PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Representing Rutgers baseball and Team USA, Todd Frazier, Patrick Kivlehan and Darren Fenster (assistant coach) earned a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Team USA defeated both Israel and Korea in pool play to setup a matchup with Japan in the second stage. Despite falling in extra innings, the stars and stripes defeated both Dominican Republic and Korea to force a rematch versus Japan. The hosts took the Gold Medal Game, 2-0, to give Team USA the silver.

Frazier started all six games hitting in the middle of the lineup, including going 2-for-5 with a double and run scored against Japan in the quarterfinals. He also worked a 12-pitch walk to spark a game-breaking rally in the semifinals. Kivlehan earned a start in the victory over Dominican Republic. Fenster served as the third base coach on manager Mike Scioscia's staff.

Rutgers joined North Carolina as the only collegiate baseball programs with multiple players on the Team USA roster. This marks the first RU alumni to earn an Olympic medal in baseball. In addition, Carli Lloyd won a bronze with the USWNT to make it three Scarlet Knight medalists at the Tokyo Olympic Games, with Rudy Winkler placing seventh in the world in the hammer throw.

BATTLE ABs ARE THE BEST ABs.

We just punched our ticket to the gold medal game with a 7-2 win over Korea. A five-run 6th inning broke the game open, and that rally started with this AB from @FlavaFraz21.

This walk was not as good as a hit. It was better. pic.twitter.com/QFFcsFBszv

— Darren Fenster (@CoachYourKids) August 5, 2021

Infielder Todd Frazier was named consensus First Team All-America as a junior in 2007 and was the 34th overall selection in the MLB Draft. Frazier earned unanimous Big East Player of the Year that season by helping the Scarlet Knights to 42 wins, tying the school record. The 2019 Rutgers Hall of Fame inductee batted .520 (13-for-25) with three homers and seven RBIs in the Big East tournament held in Brooklyn to win the Jack Kaiser Award as MVP and lead Rutgers to an NCAA Regional berth. 
 
The two-time First Team All-Big East honoree finished as the Scarlet Knights' all-time leader in home runs (42) and runs scored (210), second in walks (138) and total bases (434), third in hits (241), slugging percentage (.625) and stolen bases (65) and fifth in runs batted in (152) despite only playing three seasons. 
 
Originally from Point Pleasant, New Jersey, Frazier previously starred on the Toms River East American Team that won the 1998 Little League World Series title. A two-time All-Star, he has 11 seasons of MLB experience, winning the Home Run Derby in 2015. Frazier also competed for Team USA on the 2006 Collegiate National Team,the 2010 Professional National Team and in the 2010 WBSC Baseball Americas Qualifier.

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A two-sport athlete at Rutgers, Kivlehan has spent time with the San Diego Padres this season and owns 137 games of MLB experience overall with three teams. He has recorded 47 hits with 11 doubles and 14 homers in 41 games playing for Triple-A El Paso in 2021. Kivlehan previously competed for Team USA in 2015 in the Pan Am Games.

After a four-year football career at safety for the Scarlet Knights, Kivlehan joined the baseball program as a walk-on for the 2012 season. Readjusting to the sport for the first time since high school, Kivlehan won the starting job at third base and won the first league triple crown in Big East history with a .402 average, 10 home runs and 36 RBIs. Overall, he batted .392 with 14 home runs and 50 RBIs overall, to go with a .693 slugging percentage and .480 on-base percentage to win Big East Player of the Year and Third Team All-America by Baseball America. The Mariners selected him in the fourth round of the 2012 MLB Draft and he made his debut with the Padres in 2016, hitting a home run in his first game.

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Fenster was a two-time All-America shortstop and four-year starter (1997-2000) for the Scarlet Knights and went on to play five years in the Kansas City Royals' organization. He remains the program's all-time leader in several offensive categories, including career hits (315), single-season hits (101) and career doubles (65). During his playing career "On The Banks," he was part of three Big East Conference regular season and tournament championships, winning the 1998 and 2000 titles as a player and achieving the feat again in 2007 as a member of the staff. Fenster was also a part of four NCAA Tournament appearances, including three as a player. 
 
As a senior in 2000, Fenster was a consensus First Team All-American, hitting .433. That year, Rutgers posted its first-ever 40-win season and was ranked as high as No. 14 nationally. The 2000 Big East Player of the Year, NCBWA District II Player of the Year, and captain and MVP of a team that featured three future Major Leaguers and a first round draft choice, Fenster was also a finalist for the prestigious Dick Howser Trophy, presented annually to the nation's top collegiate player. He was also a three-time All-Big East selection. 
 
Drafted in the 12th round by the Kansas City Royals in 2000, Fenster advanced to the Double A level in the Royals system. He has been a coach in the Boston Red Sox' system since 2012 as a manager, hitting coach and minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator.

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