Biography
2009 (Junior): Among players with at least 100 AB, finished in the team[apos]s top five in batting (5th, .285, 49-for-172), slugging percentage (3rd, .442), on-base percentage (3rd, .369), runs (2nd, 38), hits (4th, 49), RBI (2nd, 33), triples (2nd, 4), total bases (3rd, 76), walks (4th, 12), steals (2nd, 16) and led the Colonels with five home runs, 11 hit-by-pitch and 10 sacrifice bunts ... Hit .344 (21-for-61) with runners in scoring position ... Homered three times in the first two games of the season against Chicago State, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored on Feb. 20 and 2-for-2 with a walk, a hit-by-pitch, two home runs, 4 RBI and 4 runs on Feb. 21 ... Posted a season-best eight-game hitting streak from April 1-11, going 13-for-31 (.419 BA) with one home run, one triple, six RBI, 12 runs scored and four multi-hit games ... Finished fourth on the team with 15 multi-hit games and led the squad with six multi-RBI performances ... Hit .296 with nine extra-base hits (two home runs, four triples, three doubles), 18 RBI and 16 runs against Southland Conference competition ... Finished third in the league in sac bunts and tied for fifth in the conference in steals.
2008 (Sophomore): Started 47 games for the Colonels, missing seven games due to an injury ... The Colonels[apos] starting shortstop, also seeing time at second base ... Hit .281 on the season with 50 hits in 178 at bats ... Recorded 16 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-5 showing at Loyola-New Orleans (4/23) ... Strung together an eight-game hitting streak from April 19 to May 2 ... Drove in a season-best four RBI vs. Louisiana-Monroe (2/23) ... Finished the season with 11 extra-base hits ... Drew 14 walks and stole four bases ... Blasted one home run on the year, a solo shot at Louisiana College (2/26) ... Best game of the season came in the Colonels[apos] win at Texas-San Antonio (5/10) when he went 2-for-2 with two runs and 3 RBI.
2007 (Freshman): Played in all 55 games, making 53 starts ... Fifth-leading hitter on the squad with a .263 average ... Led the team in at-bats (194), runs scored (21), hits (51), doubles (5), triples (3) and total bases (62) ... Fourth in RBI (14) and on-base percentage (.324) ... Fifth in slugging percentage (.320) ... Successful in 3-of-4 stolen base attempts ... Recorded a .915 fielding percentage with 102 putouts, 124 assists and 21 errors.
At Westminster Christian Academy: Three-year letterwinner ... Received All-District Honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Named to the All-Parish and All-Adaciana Teams in 2005 ... Silver Slugger Award recipient as a junior ... Received the Golden Glove Award as a senior ... Hit .405 as a junior and .385 as a senior.
Personal: Full name is William Keith Kulbeth ... Born Aug. 28, 1987 in Lafayette, La. ... Son of Del Kulbeth, Jr. & Jo Ettinger ... Grandfather, Del Kulbeth, Sr., played baseball at Louisiana Tech ... Dad,Del, played baseball at Louisiana-Lafayette ... Five siblings: Amy (29), Rocky (27), Marie (24), John (22) and Michelle (18) ... Majoring in general studies.
