SMSU Athletics

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Honors & Awards:
•Academic All-NSIC (2025)

2025: Pitched in team-high 22 games and finished 2-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 24 innings ... recorded 15 strikeouts ... tossed season-high 2 1/3 innings vs. Minot State (3/27).

2024: Pitched in 14 games with two starts ... finished with a 1-2 record ... recorded 13 strikeouts in 21 1/3 innings with a 6.33 ERA ... tossed season-high seven innings vs. Minnesota State (5/9) allowing four earned runs on four hits ... struck out season-high four batters at Augustana (4/24) ... as a hitter, made six starts and batted .143 ... belted home run vs. Macalester (3/10) ... walked three times vs. Dakota Wesleyan (3/4).

Before SMSU: Spent two seasons at Ridgewater College ... named All-Division 2nd team in 2023 ... played in 27 games for the Warriors ... tallied 18 runs in 88 plate appearances.

High School: 2019 graduate of Yellow Medicine East HS ... played for coach Trevor Schulte ... earned gold glove team award ... team MVP his senior season ... also earned team MVP in basketball ... also played football, basketball, bowling, and cross country.

Personal: Born June 8, 2001 ... son of Tim and Amber Knapper ... father, Tim, played baseball at SMSU and was named a NAIA All-American in 1993 ... management major.