Kyle McMillen

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Canton, Ohio
High School:
Archbishop Hoban

Kent State Awards & Honors

•2010 First Team Academic All-MAC

•Letterwinner: 2009, '10

2010 Sophomore Season Highlights

•Appeared in 48 games with 51 starts. Also made 19 appearances on the mound.

•Finished third on the team with a .354 average, tallying 70 hits with 15 doubles, six home runs and 46 RBIs and scoring 51 runs.

•Posted a 1-2 pitching mark out of the bullpen with a 4.44 ERA, 17 strikeouts and four saves.

•Recorded 23 multi-hit games, including a season-best four hits twice. Cracked a double and three singles with two runs scored in game one of a doubleheader at Buffalo (4/24), a 16-4 KSU victory. Went 4-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in the Diamond Classic at Akron (5/20) as Kent State won, 9-2.

•Tallied nine games with multiple RBIs, including five instances with at least three RBIs. Drove in six runs against Pittsburgh (4/7) and smacked a personal season-high two home runs. Pushed across five runs -- including a three-run round tripper -- at Akron (5/22) in a 20-7 KSU route. Went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs at Pittsburgh (4/20) as the Flashes won, 16-3. Belted a three-run homer in a KSU's 4-3 triumph at Miami (5/8). Drove in three runs and cracked a base hit and a home run in the sixth inning as the Golden Flashes batted around vs. UC Irvine (5/5) in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional.

•Recorded KSU's first save of 2010, working 1.2 innings and striking out one as KSU topped Western Kentucky (2/19), 13-10.

•Earned the pitching win in game one of a doubleheader at Wake Forest (2/27) after tossing two frames of relief duty to help KSU to an 11-5 win.

•Tossed 1.2 scoreless frames and did not surrender a hit against Penn State (3/30), striking out two as Kent State won, 9-8.

•Fanned a personal season-high three batters in 2.2 innings against Central Michigan (4/18).

•Worked two-thirds of an inning at Youngstown State (4/27) and was credited with the save in a 5-2 KSU triumph.

•Fired one scoreless inning and did not give up a hit against Ohio (4/30) to pick up his fourth save as Kent State edged the Bobcats, 5-4.

•Competed for the Cotuit Kettlers of the Cape Cod League in summer ball, recording one win and 15 strikeouts in 15.1 innings of work as the squad captured the league's championship.

2009 Freshman Season

•Appeared in 20 games with two starts as designated hitter.

•Went 2-0 and allowed 10 earned runs in 10 innings of work for a 9.00 ERA.

•After putting the first two runners on in the NCAA tournament against Oral Roberts (5/31), he struck out the side to get out of the jam unscathed.

•Received his first collegiate win against Duquesne (3/18), allowing only one unearned run on two hits in two innings of work in KSU’s 7-5 win.

•Earned his second win in Kent State’s miraculous seven-run ninth inning comeback against Miami (5/16) in the regular season finale for the Golden Flashes, a 12-11 win.

•Appeared in the infield and on the mound for the Licking County Settlers of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League. Finished third on the team with a .319 batting average and led the team with seven doubles in the regular season. Led the team in pitching with a 0.56 ERA in five appearances with two starts. Went 1-0 and only allowed three earned runs in 16 innings pitched while striking out 11. Named to Second Team All-Great Lakes League as a utility player and also played in the league’s all-star game.

Prior to Kent State

•Played at Archbishop Hoban High School under head coach Scott Kuenig.

•Named a 2008 Under Armour Preseason All-American.

•Named First Team All-North Coast League team after batting .494 and recording a 4-1 record with a 0.95 ERA as a pitcher his senior season after being named honorable mention All-NCL his junior year.

•Also lettered two times in basketball for the Knights

•Also played for the Stark County Junior Terriers.

Personal

•Born March 14, 1990.

•Parents are Scott and Tawnia McMillen. Siblings are Cory, Cody, Kolin and Kiana

•Father played baseball at Marietta College.

•Was a member of SADD and was a peer counselor while at Archbishop Hoban in addition to volunteering at a nursing home.

•Major is pre-med/biology.

Career Game Highs

At-bats: 6 (at Buffalo - DH Game 1, 4/24/10)

Runs: 3 (three times, last time: at Akron, 5/22/10)

Hits: 4 (twice, last time: at Pittsburgh, 4/20/10)

RBIs: 6 (Pittsburgh, 4/7/10)

Doubles: 2 (Bowling Green, 5/15/10)

Triples: 0

Home Runs: 2 (Pittsburgh, 4/7/10)

Walks: 2 (vs. Eastern Michigan, 5/28/10)

Stolen Bases: 1 (twice, last time: at Cleveland State, 4/14/10)

Innings Pitched: 2.2 (twice, last time: Central Michigan, 4/18/10)

Strikeouts: 3 (twice, last time: Central Michigan, 4/18/10)

Career Statistics

Year	Class	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OBP	SF	SH	SB	ATT	PO	A	E	FLD%
2009	Fr.	.125	12	2	16	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	.188	1	0	6	1	.176	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
2001	So.	.354	51	48	198	51	70	15	0	6	46	103	.520	17	8	27	3	.420	3	1	2	4	297	24	4	.988
TOTALS		.336	63	50	214	53	72	16	0	6	46	106	.495	18	8	33	4	.403	3	1	2	4	299	25	4	.988

Year	Class	ERA	W-L	APP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	S0	2B	3B	HR	BF	BAVG	WP	HBP	BK	SFA	SHA
2009	Fr.	9.00	2-0	10	0	0	0/0	0	10.0	15	11	10	7	10	4	0	2	55	.375	4	5	0	2	1
2010	So.	4.44	1-2	19	0	0	0/2	4	24.1	25	12	12	13	17	7	0	1	112	.263	2	1	0	1	2
TOTALS		5.77	3-2	29	0	0	0/2	4	34.1	40	23	22	20	27	11	0	3	167	.296	6	6	0	3	3