University of California Athletics

A three-year starter for the Bears at shortstop from 1987-89, setting a school record with 25 doubles during the 1987 season, a mark that stood for 11 years … was selected second-team All-Pac-10 on Cal’s 1988 team that won the NCAA Central Regional and advanced to the College World Series … after college developed into one of the greatest second basemen in Major League history … a five-time All-Star, he was voted National League MVP with San Francisco in 2000 when he batted .334 with 33 home runs and 125 RBI as the Giants won the NL pennant … overall played 19 years in the Major Leagues and set the all-time home run record for second basemen (377) … the Jeff Kent Batting Cages are part of the Carl J. Heuit Training Center at Cal’s Evans Diamond, and he helped raise several thousand dollars for women’s athletics scholarships through his Women Driven program while he played for the Giants.