Hall of Fame
Kyle Allaire was an outstanding shortstop for the Rhode Island College from 2009-12. He was the first, and is to-date only Rhode Island College player to be named the Little East Conference (LEC) Co-Player of the Year in baseball, and at the conclusion of his career was just the fourth Anchorman to be named a First Team All-LEC selection in multiple seasons.
Allaire was named First Team All-LEC and Third Team All-New England as a junior in 2011 while helping lead RIC to the program’s second ever LEC tournament championship. The sixth-seeded Anchormen went undefeated in their four LEC tournament games as they qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship for the fifth time in program history, and to-date are the only six-seed to ever win the LEC tournament title. Allaire started in all but one of RIC’s 42 games, batting .398 with 41 runs scored, a program-record 72 hits, six doubles, one home run, 30 RBI, 12 stolen bases and a .931 fielding percentage. Allaire led the team in batting, hits and stolen bases, while ranking fourth in RBI. He set new single-season program records for at-bats (181), hits and assists (131) as a junior.
A native of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Allaire enjoyed his most decorated season as a senior after batting .397 with 44 runs scored, 71 hits, six doubles, 18 RBI and 14 stolen bases to go with a .942 fielding percentage and a program record 147 assists while starting in each of the team’s 43 games. In addition to being named the LEC Co-Player of the Year and a First Team All-LEC selection, he was named a First Team All-Region selection by D3baseball.com and the ECAC and was named a Second Team All-New England by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA).
Allaire closed out his four-year career at RIC having played in 142 games, starting 134 of them. He batted .378 with 132 runs scored, 216 hits, 21 doubles, two triples, one home run, 86 RBI, 62 walks, 36 stolen bases and a .931 fielding percentage. He finished career and remains the program’s all-time leader in career hits and career assists (429), and is also tied for the all-time lead in career runs scored. He appears among RIC’s career and single-season leaders 23 times.
Allaire earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math education from Rhode Island College, and was inducted into the RIC’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.