Personal: Son of Greg and Julie Kessler ... Finance major.
2017: Ended career with best season at The Rock … Started all 47 games … Hit .261 with 23 runs scored, two home runs and 21 RBI … Slugged .339 with a .313 on-base percentage … Had five doubles and one triple in addition to his two homers for eight extra-base hits … Committed just one error at first base, finishing the year with a team-best .997 fielding percentage … Hit .327 (17-for-52) with runners in scoring position … Compiled 13 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI contests … Season long hitting streak of seven games … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run and one home run against Kutztown … Drove in six runs and hit one home run as part of a 3-for-5 effort at California (Pa.) …
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2016: Started 22 of 32 games played ... Made 12 starts at catcher, eight at designated hitter and two at first base ... Hit .230 with 12 runs, three home runs and 12 RBI ... Slugged .340 with a .309 on-base percentage ... Also had one double ... Went 3-for-5 with one home run and three RBI March 8 against Minnesota-Duluth ... Drove in three runs with one home run April 8 against California (Pa.) ...
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2015: Started 17 of 25 games played … Split time at first base with Kyle Vozar … Hit .328 with 11 runs, one home run and 14 RBI … Slugged .483 with a .406 on-base percentage … Also collected six doubles … ranked fourth on the team on on-base percentage and fifth in batting average … Went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI at Walsh University … Hit first home run of the season at Gannon … Drove in a total of five runs during the Pitt-Johnstown series … Hit .625 against left-handed pitchers …
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2014: Started 10 of 11 games played as a freshman ... Hit .300 (9-for-30) with seven runs and seven RBI ... Also belted four doubles and recorded a .378 on-base percentage ... Slugged .433 ... Had three multi-hit games ... Went 4-for-6 with four runs scored and two RBI against Clarion on April 1 ... First collegiate hit came on March 16 against Minnesota Crookston ...
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High School: Lettered three times in baseball and football at Seneca Valley High School ... 2013 WPIALL AAAA First Team All Conference Innfielder ... 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette North Xtra All Star Team ... Junior Year - .400 AVG... Senior Year - .443 AVG ... Senior Year Slugging %: .747 ... Football- 2011 WPIAL AAAA Honorable Mention Linebacker ... 2012 WPIAL AAAA Second Team All Conference Linebacker... 2012
Honorable Mention Butler Eagle Sweet 16 ... 2012 Football Co-Captain ... 2011 - Tied for team leading tackler (73.5) ... 2012 - Team Leading Tackler (74) ... Baseball 2011 AAAA WPIAL Section 7 Champs ... WPIAL Champions ... PIAA Semi Finals ... Baseball 2012 AAAA WPIAL Section 7 Champs ... WPIAL Champions ... PIAA Quarterfinals ... Baseball 2013 AAAA WPIAL Section 7 Champs ... WPIAL Runner Ups ... PIAA Quarter Finalists...Football 2011 WPIAL AAAA Quarter Finalist 8-3 record ... Football 2012 WPIAL AAAA Semi Finalist 10-2 record ... 3.51 QPA ... Four Year Honor Roll.
