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Jersey Number 5
Denzel Clarke
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Pickering, Ontario
- High School:
- Everest Academy
- B/T:
- R/R
Bio
2021 Big West Conference Tri-Defensive Player of the Year
2021 All-Big West Conference Second Team
2021 Season (Junior)
Clarke started in 38 games in center field in his junior season ... Became the first Matador in team history to win the Big West Defensive Player of the Year award ... Earned All-Big West Second Team honors ... Batted .324 to go with a career-high 46 hits, 30 runs, 26 walks, 25 RBI, 11 doubles and eight home runs ... Also posted a .570 slugging percentage and .445 on-base percentage ... Stole 15 bases in 17 attempts ... Registered a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage and collected two outfield assists ... Raised batting average from .192 on Apr. 4 to .328 by season's end ... Ranked fourth in the Big West in stolen bases, seventh in slugging percentage, eighth in home runs and on-base percentage and ninth in walks ... Led the team in stolen bases while he ranked second in hits, doubles, home runs, RBI and walks ... Recorded 11 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games ... Posted the longest on-base streak of any Matador with a 22-game streak ... Tallied a career-high four hits and four RBI to go with a home run and a walk vs. UC Riverside (4/18/21) ... Homered and drove in three runs at CSU Bakersfield (4/30/21) ... Went 3-for-5 with three RBI at UC Davis (5/8/21) ... Earned Big West All-Academic Team honors ... Selected in the fourth round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Oakland Athletics.
2020 Season (Sophomore)
Clarke competed in all 15 games, making 12 starts in center field ... Led the team in runs (12), home runs (3), batting average (.400), slugging percentage (.775), on-base percentage (.529) and stolen bases (5) ... Finished first in the Big West in on-base percentage and slugging percentage while he ranked second in stolen bases and home runs, third in batting average, fifth in total bases (31), seventh in runs and 10th in doubles (4) ... Also posted 16 hits and nine RBI ... Led the squad with six multiple-hit games while he had three multiple-RBI games and capped the year with a 12-game on-base streak ... Drove in three runs and homered in a win at Grand Canyon (2/23/20) ... Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a home run at No. 17 UCF (2/29/20) ... Tripled, homered and drove in two runs at Gonzaga (3/7/20) ... Named to Big West All-Academic Team.
2019 Season (Freshman)
Clarke was the only player on the team to play in all 55 games on the season ... Made 49 starts primarily in left field and spent some time in center field ... Batted .243 with 35 hits, 25 runs, 21 walks, 19 RBI, seven doubles, five home runs and two triples ... Slugged .424 at the plate ... Second on the team with 12 stolen bases (on 14 attempts) ... Finished fourth in the Big West in sacrifice hits (10) and tied for ninth in stolen bases ... His 10 sacrifice hits rank ninth on the Matadors' all-time single-season list ... Collected 10 multiple-hit games on the year ... Batted .288 with five home runs, 18 runs scored and a .563 slugging percentage in home games ... Drove in three runs and hit his first career home run vs. Gonzaga (2/22/19) ... Scored three runs and reached base three times vs. San Diego State (3/12/19) ... Hit the Matadors' first inside-the-park home run of the 21st century and homered twice for the first time in his career vs. UC Santa Barbara (5/3/19).
Everest Academy
Graduated in 2018 from Everest Academy ... Played for the Toronto Mets baseball club ... A member of the Canadian U-18 Junior National Team that won bronze at the COPABE U-18 Pan Am Championships in Panama in 2018 ... Helped Team Canada finish fourth at the 2017 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup ... Also competed for Team Canada at the 2018 Dominican Summer League Camp ... Named a 2017 Under Armour All-American ... Drafted by the New York Mets in the 36th round of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Personal
Mother is Donna Clarke ... His mother competed in the women's heptathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing 17th at the age of 19 ... Has one sister, Meighen Clarke ... His uncle, Kevin Smellie played pro football in the CBL and was a running back on the 1991 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts ... His cousin Gavin Smellie participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 4x100m relay ... His cousins Josh and Noah Naylor are playing pro baseball ... Favorites include the Toronto Blue Jays, Serena Williams, Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Zendaya, "Avatar: The Last Airbender," "Avengers," Boyz II Men and Michael Jackson ... Lists competing in the WBSC World Cup and getting drafted as his greatest sports moments ... Says his mother is his greatest hero ... Majoring in business.
