Jake Kuchmaner

Photo by: Patrick Cavey

Height:
5-11
Weight:
204
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Waxhaw
High School:
Marvin Ridge
Major:
masters in kinesiology

2022 Senior CLASS Award Nominee and Finalist (May 5) ... 2022 CoSIDA All-District 3 selection (May 12) ... 2021-22 recipient of the Walter & Marie Williams Spirit of the East Scholarship presented at Annual Breakfast of Champions (April 30, 2022) ... Listed as having the best control in The American (Baseball America).

Career: Three-year letterman who has helped the Pirates to 148 wins over the last three-plus year … Member of three NCAA Regionals, two Super Regionals, two American Athletic Conference regular season titles and one AAC Tournament championship … Appeared in 47 games (37 starts) and posted a 17-6 mark with a pair of complete games … Struck out 149 batters in 185 innings, allowed 90 runs (81 earned) and sports a 3.94 ERA … First-Team All-AAC selection in 2019 ... Tossed the first perfect game in ECU history when he struck out eight during the Pirates' 3-0 win at Maryland on March 17 … Earned consecutive national player-of-the-week accolades by Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game in 2019 (March 11 and March 18) after carrying a no-hitter into the ninth inning at Ole Miss before throwing the 31st perfect game in NCAA DI history.

2021: Unanimous 2021 Preseason All-AAC selection by the leagues head coaches ... Named 2021 Third-Team Preseason All-America by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) … Posted a 2-4 record in 16 games (14 starts) …. Allowed 42 runs (38 earned) on 74 hits for a 5.97 ERA … Struck out 45 batters while walking just 10 in 57.1 innings … Held opposing hitters to a .319 composite batting average … Earned first win of the season against Rhode Island (Feb. 20) tossing five scoreless innings where he allowed two hits and struck out three … Second win was against Charlotte (March 12) where he gave up two runs (both earned) on five hits and struck out a career-high 10 batters … Suffered losses against Elon (March 27), Wichita State (April 30), South Florida (May 22) and UCF (May 29) … Worked five-plus innings in a start six times … Struck out at least one batter in a game 13 times (multiple on nine occasions) … Didn’t allow a walk in a contest seven times (one or less in 15 games) … Induced 53 fly ball and 63 ground outs … Allowed three or less runs in a game 13 times (one or less on here occasions) … Tossed a season-high six innings at Elon with six strikeouts in a 2-1 loss … Fanned five or more batters in a game on five occasions … Fifteen of 45 punch outs came in league play … In games pitched, ECU outscored its opponents 103 to 83.

2020: Started four games notching a team-best four wins before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Listed by D1Baseball as the 63rd-best starting pitcher in their final player rankings … Tied for second in the nation in wins (four) … Allowed just one run (earned) on 12 hits in 15.0 innings while sporting a 0.60 ERA … Struck out 13 while walking just five … Held opposing hitters to a .218 composite batting average … Surrendered just one extra base hit (double) … Opponents batted just .143 against him with runners on base and .288 with two outs … Induced 14 fly ball and 18 ground outs … Made season debut against William & Mary (Feb. 16) working two scoreless frames with a walk and two punch outs … Did not allow a run in his first three outings of the season (10 innings) … Worked five innings in each of last two starts … Fanned multiple batters in all four contests with a season-high five at Charlotte (March 8) … Earned wins against William & Mary, Georgia Southern, High Point and Charlotte … Unanimous American Athletic Conference Preseason Pitcher-of-the-Year selection by league head coaches.

