Completed Event: Baseball versus Murray State on June 9, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 5
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Final
Baseball
4
vs Murray State
5
2022 Baseball Roster
Israel, Menelik
Jersey Number 38
Menelik Israel
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lake Elsinore, Calif.
- High School:
- Norco
- B/T:
- R/R
Bio
2023: Appeared in five games for the Blue Devils in 2023…
2022: Did not see game action.
Prior to Duke: Lettered four seasons at Norco High School under head coach Gary Parcell … tabbed the 13th-ranked outfielder out of California … named to the 2019 OIF Second Team … member on the Philippines roster for the World Baseball Classic qualifiers … finished his career at Norco batting .358 with 15 doubles and 26 RBIs … also added 12 stolen bases in 15 attempts … hit .452 in the shortened junior season, adding four doubles and 10 RBIs … made 31 appearances as a sophomore, batting .309 with seven doubles and 12 RBIs … broke onto the scene batting .385 in 12 games as a freshman … surpassed his final year of high school play to play in the BRG Scout Ball Games … hit .396 with six doubles, two triples a home run and 12 RBIs in 24 games … added 10 stolen bases … also letter in track & field, reaching the state semifinals in the 4x400 as a freshman … holds the Norco school record in the 100m, 200m and 400m.
Personal: Born Menelik Israel on Nov. 21, 2001 … son of Mishael and Marilou Israel … has six brothers, Mishael, Moshe, Messiah, Magdiel, Michael and Micah, and one sister, Sarah.
Last updated 6/22/2023
2022: Did not see game action.
Prior to Duke: Lettered four seasons at Norco High School under head coach Gary Parcell … tabbed the 13th-ranked outfielder out of California … named to the 2019 OIF Second Team … member on the Philippines roster for the World Baseball Classic qualifiers … finished his career at Norco batting .358 with 15 doubles and 26 RBIs … also added 12 stolen bases in 15 attempts … hit .452 in the shortened junior season, adding four doubles and 10 RBIs … made 31 appearances as a sophomore, batting .309 with seven doubles and 12 RBIs … broke onto the scene batting .385 in 12 games as a freshman … surpassed his final year of high school play to play in the BRG Scout Ball Games … hit .396 with six doubles, two triples a home run and 12 RBIs in 24 games … added 10 stolen bases … also letter in track & field, reaching the state semifinals in the 4x400 as a freshman … holds the Norco school record in the 100m, 200m and 400m.
Personal: Born Menelik Israel on Nov. 21, 2001 … son of Mishael and Marilou Israel … has six brothers, Mishael, Moshe, Messiah, Magdiel, Michael and Micah, and one sister, Sarah.
Last updated 6/22/2023
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