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5 Kyle Johnson

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Jackson, NJ
  • Highschool Jackson Memorial

Biography

2021
- Played in 19 games as a graduate student, all starts.
- Hit .246 with 16 hits, 14 runs scored, and eight RBIs.
- Had five multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 game against Quinnipiac.
- Was one of five Broncs to hit a home run in the clinching game of the MAAC Tournament against Fairfield.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2020
- Started all 14 games for the Broncs as a senior.
- Hit .273 with 12 hits, 10 runs, and four RBIs.
- Led the MAAC and ranked 10th nationally with 18 walks.
- Was second in the MAAC and 117th in the country with a .492 on base percentage.
- Was 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts.
- Had a pair of multi-hit games.

2019
- In his third season with the Broncs, he started and appeared in 52 games for the Broncs at shortstop and third base.
- Recorded his 100th career against Butler on February 16.
- He hit .257 with 48 hits, 32 runs scored, 25 RBIs and a team-high 13 stolen bases.
- Was second on the team with 15 doubles. He also led the team with four triples.
- Registered 14 multi-hit games during the season, including four three-hit games.
- Went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI against Seton Hall on April 9.
- Went 3-for-6 with three RBIs, two runs scored and a double versus NJT on April 3. 

2018
- Appeared in 45 games and made 44 starts for the Broncs in the infield.
- He hit .242 with 40 hits, 28 runs scored, five doubles, two triples and two HR.
- Stole seven bases.
- Registered a .333 slugging percentage and a .328 on-base percentage.
- Recorded 13 multi-hit games.
- Went 2-for-3 with one run scored, five RBIs, a double and a stolen base against Iona on March 31.
- Hit .289 in MAAC play with 14 runs scored and a .446 slugging percentage.
- Hit .556 with a .600 on-base percentage and a 1.333 slugging percentage in the final series of the season at Quinnipiac. He hit a pair of homers in the three-game set with five RBIs and four runs scored.

2017
- Was the only Bronc to appear in all 53 games, including 52 starts at second base.
- Led the team with 59 hits and 19 multi-hits games. He also had four three-hit games (three of which came against MAAC opponents.
- Scored 31 runs, smacked 10 doubles, one triple and two home runs.
- Had 18 RBIs, a .285 batting average and team-best 13 stolen bases.
- Recorded a .974 fielding percentage with 285 putouts and 49 assists.
- Had a streak of four straight games with two hits.
- Was named the College Sports Madness MAAC Player of the Week on March 14.
- Got a hit in his first collegiate at-bat.

BEFORE RIDER
Four-year varsity letterwinner and starter for baseball at shortstop at Jackson Memorial High School…batted .361 including .426 as a junior…116 career hits…103 runs scored with 59 RBI and 55 stolen bases…New Jersey All-Group IV…All-Shore Conference First Team…All-Division First Team…All-Division Hitter of the Year…Top 100 New Jersey Underclassman selection for 2015 and team MVP…member of the 2016 Jersey Shore Senior All-Star team…Jersey Shore Carpenter Cup selection…team won the 2014 New Jersey State Title…four-year letterwinner for football as a quarterback and defensive back…2016 MVP Division and Conference awards…2013 Conference Champion…2014 and 2015 State Champion…two-year letter winner for wrestling…finished 2015 number eight in New Jersey and second in the Shore Conference…District 21 Champions…Group IV finalists…state sectional Central Jersey Group IV champions…Shore Conference Tournament finalists…plays for 9ers Prime club baseball team.

PERSONAL
son of Doug and Sally Johnson…older brother Cory…younger sister Cassidy.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    Infield
    5'9" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    Infield
    5'9" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Junior

    Infield
    5'9" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2020Senior

    Infield
    5'9" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Graduate Student

    Outfield
    5'9" 175 lbs
    5