Youngstown State senior outfielder Kyle Fossum was voted a Third-Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association when the organization announced its 2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams on Friday.

Fossum becomes just the third player in YSU history to garner All-America honors. The Seattle, Wash., native is the first Penguin to collect All-American recognition since Jim Lipinski earned honorable mention honors in 2001.

Fossum was also selected to the ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association on Tuesday. He became the first Penguin since 2021 to earn first-team all-region honors. ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team selections were eligible for All-America honors.

Fossum enjoyed one of the most prolific and productive seasons at the plate in program history in 2025 after spending the first three years of his career at Washington. The senior batted .382 with 84 hits while setting new single-season school records for home runs (23), RBIs (62), runs scored (67), slugging percentage (.777) and total bases (171). Fossum also recorded 18 doubles, 46 walks, a .496 on-base percentage, a 1.273 OPS and nine stolen bases while starting all 57 games. He ranked in the top 10 in the Horizon League in batting average, hits, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, RBIs, runs scored, home runs, doubles and walks.

Fossum became just the second player in YSU history and the first since Tom Clayton in 2010 to be named Horizon League Player of the Year. He was also named First-Team All-Horizon League to become the first YSU outfielder to garner first-team all-league honors since Trey Bridis in 2018. Fossum batted .423 and slugged .902 with 52 hits, 14 doubles, 15 home runs and 36 RBIs over 30 games in Horizon League play. In Horizon League games only, he led all players in batting average, hits, runs scored and doubles. Fossum was twice named the Horizon League Batter of the Week during the 2025 season.

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