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Oliver Boone - Baseball - University of Kentucky Athletics 31

OliverBoone

  • position RHP
  • height 6-4
  • Weight 205
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown North Hollywood, Calif.
  • Previous School California
BIO

*Expected to miss the 2025 season due to injury

PRIOR TO KENTUCKY
Pitched to a 4.45 earned run average in his first year of college baseball, going 1-1 with a save in 12 appearances…Struck out 34 in 30.1 innings and allowed just 21 hits.

2024 (CALIFORNIA)
Made 12 appearances including one start in 2024…Made his collegiate debut tossing three scoreless innings in the 8-0 win over BYU on Feb. 21…Made his first start on April 7 at Arizona…In 30.1 innings pitched he went 1-1 with a save and a 4.45 ERA…Earned hs first collegiate win on Feb. 27 against Sacramento State…Earned his first collegiate save tossing two scoreless innings with five strikeouts in the 5-3 win oer Stanford on May 13…Out of the pen, he was 1-0 with a 4.13 ERA…Held lefties to a .186 average and righties to a .188 average…Opponents hit just .205 (9-for-44) with runners on base against him…Over nine innings averaged 10.09 strikeouts and boasted a K/BB ratio of 2.6.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL
Full name is Oliver Jack Declan Boone…Son of Marshall and Lisa…Has a younger brother, Quinn…Mom is from Cincinnati and is an actress with voice credits in over 200 TV shows…Grandfather was an infielder at the University of Texas…Direct descendant of explorer Daniel Boone…Major is Kinesiology…Played for coach Tom Dill at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California…Team had the best record in school history his senior season…Was the Boras Classic Most Valuable Player…Tossed a complete game shutout in CIF semifinals in 2022 to push school to first D1 final.
*California Athletics Communications contributed to this bio

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