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Jersey Number 6
Craig Kalkbrenner
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kennesaw, Ga.
- High School:
- Harrison HS
- Prev School:
- Mercer
- Major:
- Finance
SOPHOMORE (2026): Led the team with 25 appearances on the season, all out of the bullpen ... Finished 2026 with a 9.76 ERA and a 1-4 record across 42.1 innings while striking out 27 batters ... Had a career-high four strikeouts against his former team in Mercer on May 6th ... Did not allow a run home across five appearances and 5.2 innings from February 22nd to March 10th ... Threw 2.2 innings of scoreless ball while only allowing a singular hit against top-15 Clemson on March 10th en route to a 6-1 win ... Held Marshall scoreless in his 2.1-inning outing on March 20th with two strikeouts ... Had his best outing of 2026 on March 27th, throwing a career-high four scoreless frames, only giving up one hit in just 42 pitches.
MERCER (2025): Had the most appearances by a pitcher for the Bears in 2025 with his 26 on the year ... First career outing was a scoreless inning on February 15th, 2024 against Milwaukee ... Longest career outing was 3.0 innings on April 11th, 2024 against Charleston Southern, allowing three hits, one run and had three strikeouts ... Did not allow an earned run in his first 4.2 innings of his career ... Had nine separate outings of an inning or more without allowing an earned run in 2025.
PREP: Four year letterwinner at Harrison High School under coach Jake Storey ... Was rated as the number 115 overall and number 22 shortstop in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game ... 2024 First Team All-region selection ... 2024 Second Team All-State by Atlanta Journal Constitution.
PERSONAL: Born Craig Everett Calkbrenner on March 9th, 2006 in Roswell, Ga. ... Is the son of Ryan and Courtney Kalkbrenner ... Has one sister, Olivia ... Relative Adam Poe played baseball at South Carolina before being drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1999 Amateur Draft.
MAJOR: Finance
MERCER (2025): Had the most appearances by a pitcher for the Bears in 2025 with his 26 on the year ... First career outing was a scoreless inning on February 15th, 2024 against Milwaukee ... Longest career outing was 3.0 innings on April 11th, 2024 against Charleston Southern, allowing three hits, one run and had three strikeouts ... Did not allow an earned run in his first 4.2 innings of his career ... Had nine separate outings of an inning or more without allowing an earned run in 2025.
PREP: Four year letterwinner at Harrison High School under coach Jake Storey ... Was rated as the number 115 overall and number 22 shortstop in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game ... 2024 First Team All-region selection ... 2024 Second Team All-State by Atlanta Journal Constitution.
PERSONAL: Born Craig Everett Calkbrenner on March 9th, 2006 in Roswell, Ga. ... Is the son of Ryan and Courtney Kalkbrenner ... Has one sister, Olivia ... Relative Adam Poe played baseball at South Carolina before being drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1999 Amateur Draft.
MAJOR: Finance
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