Rhys Dean Hoskins (/riːs/ Reece; born March 17, 1993), is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Hoskins played college baseball for the Sacramento State Hornets. He was drafted by the Phillies in the fifth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. Hoskins made his MLB debut in 2017. "Big Hosk" is one of his many nicknames.\n', '

Hoskins was born in Sacramento, California. He attended Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California, graduating in 2011. There, playing baseball as a first baseman, third baseman, and catcher, Hoskins batted .421 as a junior, with a .544 on base percentage and 28 runs batted in. He was named first team all-Delta River League as a junior, and second team as a senior. He also played basketball and football for the school, and earned a 4.0 grade point average. \n', '

In 2011, he enrolled at California State University, Sacramento, majoring in business administration, where he played college baseball for three seasons for the Sacramento State Hornets. Their coach, Reggie Christiansen, was the only coach to offer Hoskins a scholarship. Hoskins chose to forego some of his scholarship money so that the coach could use it to add a pitcher who was needed by the team. As a freshman he batted .353 with a .567 slugging percentage (both 2nd in the conference), with 10 home runs and 53 runs batted in (RBIs; 3rd), and was named Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team Freshman All-American, Baseball America First Team Freshman All-American, Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper), All-WAC second team, and Academic All-WAC. As a junior he hit 12 home runs with 53 RBIs and a .573 slugging percentage (all leading the WAC), while batting .319, and was named WAC Player of the Year, Louisville Slugger Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball), Second Team All-West Region (ABCA/Rawlings), First Team All-WAC, and Academic All-WAC.\n', '

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