2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Kade Elam
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 215
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Barbourville, Ky.
- High School:
- Corbin
- Prev School:
- Corbin HS
CAREER HONORS
• 2026 Academic All-ACC Team
2026: Played in 55 of 57 games with 54 starts (52 at 2B, 2 at SS) as a freshman ... Posted a .297 average with 14 doubles, a triple and seven home runs ... Drove in 36 and scored 46 times ... Finished 4-for-4 in stolen bases ... Started on Opening Day at second base against Michigan State, doubling in his first collegiate at-bat ... Tallied his first multi-hit game on Feb. 15 against Michigan State ... Drove in a pair of runs and scored twice in the win over Xavier on Feb. 17 ... Recorded six hits in the series against Seton Hall, including a 3-for-5 showing in the middle game ... Went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs scored and his first career home run in the win over Marshall on March 10 ... Tallied three straight two-hit games in the Notre Dame series ... Had a 12-game hitting streak from March 1-20 ... Drove in two runs against Pitt on March 27 ... Had two hits and two RBIs in the win at EKU on March 31 ... Went 6-for-14 in the series at Duke, picking up a triple and homer in game one, before going 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs in game two ... Hit a three-run homer in the win over Stanford on April 11 ... Had three straight multi-hit games against Kentucky and Clemson ... Hit a two-run homer at Vanderbilt on May 5 ... Recorded his first career multi-homer game in the win over Bellarmine on May 12.
High School: Lettered five years in baseball, four in football and two in basketball at Corbin High School … Named Mr. Baseball in the state of Kentucky in 2025 after hitting .455 with five homers and 41 RBIs while leading Corbin to a second straight 13th Region championship … Was a four-time All-State selection in baseball … Also earned two All-State honors as quarterback of the Redhounds … Ranked the No. 62 overall player nationally and No. 2 in the state of Kentucky by Prep Baseball Report.
Personal: Son of Bart and Jess Elam … Has two younger sisters – Masyn and Karsyn … Enjoys golfing … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Eagles … Favorite athlete is Brandon Crawford … For Love of the Game is his favorite movie … Favorite music artist is Tyler Childers.
• 2026 Academic All-ACC Team
2026: Played in 55 of 57 games with 54 starts (52 at 2B, 2 at SS) as a freshman ... Posted a .297 average with 14 doubles, a triple and seven home runs ... Drove in 36 and scored 46 times ... Finished 4-for-4 in stolen bases ... Started on Opening Day at second base against Michigan State, doubling in his first collegiate at-bat ... Tallied his first multi-hit game on Feb. 15 against Michigan State ... Drove in a pair of runs and scored twice in the win over Xavier on Feb. 17 ... Recorded six hits in the series against Seton Hall, including a 3-for-5 showing in the middle game ... Went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs scored and his first career home run in the win over Marshall on March 10 ... Tallied three straight two-hit games in the Notre Dame series ... Had a 12-game hitting streak from March 1-20 ... Drove in two runs against Pitt on March 27 ... Had two hits and two RBIs in the win at EKU on March 31 ... Went 6-for-14 in the series at Duke, picking up a triple and homer in game one, before going 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs in game two ... Hit a three-run homer in the win over Stanford on April 11 ... Had three straight multi-hit games against Kentucky and Clemson ... Hit a two-run homer at Vanderbilt on May 5 ... Recorded his first career multi-homer game in the win over Bellarmine on May 12.
High School: Lettered five years in baseball, four in football and two in basketball at Corbin High School … Named Mr. Baseball in the state of Kentucky in 2025 after hitting .455 with five homers and 41 RBIs while leading Corbin to a second straight 13th Region championship … Was a four-time All-State selection in baseball … Also earned two All-State honors as quarterback of the Redhounds … Ranked the No. 62 overall player nationally and No. 2 in the state of Kentucky by Prep Baseball Report.
Personal: Son of Bart and Jess Elam … Has two younger sisters – Masyn and Karsyn … Enjoys golfing … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Eagles … Favorite athlete is Brandon Crawford … For Love of the Game is his favorite movie … Favorite music artist is Tyler Childers.
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