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Jersey Number 16
Caden Bogenpohl
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Mo.
- Prev School:
- Jackson HS
Honors
• NCBWA Freshman All-America Second Team (2024)
• All-MVC Second Team (2025)
• MVC All-Tournament (2025)
• Team USA alternate (2025)
• Honorable Mention all-MVC (2024)
• MSU Danny Cook Rookie of the Year (2024)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
• CUSA Hitter of the Week (April 6, 2026)
2026 (Junior)
Batted .274 with six homers, 11 doubles, 33 RBIs and a team-leading 57 runs scored as a junior...Led CUSA with 52 walks, ranking fourth in program history for a season...Broke Bill Mueller’s long-standing career walks record in 59 fewer games than Mueller, ending the season with 160 free passes...Also finished the year ranked seventh at Mo State with 180 career runs, ninth with a .441 on-base percentage and 12th with 39 home runs...Started all 55 games in center field...Hit a walk-off home run on the first pitch of the 10th inning to beat No. 17 Arkansas (March 31)...Drew four walks and scored three times against Little Rock (Feb. 28)...Reached safely five times, homered, doubled and drove in four runs versus Memphis (March 7)...Touched the plate a season-high four times versus Sam Houston (April 4)...Had 14 multi-hit games on the season and scored multiple runs on 16 occasions.
2025 (Sophomore)
Batted leadoff and patrolled center field for the majority of the season, hitting .296 with 13 home runs and 44 RBIs...Tied the school record with 55 walks, ranking 15th nationally and aiding in a team-best .449 on-base percentage...Earned second-team all-MVC honors and all-tournament recognition after posting a .538 on-base percentage, three homers and eight runs scored in five games...Saw his reached base streak reach 50 games, spanning from May 3, 2024-April 19, 2025...Reserve for the USA Collegiate National Team in the summer...Drew 16 walks over a seven-game span in May, including four free passes in two separate games...Ended the season ranked 10th in school history with 108 career walks and 16th with 33 home runs...Became the first player in school history with multiple seasons of 50 walks...Scored five runs against Belmont (May 23)...Crossed the plate four times, drove in five and had a grand slam against Valparaiso (April 13)...Scored multiple runs in 18 contests...Homered in the season opener at Sam Houston (Feb. 14)...Clubbed three leadoff home runs - March 2 vs. ULM, March 4 vs. Saint Louis, May 24 vs. UIC - to move his career total to six...Reached safely three or more times in 20 games...Collected three hits in six separate games.
2024 (Freshman)
Enjoyed one of the best seasons by a freshman in school history, hitting .293 with 20 home runs and 45 RBIs...Named to the Freshman All-America Second Team by the NCBWA and was an honorable mention all-MVC choice...Broke Ryan Howard’s (19 in 1999) record for homers by an MSU freshman...Also set the school record for walks by a freshman with 53, which ranked second on the overall single-season list behind Dylan Becker’s 2015 total of 55...Ranked second nationally among freshmen in walks and fourth in round-trippers...Became the 12th player in school history with 20 homers in a season...Led the team in slugging (.639), on-base percentage (.446) and runs scored (62)...Reached safely three or more times in 20 games, with a high of five at Oral Roberts (Feb. 20)...Started at all three outfield positions and DH...Hit leadoff home runs against SEMO (April 2), at Oral Roberts (April 9) and versus UIC (April 13), and batted at the top of the order in 19 games...Had multi-homer games at ORU (Feb. 20), versus UIC (April 13) and against Murray State (May 3)...Homered in five consecutive games from April 9-19, the first MSU player to do that since Brayden Drake in May 2009...Reached safely in the final 13 games of the season...Had 17 multi-hit games and shared the team lead with 14 multi-RBI efforts...Added nine doubles and a triple for 30 total extra-base hits, tied for fourth-most by an MSU true freshman...Named MSU’s Danny Cook Rookie of the Year.
Background
Three-time all-state selection who pitched and played in the outfield at Jackson (Mo.) High...First-team all-state utility player his senior season after striking out 105 in 61.1 innings with an 11-1 record and 2.00 ERA on the mound, and hitting .407 with 10 homers, 25 extra-base hits, 46 hits, 60 runs and 39 stolen bases in 41 games...SEMO Conference Player of the Year and first-team selection as both an outfielder and pitcher as a senior...Second-ranked outfielder and No. 17 overall player in Missouri’s class of 2023...First-team all-state pitcher as a junior, striking out 72 batters in 39.2 innings with a 1.90 ERA and .131 opponent average...Posted a .405/.495/.838 slash line with seven homers, 29 RBIs, 16 walks and 28 runs scored that same season...As a sophomore, earned second-team all-state honors as an outfielder, hitting .364 with a .517 on-base percentage and .670 slugging figure with four homers, 27 RBIs, 21 runs and 26 walks in 31 games...Batted .286 and struck out 38 in 29.1 innings for the Cape Catfish of the Prospect League in the summer of 2023.
Personal
Caden Bogenpohl is the son of Darin Bogenpohl and Michelle Malone...Born April 6, 2005 in Cape Girardeau, Mo....Majoring in communication studies.
