Lawrence Free State's Cody Kukuk was named Gatorade Kansas Baseball Player of the Year on Tuesday. Kukuk is the first baseball player from Free State to receive the honor.
The 6-foot-4 junior southpaw recorded a 9-0 record on the mound while finishing the season with a 0.98 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 53.1 innings of work.
At the plate Kukuk batted an impressive .440 with eight home runs and 34 RBIs.
The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character on and off the field.
The junior maintained a B average in the classroom while volunteering at a local soup kitchen. He also spent time helping raise funds on behalf of an animal hospital and served as a youth baseball coach.
Free State Head Coach Mike Hill regarded Kukuk as multi-talented and stated that he has a very good chance to be a high draft pick after high school.
Kukuk has verbally committed to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Kansas beginning in the fall of 2011.
Maize's Garrett Gould earned the honor last season. Gould was drafted in the second round last year by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Kukuk joins Ashley Catrell of Blue Valley West as a recipient of a Gatorade Player of the Year award this spring. Catrell earned honors as girls soccer player of the year.
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