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Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 team champion (2022)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-22)

As a Senior (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Played in 38 games, including starting five
  • Hit .167 with three runs scored, two doubles and an RBI
  • 2 for 6 with three walks as a pinch hitter
  • Got the start and went 1 for 4 with a run scored and one RBI at UTSA (Feb. 28)
  • Drew three walks in a start vs. Washington State (March 25)

As a Junior (2021)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 17 games, starting six, while hitting .320 with two runs scored and four RBIs
  • Drew three walks and one hit by pitch to only one strikeout
  • Batted 6 for 14 (.429) with the bases empty
  • 1 for 2 with two RBIs at Arizona State (April 17)
  • 2 for 4 with a run scored at California (May 16)
  • 3 for 5 with a run scored vs. California (May 17)

As a Sophomore (2020)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Made 13 appearances, batting .295 with four doubles.
  • 3-for-4 with a double against Tennessee (Feb. 23).
  • 3-for-4 at California (Feb. 25).
  • 2-for-4 with two doubles against Kansas State (March 8).

As a Freshman (2019)

  • Made collegiate debut against Wichita State (Feb. 16)
  • First career hit and RBI against Pepperdine (Feb. 17)
  • 2-for-2 with a triple and a run at Cal (May 11)

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Helix Charter high school in La Mesa, Calif.
  • Three-time Grossmont Hills league champion (2016-18)
  • 2017 CIF Southern Section Open Division runner-up
  • 2017-18 All-League
  • Team captain as a senior (2018)
  • Played for the San Diego Show (2014-16)
  • Perfect Game MLK Tournament champions (2015-16)
  • 2014 USA Baseball national team development program invitee
  • Participant at 2016 Perfect Game junior national showcase

Personal

  • Son of Leigh Kretzschmar
  • Has a younger brother, Gabe
  • Uncle, Dick Kretzshmar, played shortstop at the University of Missouri