• NCBWA Freshman All-America Second Team (2024)
• All-MVC Second Team (2025)
• MVC All-Tournament (2025)
• Team USA alternate (2025)
• Honorable Mention all-MVC (2024)
• MSU Danny Cook Rookie of the Year (2024)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
• CUSA Hitter of the Week (April 6, 2026)
2026 (Junior)
Batted .274 with six homers, 11 doubles, 33 RBIs and a team-leading 57 runs scored as a junior...Led CUSA with 52 walks, ranking fourth in program history for a season...Broke Bill Mueller’s long-standing career walks record in 59 fewer games than Mueller, ending the season with 160 free passes...Also finished the year ranked seventh at Mo State with 180 career runs, ninth with a .441 on-base percentage and 12th with 39 home runs...Started all 55 games in center field...Hit a walk-off home run on the first pitch of the 10th inning to beat No. 17 Arkansas (March 31)...Drew four walks and scored three times against Little Rock (Feb. 28)...Reached safely five times, homered, doubled and drove in four runs versus Memphis (March 7)...Touched the plate a season-high four times versus Sam Houston (April 4)...Had 14 multi-hit games on the season and scored multiple runs on 16 occasions.
2025 (Sophomore)
Batted leadoff and patrolled center field for the majority of the season, hitting .296 with 13 home runs and 44 RBIs...Tied the school record with 55 walks, ranking 15th nationally and aiding in a team-best .449 on-base percentage...Earned second-team all-MVC honors and all-tournament recognition after posting a .538 on-base percentage, three homers and eight runs scored in five games...Saw his reached base streak reach 50 games, spanning from May 3, 2024-April 19, 2025...Reserve for the USA Collegiate National Team in the summer...Drew 16 walks over a seven-game span in May, including four free passes in two separate games...Ended the season ranked 10th in school history with 108 career walks and 16th with 33 home runs...Became the first player in school history with multiple seasons of 50 walks...Scored five runs against Belmont (May 23)...Crossed the plate four times, drove in five and had a grand slam against Valparaiso (April 13)...Scored multiple runs in 18 contests...Homered in the season opener at Sam Houston (Feb. 14)...Clubbed three leadoff home runs - March 2 vs. ULM, March 4 vs. Saint Louis, May 24 vs. UIC - to move his career total to six...Reached safely three or more times in 20 games...Collected three hits in six separate games.
2024 (Freshman)
Enjoyed one of the best seasons by a freshman in school history, hitting .293 with 20 home runs and 45 RBIs...Named to the Freshman All-America Second Team by the NCBWA and was an honorable mention all-MVC choice...Broke Ryan Howard’s (19 in 1999) record for homers by an MSU freshman...Also set the school record for walks by a freshman with 53, which ranked second on the overall single-season list behind Dylan Becker’s 2015 total of 55...Ranked second nationally among freshmen in walks and fourth in round-trippers...Became the 12th player in school history with 20 homers in a season...Led the team in slugging (.639), on-base percentage (.446) and runs scored (62)...Reached safely three or more times in 20 games, with a high of five at Oral Roberts (Feb. 20)...Started at all three outfield positions and DH...Hit leadoff home runs against SEMO (April 2), at Oral Roberts (April 9) and versus UIC (April 13), and batted at the top of the order in 19 games...Had multi-homer games at ORU (Feb. 20), versus UIC (April 13) and against Murray State (May 3)...Homered in five consecutive games from April 9-19, the first MSU player to do that since Brayden Drake in May 2009...Reached safely in the final 13 games of the season...Had 17 multi-hit games and shared the team lead with 14 multi-RBI efforts...Added nine doubles and a triple for 30 total extra-base hits, tied for fourth-most by an MSU true freshman...Named MSU’s Danny Cook Rookie of the Year.
Background
Three-time all-state selection who pitched and played in the outfield at Jackson (Mo.) High...First-team all-state utility player his senior season after striking out 105 in 61.1 innings with an 11-1 record and 2.00 ERA on the mound, and hitting .407 with 10 homers, 25 extra-base hits, 46 hits, 60 runs and 39 stolen bases in 41 games...SEMO Conference Player of the Year and first-team selection as both an outfielder and pitcher as a senior...Second-ranked outfielder and No. 17 overall player in Missouri’s class of 2023...First-team all-state pitcher as a junior, striking out 72 batters in 39.2 innings with a 1.90 ERA and .131 opponent average...Posted a .405/.495/.838 slash line with seven homers, 29 RBIs, 16 walks and 28 runs scored that same season...As a sophomore, earned second-team all-state honors as an outfielder, hitting .364 with a .517 on-base percentage and .670 slugging figure with four homers, 27 RBIs, 21 runs and 26 walks in 31 games...Batted .286 and struck out 38 in 29.1 innings for the Cape Catfish of the Prospect League in the summer of 2023.
Personal
Caden Bogenpohl is the son of Darin Bogenpohl and Michelle Malone...Born April 6, 2005 in Cape Girardeau, Mo....Majoring in communication studies.
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