CSUN CAREER-HIGHS
2021 All-Big West Conference Second Team
2021 Season (Junior)
Clarke started in 38 games in center field in his junior season ... Became the first Matador in team history to win the Big West Defensive Player of the Year award ... Earned All-Big West Second Team honors ... Batted .324 to go with a career-high 46 hits, 30 runs, 26 walks, 25 RBI, 11 doubles and eight home runs ... Also posted a .570 slugging percentage and .445 on-base percentage ... Stole 15 bases in 17 attempts ... Registered a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage and collected two outfield assists ... Raised batting average from .192 on Apr. 4 to .328 by season's end ... Ranked fourth in the Big West in stolen bases, seventh in slugging percentage, eighth in home runs and on-base percentage and ninth in walks ... Led the team in stolen bases while he ranked second in hits, doubles, home runs, RBI and walks ... Recorded 11 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games ... Posted the longest on-base streak of any Matador with a 22-game streak ... Tallied a career-high four hits and four RBI to go with a home run and a walk vs. UC Riverside (4/18/21) ... Homered and drove in three runs at CSU Bakersfield (4/30/21) ... Went 3-for-5 with three RBI at UC Davis (5/8/21) ... Earned Big West All-Academic Team honors ... Selected in the fourth round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Oakland Athletics.
2020 Season (Sophomore)
Clarke competed in all 15 games, making 12 starts in center field ... Led the team in runs (12), home runs (3), batting average (.400), slugging percentage (.775), on-base percentage (.529) and stolen bases (5) ... Finished first in the Big West in on-base percentage and slugging percentage while he ranked second in stolen bases and home runs, third in batting average, fifth in total bases (31), seventh in runs and 10th in doubles (4) ... Also posted 16 hits and nine RBI ... Led the squad with six multiple-hit games while he had three multiple-RBI games and capped the year with a 12-game on-base streak ... Drove in three runs and homered in a win at Grand Canyon (2/23/20) ... Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a home run at No. 17 UCF (2/29/20) ... Tripled, homered and drove in two runs at Gonzaga (3/7/20) ... Named to Big West All-Academic Team.
2019 Season (Freshman)
Clarke was the only player on the team to play in all 55 games on the season ... Made 49 starts primarily in left field and spent some time in center field ... Batted .243 with 35 hits, 25 runs, 21 walks, 19 RBI, seven doubles, five home runs and two triples ... Slugged .424 at the plate ... Second on the team with 12 stolen bases (on 14 attempts) ... Finished fourth in the Big West in sacrifice hits (10) and tied for ninth in stolen bases ... His 10 sacrifice hits rank ninth on the Matadors' all-time single-season list ... Collected 10 multiple-hit games on the year ... Batted .288 with five home runs, 18 runs scored and a .563 slugging percentage in home games ... Drove in three runs and hit his first career home run vs. Gonzaga (2/22/19) ... Scored three runs and reached base three times vs. San Diego State (3/12/19) ... Hit the Matadors' first inside-the-park home run of the 21st century and homered twice for the first time in his career vs. UC Santa Barbara (5/3/19).
Everest Academy
Graduated in 2018 from Everest Academy ... Played for the Toronto Mets baseball club ... A member of the Canadian U-18 Junior National Team that won bronze at the COPABE U-18 Pan Am Championships in Panama in 2018 ... Helped Team Canada finish fourth at the 2017 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup ... Also competed for Team Canada at the 2018 Dominican Summer League Camp ... Named a 2017 Under Armour All-American ... Drafted by the New York Mets in the 36th round of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Personal
Mother is Donna Clarke ... His mother competed in the women's heptathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing 17th at the age of 19 ... Has one sister, Meighen Clarke ... His uncle, Kevin Smellie played pro football in the CBL and was a running back on the 1991 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts ... His cousin Gavin Smellie participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 4x100m relay ... His cousins Josh and Noah Naylor are playing pro baseball ... Favorites include the Toronto Blue Jays, Serena Williams, Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Zendaya, "Avatar: The Last Airbender," "Avengers," Boyz II Men and Michael Jackson ... Lists competing in the WBSC World Cup and getting drafted as his greatest sports moments ... Says his mother is his greatest hero ... Majoring in business.
CSUN CAREER-HIGHS
| Runs | 3 (3x) last vs. UC Riverside | 4/18/21 |
| Hits | 4 vs. UC Riverside | 4/18/21 |
| Doubles | 2 vs. Hawai'i | 5/14/21 |
| RBI | 4 vs. UC Riverside | 4/18/21 |
| Home Runs | 2 vs. UC Santa Barbara | 5/3/19 |
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