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2027 Baseball Roster

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3 Nate Kirkpatrick

  • Position Infielder
  • Height / Weight 6-1 / 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
  • High School (Prev. School) Langley Secondary (Saint Mary's)
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Atlantic 10 Champion (2026)
NCAA Chapel Hill Regional All-Tournament Team (2026)


IN THE RECORD BOOK
  • Tied single-game record, 3 doubles (at Saint Joseph's, 5/10/2026)
CAREER HIGHS
(through games May 31, 2026)
  • Hits: 4 (2x), last at Dayton, 3/22/26
  • Doubles: 3, last at Saint Joseph’s, 5/10/26
  • Home Runs: 1 (12x), last vs. Rhode Island, 5/22/26
  • Runs: 3 (2x), last HOLY CROSS-2, 2/14/26
  • RBI: 5, HOLY CROSS-2, 2/14/26
  • Walks: 3, at UMass, 5/15/25
  • Stolen Bases: 1 (4x), last vs. Rhode Island, 5/24/26
  • At-Bats: 6, at Dayton, 3/22/26
  • Hitting Streak: 9 Games, 4/28/26–5/14/26
2026/JUNIOR
  • Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
  • Named to NCAA Chapel Hill Regional All-Tournament Team
  • Tabbed Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 23)
  • One of four Rams to play all 63 games, making 62 starts (60 at third base)
  • Slashed .308/.390/.494 with a team-leading 58 RBI and five sac flies
  • Finished second on the team with 73 hits and 17 doubles
  • Belted a career-high nine home runs, scoring 51 runs and tallying 117 total bases on the year
  • In doubleheader sweep of Holy Cross, had eight RBI, five runs and six hits, including two doubles and a home run (Feb. 14)
  • Homered in every game of series win at Dayton and had his second four-hit game of the season, totaling seven hits, six RBI and five runs on the weekend (March 20-22)
  • Went 3-5 with three doubles, three RBI and a pair of runs in series-clinching run-rule win at Saint Joseph's (May 10)
  • Over career-long nine-game hitting streak, collected 18 hits, 13 RBI, 12 runs and eight XBH (April 28-May 14)
  • Tallied a hit in each of VCU's three NCAA Regional games, belting a two-out, two-run double in elimination game victory over No. 23 Tennessee (May 30)
2025/SOPHOMORE
  • Made 38 starts across 41 appearances in his debut season with VCU
  • 31 hits, including six doubles and three home runs
  • Notched 17 runs, 17 RBI and 10 walks
  • Posted a .223 batting average
  • Drove in a pair of runs with a homer in Rams' first win of the Coach Thompson era at Charleston (Feb. 15)
  • Had his first multi-hit game at No. 4 North Carolina (Feb. 25)
  • Went 3-4 with a season-high three runs and an RBI in win over Longwood (March 25)
  • Collected five hits with a pair of doubles in series victory over George Washington (April 4-6)
  • Had a pinch-hit 3-run home run in the ninth inning at St. Bonaventure (May 2)
  • Closed out the season with an active eight-game reached base streak, beginning May 2 at St. Bonaventure
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Played freshman season at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Calif. 
  • Named a 2024 West Coast League All-Star with the Bellingham Bells
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Three-year varsity letterwinner at Langley Secondary under coach Doug Mathesion
  • Ranked the No. 3 shortstop in British Columbia by Perfect Game
  • Won the Premier Baseball League Provincial Championship in 2021 with Langley
  • Also played hockey at Delta Hockey Academy
PERSONAL
  • Son of Glenn and Jenn Kirkpatrick
  • Has one sister, Rebecca
  • Member of Team Canada in the 2015 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.
  • Go-to walk-up song is Saskatchewan Pirate by Captain Tractor
  • Enjoys fishing on off days
  • Intends to major in economics

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2025Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'1" 215 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2026Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 215 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2027Senior

    Infielder
    6'1" 215 lbs
    3