Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: Kyle Yip

Vauxhall Jets alum and UBC catcher Kyle Yip (Calgary, Alta.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network college Player of the Week. Photo: UBC Athletics

March 17, 2025

By Matt Betts

Canadian Baseball Network

This past week’s top Canadian college performer comes from a university north of the border. 

Kyle Yip (Calgary, Alta.) helped the University of British Columbia take three of four from Oregon Tech. 

Yip started his week with a solo home run to open the scoring in a 9-6 Game 1 win. He finished the game with two hits, a walk and an RBI. 

Game 2 saw him go 2-for-4 with a double, a two-run home run and four RBIs as the Thunderbirds won 9-4. 

He then homered in his third straight contest, another two-run shot, as part of a two-hit, five-RBI game in an 11-6 victory. The other hit was a double. 

To round out the series, he had a hit, a walk and an RBI in UBC’s loss in Game 4.  

On the season, Yip is hitting .309 with a 1.023 OPS in 21 games. 

His play has helped the Thunderbirds win nine of their last 10. 

Kyle Yip is the Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week for March 10 to 16.

Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: 

Week 1: OF David Alvarez (Woodbridge, Ont.) - Northwest Florida State College  

Week 2: RHP Carter Krawchuk (St. Catharines, Ont.) - Seminole State College of Florida 

Week 3: INF Alfonso Villalobos (Kirkland, Que.) - Southeastern University 

Week 4: OF Jude Hall (Chilliwack, BC) - Southeastern Louisiana University 

Week 5: LHP/INF Cory Wouters (Saskatoon, Sask.) - McCook Community College 

Week 6: INF Core Jackson (Wyoming, Ont.) - University of Utah 

Week 7: RHP Blake Gillespie (Lucan, Ont.) - University of North Carolina at Charlotte 

Week 8: C/OF Kyle Yip (Calgary, Alta.) - University of British Columbia