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6'
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210 lbs.
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
San Diego,
California
Last School
Rancho Bernardo High School
Roster Years
2016-2018
Personal
- Parents are Alan and Andrea Dean
- Born in San Diego, California
- Mother played water polo at USC on the men's team
Before BYU
- 2014 Under Armour All-American
- Prepped at both Poway and Rancho Bernardo High Schools
- Perfect Game USA First Team Preseason HS Underclassman All-American
- Played in the 2014 Summer Classic at Petco Park in San Diego
- Rated the No. 1 outfielder in California by Perfect Game, hitting .355 (OBP .441, .581 slugging) with five home runs, 25 RBI, nine doubles and 13 stolen bases as a junior at Poway High
- Played in the Area Code games in 2013 and 2014 with the Milwaukee Brewers
- San Diego County CIF First Team and a California All-State selection
- Member of the USA Baseball 17U National All-Development Team
- Selected a Max Preps All-Sophomore First Team member
- In 2012 he was a member of the USA Baseball 15U National Team
- Played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Elite Scout teams
- Was Western Region champion in the long jump and on the 4 X 100 and 4 X 400 relay teams
- Played for Amsterdam Mohawks in the Perfect Game Collegiate League
- Ranked No. 8 best collegiate summer team during the PGCBL season
- Named eighth-best prospect in the PGCBL
- Recruited by Cal-Berkeley, Oregon, LSU, Texas, San Diego State, USC, UCLA, Arizona, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Duke and the University of San Diego
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2017
- Played in 45 games (42 starts) and hit .279 with 43 hits, 32 runs and 10 RBI
- Hit two home runs in a game against Pepperdine
- Fourth-inning homer vs. Pepperdine was the game-winning RBI in 9-4 victory
- Hit two home runs in win at Utah Valley
- WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll
- Sidelined last part of the season with injury
Sophmore Year
2018
- Played in 24 games (18 starts) and hit .242 with 15 hits, eights runs and 12 RBI
- WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll
Junior Year
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
2016
Medical Redshirt Year
2016
- Played and started in 16 games before missing the bulk of season with a stress fracture in his back
- Batted .286 with 16 hits, 15 runs, 10 RBI, 10 walks, four home runs and two doubles.
- Hit 3 home runs, going 4-for-5 with five RBI in a win at Kansas
- Homered in season opener vs. Saint Louis
- WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll
- Publicized as preseason 2016 West Coast Conference Freshman of Year by Baseball America, College Sports Madness and D1Baseball.
- Baseball | Jul, 26
BYU Baseball Places 15 on Honor Roll
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 01
Three Kringlen home runs and a Rogers gem fuel sweep over Gaels
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 31
Corless and heavy hitting lead Cougars over Gaels for 6-2 win
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 09
Fourth place projection by WCC Coaches
- Baseball | Mar, 10
Rucker's career night leads team over Niagara
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 08
Home-opening crowd of 2,002 spurs 6-1 win over Utah Valley
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 08
Home-opening crowd of 2,002 spurs 6-1 win over Utah Valley
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 03
Dean's three homers cap 11-10 win at Kansas
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 19
Rucker, Dean & Company secure win in season opener
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 19
Rucker, Dean & Company secure win in season opener
- ImageBaseball | Jan, 25
Outlook for 2016 season