Nicholls State University

Awards:
2016 All-SLC Second Team Designated Hitter
April 11, 2016 SLC Hitter of the Week

2018 (Senior): Started in 60 games (57 C, 3 1B) … Posted 57 hits, 44 runs and 47 RBIs, batting an average of .259 … Finished second in multiple-RBI games with 12 and third in most homeruns with five … Totaled 16 multiple-hit games … Finished 2-3 in stolen bases … Recorded a .987 fielding percentage … Named SLC Hitter of the Week in May after hitting a three-run homer and posting six RBIs against Stephen F. Austin (May 5). 
 
2017 (Junior): Appeared in 38 games, making 36 starts (34 1B, 2 C) … Batted .291 with 37 hits, 20 runs scored and 18 RBIs … Tied Ethan Valdez for the team-high with four home runs … Walked a team-high 27 times … Went 2-for-3 in stolen bases … Recorded just four errors in 314 chances for a .987 fielding percentage … Secured 10 multiple-hit and four multiple-RBI performances … Smacked a walk-off three-run homer against Brown (March 3) … A triple short of the cycle against SFA (May 5).

2016 (Sophomore): Appeared in 51 games, making 42 starts (34 DH, 8 C) … Led the squad with a .347 batting average … Recorded 60 hits, including a team-high 15 doubles, in 173 at-bats … Tallied three homers en route to 32 RBIs and 27 runs scored … Walked 13 times … Team-high 16 multiple-hit and nine multiple-RBI performances … 15-game hitting streak from April 3 to April 30 … April 3 marked the start of a 27-game reached base streak … Totaled multiple hits in six straight contests from April 3 to April 10.

2015 (Freshman): Made nine appearances in his freshman campaign with Nicholls... Registered a .286 average through seven at bats with two hits and two walks, for a .444 on base percentage.
 
At Lakeshore: Named 1^st Team All-District all four years of high school… Made the Honor Roll all four years of high school and graduated with honors.
 
Personal: Full name is Kyle Stephen Knauth, born Nov. 28 in Mandeville, La.... Is the son of Darin Knauth, a Special Agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Sheree Knauth, a family manager... Has two siblings, Taylor and Baylie… Majoring in Finance and hopes to own his own business.