Lenny Ashby

SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS

• Hits: 4, Fresno State, Apr 28, 2023 ; San Jose State, Apr 29, 2022 ; Nevada, May 12, 2023
• Doubles: 2 [t-10th], Air Force, Mar 12, 2023
• Triples: 1 [t-4th], Air Force, Mar 27, 2022
• Home runs: 2 [t-1st], New Mexico St., May 10, 2022
• Total bases: 8 [t-34th], New Mexico St., May 10, 2022
• RBI: 5 [t-16th], Northern Colorado, Feb 25, 2023
• Runs scored: 3 [t-33rd], San Jose State, Apr 6, 2023
• Walks: 3 [t-9th], San Jose State, Apr 6, 2023
• Hit by pitch: 2 [t-9th], San Jose State, Apr 30, 2022
• Struck out: 2, 4 times
• Sac flies: 1 [t-16th], Nevada, May 13, 2023 ; at BYU, Mar 29, 2024
• Sac bunts: 1 [t-40th], at Baylor, Apr 20, 2024
• At bats: 6 [t-21st], @ Minnesota, Feb 20, 2023 ; at Cincinnati, Mar 15, 2024
• Stolen bases: 1, at UNLV, Apr 23, 2023
• Field chances: 6, at Air Force, Apr 23, 2023
• Putouts: 6, at Air Force, Apr 23, 2023
• Assists: 1, at Arizona, Apr 25, 2023

SENIOR – 2024

• Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (March 4)
• 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.”