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With the 2020 baseball season just around the corner, HawgBeat is previewing Arkansas' projected starting lineup with in-depth player breakdowns.
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The PREMIUM series of player breakdowns continues with a look at Arkansas' potential 2-hole hitter...
#18 - Heston Kjerstad - RF
Jr. | L/R | 6-3 | 205
Amarillo, Texas / Randall HS
2019: 65 games/65 starts, .327/.400/.575, 13 2B, 1 3B, 17 HR, 51 RBI, 21 BB/65 K, 5-5 SB
A consensus preseason first-team All-America selection, Heston Kjerstad is a bona fide superstar for the Razorbacks. In 134 career games at Arkansas, the junior from Amarillo, Texas, is slashing .330/.409/.564 with 31 home runs and 109 RBIs.
With 12 more home runs, he’ll break the UA record for most in a three-year career, which is held by future big leaguers Brett Eibner, Andy Wilkins and Jeff King. (Danny Hamblin and Ryan Lundquist hit 57 and 56 career home runs, respectively, but did so in four years.)
