Air Force Academy

Derck Kasel

39

Class: Senior Hometown: Ft. Collins, Colo. High School: Ft. Collins

Height / Weight: 6-2 / 220 Position: IF Bats/Throws: R/R

Air Force: Junior: Played in 50 games, started 43… Started 38 at designated hitter… Fourth on the team with a .368 batting average… Led the team with four triples… Four home runs were fourth on the team… 39 RBI were fifth… Hit .313, fourth best on the team, in MWC games… 10 doubles were second while 19 RBI were fourth in conference games… Named to the all-tournament team at the Service Academies Classic, Feb. 22-23… Hit .667 (6-for-9) with three doubles and three RBI… Hit over .360 in five MWC series… Season highs of four runs, four hits and five RBI vs. Metro State.

Sophomore: Played in 34 games... Started 11 games at first base and 12 at designated hitter... Hit .231... Hit .261 in conference games... Season-best two hits, two RBI and two runs scored vs. UNLV, March 11.

Freshman: Played in 38 games, started in eight at designated hitter... Hit .322 with six doubles and 16 RBI... Hit .357 against MWC teams, the second best average on the team... 11 of his 16 RBI came with two outs... Drove in the game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth in a win over Brigham Young... Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored against UNLV.

High School (Fort Collins): Lettered four years in baseball playing first and third base... Played for Pueblo South High School as a freshman and sophomore... Team won the 4A state championship in 1997 (sophomore year)... First-team all-state twice... Honorable mention All-American as a senior at third base... Named all-conference twice... Conference player of the year as a senior... Team won the district title as a junior and senior... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Member of Cadet Squadron 25, the Red Eye... Major is management... Nickname is Cowboy... Hobbies are hunting, fishing, hiking and riding horses… Birthdate is Sept. 9, 1979... Is the human relations officer in his squadron… Also recruited by Duke, San Diego St., Ohio St. and Iowa St... Younger brother, Dale, is a sophomore on the Falcon baseball team... Favorite major league team is the Colorado Rockies.... Favorite player is Rockies' right fielder Larry Walker

Kasel’s Career Batting Stats

 YEAR	         G/S 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	SB 	BB 	K	AVG
2000 (Fr.)	38/8	59	11	19	6	1	0	16	0	6	22	.322	
2001 (So.)	34/23	78	13	18	2	2	0	3	1	10	24	.231
2002 (Jr.)	50/43	163	37	60	16	4	4	39	2	19	34	.368
Career	         122/74	300	61	97	24	7	4	58	3	35	80	.323