Kyle Young '21 Recruiting Profile

Growing up, baseball was the only thing I felt I ever needed. It was all I had in my mind since the San Francisco Giants won their first World Series Championship. Baseball is not just a sport to me, but a kinetic force that shaped the best of me. The game of baseball taught me many things about life and failure.  

I used to be the kid who never really put his best effort forward and always settled for second best. Baseball changed that mentality. It made me so competitive that I never wanted to lose. I’ve made adjustments through my coach’s recommendations and challenged to better myself every day.  With school, I decided to push myself to be the best in my class and I now reign the top of my class. 

I never missed practices. My coaches preached to learn all positions on the field. I wanted to be that “utility” guy that the coach can call on.  I trained primarily as a catcher to lead my team on defense. I want to be the guy who people knew to be clutch. I train my hardest so I don’t fail in those moments. I work hard to improve on the details of my game. I am the first guy at practice asking for ground balls before practice and the last one to leave exchanging ideas with teammates and coaches in the dugout. 

Being part of an amazing travel ball organization, Team Kado Baseball, has given me so much experience.  The coaches have treated me as if I was their own kid both on and off the field. I was taught the importance of commitment, teamwork, leadership, sacrifice, family, and confidence. I also learned the value of what it’s like to be part of a community that trust and supports one another.  I want to someday be able to spread the same teachings to many more young people like myself. 

Since stepping on a baseball field on Day 1, my dream was to play baseball at the collegiate level. I have been doing everything I can to reach that goal. I looking at all school divisions and look forward to the journey ahead.