2022 Baseball Roster

21 Zachary Kriethe

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Las Vegas, Nev.
  • Highschool Southwest Career and Technical Academy
  • Major Civil Engineering

Biography

2022: Honorable Mention All-RMAC pitcher ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Mines' top relief pitcher and closer with 25 appearances out of the bullpen during the season ... Finished the spring with a record of 4-3, six saves, a 4.26 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP thanks to 52 strikeouts compared to seven walks in 44.1 innings of work ... Led the RMAC and ranked 25th in the nation in total appearances while sitting second in the RMAC and 44th in the nation in total saves ... Notched wins at Fort Hays State, against Colorado Christian, against Regis, and against Adams State ... Converted save opportunities at Rogers State, against Colorado Mesa, Regis, Adams State, at UCCS and against Regis in the first round of the RMAC Tournament ... Entered the game with the bases loaded and zero out on two occassions and allowed zero runs to score ... One of those two occurances was against Regis in the RMAC Tournament when he finished 3.0 innings of work with zero runs on one hit, zero walks and six strikeouts ... From April 23 through May 11 against Regis, Adams State and UCCS, combined to toss 12.2 innings of relief in seven appearances and surrender just one total run on four hits with 20 strikeouts and one walk while going 2-0 with four saves ... Also notable was five strikeouts at Cal State San Marcos on Feb. 20 ... Longest outing of the year was 3.1 innings at MSU Denver on March 5 ... In total produced 13 scoreless appearances ... Only walked a total of seven batters across six appearances.

2021: RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Relief pitcher for the Orediggers boasting eight appearances out of the bullpen ... Finished the season with a record of 0-1 and a 24.65 ERA ... Struck out four batters in 7.2 innings of work ... Longest outing of the season was 3.0 innings against UCCS on May 7 which resulted in five runs on eight hits and four strikeouts ... Produced a game ERA of 0.00 on two different occasions.

2020: Stepped into the closer role for Mines as a true freshman, boasting seven appearances out of the bullpen ... Finished the season 1-0 with three saves and 12 strikeouts over 9.2 innings on the way to a 1.86 ERA and 0.93 WHIP ... Held opposing hitters to a .182 batting average at the plate ... Gave up just six hits to 33 batters with no home runs surrendered ... Collegiate debut came in the season opener on Jan. 31 against Arkansas-Monticello at Minute Maid Park in Houston where he earned the save thanks to 1.0 inning of one-hit, shutout baseball with no strikeouts and zero walks ... He used just nine pitches in his career debut ... Top outing of the year arguably came on on Feb. 23 at MSU Billings as he struck out three batters on 11 pitches in 1.0 inning of flawless baseball ... Also tossed 3.0 shutout innings with four strikeouts and one hit to earn the win on Feb. 8 at Fort Hays State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Right-handed pitcher and first baseman at Sierra Vista High School … Starting shortstop as a freshman and starting first baseman as a sophomore … Named team captain as a senior … Scored 15 runs as a freshman and earned 27 walks his sophomore year … Named scholar athlete as a freshman and sophomore … Claimed all-state academic team honors first two years … Played club ball for Southern Nevada Baseballl … Went 5-1 in 44 innings with 69 strikeouts and just 11 walks with a 2.58 ERA for his club team … Selected to USA Southwest Region team and Junior Fall Classic All-Academic game … Named Engineering Program Senior of the Year … Member of the National Honor Society … Put up straight A's as a freshman and sophomore … Plans to major in civil engineering at Mines.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2020Freshman

    RHP/1B
    6'1" 180 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'1" 180 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'1" 180 lbs
    21