| Kevin Arendse |
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At Utah Valley ...
Junior (2009): Batted a career-best .313 in 44 games played (42 starts) ... started at catcher 41 times and DH the other ... had two home runs and 31 RBI ... fifth on the team with 16 multi-hit games ... was 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI in win over Air Force ... was 11-for-16 (.688) with 12 runs batted in during four-game series with Air Force ... went 3-for-5 with a double and six RBI with the bases loaded ... had three hits and three RBI in win over Northern Colorado on March 7.
Sophomore (2008): Hit .281 in 40 starts with four home runs and 29 runs batted in ... had 13 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... finished with three, three-hit games including back-to-back contests against Northern Colorado and Dixie State ... was 3-for-4 with three batted in in a win over BYU on May 5th ... hit home runs on consecutive days in Greeley, Colorado (vs. Air Force and at Northern Colorado) ... had two home runs on a 2-for-3 day in a win at Hawai'i on May 15th, the Wolverines' only multi-homer game of the season and first in nearly a year.
Freshman (2007): Played in 26 games, 18 of which were starts ... hit .282 with five multi-hit games ... in a double-header against Northern Colorado on May 6th he went 4-for-9 with three RBI and one run scored.
Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Burlington-Edison High School ... named Skagit Valley Herald's Athlete of the Year and Burlington Edison's Athlete of the Year in 2006 ... earned 12 varsity letters (four each in baseball, basketball and football) ... for baseball he was named regional tounament MVP in 2005 ... for football he was named All-State and All-League in 2005.
Personal ...
Born November 7, 1987 in Mount Vernon, WA ... graduated from Burlington-Edison High School in 2006 with a 3.2 GPA ... expects to major in Business at Utah Valley ... enjoys dirt bike riding, paintballing and snowboarding ... his uncle Jim was drafted in the 5th round out of high school and played for the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros ... also recruited by Washington and Washington State ... parents are Lester and Michelle.
