Career Honors:
- 2022 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (RP)
- 2022 NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American (RP)
- 2022 Patriot League Rookie of the Week (4/19)
- 2023 All-Patriot League Second Team (RP)
- 2023 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Midseason Watch List
- 2024 Patriot League Pitcher of the Week (March 12)
- 2024 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 Preseason All-Patriot League
Career Highs
Innings Pitched: 5.0 IP, vs. Princeton (3/9/24)
Strikeouts: 6, vs. Princeton (3/9/24)
Longest Outing With One Hit: 2.0 IP, three times, MR: vs. Holy Cross (5/12/24)
Longest Outing Without a Walk: 3.0 IP, vs. Iona (3/3/24)
2024 (Junior)
- Named the Patriot League Pitcher of the Week on March 12
- Posted a 3.75 ERA over 19 relief appearances, racking up a career-high 36 innings pitched
- Led the league for the third-straight season with nine saves
- Tallied 33 strikeouts to 24 walks while limiting opponents to a .190 batting average against
- Notched a 2.95 ERA in league play, racking up seven saves in 11 outings
- Notched the win in his season debut on Feb. 17, going three innings at Elon
- Tossed a career-high five innings in the March 9 win over Princeton, holding the Tigers scoreless on two hits while posting a career-best six strikeouts
- Posted saves in five-straight appearances from March 15 to March 31, not allowing a hit in 5.2 innings
- Recorded first save of the campaign on March 15 at Bucknell, facing the minimum in a 1.1-inning outing to preserve the shutout in Navy’ league opener
- Notched his program-record 18th career save in the March 24 win over Army, striking out one in an inning of work
- Tallied a four-inning save in the March 14 win at Holy Cross, getting four strikeouts while keeping the Crusaders scoreless
- Tallied saves in both of Navy’s semifinal wins over Holy Cross on May 12, striking out his only batter faced in the first game and then getting four strikeouts over two frames in the nightcap
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- Named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team
2023 (Sophomore)
- Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team as a relief pitcher
- Named to the Midseason Watch List for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award
- Led the Mids with 19 appearances on the mound, posting a 4.26 ERA over 25.1 innings
- Paced the Patriot League and ranked 31st in the nation with nine saves, the second-most in program single-season history
- Notched 22 strikeouts to 17 walks, holding opponents to a .253 batting average
- Posted a career-high five strikeouts against Air Force on Feb. 25, allowing one run on two hits over a career-high three innings of relief
- Registered first save of the season on March 5 against UMass, allowing one walk and striking out one over an inning of work
- Closed out the March 11 win over Princeton for his second save, recording two strikeouts in two innings
- Pitched a clean inning on March 17 against Bucknell to earn the save in Navy’s league opener
- Tossed three innings to pick up the save at Lafayette on April 16, punching out four Leopards
- Threw two innings on May 3 against George Mason, allowing one hit
- Closed out the Mids’ regular season finale by posting a one-inning save against Elon on May 7
2022 (Freshman) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
- NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American
- Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on April 19
- Appeared in 16 games out of the bullpen as Navy’s closer
- Posted a 2-1 record with a 1.89 ERA and a Patriot League best seven saves
- Tallied 17 strikeouts and yielded just a .182 batting average against over 19 innings pitched
- His seven saves are tied as the fifth most in team single-season history
- Ended 2022 tied for eighth on the Mids’ career saves list
- Didn’t allow a hit in eight of his 16 appearances
- Earned a two-inning save against Bucknell (3/20), during which he held the Bison hitless and struck out a season-high three batters
High School
- Lettered all four years for the Our Lady of Providence baseball program in addition to earning three varsity letters in tennis
- Earned All-District honors three times in tennis along with being named an All-Indiana State honorable mention
- Garnered Academic All-Indiana State honors as a senior
- Served as the captain of both the tennis and baseball teams during senior season
- Member of the 2A Sectional Indiana State Baseball Championship team as a senior
Personal
- Son of Brad and Kim Kruer
- Brother, Luke, is a member of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's baseball team
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Our Lady of Providence Executive Delegate
- Founding member of the Honor Council at Our Lady of Providence
- Teammates with Western Kentucky's Eli Watson, Hanover College's David Newbanks and Lincoln Trail Junior College's Jackson Lorenz
