Former Youngstown State All-American outfielder Kyle Fossum has signed a minor league contact with the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.

Fossum, the 2025 Horizon League Player of the Year, was named to the ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region First Team and the ABCA/Rawlings All-America Third Team following his breakout senior campaign with the Penguins. The Seattle, Wash., native became just the third player in YSU history to garner All-America honors. Fossum was the first Penguin to collect All-American recognition since Jim Lipinski earned honorable mention honors in 2001.

"We could not be more thrilled for Kyle to receive this opportunity with the Colorado Rockies organization," said YSU head coach Trevor Charpie. "Kyle is one of the most talented and naturally gifted hitters I have ever been around, but his grit, perseverance and work ethic is even more impressive. We're so thankful to have had the chance to coach him and welcome him into the YSU Baseball family. Kyle made such an impact on our program in so many ways, and we are excited to see where he will do with this next opportunity."

Fossum put together one of the most prolific and productive seasons at the plate in YSU history in 2025 after spending the first three years of his career at the University of Washington. He 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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