University of Evansville Athletics

MAJOR: Exercise Science / Psychology
 
2015 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2015 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
2015 Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American
2015 Louisville Slugger First Team All-American
2015 NCBWA First Team All-American
2015 Perfect Game First Team All-American
2015 ABCA / Rawlings Second Team All-American
2015 Baseball America Second Team All-American
2015 D1Baseball Second Team All-American
2015 ABCA / Rawlings All-Midwest Region
2015 MVC Joe Carter Player of the Year
2015 MVC First Team
2015 MVC All-Defensive Team
2015 MVC Scholar-Athlete
2015 William V. Slyker Award (Top UE Male Student-Athlete)
2015 MVC Preseason Team
2014-15    MVC Honor Roll
2014 MVC Postseason Team
2014 MVC Scholar-Athlete
2013 MVC First Team
2013 MVC Scholar-Athlete
2012 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American
2012 MVC Second Team
 
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2015):  Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist…USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist…Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American…Louisville Slugger First Team All-American…NCBWA First Team All-American...Perfect Game First Team All-American...ABCA / Rawlings Second Team All-American...Baseball America Second Team All-American...D1Baseball Second Team All American...ABCA / Rawlings First Team All-Midwest Region...MVC Joe Carter Player of the Year…MVC First Team…MVC All-Defensive Team…MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete…William V. Slyker Award Recipient…MVC Preseason Team…NCBWA National Hitter of the Week (Feb. 28)…MVC Honor Roll...Three-time MVC Player of the Week (Apr. 20, Apr. 27, May 11)…Led the nation in batting average (.465), and triples (nine), while ending the year with the second best on-base percentage (.543) and slugging percentage (.746)…Finished first in the MVC in batting average, fielding percentage (1.000), hits (86), slugging percentage, on-base percentage, total bases (138) and triples, second in doubles (19) and RBIs (57), and fourth in stolen bases (13)…In league play, ranked first in batting average (.458), doubles (11), fielding percentage (1.000), hits (38), on-base percentage (.545),  RBIs (22), slugging percentage (.735), stolen bases (seven), total bases (61), and triples (three)…Hit safely in the first seven games of the season…Recorded a career-high four walks at #1 Vanderbilt (Mar. 3)…Missed seven games in March due to an injury…Returned by recording hits in eight of his next 10 games played…Tallied three hits, including a home run, and four runs batted in at Indiana State (Mar. 28)…Homered in back-to-back games at Indiana State (Mar. 28-29)…Set a new career-best with five hits at UT-Martin (Mar. 31)…Hit safely in career-high 22 straight games (Apr. 5 – May 9)…Swiped career-high three stolen bases vs. SIUE (Apr. 14)…Recorded two hits, two runs and four RBIs vs. South Alabama (Apr. 18)…Tied career-high in hits by going 5-for-5 with three runs scored , three runs batted in, two doubles and one triple at Bradley (Apr. 26)…Notched another four hits at Wichita State (May 8)…Established new career-high with two triples in a 3-for-5 performance at Murray State (May 12)…Homered in MVC Tournament game vs. Bradley (May 20)…Recorded 28 multi-hit and 16 multi-RBI games on the season…Hit safely in 40 of his 46 games played… His .465 batting average is the highest in single season program history…Nine triples are second most for a Purple Ace and his 86 hits are eighth highest in single season program history…finished his time at UE second in doubles (66) and triples (22), fourth in runs batted in (171), fifth in batting average (.352), sixth in runs (169), and seventh in at-bats (841).
 
