Evan Kruczynski

Height:
6-4
Weight:
187
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Franklin, Wis.
High School:
Franklin
Major:
recreation park management

2017: Selected in the ninth round (pick 274) of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals ... First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American ... Team co-captain that appeared in 10 games (all starts) posting a 4-3 record with a 4.47 ERA … Finished the season with 48 strikeouts to just seven walks in 56.1 innings … Held opposing hitters to a .279 composite batting average … Allowed 30 runs (28 earned) on 61 hits … Surrendered three or less earned runs in eight of 10 starts … Tossed eight shutout innings at Cincinnati allowing one hit with six strikeouts earning AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honors (April 24) … In that outing allowed lone hit in the first inning with two outs before retiring the final 22 batters he faced (set down 24 of 25 hitters in the outing) … Worked into the sixth inning six times with a season-high 8.0 innings against the Bearcats … Fanned five or more batters in an outing on six occasions … Notched wins against Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane and UCF … Started a pair of AAC Tournament games (UCF/win, No. 17 Houston/loss) with the latter coming in the championship game … Suffered injury against Western Carolina (March 3) in the LeClair Classic and returned against UCF (April 15) … 2017 Senior CLASS Award Finalist ... Named to three preseason All-America teams (NCBWA/second-team, Collegiate Baseball/third-team, Perfect Game/third-team) … Tabbed preseason American Athletic Conference Co-Pitcher-of-the-Year and preseason First-Team All-AAC … Listed as the No. 11 prospect in The American and No. 17 overall starting pitcher in the country by D1Baseball.

2016: Earned Third-Team All-America honors from D1Baseball … Honorable Mention All-America selection by Perfect Game … Named First-Team All-Athletic Conference … Garnered recognition on Golden Spikes Midseason Award, College Baseball National Pitcher-of-the-Year Watch List and was a semifinalist for the Gregg Olson Award … Named Williams Jungle Pitching MVP … Received the Gaylord Perry Amateur Pitching Award as the top nonprofessional hurler in the state in 2016 from the Wilson Hot Stove League … Started 17 games posting an 8-1 record with a league second-best 2.01 ERA … Stood among the NCAA leaders in starts (10th) and ERA (22nd) … Struck out career-high 95 batters while walking 27 … Allowed 32 runs (26 earned) on 107 hits in a career-best 116.2 innings - the latter ranking second on ECU’s single-season charts … Became the 11th pitcher in program history to win the pitching triple crown … Tallied 14 quality starts (6.0 IP and 3 or less runs) … Set new career-high with 13 strikeouts against Tulane (April 8) … Named to Charlottesville All-Regional Team … Friday night starter who faced off against some of the best pitchers in the country in All-America selections Connor Jones (Virginia), Andrew Lantrip (Houston), Anthony Kay (Connecticut/twice) and James Karinchak (Bryant) as well as National Player-of-the-Week winners Kyle Cedotal (SE Louisiana), Jon Duplantier (Rice) and Lantrip … Picked up ECU’s first-ever super regional win (8-6), allowing three runs (all earned) on six hits in 5.2 innings against No. 5 National Seed Texas Tech in the Lubbock Super Regional … Named to AAC Honor Roll on April 11 … Ranked among the league leaders in pickoffs (first), games started (t1st), ERA (second), innings pitched (second), wins (third) and total strikeouts (t5th) … ECU posted a 14-3 record in games which he started … Earned win against No. 20 Bryant (June 3) in the opening game of the Charlottesville Regional where he scattered six hits over seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts … Worked seven innings vs. USF (May 5) in the AAC Championships surrendering a pair of runs on seven hits with six punch outs … Posted a 3-1 record in league play with a 1.93 ERA … Struck out 48 and walked 10 while allowing 16 runs (12 earned) in 56.0 innings of work … Opposing hitters batted at a .245 clip against him … Sported a 3-0 record with a 1.69 ERA against opponents that advanced to NCAA Regional play … Registered wins against Bryant, Houston, Jacksonville, Longwood, Memphis, Rice, Texas Tech and UCF … Allowed two or less runs in an outing 12 times (no runs on three occasions) … Fanned five or more batters in a game 12 times (seven-plus five times) … ECU outscored its opponents 98-49 in games he started … Opened season 5-0 before first loss of the year vs. Cincinnati (April 29) … Two or less walks in a contest 14 times … Sported a sub 2.00 ERA from March 24 to June 3 – a span of 11 weeks.

