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11 – KYLE FLOQUET
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B/T:R/R
5-10,
170, Age 20, 2002 Sophomore
Granite
Hills High School, El Cajon CA
COLLEGE
STATUS:
Transfered to San Diego State in Fall 2002
CURRENT: Floquet is a junior at
San Diego State, where he will play for future
Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn this spring. ... Is
expected to start for the Aztecs and is battling
for the first-string shortstop job. ...
Originally signed an NCAA Division I letter of
intent with Sacramento State on May 22, accepting
a full scholarship and turning down scholarship
offers from NCAA Division I Arkansas-Little Rock
and from NAIA power Point Loma Nazarene. ...
Received a release from Sac State in early August
and enrolled at SDSU.
2002
SEASON: Named
to the All-State Community College second team,
All-Southern California first team and
All-Pacicfic Coast Conference first team for the
second straight season. The All-State and
All-Southern California selections were made by
the California Community College Baseball Coaches
Association. The all-conference selection was
made by conference coaches. ... The honors all
came after Floquet batted .390 in 43 games
overall and .404 for 24 Pacific Coast Conference
games, both to lead the team for the second
straight season. For his two-year Palomar career,
Floquet batted .382 in for 340 at-bats in 86
games overall and .390 in 195 at-bats in 49
conference games. ... Constantly stepped it up in
big games, batting .467 (14-for-30) in seven
games against the five Palomar non-conference
opponents that advanced to postseason play –
Glendale (three games), Saddleback, Cypress,
first-round regional champion Orange Coast and
Los Angeles Harbor. ... Also scored 77 runs in
two seasons. ... Named PCC Men's Athlete of the
Week for the week ending April 14 after going
11-for-18 in four games. .... Saw his streak of
71 consecutive games played over two seasons
halted when illness sidelined him for the April 4
game against Southwestern. ... Made a seamless
switch from left field, where he was a
second-team All-State selection a year ago, to
shortstop, his old high school position. ...
Played outstanding defense all season, and in an
18-game stretch from March 9 through April 20
made only one error, handling 114 of 115 chances
successfully. During that 18-game span, he was a
part of 22 double plays, including four against
Pacific Coast Conference champion Grossmont on
April 20. .... Also made the move from No. 3 in
the batting order to leadoff. ... Finished the
season with 71 hits, tied for the team lead with
Sean Richardson and tied for third on the
all-time Palomar single-season list, with
consecutive-game hitting streaks of 13 and nine
games under his belt. ... Led the team lead in
on-base percentage (.451) and tied for second on
the team in RBIs (24). ... Also was first on the
club in steals (9-for-11), second in runs scored
(40), second in walks (17) and led the team with
15 doubles. ... Also was second on the team in
extra-base hits. ... Second on the team with 21
multiple-hit games, including a 4-for-4
performance against Southwestern on March 5. Has
had three-hit performances against Canada
(3-for-4) on Feb. 2, Orange Coast (3-for-5) on
Feb. 20, San Diego Mesa (3-for-6) on March 12,
Imperial Valley (3-for-5) on April 9, Imperial
Valley (3-for-4 and 3-for-4 again) in a
doubleheader on April 11 and Mesa (3-for-4) on
April 18. ... Floquet's other regular-season
multiple-hit games came against Los Angeles
Pierce on Feb. 3, Long Beach City College on Feb.
9, Cypress also on Feb. 9, Saddleback on Feb. 10,
Imperial Valley on Feb. 23, San Diego City
College on March 2, Mesa on March 14, Glendale on
March 26, Southwestern on April 8, Grossmont on
April 23 and Southwestern on April 30, when he
tripled, singled and drove in two runs. Also had
multiple-hit performances in two of three games
in the Southern California Regionals... Doubled
to drive in three runs as he sparked a five-run
eighth inning that gave the Comets an 8-7
comeback win over San Diego City on March 23. ...
His best defensive games during the regular
season came in the 7-4 win over Mesa on March 14,
when he made two outstanding plays on double
plays, threw a player out at the plate and making
a difficult tag in a run-down situation; against
Imperial Valley on April 9 when he made a
spectacular catch in mid-left field near the line
and a spectacular throw; and against Grossmont in
the April 20 game, when he handled 9-of-9 chances
and took a part in the four double plays. ...
Also made a spectacular play to gun down a runner
at the plate in the Comets' regular-season finale
at Southwestern on May 2. Caught the ball on the
grass in left field when a throw from deep right
got by the first cutoff man, wheeled and alertly
rifled the ball home in the same motion. ...
Followed all that with a spectarular performance
on defense in the Southern Cal Regional. ...
Selected as the shortstop on the Preseason
All-Pacific Coast Conference team by San
Diego County College Baseball. ... Was
selected to play in the Fall State All-Star Game
in September but missed the game because of
illness.
2002
POSTSEASON:
Played spectacularly both offensively
and defensively in all three of the Comets' games
in the Southern California Regionals. Started the
postseason with a bang on May 10 by rocketing a
leadoff liner in the top of the first inning at
Glendale's third baseman, who barely had time to
deflect the ball on a play that went for a
double. ... Never let up all weekend. Went
2-for-5 with against Glendale, 2-for-4 with a
double in a 15-14 victory over Los Angeles Harbor
on May 11 and had an RBI single vs. Glendale,
also on May 11, when the Comets were eliminated.
