Northwest Missouri State Athletics

2009

Started 45 of 51 games (all at right field) … hit .234 with a team high in both home runs (11) and RBIs (32) and finished tied for second with 26 runs scored … led the Bearcats with a .553 slugging percentage … was third in the MIAA hitting .23 home runs per game … led the team in home runs for the second time in three seasons … hit 28 of his 32 RBI in MIAA play … named MIAA Player of the Week on April 29 … had three home runs and drove in seven in Northwest's doubleheader sweep over SBU (4/25) … hit a grand slam in the Bearcats' 5-4 victory over FHSU (3/6) … had nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … also recorded a five-game hitting streak … led the team with 21 extra-base hits

2008

Finished 10th in the MIAA in triples per game ... started 45 games, all at right field ... fifth for the Bearcats in RBIs and total bases ... hit .299 during MIAA play and was third on the team with a .577 slugging percentage ... hit seven home runs to move into a tie for seventh in career program records with 18 ... hit a game-tying two-run home run in the ninth inning against No. 4 Emporia State to send the game into extra innings ... scored a season-high three runs against Buena Vista (3/24) after being walked twice and hit by a pitch

2007

Tied for the team lead with 11 home runs, good for 10th in program season records ... three home runs came in a four-of-four performance against Truman (4/29), when he also drove in seven runs and tallied 13 total bases ... led the team with a .648 slugging percentage

Papillion-Lavista South High School

2006 graduate ... first-team all state and all-district selection his senior season ... also played football

Personal Bio

Son of Terry and Lori Kirsch ... Feb. 12, 1988