Kansas State University Athletics
2020 Baseball Roster
Kokoska, Zach
Jersey Number 28
Zach Kokoska
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Latrobe, Pa.
- High School:
- Greater Latrobe HS
- Prev School:
- Virginia Tech
Bio
HONORS
All-Central Region First Team - ABCA/Rawlings (2021)
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2021)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2021)
CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2021)
CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2021)
CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020)
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2021)
2021 MLB DRAFT
Selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
JUNIOR (2021)
Named ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team, All-Big 12 Second Team, Big 12 Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Started all 57 games in the outfield and at designated hitter in 2021 ... Led the team in all three slash categories with a line of .363/.445/.675 ... Team-high 19 doubles and was second with 15 home runs and 46 runs batted in ... Season-long 41-game on-base streak from February 20-May 8, the second-longest on-base streak by a Wildcat in the Big 12 era (Nick Martini) ... Put together seven straight games with multiple hits, capped with a season-best four hits at Baylor on May 8 ... Led the team with 25 multi-hit games while also adding 10 multi-RBI efforts ... Homered twice on March 9 vs. South Dakota State, going 3-for-5 with a double and four RBI ... Hit his first career grand slam against New Mexico on March 21, going 3-for-4 with double and two runs scored ... Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak, with four multi-hit games in that stretch ... At the Big 12 Championship, hit .421 (8-for-19) with three doubles, a home run and six RBI on his way to being voted to the all-tournament team ... In Big 12 play, hit a team-high .337 (31-for-92) with six doubles, a triple, five homers and 10 RBI.
2020 SUMMER LEAGUE
Began the season with the Phipps Park (Florida) Barracudas of the South Florida Collegiate Baseball League, posting a slash line of .423/.500/.538 with a double, a triple, two RBI and five runs scored in eight games ... Registered three multi-hit games, with a season-high three hits coming on June 23 against the Ft. Lauderdale Knights and hit safely in six of eight games, including five of his last six outings ... Made his debut with the Mankato (Minnesota) Moondogs of the Northwoods League on July 8 ... In 25 games, he posted a slash line of .315/.384/.405 with four doubles, two homers and 22 runs batted in ... He hit safely in 20 of his last 24 games, including a 12-game hitting streak from July 9-20 ... Recorded multiple hits in 10 games, including a season-high four on August 6 vs. Waterloo, going 4 for 5 with two runs scored ... Had a stretch that saw him drive in seven runs in four games and 14 over an eight-game stretch (July 19-28) ... The MoonDogs finished 17-25 and in fourth in the Minnesota-Iowa Division.
JUNIOR (2020)
Named CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team with a perfect 4.0 GPA (one of three in the Big 12 with 4.0 GPA) ... Ranked as the No. 71 outfielder in the nation entering the 2020 season, according to D1Baseball.com ... Started all 17 games in right field in 2020, posting a slash line of .349/.446/.540 with a home run, five doubles, two triples and nine RBI ... Ended the season on a team-best 16-game on-base streak and ranked second on the team with six multi-hit games ... Recorded a base hit in the final five games, including four multiple-hit games, going 9-for-19 with four doubles, a triple, a home run and four RBI in that stretch ... Season-best three hits against Fairleigh Dickinson on February 28 and against on March 7 at Stanford ... Homered in season finale against South Dakota State on March 11 ... Drew eight walks and stole five bases
2019 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Orleans (Massachusetts) Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League ... In 34 games, hit .231 with an on-base percentage of .289 and a slugging percentage of .269 ... Drove in seven with a double and a home run ... Orleans finished the regular season 23-17-4 and in first in the East Division of the Cape Cod standings before falling in the opening round of the playoffs.
SOPHOMORE (2019)
Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... Played in 53 games (52 starts) in his first season at K-State ... Led the Wildcats in all three slash categories (.330/.408/.522) ... Hit eight home runs with 31 RBI, seven doubles and two triples ... Turned in a 12-game hitting streak (longest of any Wildcat) spanning from April 6-26, going 16-for-44 (.364) with four home runs and 11 RBI in that stretch ... Produced 17 multi-hit game, including four-three hit games, along with six multi-RBI games ... Season-high three runs batted in on April 6 at Creighton ... Turned in two triples against Northern Illinois on March 12 ... His 60 base hits and eight homers ranked third on the team ... Had back-to-back three-hit games against Northern Illinois (March 12-13) ... Made two appearances on the mound with one start, totaling two innings with two earned runs allowed on two hits and two strikeouts ... Pitched a perfect inning of relief at San Diego State on February 24 and started vs. Canisius on March 19 (1 IP) ... Led K-State with a .338 average and .413 on-base percentage during Big 12 play to go with two homers, four doubles and six RBI.
VIRGINIA TECH (2018)
Appeared in 14 games, making one start at the DH … Made his collegiate debut versus Purdue (March 3) and first start was at Notre Dame (April 22) ... Had one multi-hit game, versus the Irish, and one multi-RBI game, at Georgia Tech (March 17) … Batted .267 with four hits, including one double for five total bases and a .333 slugging percentage … Scored one run and added four RBI … Notched one game-winning RBI and one outfield assist ... As a pinch hitter, had a team-high tying two hits (in eight at-bats) and three RBI, including a two-RBI double versus the Yellow Jackets.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Greater Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pennsylvania ... Four-year letterwinner for the Wildcats, helping Greater Latrobe to its first WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A titles in 2017 ... 2017 Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year and USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year after hitting .532 with a school-record five homers, seven triples and 32 runs batted in ... Set school records for average, on-base percentage, triples, home runs, RBI, total bases and hits ... In his sophomore season, recorded a .615 on-base percentage and had over 100 consecutive at-bats without a strikeout ... Three-time all-section outfielder and won the Ken Clarke Award for outstanding character and talent on the baseball field ... Graduated as a High Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL
Born on October 20, 1998 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania ... Son of Scott and Stacie Kokoska ... Has an older sister, Taylor, and younger sister, Brooke ... Credits his father Scott as his biggest influence in life... Enjoys fishing ... Majoring in Communication Studies.
K-State BSB | Postgame Press Conference vs Texas
Sunday, June 01
K-State Baseball | Game Highlights vs Houston Christian (Austin Regional)
Sunday, June 01
K-State BSB | Game Highlights vs Houston Christian (Austin Regional)
Saturday, May 31
K-State BSB | Postgame Press Conference vs Houston Christian
Saturday, May 31
