Completed Event: Baseball versus Murray State on June 9, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 5
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Final
Baseball
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vs Murray State
5
2024 Baseball Roster
Yelton, Sam
Jersey Number 32
Sam Yelton
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Harrisburg, N.C.
- High School:
- Central Cabarrus
- B/T:
- L/L
Bio
2024: Appeared in 12 games in 2024 … Scored one run with two at bats …
2023: Did not see game action.
2022: Did not see game action.
Prior to Duke: Four-year letterwinner at Central Cabarrus High School under head coach Ronald Bost … named to the North Carolina AAA All-State Team, Conference Player of the Year, All-Conference and All-Observer First Team in 2019 … tabbed All-Conference in the shortened 2021 season … in 12 games as a senior, batted .359 with 16 RBIs … missed the majority of his junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … batted .439 in 22 games, all starts, as a sophomore … added nine doubles and 17 RBIS while slugging .636 … made 25 appearances as a freshman, hitting .373 with eight doubles, a triple and a home run … also tallied 27 RBIs, 14 walks and 10 stolen bases … member of BETA Club … received the Outstanding Achievement Award in Social Studies … graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Personal: Born Samuel Edward Yelton on June 12, 2002 … son of Todd and Brenda Yelton … has one brother, Talon, and one sister, Breezy … grandfather, Mike Harell, graduated from Duke in 1973.
2023: Did not see game action.
2022: Did not see game action.
Prior to Duke: Four-year letterwinner at Central Cabarrus High School under head coach Ronald Bost … named to the North Carolina AAA All-State Team, Conference Player of the Year, All-Conference and All-Observer First Team in 2019 … tabbed All-Conference in the shortened 2021 season … in 12 games as a senior, batted .359 with 16 RBIs … missed the majority of his junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … batted .439 in 22 games, all starts, as a sophomore … added nine doubles and 17 RBIS while slugging .636 … made 25 appearances as a freshman, hitting .373 with eight doubles, a triple and a home run … also tallied 27 RBIs, 14 walks and 10 stolen bases … member of BETA Club … received the Outstanding Achievement Award in Social Studies … graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Personal: Born Samuel Edward Yelton on June 12, 2002 … son of Todd and Brenda Yelton … has one brother, Talon, and one sister, Breezy … grandfather, Mike Harell, graduated from Duke in 1973.
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