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Jersey Number 38
Kyle Rudolph
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- B/T::
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Peachtree City, Ga.
- High School:
- Starrs Mill HS
2026 (FRESHMAN): Made 11 appearances with six starts ... Posted one win with a 1-3 record with a 6.99 ERA, logging 24 strikeouts against just eight walks in 28.1 IP ... Had one outing without a hit and four outings without allowing a run of any kind, doing so in first two outings of season and last two outings of season ... Made collegiate and Spartan debut on Feb. 20 at No. 3 Texas, coming on in relief and chalking up first collegiate strikeout as part of a pair of punchouts with one walk, and didn’t allow a hit nor a run ... Made first start of college career and as a Spartan on March 3 vs. Winthrop at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C., going 5.0 IP, firing four strikeouts, while only allowing two hits and no runs ... Rang up season-high six strikeouts on May 5 in 4.0 IP in start vs. Bowling Green ... Despite not ringing up a strikeout in two outings, chalked up multiple strikeouts in the other eight outings, including four or more Ks in three outings, as along with the season-high six Ks, adding four Ks in 5.0 IP in first start on March 3 vs. Winthrop, and another four K outing in 2.2 IP on April 24 vs. Maryland ... Fielded position with two putouts and two assists.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Starr’s Mill High School for head coach Brent Moseley ... Threw two no-hitters in high school career ... Named the Region Player of the Year as a senior ... Broke the Starr’s Mill record for all-time wins ... Fired a no-hitter in junior season ... Helped the Panthers win the state title as a junior, finishing 33-2 ... Earned First Team All-State accolades as a junior ... Tabbed Region Pitcher of the Year as a junior ... Fired one no-hitter ... Earned first-team All-Region as a sophomore ... Was team captain as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of Catherine and David Rudolph ... Mother, Catherine, was gymnast at Ohio State ... Father, David, played tennis at Ohio State ... Lists his father as his biggest baseball influence because he has been with him through every step of the way on the journey ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning the state championship in 2024 because its favorite memory from accomplishing the goal as a team and was fun to be a part of a group with a single goal for the team and working all year to accomplish it ... Majoring in criminal justice.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Starr’s Mill High School for head coach Brent Moseley ... Threw two no-hitters in high school career ... Named the Region Player of the Year as a senior ... Broke the Starr’s Mill record for all-time wins ... Fired a no-hitter in junior season ... Helped the Panthers win the state title as a junior, finishing 33-2 ... Earned First Team All-State accolades as a junior ... Tabbed Region Pitcher of the Year as a junior ... Fired one no-hitter ... Earned first-team All-Region as a sophomore ... Was team captain as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of Catherine and David Rudolph ... Mother, Catherine, was gymnast at Ohio State ... Father, David, played tennis at Ohio State ... Lists his father as his biggest baseball influence because he has been with him through every step of the way on the journey ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning the state championship in 2024 because its favorite memory from accomplishing the goal as a team and was fun to be a part of a group with a single goal for the team and working all year to accomplish it ... Majoring in criminal justice.
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