Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcon Baseball Signs Three To Letters Of Intent
January 03, 2000 | Baseball
Nov. 23, 1999
Bowling Green State University Head Baseball Coach Danny Schmitz announced today the signing of three student-athletes to national letters of intent in the early signing period.
Schmitz said Andrew Hudak, a 6-0, 190-pound infielder from Toledo, Ohio, Zach King, a 6-1, 170-pound catcher from Bloomdale, Ohio, and Kyle Knoblauch, a 6-8, 210-pound pitcher from Blissfield, Michigan, have each decided to attend BGSU beginning in the fall of 2000.
Hudak is currently a senior at Toledo Start High School and has played for Spartan coach Rich Arbinger. In his junior season, Hudak batted .361 (30 for 83), with 29 runs scored and 11 stolen bases. This past summer, he batted .417 (48 for 115), with 42 runs scored, 22 stolen bases, and 13 extra-base hits for a .617 slugging percentage.
King is a strong defensive catcher at Elmwood High School under the guidance of coach Kyle Reiser, a BGSU graduate. He batted .360 (27 for 75) last year as a junior with two home runs and 18 runs batted in. King was a unanimous first team All-Suburban Lakes League catcher in 1999 was the quarterback on the Royal football team.
Knoblauch, a right-handed pitcher, compiled a 12-1 record last year at Blissfield HS for coach Larry Tuttle in leading the Royals to the state championship game. In 90.1 innings pitched, he compiled a 1.16 earned-run average with 139 strikeouts on his way to earning first-team All-State accolades. Despite being a Division III school, the Royals play more than 80% of their games against teams that are in Division I and II. As a sophomore, Knoblauch recorded an 11-0 mark with a 1.11 earned-run average and 99 strikeouts in 69.2 innings. A very athletic individual, that in addition to his mound duties, he also played first base where he hit .330 as a junior with 26 runs batted in after hitting .351 as a sophomore. Kyle also participated in golf and basketball at Blissfield.
