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Jersey Number 13
Tyriq Kemp
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 156
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Prev School:
- Western Oklahoma CC
CAREER HONORS
โข 2025 All-Big 12 First Team INF
โข 2025 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
โข 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team
2025 (SENIOR): Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the sixth round of the 2025 MLB Draft โฆ Put together an All-Big 12 First Team season, batting .358, slugging .542 and posting a .988 OPS โฆ Named a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, which recognizes the nationโs top shortstop โฆ ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region first-team shortstop โฆ Ranked the No. 23 shortstop in the country by D1Baseball in Week 12 of the season โฆ Led the Bears with 72 hits, including 14 doubles, one triple and a career-high seven home runs โฆ Scored 48 runs and drove in 39 on the year โฆ Committed just nine errors and fielded at a .962 clip, marking one of the best defensive seasons by a BU shortstop in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) โฆ Started all 55 games at shortstop and improved his batting average by 120 points from 2024 (.238) โฆ Racked up 20 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games in 2025 โฆ Hit .381 in April with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and 14 RBIs โฆ Reached base in 30 consecutive games going into the Big 12 Championship โฆ Hit his first home run of the season in third game of the year against Youngstown State (2/15) โฆ Hit a two-run bomb at Kansas (3/15) as part of a three-game stretch with at least two RBIs โฆ Took off at Arizona (3/28-30) where he went 7-for-13 on the weekend, including a four-hit day in the series finale โฆ Logged a 16-game hitting streak from March 28 to April 22 โฆ Drove in all four runs in Baylorโs 4-3 victory over Utah (4/18) as part of an incredible 4-for-4, 2-HR performance against the Utes โฆ Capped off his hitting streak with fifth home run of the season against HCU (4/22) โฆ Made multiple highlight-reel plays during Arizona State series (5/2-4), including one that landed at No. 8 on ESPNโs SportsCenter โฆ Scored the game-winning run in BUโs walk-off win over Oklahoma State (5/11) to round out the home slate at Baylor Ballpark โฆ Had a two-homer day at UCF (5/17) in regular-season finale โฆ Drove in two runs against Oklahoma State (5/21) at Big 12 Championship.
2024 (JUNIOR): Played in all 53 games and made 51 starts at shortstop ... Hit .238 with two HRs and 18 RBIs ... Recorded 38 hits, including eight doubles ... Scored 25 runs and stole five bases ... Tallied 11 multi-hit and four multi-RBI efforts on the year ... Made his Baylor debut on 2/16 against Nebraska ... Recorded first multi-hit game of season against Oral Roberts (3/3) ... Collected first RBI of season against Sam Houston (3/19) ... Recorded first-career double against HCU (4/2) ... Posted first-career multi-RBI game against BYU, going 2-for-3 (4/12) and starting a stretch of five-straight multi-hit performances ... Hit first-career HR, going 3-for-6 with fourย RBIs against BYU (4/13) ... Tied career-high with three hits against UT Arlington (4/16) ... Notched fifth-straight multi-hit game of season against Kansas (4/21) ... Collected career-high two doubles and three RBIs against UCF (5/17).
2022-23 (Western Oklahoma State College): Played two seasons at Western Oklahoma State College โฆ As a sophomore in 2023, hit .375 with nine home runs and 41 RBIs โฆ Stole 25 bases in sophomore campaign โฆ Added 15 doubles and two triples โฆ Fielded at a .956 clip โฆ As a freshman in 2022, hit .394 with eight home runs, 51 RBIs and stole 15 bases โฆ Added 16 doubles โฆ Helped team to state semifinals appearance.
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Prep Career: Attended Alexander College and Albeda College in Rotterdam, The Netherlands โฆ Member of 2022 Dutch National Team that placed eighth at U23 Baseball World Cup in Mexico โฆ Won gold medal in 2021 with U23 Dutch National Team at European Baseball Championship in Italy โฆ Member of 2019 Dutch National Team that placed seventh at U18 Baseball World Cup in South Korea โฆ Won gold medal with 2018 U18 Dutch National Team at European Baseball Championship in Italy โฆ Took silver in 2017 with U15 Dutch National Team at European Baseball Championship in Austria.
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Personal: Son of Susan Kemp-Chung and Adonis Kemp โฆ Has two older brothers, Dwayne and Urving โฆ Majoring in communication.
