2020 Baseball
Jack Kuzma
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Minnetonka, MN
- High School:
- Minnetonka HS
Expected to back up the infielders in final season at Cal Poly.
2019 -- As a junior played in 34 games with 26 starts -- 22 at second base and two each at first base and third base ... hit .229 with 19 hits, including three doubles ... knocked in six runs ... made just one error in 103 chances ... doubled twice in UC Davis series and also had a double versus Hawai'i ... three multiple-hit games ... did not play summer ball.
2018 -- Played in 10 games, all as a backup third baseman ... eight plate appearances, including three walks ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Blues, collecting eight hits, all singles ... knocked in seven runs.
2017 -- As a true freshman played in 32 games with 10 starts, seven at third base and three at shortstop ... primarily used as a late-inning defensive replacement at third base ... hit .152 with five hits in 33 at-bats, including a double against Nebraska ... two RBI for the season, both ahgainst Fresno State with a groundout and bases-loaded walk ... two-hit game against Pacific ... 47.4 percent success advancing runners ... played summer ball for Corvallis Knights, hitting .137 with two doubles, a triple and seven RBI ... trio of two-hit games.
High School --A .365 hitter as a senior under head coach Paul Twenge at Minnetonka High School ... competed in Class 2-4A sectionals for third straight year and finished 17-9 ... .450 on-base percentage with seven doubles, one triple, 10 RBI and 13 stolen bases ... earned first-team All-Lake Conference and first-team All-West Metro Section honors as both a junior and senior ... was MVP of his freshman team in 2013, was named most improved player of his baseball team in 2015 and also played hockey for Minnetonka High.
Personal -- Son of Frank and Lynda Kuzma ... one brother, Frankie ... has played hockey all his life ... elected to attend Cal Poly because of "its great academics and baseball program'' ... born in Excelsior, Minn. ... majoring in business administration.