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2014):  All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team selection…All-MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team honoree…Started all 55 games in center field…Led the team with a .315 batting average, .502 slugging percentage, 19 doubles, five triples and 50 RBI…Was one of three players in the MVC to lead the league with 50 RBI…Belted four home runs to rank second on the team and posted a .375 on-base percentage, after coaxing 24 walks and being hit by two pitches…Stole seven bases in 11 attempts…Recorded multiple hits in 18 games and drove in multiple runs in 12 contests…Drove in a season-high five runs vs. Eastern Kentucky (Mar. 29)…Tallied four or more RBI in three games of a six-game span (Mar. 26 – Apr. 1) including a pair of grand slams in the same week vs. Eastern Kentucky (Mar. 29) and SIUE (Apr. 1)…Posted the first multi-homer game of his career by going deep twice, as part of a 3-for-5 performance that included four RBI at Austin Peay (Mar. 26)…Registered a season-high four hits at Dallas Baptist (Apr. 19), by going a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and an RBI…Put together a season-long 11-game hit streak and 14-game on-base streak…Committed just one error on the season for a .992 field percentage and led all UE outfielders with three assists…Hit a team-best .395, slugged .531 and reached base at a .464 clip in conference play to rank third in the league in all three categories…Finished the season ranked 20th on UE’s all-time hits list with 210.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2013): Made all 57 of his starts in center field…All-MVC First Team selection… MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team honoree…Led the team and ranked in the top 10 in the MVC in several categories including batting average (.339 – 7th), slugging percentage (.504 – 6th), runs scored (48 – 6th), hits (80 – 2nd), doubles (15 – 7th), home runs (6 – 5th), stolen bases (15 – 6th) and total bases (119 – 4th)…Reached base in all but two games for the Purple Aces, including the first 20 of the season to run his on-base streak to 39 dating back to the 2012 season…Posted a season-best 17-game hitting streak and 35-game on-base streak…Led the team with 22 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI performances…Finished the series at Wichita State 8-for-12 with three runs scored, a homer and two RBI (Apr. 19 – 21)…Recorded multiple hits in four-straight games (Apr. 14-21)…Went 1-for-5 with a game-winning grand slam against Xavier (Apr. 12)…Went 2-for-5 with a walk-off, three-run homer in UE’s MVC Tournament win over Bradley (May 22)…Posted a season-high four hits by going 4-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored against Southern Illinois (Apr. 6)…Hit .366 in league games with five doubles and three home runs for a .537 slugging percentage…Posted a .993 fielding percentage, committing just one error in center field.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2012): UE’s 10th player in Aces history to earn Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-America honors…Second team All-Missouri Valley Conference…Started 57 games in center field…Led the squad with a .328 batting average, 17 runs, and a .493 slugging percentage in MVC games…Ranked third on the team with a .303 season average and squad-best .410 on-base percentage…Co-ranked third in the Valley and co-led the Aces with five triples, while also belting 13 doubles, one home run and had 33 runs batted in…Recorded 152 putouts, five assists, and a perfect fielding percentage…Had 15 multi-hit games, including six three-hit performances…Finished second on the squad with eight multi-RBI games…Had a nine-game hitting streak (Apr. 21-May 9)… Recorded back-to-back 3-for-4 performances against Murray State (Apr. 25) and Bradley (Apr. 27)…Belted his first career home run at Dallas Baptist (May 4)…Will carry a 19-game on-base streak and three-game hitting streak into next season, marking UE’s longest of the season.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2011): Earned a medical redshirt — did not play. 
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time letterwinner in baseball and basketball…One of Illinois’ top base stealers at Prairie Ridge High School on the north side of Chicago…Hit .430 as a junior with three home runs, 23 RBI, and 34 stolen bases for the Wolves on his way to all-conference, all-area, and honorable mention all-state honors…Helped Prairie Ridge win the Illinois state title as a sophomore

PERSONAL: Father, Randy, played in the San Diego Padres’ organization and two of his uncles played college baseball.

KACZMARSKI’S CAREER STATISTICS

Overall Season Statistics

YEAR	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.303	57-57	201	38	61	13	5	1	33	30	46	13-15
2013	.339	57-57	236	48	80	15	3	6	31	25	41	15-21
2014	.315	55-55	219	40	69	19	5	4	50	24	39	7-11
2015	.465	46-46	185	43	86	19	9	5	57	28	23	13-17
CAREER	.352	215-215	841	169	296	66	22	16	171	107	149	48-64

                                                                                      

MVC Regular-Season Statistics

YEAR	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.328	21-21	67	17	22	7	2	0	10	15	19	4-5
2013	.366	20-20	82	14	30	5	0	3	10	9	12	3-7
2014	.395	21-21	81	17	32	7	2	0	16	12	14	0-1
2015	.458	21-21	83	17	38	11	3	2	22	13	13	7-9
CAREER	.390	83-83	313	65	122	30	7	5	58	49	58	14-22

 

MVC Tournament Statistics

YEAR	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.250	3-3	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0-0
2013	.263	4-4	19	3	5	2	0	1	3	0	4	0-0
2014	.125	2-2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0
2015	.143	2-2	7	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0-0
CAREER	.217	11-11	46	5	10	2	0	2	6	1	8	0-0

 

KACZMARSKI’S CAREER HIGHS (as of 6/1/15)

At Bats: 7, at Indiana State (5/3/13)

Runs Scored: 3, 10x, last vs. Oakland City (4/29/15)

Hits: 5, 2x, last at Bradley (4/26/15)

RBI: 5, vs. Eastern Kentucky (3/29/14)

Doubles: 2, 9x, last at Wichita State (5/9/15)

Triples: 2, at Murray State (5/12/15)

Home Runs: 2, at Austin Peay (3/26/14)

Walks: 4, at Vanderbilt (3/3/15)

Stolen Bases: 3, vs. SIUE (4/4/15)
Hit Streak: 22 (4/5/15 - 5/9/15)