2021 (Senior) | Game-by-Game
Started all 44 games he appeared in including 36 at catcher... had a career-year for MKE with highs in nearly every category... finished fourth on the team with a .272 average... led Milwaukee with a .386 on base percentage and .503 slugging percentage... recorded a team-high 17 extra-base hits including eight home runs which led the team and tied for fourth in the Horizon League... drew 21 walks and seven HPB... drove in a team-high 34 runs and scored 28... totaled 220 putouts and 26 assists without an error, bar the the most chances in the Horizon League without an error... led the Horizon League with 13 runners caught stealing... got the bat going at Ohio, going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles... reached base safely in 13 straight games from March 13 to April 3, totaling 17 hits to improve his season average to .283... went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in the first inning against Northern Kentucky on March 19... hit another home run in a 2-for-3 day, finishing with three RBI in a 15-2 win over Oakland... dominated the Youngstown State series, going 5-for-16 with two home runs, a double, and 10 RBI... capped a come-from-behind win in the YSU series finale, ripping a walkoff grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning... ended that day 3-for-6 with six RBI... had four home runs in a stretch of five games from May 15 to May 22... helped MKE to an important win over Northern Kentucky on May 16, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and three runs scored... drove in a pair of runs in game one of the Horizon League Tournament, finishing the day 2-for-4 with the two RBI... drew three walks against Youngstown State the following game and then helped the Panthers reach the championship with a pair of RBI and two runs scored in a win over UIC.
2020 (Junior) | Game-by-Game
Started all 13 games he appeared in... recorded 11 hits, batting .234 with a pair of doubles and a home run... drove in three RBI and scored two more on the season... totaled 35 putouts and seven assists in the field... opened the year going 1-for-4 against Illinois on February 15... recorded six hits in a four-game series at Oregon from February 28 - March 1... went 2-for-5 with a seventh-inning home run it the series opener against the Ducks... followed with a three-hit performance on February 29... finished 2-for-3 with a double and a walk on March 7 against Miami (OH)... season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.Â
2019 (Sophomore) | Game-by-Game
Made eight starts among his 27 appearances as a sophomore ... batted .302 and knocked in 10 runs ... had 13 hits, scored 12 times and recorded a team-high .444 on-base percentage ... hit .667 against lefties ... made his season debut a good one, hitting a home run to help propel the Panthers to a victory over Villanova Feb. 16 ... had a pinch-hit single and scored a run against Jackson State Feb. 23 ... had a two-run double and scored a run against BYU March 7 ... went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a win over Northern Kentucky March 22 ... two hits, two runs scored, two RBI and a walk against Youngstown State April 12 ... a perfect 2-for-2 with a walk in three plate appearances in a victory over Parkside May 7 ... big day against YSU May 22 in the Horizon League Tournament opener, starting with a three-run home run to put the game away in the fourth inning ... came on to close out the win in the ninth, striking out a pair of Penguins in a scoreless inning on the mound ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Freshman) | Game-by-Game
Appeared in 26 games on the season, making five starts ... collected six hits, scored four runs and knocked in five more ... did not make an error in the field ... made collegiate debut in the season opener against Ohio State Feb. 16 ... first start came two days later against the Buckeyes, getting hit by a pitch twice as the DH ... walked and scored a run as a pinch-hitter ar Bethune-Cookman Feb. 23 ... first hit came as a pinch-hitter at Oakland March 30, also scoring a run ... got the start at 1B at Oakland in game two later that day, going 2-for-5 while driving in three runs of a big MKE win ... went 2-for-2 with a double against MSOE April 26.
High School: A four-sport athlete in high school ... four-year member of the varsity baseball team, earned Fox Valley Association Second-Team All-League honors after batting .444 in the summer with seven home runs and .313 during the spring season ... also a second-team honoree as a junior, batting .363 with four home runs ... first-team all-league as a sophomore after batting .338 with four home runs ... finished fifth in scoring in program history in hockey ... all-time leading scorer for defensemen ... second-team all-state as a junior and senior ... three-time All-FVA honoree ... also played football and ran cross country ... honor roll member ... member of Hitters Baseball for two years.
Personal: Son of Jak and Lisa Kraus ... dad played baseball at MKE, batting .350 with 26 home runs (1992-96), was named to the 20th Anniversary Team and was inducted into the Milwaukee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018 ... undecided on a major ... chose UWM because it's close to home and he really liked the campus and the coaching staff ... most memorable sports experience was traveling with Hitters Baseball the summer of his junior year ... lists hobbies as hunting and fishing ... born October 30, 1998.