2015: Started a team-best 16 games as a member of the weekend rotation ... Posted 8-4 record with a 3.17 ERA ... Allowed 44 runs (35 earned) on 105 hits with 72 strikeouts and 26 walks in 99.1 innings ... Named 2015 Jungle Pitching MVP ... Tossed a pair of complete games (Monmouth, Memphis) both were first games of doubleheaders ... Made first collegiate start in the season opener against No. 2 Virginia (Feb. 13) allowing two runs (both unearned) on eight hits with one strikeout in 5.1 innings in a 3-1 loss ... Recorded first win a week later against UNC Greensboro (Feb. 21) in the Keith LeClair Classic ... Rolled off victories in next three starts vs. Albany, Monmouth and Elon ... His outing against Monmouth (Mar. 7) was a two-hit complete game shutout with seven strikeouts ... Winning pitcher in ECU’s first-ever AAC game (Memphis/Mar. 28) where he gave up one run (earned) on six hits with six strikeouts in a complete game effort ... Also notched league wins against Connecticut (April 17) and Cincinnati (May 15) ... Suffered additional losses to USF (April 11), Connecticut (May 1) and Columbia (May 29) ... Pirates posted a 10-6 record in his starts ... Ranked second in The American in runners picked off (four), while standing seventh in innings pitched and wins ... Picked up win vs. Tulane (May 21) in AAC Tournament allowing one run (unearned) on three hits with seven strikeouts and three walks in 6.1 innings ... Started Coral Gables Regional opener against Columbia giving up three runs (all earned) on five hits in 5.1 innings in a 6-3 loss ... Held opposing hitters to a .271 composite batting average ... Induced 88 fly outs and 118 ground outs (0.7 ratio) with three double plays ... Two-Time AAC Honor Roll selection (Mar. 9 and Mar. 27) ... Recorded a team-best 10 quality starts ... Won eight of 16 starts (four no decisions) ... Worked into the sixth inning 13 times (seventh inning eight times) ... Tallied career-high 10 strikeouts against UCF (April 24) ... Had four or more strikeouts nine times ... Two or fewer runs in eight contests ... In league play, posted a 3-3 record in eight appearances with one complete game ... Surrendered 31 runs (26 earned) on 61 hits with 36 strikeouts in 47.0 innings and a 4.98 ERA.

2014: Appeared in three games (all in relief) during first season with the Pirate program ... Worked a combined full one inning surrendering two runs (both earned) on three hits for a 18.00 ERA ... Made collegiate debut against Campbell (Feb. 18) walking one and hitting another ... Tossed a career-long one inning against N.C. Central (Mar. 26) giving up two runs (both earned) on three hits with a strikeout ... Last outing was against High Point (May 13) where he faced one batter ... In games pitched, ECU posted a 3-0 record outscoring opponents 27-12 … 2014 Summer: Played for the Lakeshore Chinooks of the Northwoods League helping them to a 50-21 record, which included a perfect 7-0 run through the playoffs to claim the league title in just the teams third year of existence ... Posted a 6-3 record with a 2.78 ERA in 55 innings ... Closed out his summer working into the sixth inning in six consecutive starts recording a 5-0 record with 20 strikeouts, while allowing just six earned runs in 38.1 innings (1.41 ERA) ... To go along with the league title, the Chinooks were named Perfect Game’s Summer Collegiate Team-of-the-Year.