2019: First-Team All-AAC selection … Tossed 28th perfect game in NCAA DI history at Maryland (March 17) … Earned consecutive national pitcher-of-the-week accolades (March 11 and March 18) by Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game … Two-time AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week selection (March 11, March 18) … Named to AAC Honor Roll on April 29 … Two-time D1Baseball Player-of-the-Day … Earned Golden Spikes Award performance-of-the-week (March 19) … Named to the College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher-of-the-Year Watch List … Posted a 7-2 record in 17 appearances (14 starts) … Allowed 34 runs (29 earned) on 63 hits for a 2.99 ERA (third-best on the team) … Struck out 73 while walking 29 in 87.1 innings … Held opposing hitters to a .203 composite batting average … Tossed second career complete game at Maryland (March 17) which was the first perfect game in ECU history … Retired all 27 batters he faced registering eight strikeouts, 10 fly outs and nine ground outs … Struck out at least one batter in even frames, had two punch outs in the eight stanza and had just four full-counts … A week earlier (March 6), he had carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning at No. 9 Ole Miss (8.2 innings) striking out a career-high nine batters … After fanning the first two batters in the ninth, he walked his lone batter before giving up a two-out hit in the ninth frame … Tossed 3.1 innings of relief against Campbell (June 3) in the Greenville Regional Championship Game allowing one hit earning the win … Also had victories against Cincinnati, Maryland, Memphis, Ole Miss, Tulane and USF … Dropped just two contests versus Wichita State and at UCLA … Tossed five or more innings in a start 10 times (six-plus nine times and seven-plus on five occasions) … Worked into the ninth inning three times (Maryland, Ole Miss and Tulane) … Pitched 2.0 scoreless relief frames against Western Carolina (March 3) and allowed just one run at Duke (March 12) over 5.2 innings of relief … Surrendered three or less hits in an outing seven times … Allowed one or fewer runs in seven of 17 appearances … Issues one or less walks in a game on 11 occasions … Fanned five or more batters in a contest eight times (multiple hitters in 14 of 17 games) … Finished 38th nationally in WHIP (1.02) … In league play, he posted a 4-0 ledger in eight appearances (all starts) … Surrendered just 16 runs (12 earned) on 36 hits … Fanned 41 and walked 19 in 45.0 innings for a 2.40 ERA (third-lowest on the team) … Held opposing hitters to a .226 batting average … Made three postseason appearances (two starts) earning a 1-1 record … Allowed 11 runs (10 earned) on 14 hits in 6.2 frames for a 13.50 ERA … Ranked among the league leaders (Top 10) in 10 pitching categories including opposing batting average (second), strikeouts looking (second/32), wins (t2nd), ERA (third), pickoffs (third) and innings pitched (fourth) … Fielded at a .967 clip making one error … Registered 15 assists and 14 putouts in 30 chances … Co-leader on the team with three pickoffs … Induced 87 fly outs, 88 grounds outs and five double plays on the year … Allowed four would-be base stealers (nine attempts) for a 44.4 percent stolen base rate … Stood among the teams top 3 in 10 pitching categories … ECU posted a 9-5 record in games which he started … In relief, he sported a 1-0 record with a 0.82 ERA in three outings … Allowed just one run (earned) on three hits with eight strikeouts to one walk in 11.0 innings of relief … ECU outscored opponents 82 to 61 in games he pitched.

