Reached base safely in the first 14 games of the season
Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (March 4)
Karbach Round Rock Classic All-Tournament Team
No. 48 outfielder for 2024 by D1Baseball
Transferred to Kansas with one year of eligibility remaining
Committed in June 2023
NEW MEXICO – 2022-23
Spent two years in the New Mexico program
All-Mountain West Second Team selection in 2022 and 2023
Career: .361/.430/.632 (155-for-429), 36 2B, 1 3B, 26 HR, 110 RBI, 88 R, 47 BB in 105 games (105 starts)
2023: .381/.455/.595 (80-for-210), 18 2B, 9 HR, 51 RBI, 46 R, 26 BB in 51 games (51 starts)
Led the team and ranked third in the Mountain West in hits (80) in 2023
Second on the team in batting average (.381), on-base percentage (.455), doubles (18) and walks (26) in 2023
One of three New Mexico players to start all 54 games in 2023
Made 28 starts in left field, three in right field, and 20 as designated hitter
2022: .342/.406/.667 (75-for-219), 18 2B, 1 3B, 17 HR, 59 RBI, 42 R, 21 BB in 54 games (54 starts)
Led the Mountain West with 17 home runs and also led the team in RBI (59), OPS (1.073), doubles (18), slugging percentage (.667) on-base percentage (.406) and batting average (.342) in 2022
Posted a .989 fielding percentage, committing just one error in 89 chances in the outfield
Named Mountain West Player of the Week on March 14, 2022
Only New Mexico player to start all 54 games in 2022
Had 26 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games, including four three-hit games and seven contests with three or more RBI in 2022
Reached base in 21 consecutive games in 2022
ODESSA COLLEGE – 2020-21
Spent two years in the Odessa program
All-WJCAC selection in 2021
NJCAA Second Team All-American in 2020
2021: .399/.495/.673 (67-for-168), 16 2B, 10 HR, 46 RBI, 49 R, 25 BB in 46 games
Led the team in batting average (.399), home runs (10), slugging percentage (.673), OPS (1.068) and runs (49)
2020: .453/.549/.906 (29-for-64), 8 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 26 R, 15 BB in 22 games
PERSONAL
Son of Lenin Ashby and Ceslin Yarzagaray
Has three brothers, Jayson, Jordon and Lendrick, and two sisters, Janice and Shaindra
First person from the island of Aruba to compete at the Power Five level in any sport and the first position player to play at the Division I level
Chose Kansas because, “I want to be part of something special and I want a school that makes me feel like they want me to be a part of the family and KU did that.”