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Jersey Number 43
Kade Mechals
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 180
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- McMinnville, Ore.
- HS:
- McMinnville
- Prev School:
- Skagit Valley
- Phonetic:
- MECK-ulls
- Major:
- Business Adminstration
Bio
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2020 MLB Draft
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Lopes in the Pros 96th pick View full history |
Suggested reading: Insider: Mechals hits new levels
Suggested viewing: Cotton & Mechals summer ball | Mechals postgame WAC Tournament
Grand Canyon
2020 | Senior
- Picked up where he left off in 2019, starting three games and posting a 2.35 ERA.
- Led GCU to its sixth home-opening win in its last seven tries, dominating No. 16 Oklahoma State. Limited Cowboys to one run on three hits with eight strikeouts in five innings of work.
- Limited opponents to a .164 batting average, a mark that led the team.
- Tied for second on team with 18 strikeouts.
2019 | Junior
- Was a 40th-round selection of the Miami Marlins in the 2019 MLB Draft but elected to return for senior season.
- Named a first-team All-WAC starting pitcher, the first at GCU since 2014.
- Prior to the start of the NCAA Tournament, was the nation's co-leader with 11 wins, tying GCU's Division I record. It was the most wins in program history since Bart Grubbs' 11 in 1991.
- Became the first GCU pitcher to hit the 100-strikeout mark since Jeff Swanson in 2004.
- Posted the best earned run average (2.16) in the program's D-I history.
- Announced arrival by only allowing one run in his first three starts against Wichita State, TCU and USC, which cumulatively have 33 College World Series appearances.
- Led the WAC in opponent batting average (.193) and was second in strikeouts and ERA.
- Recorded double-digit strikeout games in wins over Xavier (11 on March 14) and in the WAC Tournament against UT Rio Grande Valley (10 on May 23).
- Had seven scoreless starts of at least six innings.
- Faced one over the minimum in seven innings of work at Chicago State on April 28, earning WAC Pitcher of the Week honors.
- Tossed six scoreless innings of four-hit baseball to lead GCU to its second ever WAC Tournament victory and earning All-Tournament team honors.
Summer League
- 2018 - Orleans Firebirds (Cape Cod)
- 2017 - Kelowna Falcons (West Coast)
Previous College
Skagit Valley College - Mount Vernon, Wash.
- Appeared in eight games (all starts) and posted a 1.72 ERA. Struck out 77 batters in 47.0 innings of work while allowing just 17 hits.
- Led the 28-school Northwest Athletic Conference in opponent batting average (.106).
- Named first team All-NWAC.
Western Oregon University - Monmouth, Ore.
- Served as the Wolves' closer, nailing down seven saves. Finished with a 1.59 ERA in 22.2 innings of work while striking out 37.
- Finished second in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in saves.
- Was named second team All-GNAC and earned NCBWA All-West Region second team honors.
High School
McMinnville High School - McMinnville, Ore.
- Helped lead his team to the semifinal round of the state playoffs as a junior and the quarterfinals as a senior.
- Favorite high school sports memory was tossing a no-hitter in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs to defeat No. 2-seeded North Medford as a junior in 2015.
- Racked up the accolades during his prep career: Greater Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year, first team all-state, state all-star series, Pitcher of the Year for the South All-Star team, All-Yamhill Valley three times.
- Was a team captain three of four seasons.
- Also played basketball, where he was named Most Inspirational Player.
- Graduated with an Honors Diploma and was a member of the National Honor Society for three years.
- Played club for Baseball Northwest, Metro Baseball, NW Diamond Sports, Mound Time and Dirtbags Legion.
Personal
- Parents are Kip and Jody Mechals.
- Mother, Jody, played volleyball at Western Oregon (1984-88).
- Sister, Karly, played soccer at Western State Colorado University.
- Chose GCU because "the coaches seemed like people who want to not only teach the game of baseball, but also help players grow as people, and the school just felt like home."
- Favorite sports teams are the Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle Mariners.
- Favorite players to watch growing up included Edgar Martinez, Derek Jeter and Emmitt Smith.
GCU Baseball - WAC Tournament vs. Utah Tech - Highlights
Thursday, May 22
Baseball at Stanford - Barreras' game-winning double
Saturday, May 10
Baseball vs. Arizona (5/6/25) - Yorke homers twice to break record
Wednesday, May 07
GCU Baseball - Eli Paton walk-off single vs. UTA
Saturday, April 26
