June 11, 2015
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina senior first baseman Kyle Martin earned first-team All-America honors from Baseball America and third-team All-America honors from D1Baseball. The teams were announced by both organizations on Thursday afternoon. Martin was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round of the 2015 MLB Draft earlier this week. He led the Gamecocks in all three Triple Crown categories batting .350 (71-for-203) with 14 homers and 56 RBI.
He also scored 50 runs, tallied 12 doubles, tripled twice and stole 11 bases. Martin had a .455 on-base percentage and a .635 slugging mark. Martin had 14 multi-RBI games for the season. Martin was a first-team All-SEC selection. Martin became the 28th player in school history to reach the 200-hit total with a single in the bottom of the eighth inning vs. LSU, his last hit at Carolina Stadium.
Martin was even more impressive in league contests. In 30 SEC games, Martin hit a league-high 11 homers, slugged a SEC-best .794 and totaled a league-best 85 total bases. In addition, he ranked second in the SEC in league games with a .393 batting average, a .504 on-base percentage and 24 walks in conference play.
Kyle Martin 2015 Highlights
2015 – Earned second-team All-America honors by Collegiate Baseball … Earned first-team All-SEC honors at first base … Named to USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List … Played in all 57 games with 56 starts, hit .350 (71-for-203) with 50 runs scored, 12 doubles, two triples, 14 homers, 56 RBI … .455 on-base percentage and a .635 slugging mark, walked a team-high 39 times … Became the 28th player in school history to reach the 200-hit total with a single in the bottom of the eighth inning in 8-1 loss vs. LSU (5/16) … 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in 10-7 win over LSU (5/14) … 1-for-2 with two walks and three runs scored in 17-0 win over USC Upstate (5/12) … 3-for-5 with two runs scored, four RBI including a three-run homer in 8-7 win over Texas A&M (5/10) … Solo homer in 15-14 loss at Texas A&M (5/9) … Two-run homer in the ninth inning of a 9-7 win over Texas A&M (5/8) … 2-for-3 in 6-2 loss to Auburn (5/2) … 2-for-2 with two homers including a grand slam as well as a career-high seven RBI in 10-1 victory over Auburn (5/1) … 1-for-2 with a double and two runs scored in 10-4 loss at Tennessee (4/26) … 1-for-3 with solo homer in 4-3 loss at Tennessee (4/25) … Walked and scored a run in 3-2 series win over Vanderbilt (4/18) … Hit .583 (7-for-12) in the Florida series with a pair of homers and four RBI … Solo homer in 12-2 loss at Florida (4/12) … Became the first Gamecock in the last 11 years to hit for the cycle going 4-for-4 with a walk, two runs and two RBI in 12-5 loss at Florida (4/11) … 2-for-4 with a RBI single in 14-3 loss at Florida (4/10) … Two-run double in 11-1 win over Appalachian State (4/7) … 1-for-3 with two walks, a run scored and three RBI in 13-7 win at Mississippi State (4/4) … 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored in 7-5 loss at Mississippi State (4/3) … 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs scored and a RBI in 8-5 win over Georgia (3/29) … 2-for-4 with first career triple, a two-run homer in 4-3 loss to Georgia (3/28) … 1-for-3 with two RBI in 6-5 loss to Georgia (3/27) … Tied career-high with four hits, with a double two stolen bases and added a run as well in 7-5 win at Missouri (3/22) … 2-for-4 with two runs, three RBI including a two-run walk-off homer in 10th inning of 6-4 win over Kentucky (3/15) … 1-for-3 with a run scored in 4-3 win over Kentucky (3/14) … 3-for-4 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBI in 13-3 win over Penn State (3/11) … 1-for-1 with two walks, a double and a RBI sacrifice fly in 5-3 win over Miami (Ohio) (3/8) … 2-for-4 with a run scored, two-run homer and tied career-high with four RBI in 11-3 win over High Point (3/4) … 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBI in 10-4 win over Charleston Southern (3/3) … Bases loaded two-run single in 6-0 win over Northeastern (2/21) … 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in 8-3 win over College of Charleston (2/14) … 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI in 7-1 win over College of Charleston (2/14).
