Washburn University Athletics

Junior Season (2010)
Appeared in 34 games making 30 starts mainly as a catcher ... hit .247 with five doubles and two home runs, while driving in 11 runs ... had six multi-hit games ... was 2-of-3 in stolen base attempts ... named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore Season (2009)
Played in 47 games with 43 starts...batted .257 with six doubles and two home runs...drove in 18 runs...had a .989 fielding percentage with three errors in 274 chances...threw out 26 of 71 attempted base stealers...had seven multi-hit games...named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman Season (2008)
Started all 46 games with 43 as catcher and three as designated hitter...led the Ichabods with a .350 batting average and was the second straight freshman to lead the team in hitting...was 57 of 163 from the plate to lead the team in hits. He drove in 23 RBI...had 21 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games...tied his season high with three hits seven times...had a .981 fielding percentage with five errors in 263 chances...threw out 30 percent of attempted base stealers (21 of 69) and he picked off one runner.

Wichita Heights High School
A 2007 graduate of Wichita High School where he played baseball and football...earned first team all-state honors in baseball twice...also earned first team all-state in football as a quarterback and all-city and all-metro honors twice.

Personal
Born on December 16, 1988 … parents are Alan and Tammy Kasel … majoring in accounting … also a quarterback on the Washburn football team.