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  Kyle Thebeau

Kyle Thebeau

Player Profile

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Corpus Christi, Texas
High School:
Carroll
Height / Weight:
6-1 / 195
Position:
RHP
Experience:
3L
Bats/Throws:
R/R

2008 (JUNIOR): Named the C.E. "Pat" Olsen Outstanding Pitcher award winner by his teammates ... a first-team All-Big 12 selection by the Waco Tribune-Herald and an honorable mention all-conference pick by the league's head coaches ... went 6-3 with a 2.12 ERA in a school-record 33 appearances, 32 in relief ... held opponents to a paltry .206 batting average, tops on the team and second-best in the Big 12 ... ERA also led the squad while ranking second in the league and 15th nationally ... led the Aggies with four holds, ranked second in saves (3) and strikeouts (79), and third in wins (6) and innings (76 ) ... allowed two hits or less in 27 of his 32 relief appearances, and one run or less in 26 ... in eight appearances against ranked foes, held opposing hitters to a staff-best .164 batting average ... picked up wins against Ohio State (Feb. 29), Kansas (March 30), Baylor (April 18), Missouri (April 25), TCU (April 29) and Houston (June 2) ... fanned a season-high five batters five times ... tossed a season-high 12 consecutive scoreless innings in a span of eight games from April 20-May 9 .... called out of the pen at TCU (April 29) in the seventh inning of a 2-2 tie, and responded by not allowing the Horned Frogs a base hit as A&M picked up a critical 3-2 victory ... retired the last six batters in order against No. 4 Missouri on April 25 at Olsen Field, as the Aggies scored three runs in those two innings to rally for a 9-8 win ... entered the Feb. 29 game against Ohio State trailing 5-1, and tossed six shutout innings of relief to help the Aggies rally for an 8-5 win ... the career-best relief outing earned him a spot on the Domino's Pizza Aggie Baseball Classic all-tournament team ... a success in the classroom as well, earned first-team academic All-Big 12 honors and was named a Verizon/Texas A&M scholar-athlete ... selected by the San Diego Padres in the ninth round (285th overall pick) of the 2008 June draft.

2007 (SOPHOMORE): appeared in a team-high 29 games, starting 10 ... six saves on the year ranked No. 6 on the school's charts ... ranked fourth in the Big 12 in strikeouts (92), fifth in appearances (29) and 10th in opponent average (.240) ... ranked 22nd nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (10.5) ... career outing in the NCAA Regional championship game against Louisiana-Lafayette (June 4), tossing a complete game and striking out a career-high 13 to give the Aggies the title (9 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 13 K) ... earned all-tournament team honors for his performance ... was the only pitcher on the staff to record 10-plus strikeouts twice (10 vs New Mexico, March 4; 13 vs ULL, June 4) ... team-high 14 appearances and three saves in Big 12 play, allowing two hits or less in 11 of the outings ... was a first-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... played summer ball for the Falmouth (Mass.) Commodores in the prestigious Cape Cod League ... appeared in 11 games, going 1-1 with a 3.79 ERA (19 IP, 10 BB, 29 K) ... named a Verizon/Texas A&M Scholar-Athlete.

2006 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 17 games, starting eight ... first five appearances were weekend starts ... earned his first victory in his second-career start against Northern Colorado (Feb. 17), allowing one hit and striking out a season-high nine batters in six innings of work ... averaged nearly one strikeout per inning, fanning 48 batters in 51 innings ... threw a season-high seven innings against Florida (March 4) and Houston (March 21) ... longest outing out of the bullpen was four innings against Oklahoma (April 9) ... played summer ball for the Beatrice (Neb.) Bruins in the M.I.N.K. League ... helped the team advance to the NBC World Series, going 7-1 with a 1.27 ERA and a save ... struck out 77 batters while walking 27 in 77 innings of work ... named a Verizon/Texas A&M Scholar-Athlete.

AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for head coach Lee Yeager at Carroll High School (Corpus Christi, Texas) ... named team captain as a senior (2005); went 5-4 with a 2.14 ERA and three saves ... struck out 76 hitters in 48 innings of mound work, while walking just 12 ... led Carroll High School to the regional quarterfinals in 2005 ... helped his team win the district championship as a freshman (2002) ... played in the Texas High School Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game ... member of the USA Baseball Youth National Team ... helped team USA win the IBAF AA World Youth Championship in Taipei, Taiwan ... played summer ball for the South Texas Sliders

PERSONAL: Kyle Austin Thebeau is the son of Martin and Suzanne Thebeau of Corpus Christi ... born August 11, 1987 in Corpus Christi ... petroleum engineering major ... has an older sister, Jordan ... enjoys fishing, camping and hunting in his spare time ... career goal is to become a professional engineer.

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