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30 Mitch Gutknecht

  • Position Left Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Stillwater, Minn.
  • Highschool Hill-Murray HS

Biography

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PRONUNCIATION: 

2025
NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence... NSIC Pitcher of the Week... Made 12 appearances, including 10 starts for the Mavericks... Posted a 3.25 earned run average and a 7-2 record with two complete games and 61.0 innings pitched... Struck out 40 hitters (third) and walked 11... Threw 9.0 innings vs. Arkansas Monticello and earned win in NCAA Central Region Tournament on May 18, with two earned runs allowed on seven hits with four strikeouts... Struck out season high seven vs. Point Park on Mar. 10... Helped Mavericks win NSIC Regular Season and Tournament Titles.

2024 Summer: Willmar Stingers (Northwoods League)

2024: CSC Academic All-District... NSIC Academic Team of Excellence... Named to NSIC All-Tournament Team... Appeared in 18 games, including six starts for the Mavericks... Posted a 4-3 record and a 4.34 earned run average... Led team with 74 strikeouts with 19 walks... Held opposing hitters to .254 batting average... Started game one of NCAA Central Region Tournament at Central Missouri and tossed 5.1 innings, allowed seven earned runs and struck out seven... Struck out season-high 14 in NSIC Tournament vs. UMary, including 9.0 inning complete game and one earned run allowed... Struck out 11 in 6.0 innings vs. Wayne State College (Apr. 30). 

2023: NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence... Made 12 appearances out of the pen for the Mavericks in 2023... Marked a 5.93 ERA with 13.2 innings pitched, 19 strikeouts and seven walks... Recorded one save.

2022: Made eight appearances out of the pen for the Mavericks in 2022...Owned an 8.53 ERA and .231 opponent batting average...Made Maverick debut March 26 in Sioux City, Iowa, during a ballgame against the UMary Marauders.

2021:  Did not see any action in 2021.

THE GUTKNECHT FILE: Hill-Murray High School product helped lead team to 2019 Minnesota High School State Tournament after going 8-1 with a 1.44 ERA and striking out 78 batters in 63 innings, while walking 18 batters....Had six complete games and was named to the all-conference first team, all-section team and was a finalist for the Pioneer Press Metro East Player of the Year....Also a three-year starter for the high school basketball team.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2021Freshman

    LHP
    6'2" 175 lbs
    33
  • 30

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    LHP
    6'2" 185 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    LHP
    6'2" 175 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2024Redshirt Junior

    LHP
    6'2" 190 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Left Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 190 lbs
    30