Biography
2020: CoSIDA Division III First Team Academic All-America Team (catcher) … Voted the CoSIDA D-III First Team Academic All-District 5 catcher … Named USA South Don Scalf Award winner (male) … Methodist University 2020 Sykes Cup Award winner … MU Senior Athlete of the Year (male) … MU 2020 Engineering Graduate Award winner … Team's 2020 Most Valuable Player selection … A first-team D3baseball.com Preseason All-America selection (catcher) … Voted Methodist's Male Senior Athlete of the Year ... started all 18 games in the season ... led the team in at-bats (73), hits (23), doubles (12), extra-base hits (14), and OPS (.955) ... .315 batting average was second on the team ... also recorded 16 runs scored, 14 runs batted in, 11 walks, and four stolen bases ... 144 putouts and 16 assists for a fielding percentage of .976 ... caught seven runners stealing ... recorded a hit in 13 games, including five straight ... six multi hit games, including three consecutive ... logged three straight games with a double ... season-high 4-of-5 against with two doubles against Hardin-Simmons ... three games with two doubles ... two 4-RBI games, including a 2-for-3 (two doubles) performance against Averett and a 3-of-4 performance with four runs scored against Guilford.
2019: Second-team All American catcher selected by both D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings ... D3baseball's All-South Region Player of the Year ... first team All-Region selection by D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings ... first team All-State selection by NCCSIA ... first team USA South All-Conference selection ... started all 41 games his junior campaign ... led the team with a .406 batting average (second in the conference) and a 1.140 OPS ... led the team and the conference in hits (67), RBIs (54), and homeruns (seven) .... conference's regular season triple crown winner ... second on the team with 42 runs scored and 17 doubles ... also tallied 21 walks and tied for the conference/team lead with 26 extra-base hits ... caught 14 runners stealing while allowing 18 stolen bases ... 215 put-outs with 30 assists for a fielding percentage of .996 ... 22 multi-hit games, including two streaks of five consecutive such games ... six games with at least three hits, including a season-high four hits in five at-bats against Greensboro ... best series came against the Pride, where he went 10-for-15 with 11 RBIs and seven runs scored in the three games ... hitting streaks of nine and 13 ... reached base safely in 16 straight games to end the season ... also had a streak of 18 games of reaching safely ... six multi-walk games ... named Preseason Honorable Mention All-American catcher by D3baseball.com.
2018: Third Team All-American selection by ABCA ... All-American Honorable Mention selection by D3baseball ... Second Team All-State selection by NCCSIA ... named to the All-Region team by ABCA and D3baseball ... First Team USA South All-Conference selection ... one-time USA South Player of the Week (3/12/18) ... also named to the Academic All-Conference team... appeared in all 44 games for the Monarchs ... led the team in multiple categories, such as batting average (.397), OPS (1.098), hits (69), doubles (18), total bases (107), and RBIs (59) ... finished with 43 runs scored, four triples, four homeruns, and 29 walks, all good for second on the team ... led the USA South Athletic Conference in RBIs and doubles, was second in the league in hits, third in total bases and fourth in slugging percentage (.615) ...170 put-outs with 25 assists for a fielding percentage of .990 ... also caught 11 baserunners stealing ... 23 multi-hit games, including eight consecutive such games ... nine games with at least three hits, including a season-high four against William Peace ... 11 games with multiple runs scored, including a season-high four against N.C. Wesleyan ... 16 multi-RBIs games ... nine games with at least three RBIs, including a streak of three three-RBI games ... 10 straight games with a RBI ... season-high four RBIs against Rhodes College ... six games with multiple walks, including four drawn against Washington and Lee ... 10 games with at least seven put-outs, including a season-high 11 against Washington and Lee.
2017: Started 26 of 31 games in which he appeared … held a .264 batting average … second on the team with nine doubles … recorded 20 RBI, 18 runs scored and one home run … posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 207 chances … had seven multi-hit performances … registered two hits and drew four walks with one RBI and three runs scored in first collegiate start in a 20-0 win versus Lynchburg … went 3 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored in an 8-6 win against Rutgers-Camden … collected two hits with a pair of walks, three RBI and a run scored in a 9-2 win at William Peace … went 2 for 3 with four RBI on a grand slam – his first collegiate home run – in a 14-4 win at Covenant … named to the 2016-17 Academic All-Conference team.
High School: 2016 graduate of Strawberry Crest ... four-year member of the baseball team and a three-year letterwinner ... was named first team all-conference and First Team All-Tampa Bay as a senior ... team MVP as a senior ... two-year captain.
Personal: son of Lora and Jerry Kachler ... majoring in industrial engineering and mathematics ... member of the Engineering Club at Scribe of Kappa Sigma at MU.
