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Jersey Number 14
Karson Bowen
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Anaheim Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Orange Lutheran (TCU)
2025 Second Team All-Big 12
2026 (Senior):
TCU
ORANGE LUTHERAN HS
PERSONAL
2026 (Senior):
- Played in and started 55 games at catcher (47), designated hitter (five) and first base (three)
- Slashed .261/.353/.431 with a .784 OPS in 211 at bats
- Smashed a career-high seven home runs on top of two triples, 11 doubles, 41 runs, 33 RBI, 28 walks and five sacrifice flies
- Drove in multiple runs in 11 games in addition to six multi-RBI efforts
- Provided excellent defense behind the plate with a .994 fielding percentage, 23 assists, 11 runners caught stealing and just three errors over 545 defensive chances
- Finished a tournament-best 9-for-10 on ABS challenges at the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament
- Delivered the first-two multi-homer games of his career in the last 14 contests of the season at Oklahoma on May 2 and vs. Vanderbilt on May 20
- Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and one run in the series-clinching win over UAB on Feb. 14
- Clubbed a three-run homer while going 1-for-3 with two runs scored and two walks in the victory over High Point on March 8
- Went off with a 3-for-5 performance, one homer, two runs and two RBI in the win at Arkansas on March 27
- Produced his first-career multi-homer game while going 3-for-5 with three RBI in the series-securing victory at Oklahoma on May 3
- Drilled two homers in a 3-for-5 performance with a season-high five RBI and four runs scored with one walk in the NCAA Tournament victory over Miami on May 30
TCU
- Projected as Florida’s primary starting catcher in 2026
- Ranked as Baseball America’s No. 79 impact transfer
- Named 2025 Second Team All-Big 12 after hitting .333/.425/.516 with four homers, three triples, 11 doubles, 29 runs and 28 RBI in 45 games (41 starts) for the Horned Frogs
- Across his three-year tenure at TCU, registered a .308/.390/.463 batting line, 16 home runs, 33 doubles, 112 RBI, 110 runs and 20 steals
- Also delivered a .990 fielding percentage across 1,261 career chances at catcher and first base
ORANGE LUTHERAN HS
- Four-year letterwinner for Head Coach Eric Borba
- Honored with a Rawlings Gold Glove as a senior while being named the Trinity League Defensive Player of the Year
- Earned first-team all-league honors as a senior
- Four-time member of USA Baseball National Teams (2016 12U; 2018 15U; 2019 15U; 2021 18U)
- Three-time first-team all-region performer
- Played in the Perfect Game Underclass All-American game as a sophomore
- Standout in the classroom as a member of the Presidential Honor Roll
PERSONAL
- Parents: Kris & David Bowen
- Siblings: Brothers, Bryce & Alec
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