Northwestern State University of Louisana

2017 Season:
• Appeared in 46 games, starting 36 at designated hitter (23) and third base (13).
• made one pitching appearance in Game 1 of a doubleheader against New Orleans on May 19, striking out a pair of batters.
• went 4-for-7, notching two hits in each game of a May 19 doubleheader against New Orleans.
• doubled as a pinch hitter at No. 8 LSU on May 16.
• put together his second four-game hit streak of the season from April 22-28.
• put the Demons ahead to stay with a bases-clearing, three-run double in a 6-4 win at Southeastern Louisiana on April 15.
• smacked a walk-off home run as part of a 2-for-5 performance in a 5-4 win against ULM on April 5.
• hit safely in four straight games from March 22-26.
• had three two-RBI games in a five-game stretch from Feb. 19-28.

2016 Season:
• Appeared in 38 games, starting 25, after missing the 2015 season because of injury.
• opening day third baseman started the first five games before suffering a lower leg injury that affected him all season.
• showed a knack for clutch hitting, delivering a pinch-hit, game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning at McNeese on April 3 and a walkoff RBI single in the regular-season finale against Abilene Christian on May 21. 
• had six multi-hit games, including a trio of three-hit games (April 23 at Central Arkansas; April 26 vs. Mississippi Valley State and May 6 at Arkansas State).
• batted .324 with 12 RBIs in his final 26 games of the season, which included both of his game-winning hits. 

Summer 2015:
• Played for the Kansas Cannons of the Kansas Collegiate Baseball League.

2015 Season:
• Redshirted after suffering a torn ACL before the season.

2014 Season:
• Appeared in 48 games, starting 40 – 38 at designated hitter, 2 at first base.
• set career highs in virtually every offensive category.
• enjoyed a career day against LSU-Alexandria (March 19), setting career highs in hits (3) and RBIs (6) while blasting his first collegiate home run.
• recorded eight multi-hit games during the season.
• knocked in three runs against Grambling on April 1.
• drove in two runs against Chicago State (March 8) and Stephen F. Austin (March 22) and had 15 of his 24 RBIs in the month of March.
 
2013 Season: 
• Played in 22 games and started 14 (13 at designated hitter and one at third base).
• finished the year with a .200 batting average with one double and one run along with four runs batted in.
• one multiple hit game, in game three at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Was 2-for-3 with a RBI and double.
• also knocked in runs at McNeese State, versus Central Arkansas and Louisiana Tech.
 
High School: 
• First-team all-district, all-area, and all-state selection his senior year.
• first-team all-district and all-area his sophomore year.
• second team all-district as a freshman.
• as a football player was selected first-team all district during his sophomore, junior, and senior years.
?• baseball state champions his junior year, state runner-up his sophomore year, and state quarterfinalists his freshman and senior seasons.
• coached by Jeramie Hale, a former Demon.  
 
Personal: 
• Born Nov. 18, 1993.
• son of Kenneth and Stephanie Kaufman.
• majoring in health and human performance with intentions of coaching high school or college baseball.
• life’s ambition is to play ball as long as he can, start a family, and coach baseball.