2013 Media Guide - University of North Dakota Athletics

KRIS KWAK
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Hometown: Maple Grove, Minn.
High School: Academy of Holy Angels
Major: Marketing
North Dakota aoa
2013 NORTH DAKOTA BASEBALL
Summer 2012: Spent the summer playing in the presgious Alaska Summer League for the Chugiak-Eagle River
Chinooks.
2012: Named preseason rst team All-Great West by CollegeSportsMadness.com ... Third on the team in hit-
ng (.313), hits (65) runs (42) and homers (4) ... Led the teami
in nw
walks sw
with
38 ... . Started ted all l5
56 6g
games ... Hit
safely in all four games of the Great West Conference Tournament and nished the season with a 13-game
hing streak ... In the tourney, led the team with a .571 bang average, going 8-for-14 and also walked
six mes en route to All-GWC tournament accolades ... Named
GWC Player of the Week
ek on May 22 as
UND took three of four from Chicago State ... Went 9-for-16 (.563) in that series and capped the regular
season with two home runs and a career-high ve RBI in the 20-8 victory in game four ... Finished the
four-game set with seven RBI ... Had 19 mul-hit games, including a ve-hit game at Texas-Pan American
(April 15) ... Started season with .129 bang average (8-for-62) through 18 games, but hit .396 (57-
for-144) the rest of the way.
2011: Earned All-Great West second team honors aer bang .339 witha
team-leading e 17 doubles,
ve home runs and 25 RBI ... Started 43 of 46 contests, including 38
at
second base and ve at
catcher ... His 17 doubles were the h most in a single season by a UND hier and his three
doubles vs. Minnesota, Crookston (April 28) ed a single-game record
rd .... Also topped the team
with 24 extra-base hits and a .554 slugging percentage ... Added 15 mulple-hit games, including
career-high, four-hit eorts vs. Minnesota, Crookston (April 28) and at Northern Colorado (May
8) ... Belted a walk-o home run vs. Chicago State (April 30), nishing that contest with a careerhigh
three RBI ... Hit his rst collegiate home run at Kansas s (March
9) ... Posted
a career-long hit-
ng streak of 11 games from April 28-May 13 ... Followed the 11-game hing streak up with
a seven-game streak (May 14-May 20) ... Baed .447 during that
19-game stretch,
raising his average from .228 to .338 ... Went 5-for-14 (.357) during the GWC Tournament
at Kra Field ... Finished the season with ve mulple-RBI le-RBI
games
... Earned
second leer.
2010: Appeared in 38 games, including 35 starts that included 20 at third
base, 14 at shortstop and one at second base … Also made nine ances on the mound, including one start at South Dakota a State (April
28) … Had the rst mulple-hit and mulple-RBI game of his career
appear-
at Oral Roberts (March 27), going 2-for-4 with a triple, a double
and two RBI … Went 4-for-4 with a double and a RBI vs. New
York Tech (April 23) … Had a two-RBI contest later in the series
with the Bears (April 25) and drove in a pair of runs in the
season-closing victory over Chicago State (May 28) at the
GWC Tournament … Posted two scoreless appearances
on the mound at Missouri (March 19) and at Utah Valle
(April 10) … Struck out the side in his only inning of work
at Missouri (March 18) ... Earned rst leer.
BEFORE UND: A 2009 graduate of Academy of Holy Angels ... Named honorable menon all-state in Minnesota as a
senior by the St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Ranked No. 3 among posion players in the state of Minnesota by ESPN RISE ...
Rated No. 4 prospect in state of Minnesota by Perfect Game recruing service ... Preseason Under Armor All-American
in 2009 ... Member of the Minnesota Lions Metro West All-Star Team ... Earned all-district American Legion Team
honors for Minnesota in 2008 and 2009 ... Baed .417 with three home runs, nine doubles and 23 RBI as a senior and
posted a 4-3 record with a 2.37 ERA on the mound ... Named Academy of Holy Angels Team MVP and Oensive MVP
in 2009 ... Member of the 2009 Rawlings/Perfect
Game Preseason Central Region All-High School
senior team ... Earned Missota All-Conference
honors as a junior and a senior ... Earned three
leers in baseball and hockey as a prep athlete ...
Served as baseball’s team captain his senior year.
PERSONAL: Son of James and Pamela Kwak ...
Earned the Outstanding Academic Achievement
award in 2007 and 2009 ... Grandfather John
Kwak Sr. played football at The Citadel and Uncle,
John Kwak Jr., played football at Iowa ... Grandfather
Warren Johnson and cousin Jon Francisco
both played hockey at Minnesota Duluth ... Majoring
in markeng.
KWAK’S CAREER STATISTICS
HITTING
YEAR GP-GS AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
2010 38-35 .191 115 13 22 5 2 0 14 21 18 0-1
2011 46-43 .339 168 30 57 17 2 5 25 19 22 3-6
2012 54-54 .313 208 42 65 10 2 4 29 38 28 1-2
Career 138-132 .293 491 85 144 32 6 9 68 78 68 4-9
PITCHING
YEAR W-L ERA G-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
2010 0-1 12.41 9-1 0 0 12.1 21 18 17 7 9
Career 0-1 12.41 9-1 0 0 12.1 21 18 17 7 9
RETURNER PROFILES
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