Max Kautz

#17 Max Kautz

POS. OF
HT. 6-0
WT. 205
CL. SR
B-T R/R
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) Palo Alto, Calif./Florida Air Academy (Canada CC)

2010 (SENIOR): Batted .316 with nine doubles, four triples, 12 home runs, 53 RBIs and 60 runs scored in 62 contests ... Named TranSouth Scholar-Athlete … Made 33 starts in leftfield, 18 as designated hitter and 10 in rightfield ... Raised his batting average from .246 to .330 over 20-game stretch from April 9-May 21 … Posted two hits with home run, two RBIs and three runs scored in season opener at North Alabama … Had two hits with two RBIs and run scored in first game of Saturday doubleheader versus the Univ. of St. Francis … Doubled and scored twice in second game of twinbill against Viterbo Univ. … Doubled, walked and scored run in second game of Saturday doubleheader at Oklahoma City Univ. … Singled, walked twice and scored two runs in first game of Sunday twinbill at OCU and hit three-run homer in finale … Went 3-for-3 with three stolen bases and three runs scored in first game of doubleheader versus Shawnee State … Collected two hits with home run, three RBIs and three runs scored against Georgetown College … Doubled and drove in two runs in first game of twinbill versus Davenport Univ. … Had two hits with homer and two runs scored against Lambuth Univ. … Registered two hits with another home run, two RBIs and three runs scored versus Lee Univ. … Singled, walked and scored twice in first game of doubleheader at Trevecca Nazarene, starting seven-game hitting streak … Doubled, tripled, scored twice and drove in four runs versus Bryan College … Doubled, homered twice and drove in five runs in opener against Freed-Hardeman … Added two more hits and two runs scored and three hits with a run and one RBI in doubleheader versus FHU … Belted three-run homer in doubleheader opener at Martin Methodist and hit solo shot in second game … Recorded two hits with a run and one RBI in second game of twinbill versus Lyon College … Hit two-run home run in finale at Mid-Continent … Had two-run homer and two-run single against Freed-Hardeman in opener of TranSouth Championships … Added two hits and scored once versus Bethel Univ. … Went 4-for-4 with two triples, three runs scored and one RBI in first game against Union Univ. … Collected three more hits with a double, five RBIs, a run scored and a grand slam in finale versus Union … Registered two hits and scored twice against Robert Morris in opener of NAIA Championship Opening Round … Went 4-for-5 with run-scoring single and RBI triple in first game versus Campbellsville Univ. … Singled twice and scored two runs against Embry-Riddle in opener of NAIA World Series … Singled and drove in a run in first meeting versus Lee Univ. … Singled, doubled and scored two runs versus Point Loma Nazarene.

 

2009 (JUNIOR): Voted Second Team All-TranSouth Conference … Named TranSouth Scholar-Athlete … Batted team-high .417 in 41 games with 38 starts with eight doubles, two triples, six home runs, 42 runs scored and 29 RBIs … Ranked second on squad in runs scored and stolen bases with eight … Also tied for second with 19 multi-hit games and third in multi-RBI contests with nine … Ended season on 13-game hitting streak … Went 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBIs in second game of doubleheader at Faulkner Univ. … Singled and drove in two runs in first game of twinbill versus Iowa Wesleyan … Posted five straight multi-hit games from March 21-29, collecting nine hits in 18 at-bats with 10 runs scored and five RBIs … Posted two hits against Mid-Continent and added three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs versus Georgetown College … Registered seven hits in series at Lyon College, scoring pair of runs in all three games and driving in five runs … Hit two-run homer in opener versus Union Univ. … Posted pair of hits and two RBIs versus Campbellsville … Hit leadoff homer on first pitch in Friday opener against Trevecca Nazarene … Added three hits, four runs scored and two RBIs in Saturday doubleheader versus TNU … Collected pair of hits and scored once in both ends of twinbill at Lambuth Univ. … Went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and one RBI at Lee Univ., starting 13-game hitting streak to end the year in which he batted .491 (27-for-55) with seven extra-base hits, 18 runs scored and 12 RBIs … Had three hits and scored three times in opener at Freed-Hardeman … Added two hits and three more runs in first game of Saturday doubleheader at FHU … Doubled and scored twice in first game of doubleheader against Martin Methodist and added three hits, three runs scored and a solo homer in second contest … Posted three more hits and four RBIs versus MMC in first game of TranSouth Championships … Posted three hits with two runs scored and two RBIs versus FHU and two hits with a run and one RBI versus Lyon … Added two more hits with a double and run scored at Union … Collected 10 hits in 21 at-bats in tournament with four runs scored and seven RBIs … Hit three-run homer and scored twice in NAIA Regional opener versus Brescia Univ. … Collected two hits and scored once versus Southern Poly and added a single and two walks against William Carey.

 

BEFORE CUMBERLAND: Named All-American as sophomore at Canada College in Redwood City, Calif. … Two-time First Team All-Coast Conference selection … Hit for the cycle twice as sophomore … Owns school record with six hits in a game.

 

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Wayne Tyson at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Fla. … Recorded .414 career batting average … Selected First Team All-League De Anza Division, First Team All-CCS and First Team All-Space Coast Conference … Named to President’s List.

 

PERSONAL: Alan Christopher Kautz … Son of David and Francesca Kautz … Born September 4, 1984 … Majoring in Education.