Dany Gilbert Kiti “Touki” Toussaint is a Major League Baseball pitcher who represents the Atlanta Braves.
In the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, he was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2018, he debuted in the big leagues.
Dany Toussaint and Kahaso Kiti raised Toussaint in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Touki is a combination of Toussaint’s parents’ surnames. At the age of three months, his family relocated to Haiti.
When Toussaint was six years old, he and his mother relocated to Florida.
After a strikeout-filled season as a batter at the age of ten, he switched to soccer and hockey before returning to baseball two years later after a bet with a friend.
Toussaint started his freshman year at Coral Springs Charter School before moving to Coral Springs Christian Academy in Coral Springs, Florida.
Toussaint was a MaxPreps All-American as a junior in 2013, going 6–2 with a 0.78 earned run average (ERA) and 83 strikeouts. He also batted
.458 with six home runs and 32 RBIs. He was selected the Class 5A-4A-3A-2A Player of the Year in Broward County. Toussaint has committed to Vanderbilt University to play college baseball.
Who Are Touki Toussaint Parents?
Dany Toussaint and Kahaso Kiti are Touki Toussaint Parents. Dany Toussaint and Kahaso Kiti are from Kenya and Haiti. They have a daughter called Gabrielle