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15 Thatcher Kozal

  • Height
    5-11
  • Weight
    185
  • Position
    Outfielder
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Waverly, Neb.
  • High School
    Waverly H.S.
  • Major
    Agricultural Business

Biography

PRONUNCIATION


2023: Shared time in the outfield and at designated hitter, playing in 38 games with 24 starts ... reached base in all three plate appearances, including hitting the tie-breaking three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, in Game 2 of doubleheader versus North Dakota State (3/31) ... hit one of team's seven home runs in mid-week game at Briar Cliff (4/11) ... went 4-for-7 in home doubleheader sweep of Omaha with three RBIs (4/16) ... homered twice, drew two walks and scored three runs in Game 1, adding two more hits and an RBI in Game 2 ... hit his fifth and final home run of the season, walked and scored twice in second game of twinbill versus Northern Colorado (5/14) ... scored three times in opening-round win over North Dakota State at the Summit League Baseball Championship (5/24) ... ended season by reaching base safely in the final 13 games in finishing second on the team with a .468 on-base percentage

2022: Split time at the corner outfield positions, appearing in 32 games with 16 starts … walked and scored a run as a pinch-hitter in second game of doubleheader against Purdue (2/19) … hit a pinch-hit solo home run in series opener at Wichita State (3/11) for first round-tripper as a Jackrabbit, then drew three walks and was hit by a pitch in series finale (3/13) … went 2-for-4 with a run batted in to close out series at Northwestern State (3/19) … both of his hits in series finale at Oral Roberts were for extra bases as he doubled and homered while driving in three runs and scoring twice (3/27) … homered in back-to-back games against Omaha (5/8) and St. Thomas (5/15) … delivered run-scoring hits in each of the final two games of regular season against Oral Roberts (5/20-21) … drew a starting assignment in both games at the Summit League Baseball Championship (5/26-27)

BEFORE SDSU: Transfer from Iowa Western Community College … played in 37 games at IWCC in 2021, batting .320 with five doubles, four triples, five home runs and 26 runs batted in … posted a .693 slugging percentage … appeared in six games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season … graduated from Waverly (Neb.) High School in 2019

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Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2022Junior

    Outfielder
    5'11" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2023Senior

    Outfielder
    5'11" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2024Senior

    Outfielder
    5'11" 185 lbs
    15
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