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2 Kyle Sonandres

  • Class Graduate Student
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-6
  • Weight 160
  • Hometown Torrance, Calif.
  • High School West
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Career Highs
Hits 4 Three times, last at Clark (May 4, 2024)
Runs 4 at Clark (April 10, 2022)
Doubles 2 Three times, Most Recently vs. Bates (March 24, 2023)
Triples 1 Twice, Most Recently at Clark (May 4, 2024)
Home Runs 2 at WPI (April 20, 2022)
RBI 6 at Clark (May 4, 2024)
Stolen Bases 2 Twice, Most Recently at Emerson (April 29, 2023)
Walks 2 Nine times, Most Recently at Amherst (April 17, 2024)

Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)
- NEWMAC Player of the Week (5/6/24)
- D3baseball.com All-Region Third Team (2022)
- ABCA Region 1 All-Region Second Team (2022)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
- CSC Second Team Academic All-American (2024)
2024:
- Started in all 35 games he appeared in
- Had 48 hits with 17 runs, seven doubles, two triples, and two home runs
- Drew 14 walks and stole four bases out of four attempts
- Finished with a batting average of .356

2023:
- Started all 36 games he appeared in, ranking fourth on the team with a .327 batting average
- Finished with 48 hits, 33 runs and a team-high 10 doubles
- Posted 30 runs batted in, 16 walks drawn and a .415 on-base percentage
- Recorded at least one hit in 29 of 36 games, including 15 multi-hit games
- Reached base safely in 32 of 36 games


2022:
- Finished third on the team with a .341 batting average as he started in 35 of 38 games he appeared in
- Ranked second on the team with 34 runs scored while also posting 4 hits, 10 doubles, six home runs, 25 runs batted in and 75 total bases
- Stole eight bases and drew 19 walks with a .543 slugging percentage
- Reached base safely in 33 of 38 games, posting 16 multi-hit games
- Put together a season-long 13-game hitting streak midway through the year


2021:
- Did not appear in a game as season was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team


2020:
- Appeared in two games as a rookie, batting .500 with four hits and two runs batted in
- Posted two hits in both games, along with a start at shortstop in a road win at Nichols
- Season was cancelled after three games due to Covid-19 pandemic


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Hitting two home runs on my senior night


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Beating Babson in the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals


Off the Diamond at MIT:
- Majoring in aerospace engineering with a minor in computer science and a concentration in philosophy
- Completed two Space Systems Engineering Internships at Northrop Grumman
- Systems engineering intern at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Conducted molecular dynamics simulations and analysis at MIT's Space Propulsion Laboratory
- Orientation Leader
- Draper Scholar
- Chi Phi Social Chair


High School:
- Two-time All-League in 2017 and 2019
- Selected to the SBAC Senior All-Star Game
- Three-time Baseball Factory Under Armour Preseason All-American
- 2017 West High Baseball Rookie of the Year
- 2019 West High Baseball Warrior Award recipient
- Three-year varsity letter winner
- As a senior, he hit .348 with three home runs, 31 hits, 10 doubles and a .964 OPS
- Class salutatorian
- AP Scholar
- Member of the Principal's Honor Roll every semester
- West High Distinguished Scholar
- National Merit finalist
- CSF Sealbearer

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020First Year

    IF
    5'6" 165 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2021Sophomore

    IF
    5'6" 165 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Junior

    IF
    5'6" 160 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Senior

    IF
    5'6" 160 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Graduate Student

    IF
    5'6" 160 lbs
    2