40 Kolbe VanderLeest
Kolbe VanderLeest
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    295
  • Hometown:
    Rockford, Mich.
  • Position:
    1B
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • High School:
    Sparta
  • gp
    16
  • avg
    .270
  • hr
    -
  • rbi
    4
  • r
    3
  • sb
    -
Bio

Junior (2025)

  • Played in 16 games with 11 starts, appearing in 14 of the last 19 games of the year
  • Carried a career-high .270 batting average and .351 slugging percentage
  • Also collected a career-best three doubles
  • Hit safely in each of his last seven games of the year for the longest hitting streak of his career to date
  • Named Academic All-WHAC

Sophomore (2024)

  • Played in 23 ballgames, mostly as a designated hitter in addition to a pair of starts at first base
  • Hit his way into a regular spot in the lineup with base hits in five straight conference games from 3/25-4/7 to begin a season-long 11-game on-base streak from 3/25-4/20
  • Scored a career-high four runs due to being hit by four pitches on 4/16 at Kent State Tuscarawas, the most in a game by a Yellow Jacket in either category in 2024
  • Also recorded first collegiate stolen base during the 12-1 win
  • In the second game of the doubleheader at KST on 4/16, recorded his first multi-hit game at DC with a 3-for-6 contest that featured a pair of RBIs
  • Hit safely in 5 of 6 games from 4/16-4/27 and hit .364 (8-for-22) during that stretch...Finished second in the program with eight hit-by-pitch

Freshman (2023)

  • Appeared in nine games and made two starts while carrying a .250 average (3-for-12)
  • Made his collegiate debut against St. Elizabeth on 3/13 and ripped an RBI during his first plate appearance while DC went on to win 13-2
  • Smacked a pinch-hit, game-tying RBI single in the eighth inning of Defiance’s 7-6 win vs. WestConn on 3/17
  • Worked four walks over last two games, snapping nine plate appearances

Personal

  • Majoring in biology and environmental science
Recent games
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 16 14
Plate appearances 42 40
At Bats 37 35
Runs 3 3
Hits 10 10
Doubles 3 3
Triples - -
Home Runs - -
Runs Batted In 4 4
Total bases 13 13
Walks 2 2
Hit by pitch 2 2
Strikeouts 14 13
Sacrifice Flies - -
Sacrifice Hits 1 1
Hit into double play 1 1
Stolen Bases - -
Caught Stealing - -
Batting Average .270 .286
On Base Percentage .341 .359
Slugging Percentage .351 .371
Game Log - Hitting
Game Log - Base Running
Game Log - Pitching
Game Log - Fielding

Career Stats: Hitting

Career Stats: Base Running

Career Stats: Pitching

Career Stats: Fielding

Splits Stats: Hitting

Splits Stats: Base Running

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Splits Stats: Fielding

News mentions
Jackets sweep UM-Dearborn with walk-off on Senior Day
Jackets swept by hot-hitting Madonna
Jackets swept by hot-hitting Madonna
Jackets rally to snap losing streak during split at Aquinas
DC handed two defeats by red-hot Concordia