Wyatt King

Height:
5-9
Weight:
180
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
San Mateo, CA
High School:
St. Francis HS

2024 — Played in 34 games with two starts (one each in left field versus San Diego State on April 2 and as designated hitter against Long Beach State on May 25) … collected his four hits in the two starts … doubled in the San Diego State game and in the season finale against Long Beach State went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored … hit a solo home run in the second inning and with his team trailing 6-5 with one out in the bottom of the ninth smashed a walk-off two-run double off the left-field wall to drive in the tying and winning runs … third on the team with five sacrifice bunts … his three RBIs for the year all were in the last game of the season … finished with .200 average (4-for-20) … earned spot on Big West’s Spring Academic All-Conference team … did not play summer ball.

2023 — King had a batting average of .226 as a true freshman … played in 52 games and started in 49 ... he had 36 hits 14 RBIs and a .366 on base percentage ... a fielding percentage of .967 with 86 putouts ... five multiple-hit games (all two hits) and three multiple-RBI contests … pair of five-game hitting streaks and his longest streak of reaching base safely was 13 games … hit .250 against lefties and .216 versus righties … hit a double in first game of collegiate career against Missouri State.

High School — Under head coach Matt Maguire, King hit .311 in 34 games with 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 39 RBIs, leading St. Francis to a 31-5 overall record, first place in the West Catholic Athletic League, a CIF-Central Coast Section Division I championship with a 1-0 victory over Palo Alto and a berth in the final round of the NorCal State Division I Championship, falling to De La Salle 7-6 ... 10 multiple-hit games ... drove in eight runs and hit a grand slam against Mitty when St. Francis clinched the WCAL regular-season title ... King earned first-team All-WCAL, second-team All-Bay Area News Group, first-team All-Bay Area (West Coast Preps), second-team All-Metro (San Francisco Chronicle), second-team All-State (Cal-Hi Sports) and All-Northern California (MaxPreps) honors ... also No. 8 in MaxPreps' Bay Area Baseball Top 45 and King also earned the Daniel Descalso Leadership Award ... a three-year varsity starter in center field for St. Francis (2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) ... after two COVID-impacted seasons, helped lead Lancers to program-record 31 wins as a senior in 2022 ... hit .253 in 26 games during his junior season with four doubles, two home runs, 13 RBIs and 11 stolen bases ... produced four multiple-hit games and helped Lancers to 16-12 overall mark ... a preseason Underclass All-American, a WWBA Champion, a WWBA All-Tournament Team selection and earned a High School Gold Glove Award ... King also played football for the Lancers as a wide receiver and defensive back during his freshman and sophomore seasons ... also recruited by Fresno State, Santa Clara, San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, King elected to continue his athletic and academic careers at Cal Poly because "I love everything about the school, the location, coaches and the academics. Those are the biggest reasons why I decided Cal Poly was the right place for me" ... graduated Summa Cum Laude and made the St. Francis Honor Roll ... played summer ball for Portland Pickles in West Coast League, hitting .269 with three doubles.

Personal — Son of Bradley and Julie King ... one brother, Landon, and one sister, Eden ... aspires to pursue a career in marketing ... enjoys cooking, going to the beach and photography ... grills for his family every Sunday when at home ... spent a week exploring Portugal in the summer of 2022 ... born in San Francisco ... majoring in business administration.