Completed Event: Baseball at Omaha on May 22, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 7 , 10 inn.
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FINAL
Baseball
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at Omaha
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South Dakota State University Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster
Kozal, Thatcher
Jersey Number 15
Thatcher Kozal
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Waverly, Neb.
- High School:
- Waverly H.S.
- Major:
- Agricultural Business
Bio
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
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
Baseball Highlights vs Omaha (05.22.2025)
Thursday, May 22
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.21.2025)
Wednesday, May 21
Baseball Weekly Update (05.19.2025)
Monday, May 19
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.17.2025)
Saturday, May 17
