SMSU Athletics

Honors & Awards:
•Academic All-NSIC (2022)
•Academic All-NSIC (2021)
•Academic All-NSIC (2020)

2022: Academic All-NSIC ... batted. 267 in 31 games with 18 starts ... finished with one home run and one double with nine RBIs and 13 runs scored ... hit pinch-hit home run at Wayne State (3/20) ... had five multi-hit games including four in the final week of the season ... had three hits and two RBIs at Northern State (5/6) ... scored three runs with two hits at Minnesota Duluth (5/3).

2021: Academic All-NSIC ... played in all 34 games with 33 starts ... batted .255 with five doubles and 17 RBIs ... had three hits twice vs. Bemidji State (4/17) ... tied for third on the team with eight multi-hit games ... had two RBIs in four games.  

2020: Academic All-NSIC ... started nine games and finished the season batting .455 with a team-high 15 hits ... ranked second on the team with eight runs scored ... finished with a double and one home run ... recorded a team-high four stolen bases ... had four hits vs. Mount Marty (3/6) ... recorded three hits at Missouri Southern (2/23) and vs. Minnesota Duluth (2/27) ... had two stolen bases vs. UMD (2/27) and also vs. Dakota Wesleyan (3/7) ... scored three runs vs. Dakota Wesleyan (3/7).

2019: Appeared in 25 games with 18 starts ... batted .212 with five RBIs ... had two hits in three games ... recorded two hits and two RBIs at Upper Iowa (4/1) ... first career hit vs. Concordia-St. Paul (3/15) ... started 15 games at third base and three at shortstop.

High School: 2018 graduate of Rochester John Marshall HS ... played for coach Jade Boettcher ... played in high school all-star series ... named all-conference as a senior ... three-year letter winner ... batted .437 with three doubles and one home run as a senior ... three-year letter winner in football.

Personal: Born Sept. 24, 1999 ... son of Paul and Holly Gronholz ... finance major.