Kohl Simas Season 2021

2020 SEASON AT SAN DIEGO (As A Sophomore): Transferred to the University of San Diego after spending his freshman year at Fresno City College … Made four relief appearances in his lone season with the Toreros that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Posted the second-lowest ERA on the team (2.45) while striking out 15 batters in 11.0 innings … Pitched three scoreless innings in his collegiate debut, overcoming four walks with a season-high six strikeouts in USD’s 6-5 victory over Oregon (2-15-20) … Tossed a season-long 3.1 innings vs. Nebraska at the Tony Gwynn Legacy (2-21-20) … Offset three walks and one hit with three strikeouts over 1.2 innings in the Toreros’ 6-2 triumph at Indiana (3-7-20).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2018 from Clovis West High School, where he earned Tri-River Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior … Also received second-team all-state recognition from MaxPreps and garnered all-area accolades from the PagMeter ... Posted an 8-3 record in 14 pitching appearances with a 2.30 earned run average and 81 strikeouts in 64.0 innings, according to MaxPreps … Excelled at the plate as well, batting .363 with four home runs and 30 RBIs in 33 games … Cracked 10 doubles and scored 19 runs … Compiled a .416 on-base percentage and a .617 slugging percentage … Was listed among Perfect Game’s top 1,000 college prospects for the 2019 recruiting class … Landed a spot on the high school honor roll all four years.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Fresno, California … Son of Bill and Kimberly Simas … Father played for the Chicago White Sox from 1995-2000 and is the current pitching coach for the Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA) … Has one older brother, Kegan and a young brother, Karson, who is a shortstop in the Boston Red Sox organization … Enjoys hunting, fishing and golfing in his spare time.