Kade Lewis

Height:
6-2
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sartell, Minn.

Career Accolades

Drafted by the Cleveland Guardians in the fourth round of the 2026 MLB Draft
2026 Second Team All-ACC
2025 Second Team All-ACC
2025 NCBWA Third Team All-American
2024 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
2024 Perfect Game Second Team Freshman All-American
2024 Second Team All-BIG EAST

Junior (2026)
Selected in the fourth round of the 2026 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Guardians… ABCA Third Team All-American… Second Team All-ACC… Appeared in 59 of Wake Forest's 60 games, making 59 starts while splitting time between first base and third base. Earned All-ACC Second Team honors after hitting .354 with a .444 on-base percentage and a .592 slugging percentage. Led the Demon Deacons with 79 hits and 58 RBIs while adding 12 doubles, one triple and 13 home runs. Scored 57 runs, drew 34 walks and totaled 26 extra-base hits and 132 total bases. Recorded 27 multi-hit games and 19 multi-RBI performances, including a season-high four-RBI outing against NC State on April 19. Ranked among the team's leaders in batting average, hits, RBIs, home runs, runs scored and total bases. Defensively, totaled 317 putouts and 18 assists while helping guide Wake Forest to an NCAA Regional appearance.

Sophomore (2025)
Appeared in and started 60 games during the 2025 season for the Demon Deacons… Named Second Team All-ACC… Selected as a Golden Spikes Semifinalist… Led the team with a .376 batting average over 226 plate appearances… Logged 85 hits, 59 RBIs, and 45 walks, all of which ranked second on the team in 2025… Also added 29 extra base hits, including 11 home runs… Recorded 17 multi-RBI games during the season, including nine games with three or more RBIs… Went 3-for-3 with three runs scored in his Wake Forest debut against Long Island (2/14)... Added home runs in back-to-back games against St. John’s (2/21-22)... Recorded a season-high four RBIs with three hits and a home run against Maryland (3/1)... Recorded a hit during all 18 games in March, finishing the month with 32 total hits, including eight home runs and seven doubles, and 33 RBIs…Went on an eight-game RBI streak during the first two weeks of March, including going 6-for-10 with six RBIs, three doubles, a home run, and four runs scored during the series sweep against Notre Dame… Went 4-for-4 with three RBIs against Coastal Carolina (3/11)... Added a second eight-game RBI streak to end March, going 14-for-29 during that stretch with 16 RBIs… Logged another three-RBI performance to help the Deacs claim the final game of the series against Florida State (4/6).

2024 (at Butler)
Second Team Freshman All-American (Perfect Game)… BIG EAST Freshman of the Year… Second Team All-BIG EAST selection… Played in 53 games, making 51 starts… Led the team and the BIG EAST Conference with a .377 batting average… Recorded 78 hits in 207 at-bats… Ranked second in the BIG EAST in hits (78) and total bases (128)… Ranked third in the BIG EAST in RBIs (51) and slugging percentage (.618)… First home run of his collegiate career was a two-run shot in game one at Alabama A&M (Feb. 23)… Season-high five RBIs in the final game at Indiana (March 30)… Ended the year with 12 doubles, a team-high four triples and 10 home runs… Scored 43 runs… Posted a .987 fielding percentage… Hit a home run in three-straight games from March 30 – April 5… Multiple hits in 10-straight games from March 15-28… Ended the year with 25 multi-hit games… Had multiple RBIs in 13 games… Reached base safely in 27-straight contests… Longest hitting streak covered 14 games

Background: Two-year starter at Sartell High School… Set school records in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs, home runs, runs batted in and total bases… Two-time All-Conference selection… Two-time All-State honoree… Team Captain as a senior… Minnesota 4A Player of the Year… Minnesota Mr. Baseball Finalist… Hit .505 as a senior with 10 doubles and seven home runs… Recorded 35 RBI and scored 41 runs… Helped his team post a 20-7 overall as a senior… Part of two Sectional Championship Teams… Went 3-for-5 in the first round of sectionals with two home runs, a double and nine RBI

Personal: Born June 4, 2005…Son of Kai and Kristin Lewis…Has three siblings; Kalen, Karson, and Kameron