UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2011: All-WCC First Team selection … earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention … posted a 4.12 ERA with a 6-5 record in 14 starts … threw 102.2 innings on the season, striking out 59 against 13 walks … picked up the victory in the season opener at Middle Tennessee State by tossing 7.0 innings, allowing five hits and one unearned run … posted a 3.16 ERA in seven WCC starts, striking out 34 and walking only four … ended the season with six consecutive quality starts, pitching 8.0-plus innings in each … named WCC Pitcher of the Week on May 9 by recording 8 strike outs and no walks in 8.1 innings, allowing three runs en route to the victory … picked up his first complete game of the year against LMU on May 20, holding the Lions to two runs on eight hits … tossed his second consecutive complete game victory against Santa Clara on May 27, allowing three runs on 11 hits … walked just two batters in his final 42.2 innings
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2010: Unanimous All-WCC First Team selection … earned WCC All-Academic honors … tossed a complete game in the season finale against Gonzaga on May 30 to tie a school record with 10 victories on the season … posted a 3.30 ERA in 109.0 innings while striking out 89 and issuing just 18 free passes… threw three complete games, pitching into the ninth inning a total of five times … lasted at least six innings in 13 of 15 starts and pitched 7.0 innings or more on 10 occasions … won first nine decisions … struck out a career-high 14 in a complete game victory over Southern Utah on May 27 (9.0 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 0 BB) … struck out 10 over 8.1 innings against San Diego on May 7 … did not allow a home run in final 78.0 innings, spanning 11 starts … ranks first in program history (min. 125.0 innings pitched) allowing 1.50 BB/9 … 1.49 BB/9 IP second best single-season mark … 15 starts and 109.0 innings pitched rank second in single-season school history while 89 strikeouts ranks fifth.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2009: Stellar first season on The Bluff as staff’s No. 1 pitcher … landed on the WCC All-Freshman Team … in 11 starts and 15 appearances, went 4-6 with a 4.00 ERA … had one complete game … struck out 31 and walked just 14 in team-high 83.1 innings, which ranked seventh in the WCC … held lefties to a .241 average … in fourth start of collegiate career, went the distance for a 4-2 win at Fresno State; allowed just five hits against the Bulldogs, struck out five and walked just one … lasted eight innings of a no-decision at LMU on Apr. 5; surrendered two runs on three hits as the Pilots would go on to defeat the Lions 7-3 in 11 innings … allowed four runs in 7.1 innings to pick up 12-4 win at #28 San Diego on Apr. 24.
WEST LINN HS: Four-year letterwinner for coach Mike Lord … six-time first team All-Three Rivers League selection, earning the distinction as a pitcher (2005, 2007, 2008) three times and once each as an infielder (2008), an outfielder (2005) and a utility player (2006) … he was also named the 2008 TRL Pitcher of the Year and earned all-league second team honors as an infielder in 2007 … as a senior, he earned all-state and all-region honors as an infielder … he was named second team all-state as a pitcher in 2007, was named to the all-state first team as a utility player in 2006 and earned all-state honorable mention as a freshman in 2005 … also earned all-area code as a junior … helped the Lions win four straight league crowns, advancing to the state playoffs all four years … West Linn advance to the state semifinals in 2006 and 2007 after finishing second in the state in 2005 … during his senior year, he hit .536 with 10 home runs and 45 RBI’s … finished his high school career with a .426 batting average, 113 RBI’s and 102 runs … on the hill, he finished with a career record of 25-11, an ERA of 2.07 and 172 strikeouts … during his sophomore year, he hurled a no-hitter, tossed two shutouts and posted a 1.79 earned run average … also earned several all-league honors as a three-year letterwinner in football (running back/linebacker).
PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 19, 1990 in Oregon City, Ore. … parents are Carolyn and John Kraus … major is marketing and management … brother Bryant is a former outfielder for the Pilots … cousins with former Pilot teammate Austin Pearce … mother Carolyn was an All-American volleyball player at Linfield … father John participated in cross country and track & field at Linfield.
