2017 Baseball
Roster
Colton Kalmus
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Rowlett
HONORS
Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2014-15)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2014-15)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2016-17)
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2017)
Three starts and 14 appearances during his redshirt senior season, posting a 0-1 record and 9.39 ERA (24 ER, 23.0 IP) ... Started at No. 4 South Carolina on February 23, allowing one hit and two earned runs with five strikeouts in a no decision as K-State upset the Gamecocks, 6-5 ... Matched a career high with eight strikeouts in three innings in a start vs. Omaha on March 15 ... Led team with 11.4 strikeouts per nine innings ... Appeared in six Big 12 games, allowing 11 earned runs in 8 1/3 innings with six walks and six strikeouts ... Opponents hit .286 against him during his senior season (career high) ... Stretch of five straight games to allow one or fewer hits and earned run from April 2-May 7 ... Inherited five runners in relief appearances and allowed three to score.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2016)
Primarily a reliever for the first time in his career, he made 22 appearances (2 starts) and posted a 2-2 record with a 5.24 ERA (26er, 44.2ip), 2 saves, 44 strikeouts and 25 walks … Career-highs in strikeouts, and appearances … Opponents hit .269 against … He surrendered 45 hits (8 home runs) in the 44 2/3 innings … As a reliever, he had a 5.66 ERA (22er, 35.0ip), 31 strikeouts and 22 walks … Struck out 17 and walked 14 in 14 1/3 relief innings during Big 12 play (5.65 ERA) … Big 12 opponents hit .231 against over 10 appearances … Over his final 15 appearances of the season, opponents hit .220 against … Had a strikeout in 15 straight outings to end the season, totaling 23 in 23 innings … Threw multiple innings of relief in 11 of his 20 outings … Retired the first batter of an appearance or inning 73% of the time (30-for-41) … Recorded his first career save in his first appearance of the season on Opening Day on February 19 at UC Riverside as he threw 2 pitches to get the final out in a 1-0 win … Made the first of his 2 starts 3 days later, striking out a career-high 8 in 4 1/3 innings of a losing decision … Registered 21 strikeouts in his first 5 appearances (17.2 IP) … Made his final start of the year on February 28 vs. Utah, holding the Utes to a run on 4 hits and a walk in 5 1/3 innings while striking out 5 in the winning decision … Did not allow a run in 4 straight appearances from March 20-30 … Fanned 4 in 2 scoreless innings on May 13 vs. KU … Tossed a scoreless frame on May 26 vs. Oklahoma in the Big 12 Baseball Championship.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2015)
Finished the year 2-4 with a 4.13 ERA (28er, 61.0ip), 37 strikeouts, and 20 walks in 16 overall games (14 starts) ... Led the team in starts ... Career-highs in innings pitched, strikeouts, games and starts ... Made 6 “Friday Night” starts, including 5 series-opening starts in Big 12 play ... As a starter, he had a 4.67 ERA (28er, 54.0ip) with 31 strikeouts and 19 walks ... Only allowed more than 3 earned runs in just one of his 14 starts ... Pitched 5.0 or more innings in 4 of his 14 starts ... Tossed his only quality start of the season on April 10 vs. No. 3 TCU, holding the Horned Frogs to 3 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits over 6 2/3 innings to earn his first win of the season ... Also threw a season-high 101 pitches vs. TCU … It was only one of 2 times over his 14 starts that he threw more than 80 pitches ... Picked up his second win of the year on May 20 at the 2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship, allowing 2 runs, both via solo homers, over 5 1/3 innings against Oklahoma (83 pitches) ... Matched his season-high in strikeouts with 6 in the start against Oklahoma in Tulsa … Had 6 punchouts for the first time in his first outing of the year, a 5.0-inning relief outing on February 14 vs. George Mason ... In his 2 relief appearances, one on February 14 and the other on March 11 vs. Creighton, he held opponents scoreless over 7.0 combined innings ... Held No. 12 Oklahoma State to 2 runs on 3 hits in a 4.0-inning start on March 27, helping the Wildcats defeat the Cowboys, 4-2, in Stillwater ... Had a 3.66 ERA (8er, 19.2ip) in 4 starts against ranked opponents.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014)
Posted a 3-1 record with a 4.30 ERA (11er, 23.0ip), 14 strikeouts, and 11 walks in 10 appearances (5 starts) ... Opened the season as a reliever before being moved into the midweek starter role ... Had a 9.95 ERA (7er, 6.1ip) in his first 5 appearances of the season, all as a reliever ... In his 5 starts, he was 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA (4er, 16.2ip), 11 strikeouts, and 8 walks ... Opponents hit .226 against in his starts ... His 2.16 ERA as a starter was the best among all K-State starting pitchers ... Did not allow a hit or a run while he struck out 4 in his first career start on March 19 vs. Air Force ... Held Nebraska to 2 runs, 1 earned, in 5.0 innings on March 26 to help him pick up the winning decision ... Surrendered 1 hit and no runs in a scheduled short start (2.0 IP) at Omaha on April 1 ... Struck out 3 and walked 3 in 5.0 innings on April 8 vs. Wichita State, picking up the win after also allowing 2 hits and 2 runs (1 ER) ... Threw 1.0+ inning in his final outing of the year on April 15 at Nebraska, allowing 4 hits and 2 runs, before being removed due to injury.
FRESHMAN (2013)
Did not play (redshirt)
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered two years for Rowlett (TX) High School, playing under head coach Paul Carmon ... Led the team to a 52-18 record over his junior and senior seasons, sporting a 1.66 ERA with 63 strikeouts and 22 walks over 60 innings ... Named an all-district third baseman as a senior ... Also lettered in golf and football where he passed for 1,823 yards and 15 touchdowns on 107-of-167 passing.
PERSONAL
Colton Michael Kalmus was born April 13, 1994, in Longview, Texas ... Son of Michael and Deanna Kalmus ... Has one sister, Gracyn ... Completed his bachelor's degree in management.
| Season | ERA | W-L | G-GS | CG | SH/CB | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | HBP |
| 2014 | 4.30 | 3-1 | 10-5 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4.13 | 2-4 | 16-14 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 61.0 | 57 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5.24 | 2-2 | 22-2 | 0 | 0/1 | 2 | 44.2 | 45 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 44 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9.39 | 0-1 | 14-3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 10 |
| Career | 5.28 | 7-8 | 62-24 | 0 | 0/2 | 2 | 151.2 | 152 | 104 | 89 | 78 | 124 | 30 | 30 |