โข 2025 All-Big 12 First Team INF
โข 2025 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
โข 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team
2025 (SENIOR): Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the sixth round of the 2025 MLB Draft โฆ Put together an All-Big 12 First Team season, batting .358, slugging .542 and posting a .988 OPS โฆ Named a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, which recognizes the nationโs top shortstop โฆ ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region first-team shortstop โฆ Ranked the No. 23 shortstop in the country by D1Baseball in Week 12 of the season โฆ Led the Bears with 72 hits, including 14 doubles, one triple and a career-high seven home runs โฆ Scored 48 runs and drove in 39 on the year โฆ Committed just nine errors and fielded at a .962 clip, marking one of the best defensive seasons by a BU shortstop in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) โฆ Started all 55 games at shortstop and improved his batting average by 120 points from 2024 (.238) โฆ Racked up 20 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games in 2025 โฆ Hit .381 in April with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and 14 RBIs โฆ Reached base in 30 consecutive games going into the Big 12 Championship โฆ Hit his first home run of the season in third game of the year against Youngstown State (2/15) โฆ Hit a two-run bomb at Kansas (3/15) as part of a three-game stretch with at least two RBIs โฆ Took off at Arizona (3/28-30) where he went 7-for-13 on the weekend, including a four-hit day in the series finale โฆ Logged a 16-game hitting streak from March 28 to April 22 โฆ Drove in all four runs in Baylorโs 4-3 victory over Utah (4/18) as part of an incredible 4-for-4, 2-HR performance against the Utes โฆ Capped off his hitting streak with fifth home run of the season against HCU (4/22) โฆ Made multiple highlight-reel plays during Arizona State series (5/2-4), including one that landed at No. 8 on ESPNโs SportsCenter โฆ Scored the game-winning run in BUโs walk-off win over Oklahoma State (5/11) to round out the home slate at Baylor Ballpark โฆ Had a two-homer day at UCF (5/17) in regular-season finale โฆ Drove in two runs against Oklahoma State (5/21) at Big 12 Championship.
2024 (JUNIOR): Played in all 53 games and made 51 starts at shortstop ... Hit .238 with two HRs and 18 RBIs ... Recorded 38 hits, including eight doubles ... Scored 25 runs and stole five bases ... Tallied 11 multi-hit and four multi-RBI efforts on the year ... Made his Baylor debut on 2/16 against Nebraska ... Recorded first multi-hit game of season against Oral Roberts (3/3) ... Collected first RBI of season against Sam Houston (3/19) ... Recorded first-career double against HCU (4/2) ... Posted first-career multi-RBI game against BYU, going 2-for-3 (4/12) and starting a stretch of five-straight multi-hit performances ... Hit first-career HR, going 3-for-6 with fourย RBIs against BYU (4/13) ... Tied career-high with three hits against UT Arlington (4/16) ... Notched fifth-straight multi-hit game of season against Kansas (4/21) ... Collected career-high two doubles and three RBIs against UCF (5/17).
2022-23 (Western Oklahoma State College): Played two seasons at Western Oklahoma State College โฆ As a sophomore in 2023, hit .375 with nine home runs and 41 RBIs โฆ Stole 25 bases in sophomore campaign โฆ Added 15 doubles and two triples โฆ Fielded at a .956 clip โฆ As a freshman in 2022, hit .394 with eight home runs, 51 RBIs and stole 15 bases โฆ Added 16 doubles โฆ Helped team to state semifinals appearance.
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Prep Career: Attended Alexander College and Albeda College in Rotterdam, The Netherlands โฆ Member of 2022 Dutch National Team that placed eighth at U23 Baseball World Cup in Mexico โฆ Won gold medal in 2021 with U23 Dutch National Team at European Baseball Championship in Italy โฆ Member of 2019 Dutch National Team that placed seventh at U18 Baseball World Cup in South Korea โฆ Won gold medal with 2018 U18 Dutch National Team at European Baseball Championship in Italy โฆ Took silver in 2017 with U15 Dutch National Team at European Baseball Championship in Austria.
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Personal: Son of Susan Kemp-Chung and Adonis Kemp โฆ Has two older brothers, Dwayne and Urving โฆ Majoring in communication.
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