Concordia University St. Paul Athletics

Concordia Career:
2016: NSIC All-Academic … appeared in and started nine games on the mound for the Golden Bears … finished with a 6-1 record and 4.50 ERA which ranked 10th in the NSIC … struck out 39 batters which ranked second on the team … held batters to a .297 batting average which ranked 15th in the NSIC … ranked ninth in the conference with 58 hits allowed and ranked second in the conference with only 30 runs allowed … allowed 11 walks on the year which ranked second in the NSIC … ranked tied for first in the conference in triples allowed with zero and homeruns allowed with two … started off the season with a 4-0 record … Earned NSIC Pitcher of the Week honors Mar. 14 as he picked up a complete game road win at Augustana on Mar. 13 scattering five singles and a walk with seven strikeouts allowing just one unearned run in a tight 2-1 victory … pitched his second complete game of the season on Apr. 4 against University of Mary only allowing one run, four hits while striking out five batters in the Golden Bears 4-1 win … stuck out five while only allowing five hits in a complete game shutout win against Sioux Falls on Apr. 30 … notched his fourth five strikeout game in his final appearance of the season while allowing only four runs in 7.0 innings pitched in the Golden Bears 8-4 win against Minnesota State on May 12.

2015: Appeared in 10 games with eight starts, compiling a 4-2 record with a 3.93 ERA including two complete games and a save ... struck out 32 in 50.1 innnings ... ranked 12th in the NSIC in ERA, 14th in opponent batting average (.275), allowed the fifth fewest hits (52), the fewest doubles in the NSIC (3), 14th fewest home runs (4) and 16th fewest walks (16) ... held left handed hitters to a .219 (7-32) average ... held opposing hitters to a .207 average (18-87) with runners on base ... pitched at least 6.0 innings in his last seven starts and worked at least 4.0 innings in all eight starts ... allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and no walks with three strikeouts in 6.0 innings in a no decision against Lubbock Christian (3/17) ... allowed one run on five hits with eight strikeouts and no walks in 6.0 innings to pick up his first win over Minnesota Crookston (3/22, G2) in his next start ... picked up his second win against U-Mary (4/12, G1), pitching 6.1 innings allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits with five strikeouts ... allowed a run on five hits with just one walk in 6.0 innings to pick up his third win against Winona State (4/26, G1) ... went the distance for a win over Sioux Falls (5/2, G1) in his final start, allowing a run on four hits with four strikeouts and one walk ... pitched two shutout innings in relief in the season finale loss to Winona State (5/6) in the NSIC Tournament ... recorded his only save at Bemidji State (4/4, G2), pitching a scoreless inning.

Rochester Community and Technical College:
Career: Had an 8-6 record in 16 appearances and 14 starts in two seasons with the Yellowjackets, striking out 71 in 79.2 innings with a 1.92 career ERA … earned academic honors at RCTC.

2014: Made 11 appearances with nine starts with a 5-6 record … held a 2.19 ERA over 53.1 innings with 49 strikeouts … pitched a pair of 7.0 inning, two-hit shutouts over Dakota Wesleyan  JV (4/6/14) and Minnesota West CTC (4/26/14) with 10 strikeouts against MWCTC … also threw a 7.0 inning, four-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in last start against Northland CTC (5/15/14) … allowed just one unearned run in 7.0 innings with five hits, one walk and five strikeouts in a 3-1 win over Ridgewater College (5/10/14) … helped RCTC to 22-22-1 overall record and 7-6-1 finish in the MCAC.

2013: Helped the Yellowjackets to a 26-9 season including 9-3 finish in the MCAC … went 3-0 in five starts with a complete game … had a 1.37 ERA in 26.1 innings with a 22-6 K-BB ratio … worked 6.0 shutout innings, allowing four hits and no walks with seven strikeouts for first career win in debut performance against Sussex County CC (3/20/13) … pitched into the fifth inning in all five starts while allowing two earned runs or less each outing.

Kaukauna High School:
Competed as a two-sport athlete for three years in baseball and hockey ... earned All-Academic honors ... a four-time state champion sporting clay shooter … was captain of baseball team and a two-time Dean's List student.

Personal:
Born July 6, 1994 ... son of Jeff and Karen Knaus … has an older brother, Scott, and two older sisters, Sam and Aleisha … will major in accounting with a finance minor ... his career goal is to play Major League Baseball.