Tickets2020 Season: Started 4 games on the mound… had 19 strikeouts and an ERA of 7.31… only had 8 walks in 16 innings pitched… recorded 5 strikeouts against Florida State (2/22)
2019 Season (Junior): American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team … started five games before suffering an injury … went 1-1 with a 1.86 ERA … struck out 27 with nine walks in 29.0 innings … gave up just one earned run and three hits in 6.0 innings against Houston Baptist in second start of the season … struck out eight in 6.1 frames at nationally-ranked Auburn … also struck out eight batters in final start against Niagara, allowing no runs and two hits in 7.0 innings
2018 Season (Sophomore): AAC All-Academic Team ... started 12 games with 13 appearances on the season ... finished with a 5.17 ERA, 41 strikeouts and 15 walks in 62.2 innings ... had a 1-4 record ... started the season throwing 6.0 innings against San Diego (2/18) with two runs on four hits, no walks and three strikeouts ... did not allow an earned run or a walk in 5.2 innings against Tennessee (3/11) while striking out six batters ... threw 6.0 frames with no earned runs and just four hits against in a win against Houston (3/30) ... longest outing was 7.0 innings against Memphis with one run, six hits, two walks and seven strikeouts for his lone win of the year
2017 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 15 games with four starts ... finished with a 3-1 record and 4.38 ERA in 37.0 innings ... struck out 15 batters ... career debut was March 11 at Tennessee; threw one scoreless inning ... got the win in next outing against No. 1 Louisville (March 21); went 3.2 innings with one earned run and one strikeout ... longest outing was 5.2 innings at Miami (April 4) ... totaled a season-high three strikeouts in 3.2 innings at Memphis (May 5)
Prior to Cincinnati: Two year letterwinner at Milford High School … First Team All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference (2016).
Personal: Full name is Nathan Michael Kroger … son of Bud and Marilyn Kroger … has one brother Ryan.