Keaton Knueppel

Height:
6-2
Weight:
225
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Verona, Wisc.
High School:
Verona Area HS
Prev School:
Gonzaga

2021 (Graduate Student): Saw action in eight games... Each of his eight appearances came in relief... Did not allow a run in his first four outings of the year... Finished the year with 6.0 innings, seven strikeouts and allowed three earned runs... Made his first appearance of the year against Louisiana-Lafayette (2/21)... Saw action at Mississippi State (2/28) as he worked 1.1 innings and struck out one... Struck out a pair in 1.1 innings of work at Troy (3/13)... Recorded two strikeouts at Cincinnati (5/21)... Saw action in the American Athletic Conference Championship against eventual tournament winner USF (5/9).

Prior to Tulane: Comes to Tulane after he spent the past four seasons at Gonzaga…He did not play in 2019 and saw limited action in 2020, 2018 and 2017…Posted a decorated career at Verona Area High School in Verona, Wisconsin, as he earned First Team All-Conference in his final two years and Second Team All-State as a senior…Fanned 106 batters in 61.2 innings pitched with a 1.02 ERA…Tossed seven complete games and struck out 16 in a seven-inning contest…Played club ball for GRB Rays out of Madison, Wisconsin...Earned spots on the Kernels Perfect Game and PBR Labor Day Challenge All-Tournament teams…In the classroom, he earned All-State Academic, National Scholar Student-Athlete and All-District Academic awards with a grade point average of 3.95.

KEATON'S NOLA STORY
Favorite memory living in New Orleans?
Any night spending time with the boys

Favorite spot to hang out in New Orleans?
The Factory