Tweet

Updated: May 28, 2015

Career Honors

• 2013 NCAA Blacksburg Regional All-Tournament Team, outfield

Career Highlights: Has one walk-off RBI hit, driving in the winning run with a 10th-inning single versus Coastal Carolina on April 17, 2012 … Has five career game-winning RBIs and 10 career game-winning runs scored … That includes the go-ahead run in the 11th frame in a win at No. 27 Virginia on March 9, 2012 and the walk-off run in the victory over Clemson on March 22, 2015 … Also had six career pinch-hits and four outfield assists.

2015: Started eight games – five in right field, two in left and one in center – while playing in 34 games total … Had two multi-hit games and scored three game-winning runs … Batted .156 with seven hits, including a triple and a home run, and had 10 total bases for a .222 slugging percentage … Scored nine runs and had three RBIs … Drew six walks for a .255 on-base percentage.

2014: Made 36 starts – 18 in right field, 16 in left and two in center – and played in 49 games total … Had six multi-hit games, including two with three, one multi-RBI game and two multi-run scoring games … Registered a five-game hitting streak and had a five-game reached base streak … Batted .255 with 35 hits, including six doubles, a triple and a home run, for 46 total bases and a .336 slugging percentage … Scored 17 runs and knocked in 12 … Drew 14 walks and was hit by a pitch four times for a .340 on-base percentage … Was 5-for-8 on stolen base attempts … Went hitless in eight pinch-hit opportunities with one walk.

2013: Made 31 starts – 22 in center, five in right and four in left – and played in 46 games total … Posted seven multi-hit games, including one game with three hits, while adding five multi-RBI games and three multi-run games … Batted .250 with 30 hits, including two doubles, two triples and two home runs for 42 total bases and a .350 slugging percentage … Scored 22 runs and drove in 13 … Drew 10 walks, was hit by a pitch three times and had a .321 on-base percentage … Was 2-for-7 on stolen base attempts … As a pinch hitter, had a team-high tying two hits with a walk and scored once as a pinch runner … Also notched an outfield assist.

2012: Made 18 starts – 12 in right, five in center and one in left – and played in 43 games total … Posted five multi-hit games, including one game with three hits, while adding two multi-run games and one multi-RBI game … Batted .241 with 21 hits, including three doubles and one triple for 26 total bases and a .299 slugging percentage … Scored 14 runs and drove in 11 … Drew two walks, was hit by a pitch four times and had a .290 on-base percentage … Was 4-for-7 on stolen base attempts … As a pinch hitter, had a team-high tying four hits, including an RBI single and double, and scored three times as a pinch runner … Also notched a pair of outfield assists.

2011: Redshirted the season.

High School: Earned a pair of varsity letters playing for Peter Mueller at Montgomery … Was a two-time All-Somerset County, all-area (central Jersey), and All-Skyland Conference selection … After senior season, in which he batted .512 with 43 hits (both school records), with eight doubles, four triples, 10 home runs and 42 RBIs, was named Trenton Times player of the year … Was also the team MVP and earned all-state and All-Group 4 selections … Finished his career with a school record .418 batting average.

Personal: Kyle David Wernicki … Born April 29, 1992 in Princeton, New Jersey … Son of John and Jean Wernicki … Has an older brother, Steve … Majoring in mechanical engineering.