Valparaiso University

2025: Made 21 appearances, all in relief… Compiled a 6.16 ERA and 27 strikeouts against 15 walks in 30 2/3 innings… Pitched shutout ball in nine of his outings… Logged a scoreless inning in his season debut on Feb. 16 at Samford… Pitched a scoreless frame and struck out three on Feb. 28 vs. Niagara… Did not yield a run in his March 9 inning at Ohio State… Worked two scoreless innings to help Valpo beat Indiana State in the March 21 conference opener… Pitched a scoreless inning to nail down the save on April 1 vs. Milwaukee… Carved three shutout innings on April 6 vs. Illinois State… Had five straight scoreless innings combined vs. Murray State (April 19), at Belmont (April 27) and vs. UIC (May 2)… Received Valparaiso University Academic Honors.

2024: Made two appearances, both against nationally-ranked competition, and was not charged with any earned runs... Worked 2/3 of an inning without yielding a hit, walk or run and struck out one on Feb. 23 at No. 17 Alabama... Pitched but did not record an out on March 16 at No. 21 Campbell, when he was charged with an unearned run, allowed no hits and walked two.

Prep: Three-year varsity letter winner… Graduated with first honors.

Personal: Majoring in sport management… Son of Patrick and Sara Kruse… Has two sisters, Grace and Emma… Enjoys golfing, swimming, snowboarding, working out and tennis… Favorite food is steak, movie is The Dark Knight, pro baseball team is the Detroit Tigers, MLB player is Justin Verlander, musical group is J Cole and TV show is Arrested Development.