... Continued his reputation for stepping it up
against the best teams by hitting safely in all
five of his postseason games in two seasons at
Palomar and having multiple-hit performances in
four of them. ... Batted .474 in postseason play
over two seasons, going 9-for-19.
2001
SEASON: Came
into his own as a Palomar freshman and was the
Comets' leading hitter both for the season with a
.374 average and in Pacific Coast Conference
games, also with a .374 average. ... Voted to the
all-conference first team by PCC coaches. ... Led
all outfielders in the conference in votes. ...
Also selected to the All-State second team and
All-Southern California first team by the
California Community College Baseball Coaches
Association. ... Floquet finished the season as
the third leading hitter in the conference and as
the leading hitter among PCC freshmen. ... Had a
17-game hitting streak between March 14 and April
23, when he was held hitless against San Diego
Mesa. Began a new streak the following day, also
against Mesa, and hit in his last seven straight
games and in 24 of his last 25 games. ... Led PCC
players in stolen bases with 23 in 26 attempts.
... Moved to fourth on tthe all-time Palomar
single-season list. ... Also led the conference
in walks and walks-to-strikeout ratio (25-12).
... Tied Ralphie Marin for the team lead in hits
(59), which tied him for 10th on the all-time
Palomar single-season list through the 2001
season. ... Was second on the team in runs scored
(35) and tied for second in doubles (14). ... His
.465 on-base percentage led the team, and his
.462 slugging percentage was third best on the
team. ... Also drove in 23 runs. ... Batted third
in the Comets' order.. ... Led the team in
multiple-hit games with 17 – against Cochise
(Ariz.) on Feb. 2, Canada on Feb. 3, Long Beach
City College on Feb. 20, Orange Coast on Feb. 21,
San Diego City College on March 2, San Diego City
College again on March 15, San Diego Mesa on
March 20, San Diego Mesa again on March 22,
Southwestern on March 23, Grossmont on March 24,
Southwestern on April 3, Moorpark on April 10,
Golden West on April 13 and San Diego City
College April 17, Imperial Valley on May 1,
Cypress on May 11 and San Bernardino Valley on
May 12, the last two in the Southern California
Regionals. .... Except for a 7-4 loss to Cochise
in their season opener and the two Regional
games, the Comets won all of the games in which
Floquet had multiple hits. ... In a five-game
span in March, Floquet went 13-for-18 with three
doubles, six runs scored, six RBIs and five
steals in five attempts. During that span, he
went 3-for-3 in a victory over San Diego City
College, was 2-for-3 and 2-4 in a pair of
victories over Mesa, 3-4 in a win over
Southwestern and 3-4 as the Comets beat
Grossmont, 10-4, in an early showdown for the
conference lead on March 25. ... Was named
Pacific Coast Conference Men's Athlete of the
Week for the week that ended March 25. ... Made
the Comets' outstanding defensive play of the
season on April 28 when he ran fullspeed into the
leftfield fence at Grossmont to catch a long
drive hit by Josh Thomas, his onetime Pony League
All-Star teammate. Was knocked motionless to the
ground for several minutes but somehow held onto
the ball. ... Batted .418 for the Comets' last 25
games, including multiple-hit performances in 12
of those 25 games. ... Floquet's breakthrough
community college game came in a 10-4 victory
over then state-ranked Long Beach City College on
the road Feb. 20 when he went 3-for-4 with a
double, two RBIs, two runs scored, two walks and
a stolen base.
2001
POSTSEASON:
Went 2-for-3 and walked in the Comets'
Southern California Regionals opener against
Cypress. ... Came back the following day to go
2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and his 23rd steal
against San Bernardino Valley.
HIGH
SCHOOL: Started
for three seasons on the varsity at Granite Hills
for coach Gordy Thompson and, after Thompson
retired, David Dennis. ... As a sophomore, he
helped the Eagles to the CIF-San Diego Section
Division I championship as their starting third
baseman. Granite Hills was ranked No. 1 in the
Nation by Baseball America. ... Moved to
shortstop for his junior and senior seasons. ...
Hit .392 as a junior with 21 RBIs and 13 steals
and was a first-team All-Grossmont League South
selection. ... Had a 16-game hitting streak as a
junior. ... Began a 10-game streak the game after
his first streak ended. ... Batted .330 as a
senior with 13 stolen bases, again making
all-league.
PERSONAL: Born Dec. 7, 1981 at
Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego. ... His
father, Bob Floquet, is a high school baseball
umpire, high school football official and high
school and college basketball official. ...
Great-nephew of Bob Muncrief, who pitched in 288
games in 12 years in the Major Leagues with the
St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis
Cardinals and New York Yankees, had a career 3.80
earned run average and appeared in two World
Series in which he compiled a 1.04 ERA. Muncrief
counted Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller,
Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle among his
teammates, finishing his career with the 1951
Yanks. ... Cousin of Brian Smith, who played in
the Seattle Mariners organization. ... His uncle
held the 100-yard dash record at Morse High
School and ran a 9.4 for San Diego City College.
... Mother's name is Cathy. ... Has one brother,
Kevin (24), and one sister, Kristi (27).
(Note: Updated
11/16/02. Player biographies are updated weekly
during the season.)
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