Kellen Kulbacki  •  OF • James Madison University

As a freshman: Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie Team… earned JMU’s Kevin Nehring Rookie of the Year Award… 2-for-4 in second Virginia game… 1-for-4 with an RBI in final Delaware game… 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored in Hofstra series opener… also threw out a runner at the plate in a crucial eighth-inning play… 2-for-4 in final UNCW game… 2-for-4 and set JMU freshman record with his 18th double, plating a run in the process, in first UNCW game… 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs in TU finale… 2-for-5 with a double and homer in Towson opener, extending his hitting streak to a team-season-best 12 games … 2-for-3, two-RBI, solo homer day versus Richmond… DH and went 2-for-4 with an RBI at Longwood… 2-for-5 as a DH in final game of the W&M series… netted three hits and two RBI in the first game of W&M series… also twisted right ankle after making a catch and crashing into the fence in W&M opener, then sat out game two… had a 3-for-4 day with a double, homer and three RBI in 5-1 win at Richmond… 1-for-3 with a run scored and RBI in 3-2 win against Radford… named April 11 CAA Rookie of the Week after 10-for-20, three-double, two-homer week… 3-for-4 with a double and fifth homer of the season in series finale at ODU… 2-for-3 with his 12th double of the season in second ODU game after a 1-for-4 showing in game one… with a double cracked his fourth homer as part of a 2-for-6 outing at Radford… rapped a pair of singles and scored twice at home against Longwood… 2-for-3 with two RBI in final game of VCU series… broke into double-digit doubles with two in the first Penn State game… had three hits in that game… rapped out a career-best four hits in the Ohio game… cracked his third homer in Wagner finale, going 2-for-5 with two RBI… popped his second homer of the season and got the Dukes on the board in first Wagner game… went 2-for-2 that game… 2-for-4 with an double and RBI single in first Maryland game… doubled in one run and scored two in Kent State finale… the double was a team-leading sixth… two hits and an RBI in second KSU game… collected three hits for the first time of his career in first Kent State game… rapped out a pair of doubles in Western Carolina contest… two of those hits were RBI doubles… doubled and homered in his first JMU game, on opening day against GWU.
      Before JMU: Named the Keystone Division Player of the Year as a senior at Hershey… batted .493 with four home runs among his 35 hits and drove in 22 runs… reached base at a .549 clip, had a .944 slugging percentage with 14 doubles and three triples… stole nine bases on as many attempts… as the team’s captain, led the Trojans to a District III tournament berth… as a junior hit .379 with four homers and 14 RBI… had a career-high 14 stolen bases on as many tries as a junior… led Mid-Penn Conference with 10 doubles as a freshman… multiple Mid-Penn and Keystone Division All-Star… twice named to the Harrisburg Patriot News Big 11 team… coached by Al Fricke… also played soccer at Hershey, earning Mid-Penn Conference and Liberty Division All-Star first-team laurels senior and honorable mention as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Born November 21, 1985… son of Vicki and Robert Kulbacki… his grandfather Bob Bettleyon played in the Philadelphia Athletics’ organization… kinesiology major.

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