Kai Barrett

Photo by: Kyle Calzia

Photo by: Kyle Calzia

Photo by: Owen Main

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Photo by: Kayla Stuart | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Allman-Barrett Celebration Nevada (Main)

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Height:
5-5
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
High School:
‘Iolani School
Hometown:
Waipahu, Hawaii

2023 (Junior)
Started all 42 games (38 at first base, four as catcher) … equaled career best with three hits during 6-2 victory at UC Riverside (March 25) … batted .500 (5-for-10) with a runner on third base and less than two outs and .317 (13-for-41) with runners in scoring position … compiled team leading .992 fielding percentage with just two errors in 236 chances.

2022 (Junior)
Started in all 44 appearances (all at catcher) … matched career high with three hits in victory at Hawai’i (April 9) … enjoyed four multi-RBI games with a career high four coming during victory against Penn (March 5) … homered against No. 23 Arizona State (March 4) and in 7-6 home victory against UC Santa Barbara (April 2) … produced eight-game hitting streak – Cal Poly’s second lengthiest of the season – from March 27-April 15, batting .417 (10-for-24) … batted .455 (5-for-11) with a runner on third base and less than two outs, .375 (3-for-8) with the bases loaded and .346 (9-for-26) in leadoff situations.

2021 (Sophomore)
Started during 31 of 32 appearances in 35-game season (all at catcher) … produced five multi-hit games, recording a career best three and season high three RBI after homering in 12-9 win at UC Davis (May 8) … doubled twice in 5-1 victory at UC Davis (May 9) to help earn Big West Conference Freshman of the Week praise for May 10 … batted .533 (8-for-15) in leadoff situations … recorded .979 fielding percentage with just three errors in 144 chances.

2020 (Freshman)
During abbreviated 23-game season, started during 15 of 18 appearances at catcher … finished fifth in lineup with .300 (12-for-40) batting average …produced season best two hits three times, most recently in 12-2 win against Illinois (Feb. 27) … recorded .986 fielding percentage behind plate with just one error in 74 chances.

‘Iolani School (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Four-year letterwinner batted .466 (34-for-73) with 12 home runs, 43 RBI and 30 runs as a senior in earning a spot on the All-Hawaii team while helping program to the 2019 state championship … earned All-Hawaii honorable mention recognition as a junior in 2018 after hitting .326 with 14 RBI and three homers.

Personal
Daughter of Liane and Chad Barrett … majoring in kinesiology … four-year Honor Roll selection at ‘Iolani School … spent time volunteering at a local preschool prior to arriving at Cal Poly … Kailyn Michiko Barrett was born in Las Vegas.