2025 Baseball Roster

36 Connor Kurki

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Iola, WI
  • Highschool Iola-Scandinavia

Biography

2024
  • Pitched in 1 game, throwing 0.2 of an inning with a 2 K vs. Western Illinois on 3/10/24

Prior to NKU
2023
  • Did not play

2022 (Sophomore, Coastal Carolina)
  • Saw action in seven games on the season
  • Went 0-0 with a 7.27 ERA on the year
  • Struck out nine and walked just two hitters over 8.2 innings pitched
  • Gave up one run or less in six of his seven outings on the mound
  • Made his season debut versus Rutgers (Feb. 25), throwing 0.2 innings in the win
  • Struck out two hitters in 1.1 innings at UNCW (March 2) and in 1.0-scoreless inning at the College of Charleston (April 26)
  • Threw 1.0-scoreless inning with one hit and one strikeout in the home win over UNCW (May 3)
  • Fanned a season-high three hitters in 2.0 innings on the road at UNC Greensboro (May 11)
  • Walked one and gave up two hits over 2.0-scoreless innings in the blowout win at home over Clemson (May 17)
  • Pitched 0.2 innings of work in the win over Coppin State (June 4) at the NCAA Greenville Regional

2021 (Freshman, Coastal Carolina)
  • Pitched in six games on the season, becoming a reliable midweek arm midway through the season
  • Made two starts on the year as a true freshman
  • Went 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA on the season
  • Struck out 11 batters over 12.0 innings pitched
  • Made his CCU debut out of the bullpen with one strikeout over 1.0-hitless innings at Louisiana (March 26)
  • Pitched 1.0-scoreless inning versus Georgia Southern (April 16) and at North Carolina (April 20)
  • Got the start at UNCW (April 28), allowing two runs on five hits, two strikeouts, and one walk over 4.0 innings pitched
  • Totaled a season-best five strikeouts over 3.0 innings out of the bullpen in the 12-10 road win at Georgia State (May 2)
  • Suffered the loss in the start versus Troy (May 9), as he gave up six runs on five walks and four hits over 2.0 innings versus the Trojans
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for the 2020 fall semester

High School
  • Was a multi-sport letterwinner at Iola-Scandinavia High School in Wisconsin
  • Lettered baseball, football, and basketball
  • Was a team captain in all three sports
  • Had his 2020 baseball season canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
  • Ranked as high as the No. 5 right-handed pitching prospect for the Class of 2020 for the state of Wisconsin by Perfect Game
  • Rated as high as the No. 23 overall prospect for the Class of 2020 for the state of Wisconsin by Perfect Game
  • Ranked as high as the No. 4 right-handed pitching prospect for the Class of 2020 for the state of Wisconsin by Prep Baseball Report
  • Rated as high as the No. 14 overall prospect for the Class of 2020 for the state of Wisconsin by Prep Baseball Report
  • A PBR Wisconsin preseason second-team All-State pick prior to his senior season in 2020
  • Was a 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American high honorable mention selection
  • Was a 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Central Region honorable mention honoree
  • Was a 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American high honorable mention pick
  • Rank in Perfect Game's Top 500 National rankings for the Class of 2020
  • A 2020 WBCA Baseball All-Star selection
  • Was named to the 2019 WBCA All-District team for baseball
  • Named to the 2019-20 WBCA All-State basketball team his senior season
  • Was a 1,000-career point scorer in his high school basketball career
  • Helped to lead his baseball team to a 2019 conference championship title
  • Also guided his baseball team to a regional championship title in both 2017 and 2019
  • Was part of the 2017 baseball team that was also the sectional champions and a state qualifier
  • A member of the basketball team that won back-to-back conference and regional championships in 2019 and 2020
  • Played quarterback and defensive back for the high school football team that was state runner-up in 2017 and won the conference and state championship titles in 2018 with a perfect 14-0 record
  • A member of the National Honor Society
  • An honor roll student
  • Also played in the PBR Oklahoma Limited Series and was a member of Team Wisconsin at the PBR Future Games

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2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2024Junior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 190 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2025Senior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 190 lbs
    36