2025 Baseball Roster
Neighbors, Kamau
Jersey Number 5
Kamau Neighbors
- B/T:
- S/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Carson, Calif.
- High School:
- Voyager Academy
- Prev School:
- Cal State Northridge
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2025 College World Series All-Tournament Team
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2025 Lou Gehrig Community Impact Team
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2024 Big West All-Academic Team
2025: Played in 53 games, starting 44 (all at 2B) ... Finished with a .283 batting average, notching five doubles and two triples ... Drove in 20 runs and scored 22 times ... Went 13-for-15 in stolen bases ... Made his Louisville debut at 2B on opening night against Texas ... Drove in two runs in the win over Morehead State on March 4, including taking a bases loaded walk to tie the game in the ninth ... Had a pair of hits and scored twice in the win over Lipscomb on March 11 ... Picked up two hits, drove in one and scored once in the win over Cal on March 28 ... Had two hits and drove in the go-ahead run in the win over WKU on April 15 ... Tallied two hits and drove in two against Florida State on April 27 ... Had two hits, including a triple, against Bellarmine on May 13 ... Reached base four times and drove in two against Wake Forest on May 17 ... Had a career day against Arizona in the College World Series, going 4-for-4 with a RBI and run scored ... Tallied two hits and reached base four times against Coastal Carolina on June 18 ... Hit .615 (8-for-13) and reached base 11 times in four College World Series games.
2024 (CSU Northridge): Started all 54 games, primarily at third base and leading off … slashed .305/.436/.420 ... ranked second on the team in hits (61), runs scored (48) and doubles (12) ... ranked fourth in the nation in toughest to strikeout (20.0) and 12th in sacrifice hits (12) ... led the team and ranked seventh in the Big West in walks with 38 ... went 8-for-10 in stolen base attempts ... topped the team with a 19-game hit streak while he posted a 22-game on-base streak ... recorded a team-best 20 multi-hit games ... drove in three runs and recorded two hits at Utah Tech (2/23/24) ... finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored vs. Nevada (3/3/24) ... knocked in three runs at No. 6 Oregon State (3/10/24) ... scored three times and homered vs. UC Davis (3/28/24) ... collected three more hits and scored three runs at Utah (4/7/24) ... totaled four RBI, three hits and two runs at Fresno State (4/23/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team.
2023 (CSU Northridge): Appeared in 23 games, making 10 starts in his first season at CSUN ... made six starts at shortstop and four starts at second base ... collected 11 runs scored, 10 RBI, nine hits, two doubles and one home run to go with a .209 batting average ... posted a .968 fielding percentage and 38 assists ... scored three runs in nine appearances in Big West play ... drove in two runs in back-to-back games vs. Stony Brook (2/18/23-2/19/23) ... hit his first career home run and doubled at Mercer (4/6/23) ... singled in a run vs. Pepperdine (5/9/23).
Long Beach City College: Spent three seasons at LBCC … played in 41 games in 2022 where he registered 36 hits, 30 runs, 14 stolen bases and 14 RBI to go with a .245 batting average in 2022 ... helped Long Beach City win a share of the South Coast Conference title in 2022 ... did not compete in 2021 ... made collegiate debut during the 2020 year, playing in 12 games in a shortened season.
High School: Helped Voyager Academy win a conference title in 2016-17 ... named first-team all-league in 2016-17 as well ... batted .400 during his senior season ... placed on the Dean's List each year ... graduated in 2017.
Personal: Parents are Kevin Neighbors and Shawnse Johnson … Has two siblings – Kala and Kesean … Chose Louisville over Hawaii, BYU, Gonzaga, UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State … Enjoys working out, watching TV shows and spending time with the Lord … Favorite movie is Pursuit of Happyness … Kobe Bryant is his favorite athlete … favorite musical artist is Elevation Worship.
• 2025 College World Series All-Tournament Team
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2025 Lou Gehrig Community Impact Team
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2024 Big West All-Academic Team
2025: Played in 53 games, starting 44 (all at 2B) ... Finished with a .283 batting average, notching five doubles and two triples ... Drove in 20 runs and scored 22 times ... Went 13-for-15 in stolen bases ... Made his Louisville debut at 2B on opening night against Texas ... Drove in two runs in the win over Morehead State on March 4, including taking a bases loaded walk to tie the game in the ninth ... Had a pair of hits and scored twice in the win over Lipscomb on March 11 ... Picked up two hits, drove in one and scored once in the win over Cal on March 28 ... Had two hits and drove in the go-ahead run in the win over WKU on April 15 ... Tallied two hits and drove in two against Florida State on April 27 ... Had two hits, including a triple, against Bellarmine on May 13 ... Reached base four times and drove in two against Wake Forest on May 17 ... Had a career day against Arizona in the College World Series, going 4-for-4 with a RBI and run scored ... Tallied two hits and reached base four times against Coastal Carolina on June 18 ... Hit .615 (8-for-13) and reached base 11 times in four College World Series games.
2024 (CSU Northridge): Started all 54 games, primarily at third base and leading off … slashed .305/.436/.420 ... ranked second on the team in hits (61), runs scored (48) and doubles (12) ... ranked fourth in the nation in toughest to strikeout (20.0) and 12th in sacrifice hits (12) ... led the team and ranked seventh in the Big West in walks with 38 ... went 8-for-10 in stolen base attempts ... topped the team with a 19-game hit streak while he posted a 22-game on-base streak ... recorded a team-best 20 multi-hit games ... drove in three runs and recorded two hits at Utah Tech (2/23/24) ... finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored vs. Nevada (3/3/24) ... knocked in three runs at No. 6 Oregon State (3/10/24) ... scored three times and homered vs. UC Davis (3/28/24) ... collected three more hits and scored three runs at Utah (4/7/24) ... totaled four RBI, three hits and two runs at Fresno State (4/23/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team.
2023 (CSU Northridge): Appeared in 23 games, making 10 starts in his first season at CSUN ... made six starts at shortstop and four starts at second base ... collected 11 runs scored, 10 RBI, nine hits, two doubles and one home run to go with a .209 batting average ... posted a .968 fielding percentage and 38 assists ... scored three runs in nine appearances in Big West play ... drove in two runs in back-to-back games vs. Stony Brook (2/18/23-2/19/23) ... hit his first career home run and doubled at Mercer (4/6/23) ... singled in a run vs. Pepperdine (5/9/23).
Long Beach City College: Spent three seasons at LBCC … played in 41 games in 2022 where he registered 36 hits, 30 runs, 14 stolen bases and 14 RBI to go with a .245 batting average in 2022 ... helped Long Beach City win a share of the South Coast Conference title in 2022 ... did not compete in 2021 ... made collegiate debut during the 2020 year, playing in 12 games in a shortened season.
High School: Helped Voyager Academy win a conference title in 2016-17 ... named first-team all-league in 2016-17 as well ... batted .400 during his senior season ... placed on the Dean's List each year ... graduated in 2017.
Personal: Parents are Kevin Neighbors and Shawnse Johnson … Has two siblings – Kala and Kesean … Chose Louisville over Hawaii, BYU, Gonzaga, UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State … Enjoys working out, watching TV shows and spending time with the Lord … Favorite movie is Pursuit of Happyness … Kobe Bryant is his favorite athlete … favorite musical artist is Elevation Worship.
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