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Jersey Number 35
Conner VanCleave
- Position:
- 1B
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 250
- Hometown:
- Holcomb, Kan.
- High School:
- Holcomb HS
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Second Team
2021 (R-JUNIOR)
- Appeared in 36 games with 11 starts
- Hit .189 (10-for-53) with two doubles, one home run and four RBI
- Opening day starter as the designate hitter, recording a season-high two hits and two runs scored against South Dakota State (2/19)
- Logged first double of the season at Lafayette (3/23) and hit second vs. Air Force (4/14)
- Recorded a season-high two RBI and his lone home run of the season against Air Force (4/13)
- First Big 12 start of the season at Oklahoma (4/10)
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Second Team
2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)
- Did not appear in any games
2019 (SOPHOMORE)
- Started in 27 of the 44 games he appeared in
- Batted .247 (24-for-97) with two doubles, three home runs, seven walks and 11 RBIs
- Made his first-career start at first base at USC Upstate (2/15)
- Hit first-career home run vs. Texas Southern (2/23) where he also set a new personal-best three hits
- Hit the first triple of his career at St. John’s (3/17)
- Recorded a career-high five at-bats at Air Force (5/1)
2018 (FRESHMAN)
- Started five of the 18 games he played in with 13 relief appearances
- Pitched 25 and 1/3 innings with two losses and 16 strikeouts
- Made career debut against Murray State (2/17) in the second game of the season, where he recorded his first strikeout
- Tossed a then-career-high two innings against Northwestern (2/24)
- Tossed an inning of relief at then-No. 4 Florida State (3/6)
- Career-high three innings of relief against then-No. 5 Texas Tech (4/6)
- Notched first-career start at Creighton (4/11)
HOLCOMB HS
- Played for his father and head coach Todd VanCleave at Holcomb High School
- Named Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year in 2017
- Compiled an 8-1 mark on the mound featuring a 0.29 ERA in 48 and 2/3 innings pitched
- Faced 186 batters and struck out 101, including a dominating 15 K’s over a complete seven-inning game in the 2017 state semifinal contest
- Batted .768 with 43 hits in 56 at bats his senior year including 14 doubles, six triples and five home runs
- Drove in 53 RBIs and scored 25 runs while maintaining a 1.500 slugging percentage and .831 on-base percentage
- Three-time 4A-D2 Player of the Year in Kansas
- A member of the National Honor Society and Students Against Destructive Decisions
- Maintained a 3.64 GPA throughout his four prep years
PERSONAL
- Born in Garden City, Kansas
- Son of Todd and Shelly VanCleave
- Has one sister, Wren
- Father, Todd, played baseball at George Mason, while his mother, Shelly, played volleyball at Wichita State
- Plans to major in sport management
Kansas Baseball vs. North Dakota State Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, May 31
Kansas Baseball vs. Creighton Postgame Press Conference
Friday, May 30
Kansas Baseball Game Week Press Conference vs. Creighton
Thursday, May 29
Kansas Baseball Pre-NCAA Media Availability
Tuesday, May 27