Franklin High School: Six-time letterwinner (baseball 4, basketball 2) and two-time baseball captain (junior, senior) ... Helped coach Jim Hughes and the Sabers to 90 wins over a four-year period and a pair of Wisconsin State Summer Championships (2010-11) ... As a freshman posted a 5-2 record with 44 strikeouts and a 5.60 ERA in 40 innings ... During sophomore campaign sported a 5-1 ledger with 64 punch outs and a 2.45 ERA in 54.2 innings ... Earned honorable mention all conference honors ... Participated in the 2011 USSSA All-American Games ... Named team captain as a junior ... Lowered his ERA to 1.97 with 73 strikeouts in 46.1 innings ... Posted a 4-4 record on the mound on his way to first team all-conference and second-team all-state honors ... Named 2012 Preseason High Honorable Mention Underclassmen All-American by Perfect Game ... As a senior earned First-Team All-Greater Metro honors after posting a 3-0 record on the mound ... Pitched in four games posting a 0.00 ERA with 29 strikeouts and five walks in 19.0 innings ... Named Second-Team All-Central Regional by Perfect Game ... Following senior campaign listed as the top left-hander and the overall No. 3 prospect in the state of Wisconsin by Perfect Game ... Played summer ball for Coach R.J. Fergus and the Hitters Baseball club posting a 3-1 record with a 0.94 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 37.1 innings ... Earned 2012 Second-Team All-State Summer honors ... Member of the Chicago Scouts Association team in the fall where he was a perfect 3-0 on the mount with a 1.80 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 25 innings for Coach John Sarna ... Named to the 2012 WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team ... Tossed four scoreless innings with nine punch outs at the 2012 WWBA Kernels Foundation Championships earning all-tournament team honors ... Participated in the 2011 PG WWBA Underclassmen World Championships (Ft. Myers, Fla.), 2011-12 PG WWBA World Championships (Jupiter, Fla.) and the 2011-12 PG WWBA Kernels Foundation Championships (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ... Named team captain as a senior for basketball team ... Three-time honor roll member.

Personal: Full name is Evan Jacob Kruczynski ... Son of Tammy and Jeff Kruczynski ... Has one sibling (Taylor) ... Majoring in recreation and park management ... Five-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Fall 2015-present) ... Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2015-16).

Career Notes: Recorded 29 career quality starts … Third-Team All-America by D1Baseball (2016) … Honorable Mention All-America by Perfect Game (2016) … Named to Charlottesville All-Regional Team (2016) … First-Team All-American Athletic Conference (2016) … Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List (2016) … College Baseball National Pitcher-of-the-Year Watch List (2016) … Greg Olson Award Semifinalist (2016) … Three-time Williams Jungle Pitching MVP (2015-17) … Received the Gaylord Perry Amateur Pitching Award as the top non-professional hurler in North Carolina from the Wilson Hot Stove League (2016) … Became 11th pitcher in program history to win the pitching crown leading the team in wins (8), strikeouts (95) and ERA (2.01) … Worked 116.2 innings as a junior, which ranks second on the single-season charts … His .889 win percentage in 2016 (8-1) is tied for eighth on the Pirates single-season charts … Winning pitcher in ECU’s first-ever AAC game (vs. Memphis/March 28, 2015) … Ranked among The American leaders (Top 5) in pickoffs the last three season (2015-17) including leading the league in 2016 with nine (17 for career) … Winning pitcher for ECU’s first-ever super regional win at No. 5 National Seed Texas Tech in Lubbock Super Regional (June 10, 2016) … Three-time AAC Honor Roll selection (twice in 2015, once in 2016) … Struck out a career-best 13 batters at Tulane (April 11, 2016) … Fanned seven or more batters in a game 11 times (10 or more twice) … Had career starts that went seven-place innings … Five-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member … Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection (2015-16).

Career Numbers at ECU: 20-8 record, 3.00 ERA, 273.1 IP, 46 games (43 starts), 276 hits, 108 runs, 91 earned runs, 61 walks, 216 strikeouts, two complete games, one shutout.

CAREER HIGHS - innings pitched: 9.0 (2x - last vs. MEM-1 3/28/15); strikeouts: 13 at TUL (4/8/16); walks: 5 at TTU (6/10/16); hits: 11 at UCF (5/19/16); runs: 7 (3x - last vs. USF 5/13/16); earned runs: 6 (2x - last vs. USF 5/13/16).