Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR IN 2015
First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference … drafted in the 30th round (894th overall) of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Phillies … finished first in the nation with 0.38 home runs per game … second in the nation with 19 total home runs … started all 50 games in center field … had eight doubles, one triple and 45 RBIs ... had the second longest reached base streak on the team at 26 straight games … led OVC and ranked sixth in the nation with a .690 slugging percentage … finished tied for fourth in the OVC with 18 stolen bases … walked 34 times … had 111 putouts and a .974 fielding percentage … tied EKU record for home runs in a game with three for the second and third times in his career against Morehead State (March 28) and Jacksonville State (May 3) … went 4-for-5 against Southeast Missouri State with three RBIs and one home run (March 8) … went 3-for-4 at Eastern Illinois with two RBIs and two home runs … went 3-for-4 against Tennessee Tech with one RBI, one double, and two stolen bases … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014
Started all 55 games including 50 in center field … had a .307 batting average … led the team with 14 doubles and second on the team with 69 hits … led the team in at-bats with 225 … primary lead-off hitter, starting 51 games in that spot … had a .974 fielding percentage … had 145 putouts with just four errors … had a .467 slugging percentage … third on the team in home runs with six … went 3-for-5 with three home runs and four RBIs against Youngstown State (March 11) … led the team in runs scored with 47 … had two 4-run games and two 3-run games … drew the most walks on the team with 33 … went 4-for-7 with four RBIs and a home run against Northern Kentucky (March 19) … sixth in the OVC in steals with 15 … had 20 multi-hit games including six three-hit games … carried an 11-game hit streak from March 9 to March 23 … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013
Named Louisville-Slugger Freshman All-American … named Ohio Valley Conference Rookie of the Year … selected to OVC All-Freshman Team … selected to OVC All-Tournament Team … made 45 starts in first season with the Colonels, 33 in left field and 12 in right … hit .295 on the season … totaled 51 hits and drove in 26 runs … hit three home runs … posted a .410 on-base percentage … scored 37 runs … stole 17 bases … recorded 15 multiple-hit games … went 5-6 with three RBIs and two home runs against Morehead State (April 7) … tied for fourth in OVC with 17 steals …hit .350 and stole three bases in OVC Tournament … named OVC Player of the Week (April 9) … played for the Cincinnati Steam in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League during the summer of 2013 … 2012-13 Colonel Scholar.

HIGH SCHOOL
First team all-state his senior season at William Henry Harrison High School in Harrison, Ohio … offensive and defensive player of the year … league player of the year … Cincinnati player of the year … all-city … two-time all-state wide receiver as a member of the Harrison football team.

PERSONAL
Full name is Kyle Matthew Nowlin … son of Kirk and Robin Nowlin … major is horticulture with a concentration in turfgrass management.