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24 Kaden Dreier

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 227
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Brentwood, Tenn.

Biography

2022 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference Team

2023 (Senior): Played in 51 games, earning the starting nod 47 times … collected 40 hits in 155 at-bats for a .258 average … slugged 13 base hits, with seven homers, five doubles, and one triple … drove in 30 runs while scoring 26 times … registered a .373 on-base clip … amassed 11 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI performances … clubbed a pair of homers, including a grand slam, in a three-hit, seven RBI effort against Toledo on April 16 … Drove in all four runs on a pair of homers against UNCG on April 8, a game in which he hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning to secure a SoCon series win.

2022 (Junior): Appeared in 55 games, with 53 starts … knocked 46 hits in 187 at-bats for an average of .246 … slugged .412, to go along with an on-base percentage of .340 … finished third on the team with 38 runs batted in … posted 11 multi-RBI efforts, including a season-high five against Southeastern Louisiana on March 20 … collected a career-best four base knocks against Mercer on May 27 … threw out 43 percent of base stealers (15-35) while posting a .983 fielding percentage behind the dish.

2021 (Sophomore): Saw action in 48 games, starting 45 contests, mostly at catcher . . . hit .261 with 10 doubles, three home runs and 28 RBI . . . had 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games . . . went 2-for-4 with four RBI against Alabama State . . . in three games at UNCG, went a combined 7-for-14 with three doubles and seven RBI . . . went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in game two against The Citadel . . . went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI in game one against Mercer . . . in the first two games of the series at Wofford, went a combined 4-for-8 with a double . . . went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI in game three at VMI.
 
2020: Played in 15 games in the COVID-shortened season…recorded 15 hits and 15 runs batted in… finished the season with a .242 batting average… had a multi-hit game against Northern Kentucky, scoring one run and registering two RBI. 
 
2019 (Freshman): Played in 33 games, starting 23 contests… batted .224 with four doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI…recorded 17 hits and drew 26 walks…had four multi-hit games…had two hits each against South Florida, The Citadel, UNCG and Wofford. 
 
High School: Prepped at Brentwood High School in Tennessee…rated as the third-best catcher in Tennessee by Perfect Game.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    Catcher
    6'3" 225 lbs
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    2020Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'3" 225 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'2" 227 lbs
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    2022Junior

    Catcher
    6'2" 227 lbs
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    2023Senior

    Catcher
    6'2" 227 lbs
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