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Devin Foyle

Position OF
Height 6'3''
Weight 185 lbs.
Class Sophomore
Hometown Fountain Hills, Ariz.
High School Fountain Hills
B/T So./1L

Honors and Awards

  • Drafted 503rd overall by the Oakland Athletics in the 2018 MLB Draft
  • 2018 ABCA Midwest All-Region Second Team
  • 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
  • 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
  • Two-time Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
  • 2016 Bob Allison Rookie of the Year

2018, Junior season
Started 57 of the 57 games he played in … Batted .330 (68-for-206) with 17 doubles, 10 home runs, two triples and 42 RBIs … Led the team in batting average (.330), runs (49), hits (68), doubles (17), home runs (10), slugging percentage (.578) and stolen bases (12) … Made third-consecutive opening day start in the outfield against Murray State (2/16) … Hit first home run of season against Northwestern (2/23) … Recorded two doubles in back-to-back games against the Wildcats (2/24 & 2/25) … Ripped a home run at then-No. 4 Florida State (3/6), the sixth of his career … Drilled his third home run of the season at Baylor (3/25) … Hit fourth home run of season against Morehead State (3/31) … Blasted fifth home run en route to tying career high in RBIs (5) at Creighton (4/11) … Hit sixth (4/20) and seventh (4/22) home runs at Oklahoma State … Swiped two bags at Kansas State (5/13), where he also hit his 13th-career home run (5/11).

2017, Sophomore season
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls … Started in all 58 games played … Batted .250 (51-of-204) with 15 doubles, one triple and one home run … Drove in 30 RBIs … Drew 32 walks … Recorded two hits on opening day against The Citadel (2/17) … Opened the season on a four-game hitting streak … Blasted a double and scored a run at then-No. 23 Stanford (2/26) … Snapped a 13-game on-base streak against Houston Baptist (3/10) … Hit sixth double of season at Oral Roberts (3/15) … Collected a season-high two RBIs against Texas (4/2), including the game winner … One of three players to start every single game … Posted two hits and two RBIs against Wichita State (4/11) … Had one of KU’s four hits at Wichita State (4/19) … Drove in five RBIs in three games at then-No. 19 Oklahoma (4/21-4/23) … Matched a career-high three walks at Grand Canyon (4/25) … Hit first home run of the season against Baylor (4/30) … Personal-best two doubles against Texas Southern (5/6) … Drove in go-ahead RBI vs. No. 6 TCU in the 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship where his eighth-inning ending catch made No. 3 on “Sports Center” #SCtop10.

2016, Freshman season
Named 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American … Played in 55 games, making 54 starts … Recorded the third-most hits on the team (56) for a .290 batting average … Tied for the team high with four triples and blasted three home runs … Drove in 32 runs and scored 37 … Made career debut with an opening day start at Little Rock (2/20) … Notched first-career base knock and scored first run vs. then-No. 5 Oregon State (2/27) … Drove in first-career run against Utah (2/29) … Drew a career-high two walks vs. BYU (3/3) … Snapped five-game hitting streak vs. BYU (3/5) … Posted third multi-hit game of career vs. North Dakota (3/11), including first-career triple … Career-high five RBIs vs. Murray State (3/16) … Legged out first-career home run vs. Racers (3/16) … Career-high four runs scored vs. Baker (3/23) … Scored and drove in a run against then-No. 16 Missouri State (3/29) … Career-high five at bats and second-career home run at Baylor (4/3) … Tied then-career-high three hits and two runs scored vs. then-No. 6 TCU (4/8) … Drove in and matched career-high five RBIs at Texas (4/15) … Posted another five-RBI game at Samford (4/23) … Tallied career-high four hits in first career game batting in the three-hole vs. Grand Canyon (4/26) … Hit third career home run at Kansas State (5/14).

Fountain Hills HS
Seven-time varsity letterman between baseball and soccer … 2013 State Champion … 2015 Section Champion … 2015 All-state First Team … 2015 State Player of the Year … 2015 Gatorade Player of the Year Nominee … Led the state of Arizona with 12 home runs … Led country with a 1.452 SLG percentage his senior year … Broke six school records … Concluded his senior campaign with a .575 batting average and 18 stolen bases.

Personal
Born in Arizona … Son of Ed and Connie Foyle … Has one older brother, Sean … Plans to major in sport management.