Joe Koch

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Youngstown, Ohio
High School:
Austintown-Fitch

Kent State Awards & Honors

•Letterwinner: 2010

2010 Redshirt Sophomore Season Highlights

•Played in 20 games with two starts.

•Had three hits and a .188 batting average for the season.

•Scored his first run in the bottom of the 10th inning against Eastern Michigan (5/29) to send the Flashes to their fifth-straight Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship Game with a 9-8 win.

•Competed for the West Virginia Miners of the Prospect Summer League, earning Second Team All-Prospect League selection while compiling a .305 batting average with 57 hits, two doubles, one triple, 17 RBIs and a team-high 42 runs scored.

2009 Redshirt Freshman Season Highlights

•Appeared in 11 games.

•Recorded an RBI single.

2008 Season

•Was redshirted.

Prior to Kent State

•Earned three letters at Austintown-Fitch High School under head coach Wally Ford.

•Named First Team All-Federal League and Northeast Ohio as a senior.

•Named the MVP and co-captain of the Falcons as a senior, helping the squad win the district title.

•Won the Connie Mack State Batting Title with a .750 clip.

•Played in the 2004 Babe Ruth World Series in Wash. and 2006 NABF World Series in Jackson, Miss.

Personal

•Born March 10, 1989.

•Son of Joseph and Patricia Koch. Siblings are Tony, Tori and Amanda.

•Last name is pronounced "Coke."

•Majoring in construction management.

Career Game Highs

At-bats: 4 (at Duquesne, 4/6/10)

Runs: 1 (vs. Eastern Michigan, 5/29/10)

Hits: 1 (four times, last time: at Akron, 5/21/10)

RBIs: 2 (at Penn State, 3/31/10)

Doubles: 0

Triples: 0

Home Runs: 0

Walks: 1 (five times, last time: Ohio - DH Game 1, 5/1/10)

Stolen Bases: 0

Career Statistics

Year	Class	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OBP	SF	SH	SB	ATT	PO	A	E	FLD%
2009	R-Fr.	.143	11	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.143	1	0	2	0	.250	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
2010	R-So.	.167	20	2	18	1	3	0	0	0	2	3	.167	4	1	4	1	.348	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.000
TOTALS		.160	31	2	25	1	4	0	0	0	3	4	.160	5	1	6	1	.323	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.000