Kyle Giusti

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Santa Fe, TX

2013 (Junior): First team ABCA all-South Central Region … Honorable mention NCBWA all-region … First team all-Lone Star Conference … Started 49 games at third base … Ranked among the conference leaders with a .358 batting average, .455 on-base percentage and 40 RBI … Recorded a pair of LSC individual game highs with three hit by pitch against Eastern New Mexico and four walks vs. Texas-Permian Basin … Scored season high three times in win over Falcons … Ranked among national leaders with 11 HBP … Scored 32 runs … Counted 11 extra-base hits among his 59 … Drew 20 walks … Stole 15 bases on 19 attempts, including three vs. New Mexico Highlands ... Went 4-for-5 with a double, two runs and career high four RBI in hits Wildcat debut on Feb. 1 vs. Arkansas-Monticello at Houston’s Minute Maid Park … Finished first weekend series with seven hits, eight RBI, two doubles and four runs … Led team with 10 multi-RBI games and had at least four RBI on four occasions … Named Lone Star Conference Player of the Week and NCBWA D-II National Player of the Week on March 18 after batting .550 through six games against No. 1 Delta State and No. 24 Incarnate Word … Drove in seven runs that week with two extra-base hits and four runs … Matched career high RBI total in a 10-4 win over the Statesmen and recorded second four-hit game of season in 12-8 triumph vs. the Cardinals … Games were part of a season-best eight-game hitting streak that lifted his batting average 95 points from .281 to .376 … Started the Kingsville and West Texas A&M series 5-for-8 … Went 6-for-9 in back-to-back games vs. Cameron and Tarleton State with five RBI … Finished year with at least one hit in last six of last seven games … Collected five hits and two RBI during series at Angelo State … Batted .600 (6-for-10) with four runs at Lone Star Conference Championship … Enjoyed a 4-for-4 outing on March 1 vs. Eastern New Mexico with two doubles, three runs and four RBI … Third on team with 16 multi-hit games … Made just seven errors at hot corner for .939 fielding percentage.

2011-12 (Freshman/Sophomore at Galveston College): 2012 Texas/New Mexico JUCO all-star … All-conference and region selection as a sophomore … Batted .384 in 2012 with 10 doubles and two triples … Stole 13 of 14 bases … Hit .333 as a freshman with a .424 on-base percentage.

High School: Graduated in 2010 from Santa Fe High School … Three-year letter winner at shortstop … Two-time first team all-district and all-country … First team all-Houston area and honorable mention all-state as a senior … Batted .405 in his final year and .404 as a junior in 2009 … A/B Honor Roll.

Personal: Given names is Kyle Joseph Giusti … Born 31 May 1992 in Galveston, Texas … Son of Joe and Donna Giusti … Resides in Santa Fe, Texas … Kinesiology major.