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Jersey Number 44
Josh Kuroda-Grauer
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Somerset, N.J.
- High School:
- Franklin
- 2024 Big Ten Player of the Year
- 2024 First Team All-America (Perfect Game, ABCA/Rawlings, College Baseball Foundation)
- 2024 Second Team All-America (Baseball America)
- 2024 Third Team All-America (NCBWA)
- 2024 NCBWA District 2 Player of the Year
- 2024 All-Big Ten First Team
- 2023 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp Invite
- 2023 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
- 2023 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2022 All-Big Ten Third Team
- 2022 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
- 2022 Rutgers Athletics Male Freshman of the Year
2024 (Junior): Big Ten Player of the Year ... First Team All-America (Perfect Game) ... Third Team All-America (NCBWA) ... NCBWA District 2 Player of the Year ... All-Big Ten First Team ... led country with 1.79 hits/game ... second in country with .428 Batting Average ... started all 53 games at shortstop ... 29 multi-hit games, 10 three-hit games, two four-hit games, one five-hit game and had streak of five straight games with at least three hits ... had hits in 29 of last 30 games ... 5-for-14 in final series against Ohio State (5/15-18) ... 5-for-14 in weekend at Penn State (5/10-12) ... 6-for-11 against Maryland (5/3-4) ... 4-for-12 with a hom run, three RBI and three runs at Indiana (4/26-28) ... 9-for-14 with six RBI, three runs scored and three-plus hits in all three games in series against Nebraska, earning Big Ten Player of the Week honors (4/12-14) ... 5-for-12 against Purdue (4/5-7) ... went 10-for-17 in sweep at Delaware, drove in eight runs, scored nine, hit five doubles and a home run (3/15-17) ... 8-for-13 at Charleston Southern, drove in six runs and scored another four (3/2-3) ... 2-for-5 with a double and run scored in win at St. Joe's (2/27) ... went 5-for-13 in series win at Old Dominion, driving in five runs and scoring three with three stolen bases (2/23-25) ... had hits in all three games of Winthrop sweep, going 3-for-12 with four RBI and three runs (2/16-18).
2023 (Sophomore): Received USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp Invite ... Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist ... Academic All-Big Ten ... started all 56 games at shortstop ... had a double in each game of Big Ten Tournament (5/24-25) ... went 4-for-13 with five runs scored in series at Minnesota (5/18-20) ... 3-for-14 with a pair of runs scored in series against Illinois (5/12-14) ... had at least one hit and run in every game of Penn State sweep, going 3-for-10 with four runs scored and a double (5/5-7) ... was 1-for-3 with a pair of runs in win over Princeton (5/3) ... collected a pair of multi-hit games in series at Purdue, finishing the weekend 4-for-12 with three runs, two doubles and a triple (4/28-30) ... 1-for-4 with a run in win at St. John's (4/25) ... 6-for-14 with four runs, six RBIs two doubles and two home runs in series sweep at Northwestern (4/21-23) ... 5-for-14 in series win over Michigan, including monster Friday night game that saw him go 4-for-6 with four runs scored, two RBIs and a home run (4/14-16) ... 2-for-4 with a run in win over Seton Hall (4/11) ... 5-for-13 with a home run, double, three RBIs and two runs scored in series at Maryland (4/7-9) ... 4-for-10 in series against Michigan State, including three runs scored and a solo home run in series finale (3/31-4/2) ... 5-for-15 in series at UConn, scoring two runs and driving in two more (3/24-26) ... 6-for-16 in series win at Mercer, scoring two runs, driving in three and hitting a pair of doubles ... had a monster series in sweep at Georgia Southern, going 7-for-14 with eight runs, four RBIs and first career grand slam in series-clinching 19-6 win (3/10-11) ... 1-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBIs in win at Wagner (3/7) ... went 4-for-11 in Swig and Swine Classic, scoring a pair of runs and collecting a double and triple against George Mason (2/24-26) ... was 1-for-4 with two runs, a double and three RBIs in series finale at Campbell (2/19).
2022 (Freshman): Named to All-Big Ten Third Team ... Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... Rutgers Athletics Male Freshman of the Year ... ended the season on 29-game on-base streak ... had 18 multi-hit games ... only committed one error on the entire season ... hit a solo home run in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game against Michigan (5/29) ... was 4-for-8 with a run scored, 2 RBI and a double in first two rounds of the Big Ten Tournament against Purdue and Penn State (5/26-5/27) ... scored 3 runs, had a 2-run double in series at Michigan (5/19-5/21) ... was 2-for-4 with a home run in series finale against Maryland (5/9) ... had five straight multi-hit games against Penn, Indiana (x3) and Iona as part of 14-game hitting streak (4/10-4/30) ... 2-for-3 with an RBI single in win over Penn (4/13) ... 1-for-5 with a walk and 2 runs scored in Lafayette win (4/12) ... went 2-for-6 in series finale at Nebraska (4/10) ... 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI in win against Monmouth (4/5) ... had hits in all three games of Minnesota series, going 4-for-13 in the series with a home run in Friday win, while scoring 3 runs with 3 RBI on the weekend (4/1-4/2) ... 2-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI in win over Saint Peter's (3/30) ... picked up a hit and scored a run in two starts in Penn State series (3/25-3/26) ... went 2-for-5 with a run scored and stolen base in win at Omaha (3/19) ... had multiple 3-hit games at Hawaii, going 6-for-11 on the weekend. Drove in a run in all three games he played in and finished the series with 2 runs scored and 4 RBI (3/11-3/13) ... hit a pair of two-run singles with bases loaded at VCU (3/6) ... blasted a three-run homer at Richmond (3/5) ... delivered a pinch-hit single at Saint Joseph's (3/1) ... doubled at UNCW (2/26) ... picked up two singles with an RBI, hit by pitch and run at Houston Baptist (2/19) ... recorded a single in first collegiate at bat at Houston Baptist (2/18).
Prior to Rutgers: Ranked No. 19 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 3 shortstop by Perfect Game … ranked No. 25 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 7 shortstop by Prep Baseball Report ... played four years of varsity baseball at Franklin … hit .351/.419/.535 as a sophomore and .364/.400/.618 as a freshman … named First Team All-Skyland Conference in 2018 and 2019 … won team MVP as a sophomore … named a 2020 Preseason Underclass All-American by Perfect Game … also ranked a top-500 player nationally … played travel baseball for Full Count since 2017 … named to the Perfect Game Tournament All-America team in 2019 … also played varsity basketball for Franklin … named First Team All-Skyland Conference as a junior and sophomore … scored 183 points with 180 rebounds, 117 assists and 54 steals as a point guard in 2019-20 … served a captain junior season … helped freshman team to a perfect 21-0 record … a member of the Distinguished Honor Roll all academic years … earned a spot in the National Society of High School Scholars … a NJSIAA Student Advisory council representative … participated in the Ultimate Warriors Club and as a Junior Achievement mentor.
Personal: Son of Sumi Kuroda and Edie Grauer … has an older sister, Zaya … majoring in sport management.
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