#7 KENT KOCH - Captain
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Name: Kent Koch - Captain Year: Senior Position: Second Base Throws/Bats: Right/Right Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Hometown: Loretto High School: Delano H.S. |
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2010: Played in 43 games and started 29 for the Huskies at second base...batted .333 in 90 at-bats...scored 18 runs...posted two doubles and the first two homeruns of his career at SCSU...drove in 19 runs...recorded 40 total bases and a .444 slugging percentage...worked opposing pitchers for 12 walks...was a perfect three for three in stolen bases...defensively he helped record 63 putouts and 34 assists...finished the season with a .942 fielding percentage..recorded the first homerun of this career in the first game of the season against Wisconsin Parkside (2/6/10)....had four multi-hit games including a 3-for-4, two run game against Concordia (4/10/10)...hit his second homerun of the season and recorded his fourth multi-RBI game against Northern State (4/26/10)...had a 15-game hitting streak from March 3 through April 17 in route to raising his batting average 88 points.
2009: Koch saw increased playing time in 2009...pounded out 12 hits, three doubles and five RBI as a sophomore...batted .240 with three multi-hit performances in 2009...collected two hits and three RBI vs. Bemidji State on Feb. 26, 2009...also had two hits apiece against Bemidji State (Feb. 25, 2009) and Concordia (April 10, 2009)...named to 2009 NSIC Spring All-Academic Team.
2008: Tallied first career hit vs. Peru State on Feb. 23…scored a pair of runs vs. Malone on March 7.
2007: Sat out the 2007 season as a red-shirt…named to SCSU’s Dean’s List.
HIGH SCHOOL: Won three letters for coach Dan Paulson’s Tigers…All-State, All-Conference and Academic All-State his senior season…broke his high school’s single season hits record with 40 in 2006…won three letters in both basketball and football…named Wright County Quarterback of the Year in 2005 and went to three state tournaments with football team…two-time All-Conference pick and Team MVP his final year…an All-Conference pick in basketball...All-State Honorable Mention in 2004.
PERSONAL: Son of Herb and Shelly Koch…a 2006 graduate of Delano H.S….on the “A” honor roll and was schools “AAA” award winner…most memorable athletic experience was playing in an amateur baseball game with all three of his brothers and his father on the field at the same time…lists Chris Berman as favorite sports personality…acknowledges his dad as having the greatest influence on his career…a finance major...Koch was elected Mayor of his hometown of Loretto, Minn. in Nov. 2010 and began his first term in Jan. 2011.
COACHES' TAKE: “Kent really epitomizes what Husky baseball is all about. He is a 5th year senior who was elected captain by his teammates, which says that he is a true leader. He’s been a role player the past few years and I know that he wants to crack the starting line up. He’s gotten bigger, faster and stronger the past three years and has great character, which is a great impression on all the younger Huskies.”
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