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Jersey Number 30
Kyle Novak
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Infield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 190
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Oakton, Va.
- High School:
- James Madison
- Major:
- Continuing Education
2023 as a Redshirt Senior:
2019 as a Freshman:
Before JMU:
Personal:
- Signed with the Joliet Slammers of the Frontier League
- Led the team in batting average,
- Played in 56 games with 54 starts
- Slashed .357/.443/.467
- Scored 41 runs on 75 hits with two home runs, two triples, 13 doubles, and 43 RBI’s
- Scored career-high four runs vs Old Dominion (5/12)
- Had back-to-back games with four hits at Virginia Tech (4/25) and App State (4/28)
- Had an eight-game hit streak with 15 total hits
- Finished the season with 10 multi-RBI games and 24 multi-hit games
- 2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
- Second Team All-CAA
- Only player to play and start in all 53 games
- Slashed .292/.370/.434
- Led the CAA in RBI's with 49
- Led the team with 64 hits and 14 doubles
- Scored 38 runs and hit a triple and five home runs
- Recorded 16 multi-RBI games and 19 multi-hit games
- Strung together 35 consecutive games of reaching base safely
- Knocked in a season-high four runs against Virginia Tech (4/27)
- Recorded seven three-hit games
- Preseason All-CAA
- Started in and played in 22 games.
- Hit .315 on the year with three homers and 23 RBI's.
- Scored the third most runs on the team.
- Ended the year reaching base in 10 consecutive.
- Had six multi-RBI games.
- Knocked in a career-high five RBI's against Saint Joseph (5/2).
- Recorded a career-high tying four hits against VCU (5/20).
- Set a career-high four runs against VCU (5/20).
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall '20, Spring '21)
- JMU Athletics Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall '20, Spring '21)
- Appeared in all 16 games, making 15 starts.
- Batted .317, leading the team with 16 RBIs.
- Started the year off on a seven-game hit streak, and has gotten hits in 11 of the 16 games.
- Knocked a career high four hits at High Point (3/7), including a home run.
- Had six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games.
- Lead the team in multi-RBI games.
2019 as a Freshman:
- Started 49 of the 55 games he appeared in this season, moving from second base to DH
- Earned All-CAAÂ Third Team and All-Rookie Team honors
- Finished the season with a .303 batting average and .378 slugging percentage
- Tallied 28 RBIs on the season and scored 26 runs for the Dukes
- Collected a 3-for-4 night with three RBIs against High Point (3/10)
Before JMU:
- Batted .425 with 26 RBIs his junior season, leading the team in multiple hitting categories
- PG World Series All-Tournament Team (Mesa, AZ) his junior season
- Compiled a 66-12 high school record
- 6A State Champion his sophomore season, started at second and batted in the 3-hole
Personal:
- Born March 24th, 2000
- Son of Ryan and Tara Novak
- Traveled and played internationally in Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico
- Honor Roll and Student Athlete Award
- Mother Tara played Basketball and Softball (1992-1995)
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