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Collegiate Honors
· Horizon League Reliever of the Year
(2026)
· Horizon All-League First Team
(2026)
· Horizon League All-Academic Team
(2026)
· College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
(2026)
Named the 2026 Horizon League Reliever of the Year … was also a Horizon All-League First Team selection … earned a spot on the Horizon All-Academic Team as well as the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … led the team and the Horizon League with six saves … pitched to a 4-2 record with 33 strikeouts over 33 2/3 innings on the season … made 24 relief appearances and one start … finished the season with a 4.54 earned run average … also had a 1.43 WHIP … did not allow a hit and struck out one batter in the team’s first win of the season at Duke (2/21) … pitched a hitless inning and struck out two at Minnesota (3/4) … threw another scoreless inning of relief against Purdue (3/10) … tallied three strikeouts in league play at Northern Kentucky (3/13) … threw two scoreless innings in his home debut against Butler (3/29) … tossed a hitless frame at Oakland (4/12) … had another hitless outing his next time out versus Central Michigan (4/13) … pitched a hitless ninth inning and earned the save against St. Thomas (4/21) … struck out two batters over 1 1/3 innings against Wright State (4/24) … did not allow a run the following over an inning of work the following afternoon against Wright State (4/25) … had a season-high four strikeouts as he pitched 1 2/3 innings at UNLV (5/2) … pitched a scoreless inning for his fourth save of the season against Valparaiso (5/5) … threw two hitless frames and struck out a pair in his final appearance of the regular season versus Oakland (5/14) … notched his sixth save of the season in a two-inning appearance during the Horizon League Baseball Championship against Wright State (5/22) … earned the win in the championship-clinching contest versus the Raiders (5/23) … made his only start of the season and went the first 1 2/3 innings in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship against Auburn (5/31).
2025 |
Game-by-Game Statistics
Battled injury throughout the season and was limited to just 12 games on the season during his sophomore campaign … made 11 appearances and one pitching appearance on the year … hit .250 on the year with eight hits in 32 at bats … had a double and two home runs for a .469 slugging percentage … made one pitching appearance and pitched 2/3 of an inning without allowing a hit or a run … made his season debut and had a home run and drove in two runs during the season opener at Mercer (2/14) … had a solo home run in his next appearance against the Bears (2/16) … collected a hit in the series opener at South Carolina (2/21) … added a hit in two at bats at Wright State (4/27) … had two hits and drove in a run during the team’s win over Northern Illinois (4/29) … made his lone pitching appearance at St. Thomas (5/6) … drove in two runs and had a double at Oakland (5/16).
2024 |
Game-by-Game Statistics
Was Milwaukee’s lone two-way player seeing time both in the field, at the plate, and on the mound … while batting he hit .258 with eight hits in 31 at bats including a pair of doubles while driving in seven runs and scoring five … also walked six times for a .395 on-base percentage … made nine appearances on the mound including one start and struck out eight batters over 14 innings of work … made his collegiate debut on the mound at UT Rio Grande Valley (2/25) … recorded his first strikeout of the season on the mound while pitching two hitless innings at Long Beach State (3/3) … walked and score a run at the plate at UIC (3/5) …threw two innings of relief on the road against Western Kentucky (3/8) … pinch ran and played third base while collecting two hits including a triple while driving in a pair in the team’s conference opener at Wright State (3/15) … walked three times with an RBI at Wright State (3/16) … pitched 1 2/3 innings on the mound while also going 2-for-4 at the plate while driving in three runs with a triple in the series finale at Wright State (3/17) … went 2-for-3 at the plate in the opening game of a doubleheader at home versus Oakland (4/6) … tossed a scoreless inning during the team’s night game against the Golden Grizzlies (4/6) … made his first start on the mound and threw four scoreless innings with a strikeout against Michigan (4/10) … made his final pitching appearance of the season with two strikeouts over 2 1/3 innings against Wright State (4/20) … walked twice and collected a single at the plate while scoring two runs at Iowa (4/23) … collected a hit in his final at bat of the season and also had an RBI in the opening game of a home doubleheader against Northern Kentucky (4/27).
High School
Graduated from Hortonville High School in Hortonville, Wisconsin in 2023 … played three seasons of varsity baseball for the Polar Bears … was a member of the Wisconsin State Championship Runner Up team in 2023 … went 2-for-3 at the plate in the state championship game and threw 5 1/3 innings allowing just two hits and striking out nine of the 18 batters he faced in relief … selected as a Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association First Team All-State selection as a senior … also named Fox Valley Association Player of the Year and earned All-District Player of the Year accolades … named a two-time Second Team All-Conference shortstop including one selection unanimously … earned the distinction of being the Player of the Year in the sport of baseball by both the Appleton Post Crescent and Fox 11 (WLUK) … was a team captain for three seasons with the Polar Bears … set the Hortonville records for both hits in a season as well as hits in a career … also set program marks for doubles and triples in a career in high school … also played three seasons of basketball while in high school … was a three year All-State Academic Team member and was a member of the National Honor Society … also played for Stars Baseball based out of Greenville, Wisconsin.
Personal
Son of Amy and James Kuhnke … his father played baseball at Carthage in Kenosha, Wisconsin … has two siblings, Shae and Turner … plans to major in biomedical & health sciences while studying at Milwaukee.
