience:
JC

Expected to start at first base in second and final season as a Mustang.

2017 -- In first season as a Mustang, hit .252 with seven doubles, one triple and four home runs ... drove in 24 runs ... saved the best for last with a nine-game hitting streak in final three weeks of season, going 12-for-33 (.364) ... that streak included a pair of three-run home runs and six RBI in final game of UC Santa Barbara series ... was the longest hitting streak by any Mustang in 2017 ... also homered against UCLA and Loyola Marymount ... played in 53 games with 45 starts, 23 at first base and 22 as designated hitter ... eight two-hit games and five multiple-RBI contests ... hit .270 in Big West games and .375 as leadoff hitter ... 58.3 percent success scoring runner from third base with less than two outs and 45.6 percent success advancing runners ... led team with 12 two-out RBIs ... did not play summer ball.

Cypress College --A .333 hitter with 50 hits in 46 games as a sophomore ... 12 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 35 RBI with three stolen bases ... compiled .462 on-base percentage and .510 slugging percentage ... his eight home runs was eighth in the state and his 32 walks also was No. 8 ... helped Chargers to 31-15 overall record and a spot in the California Community College State Championships, finishing 1-2 ... has played for the summer league Pacific Union Financial Capitalists in 2015 and Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League in 2016 (.215, eight doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI).

Arizona -- Skipps appeared in eight games with one start at Arizona in 2015, collecting one hit and driving in one run.

High School -- A 2014 graduate of Cypress High School ... a switch-hitter who throws right-handed ... under head coach John Weber, earned All-Empire League honors three times, was named league MVP in 2014 and was named to the All-CIF-Southern Section Division 2 team ... led Centurions to a pair of Empire League titles and the 2013 CIF-Southern Section Division 2 championship ... as a senior at Cypress, hit .360 with a .477 on-base percentage, three home runs, 29 runs scored and 17 RBI ... batted .337, with two triples, 13 RBIs and 17 runs scored, as a junior in 2013 ... named a 2014 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American ... played for the Miami Marlins scout team in Jupiter, Florida at the 2013 Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) Championship.

Personal -- Son of Van and Agnes Skipps ... one brother, Jeremiah ... chose to attend Cal Poly because of its "academics and baseball program' ... born May 28, 1996, in Irvine, Calif. ... majoring in business administration.