2018: Appeared in 10 games making five starts … Posted a 4-0 record with a 4.62 ERA … Allowed 13 runs (all earned) on 25 hits in 25.1 innings … Struck out 18 and walked six … Named to AAC All-Tournament Team after tossing a complete game against No. 18 Houston (May 25) elevating ECU into the Championship Game … Allowed one run (earned) on four hits with a walk and a career-high five strikeouts in seven-innings (run rule) … Went 3-0 as a starter with a 3.43 ERA in five outings … Surrendered eight runs (all earned) on 22 hits in 21.0 innings … Struck out 13 and walked five … Notched wins against Cincinnati, Houston, Norfolk State and ODU … Worked four-plus innings in four of five starts … Recorded multiple strikeouts in six of 10 appearances … Allowed one or less walks in nine outings (no walks in five contests) … Four of 25 hits allowed went for extra bases (two doubles, two home runs) … In relief, posted a 1-0 record with a 10.38 ERA … Allowed five runs (all earned) on three hits in 4.1 innings … Fanned five and walked one … Tossed at least one inning of relief in three outings out of the bullpen with a season-best two frames against Cincinnati (May 13) … ECU out-scored opponents 84-43 in games he pitched … Held opposing hitters to a .269 composite batting average … Allowed lone inherited runner to score (100.0 percent) … Did not allow a run in two league appearances while posting a 1-0 record … Struck out two and walked one in 2.1 innings of work … Appeared in one postseason game (AAC Tournament) … 2018 Summer: Played for the Baltimore Redbirds in the Cal Ripken League … Appeared in three games making a pair of starts … Posted a 1-2 record with an 8.10 ERA before being shut down for the summer … Allowed nine runs (all earned) on 10 hits in 10.0 innings of work … Struck out 10 while walking seven … Picked up lone win against the Grays (June 11) after surrendering a run (earned) on two hits with four punch outs and two walks in three frames.

Marvin Ridge High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Mark Mennitt … Helped the Mavericks to a pair of N.C. 3A State titles (2015-16), four conference titles, two conference tournament crowns and a 104-22 four-year record … Two-time team captain (junior, senior) … Two-Time First-Team N.C. Baseball Coaches Association 3A All-State selection (2016-17) … Three-time all-conference and Charlotte Area Pitcher-of-the-Year … Two-time conference pitcher-of-the-year (junior, senior) … Named Union County Pitcher-of-the-Year during junior and senior season … Posted a 28-4 career record with 291 strikeouts to 72 walks in 233.2 innings (2015-17) … Did not record any stats as a freshman for the Mavericks … As a sophomore, posted an 8-1 record with a 1.92 ERA … Struck out 92 batters while walking 31 in 76 innings of work … At the plate he batted .290 with five doubles … Named Preseason All-America by Collegiate Baseball before junior campaign … Sported an 11-3 record with a 1.70 ERA … Fanned 105 batters while walking just 23 in 85 innings on his way to Collegiate Baseball Honorable Mention All-America accolades … Batted .302 with a home run and eight doubles … Closed out prep career earning First-Team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball as a senior … Named All-South Charlotte Pitcher-of-the-Year … Second-Team All-State selection by USA Today … Southern Carolina Conference Player-of-the-Year … Posted a 9-0 record with 94 strikeouts and a 0.58 ERA – all three leading Union County High School Baseball … At the plate, hit at a .284 clip with two home runs, 27 RBI, 10 doubles, 19 runs and 8 stolen bases … Graduated with a 4.7 GPA … Member of the National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and National English Honor Society … Played travel ball for On Deck Baseball Academy … Named 2016 Underclass Honorable Mention by Perfect Game … Second-Team All-Atlantic Region selection by Perfect Game … Earned 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America accolades … Listed as the third-best left-handed pitching prospect and No. 22 overall prospect in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game … Tabbed as the 74th-best lefty in the country by Perfect Game … Named to three all-tournament teams at Perfect Game events … Participated in several showcases including 2013-14 WWBA 15U National Championship (Marietta, Ga.), 2014-15 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2015-16 WWBA 16-17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) and 2015-16 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.).

Personal: Full name is Jacob Kuchmaner … Born In Youngstown, Ohio … Son of Sue and Vic Kuchmaner … Has three siblings (Makenzie, Vic and Zac) … Father played baseball at Akron … Mother ran track at Kent State … Brother Zach is an outfielder/pitcher at UNC Greensboro … Sister Makenzie plays volleyball for NC State … Two-time ECU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) President (2019-20, 2020-21) ... Named one of 21 male student-athlete recipients for the 2021 Spring NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (July 2021) ... Graduated with a BSBA in management (Dec. 2021) ... Currently pursuing a masters in kinesiology ... Nine-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2017-present) … Four-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2018-20).