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2022 Baseball Roster

21 Adam Ketelsen

  • Position Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 195
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mount Vernon, Iowa
  • Highschool Mount Vernon

Biography

2022 Graduate Student
Made 18 appearances, including two starts in his lone season with the Shockers...went 1-1 with a 9.21 ERA in 28.1 innings...allowed 29 hits, striking out 32 while walking 17...started the championship game of the Frisco Classic against Texas A&M, going a season-long three innings in a no-decision...struck out a season-high four batters twice, once at Oklahoma on February 22 and against vs. Oklahoma State on April 5...tossed a scoreless 1.1 innings in a comeback win against Kansas on March 23...allowed just one hit in 2.2 shutout innings at Memphis on May 1...named to the AD Honor Roll in Fall 2021.

At Iowa (2019-21)
Made 18 relief appearances over the course of three seasons for the Hawkeyes, going 2-0 with a 3.80 ERA...worked 23.2 total innings, allowing only 17 hits with 26 strikeouts...picked up his first collegiate win on May 10, 2019 against Michigan State...did not allow a run in 7.2 innings in 2020 before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic...hurled five shutout innings against Kansas on March 10, fanning a career-best seven hitters en route to the win...limited to just one appearance in 2021.

At Kirkwood Community College (2017-18)
Pitched two seasons for the Eagles, highlighted by a sophomore season in which he went 8-2 with a 2.92 ERA to earn Honorable Mention All-Region XI honors...helped Kirkwood to a 42-17-1 season and a berth in the NJCAA Division II World Series in 2018...closed out the Eagles win over Southeast Community College in the final game of the North Plains District Playoff to send Kirkwood to Enid...totaled 15 appearances with five starts, notching 88 strikeouts in 61.2 innings of work...went 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA as a freshman in 2017, making 12 appearances...originally committed to Winona State out of high school, but transferred to Kirkwood after the fall semester...committed to Central Michigan while at Kirkwood before signing with Iowa.

High School
Four-year letterwinner and four-year starter at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa...varsity captain as both a junior and senior...Three-time all-state, four-time all-district, and three-time all-conference selection...tied the school career record for both wins (25) and strikeouts (206)...also played basketball and golf...ranked the number six left-handed pitcher in Iowa by Perfect Game.

Personal
Son of Scott and Suzy Ketelsen...Born September 5, 1997...has two older siblings, Drew and Amy...Drew played basketball at Central College, Amy played tennis at Briar Cliff and Wartburg...father played collegiate golf at Northern Iowa and is now an executive director of communications, alumni and external relations for the University of Iowa College of Nursing...aunt, Connie Bear, played collegiate golf at Illinois...majoring in human resource management.

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