2024 Baseball Roster
Fuchs, Grady
Jersey Number 14
Grady Fuchs
- Position:
- Righthanded Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Paynesville, Minn.
- High School:
- Paynesville
- Prev School:
- St. Cloud Technical & Community College
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
Bio
CAREER NOTES
Academic: Two-time MCAC All-Academic honoree (2021, 2022)…
Athletic: Third Team MCAC All-Central Division (2022)…
2024 (SENIOR): Made one start and 12 appearances out of the bullpen in senior campaign, posting a 1-2 record and one save with a 6.03 ERA and 1.51 WHIP … Had 24 strikeouts over 34.1 innings pitched with holding opposing batters to a .237 average … Made longest outing of the season at Missouri Western (Feb. 9), pitching five innings of scoreless baseball while only allowing two hits with five strikeouts … Had a scoreless outing against Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 18), going 1.2 innings while not allowing a run or hit with one strikeout … Went two innings against Minnesota State (March 21), allowing only one hit and one walk … Pitched in relief at Northern State (April 4), going 2.2 innings while only allowing one hit … Made only start of the season against Bemidji State (May 3), lasting 5.0 innings with only one earned run on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
2023 Season: Began his career as a Husky after transferring from the St. Cloud Technical and Community College... made 17 appearances and went 1-0, striking out 23 batters and issuing 12 walks after firing 24.1 innings working to a 6.66 ERA... limited batters a to .277 AVG, striking out 24.4% of batters faced... maintained a healthy 1.56 WHIP... delt 7.2 hitless innings and completed 13.4 innings with zero runs surrendered... Missouri Southern (2/3): Made his debut as a Husky by tossing 3.0 scoreless innings... Ark. Monticello (2/11): Allowed six runs on seven hits and one walk, retired five batters with three strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work... Nova Southeastern (3/9): Pitched a single inning allowing a lone run and put away three batters... Caldwell (3/13): Shut down the cougars after throwing a hitless inning... Pace (3/15): Recorded 1.5 scoreless innings after retiring two batters and striking out three... Southwest Minn. State (3/23): Served as the closer in a doubleheader against a conference opponent, threw back-to-back scoreless innings to ensure the sweep... Augustana (3/25): Shut down the Vikings with 1.5 hitless innings of relief... Upper Iowa (3/28): Threw two more hitless innings of shutout relief, striking out three batters and walking one... Winona State (4/2): Logged two scoreless innings, striking out three batters and walking one... Concordia-St. Paul (4/7): Pitched one innings of relief, allowed two runs and retired three batters... Minnesota Crookston (4/13): Tossed two innings of relief, allowing one run off one hit, put away five batters and stuck out one... Sioux Falls (4/16): Pitched one inning of relief... Mary (4/23): Pitched one inning allowing one run and retiring three batters for his first win from the mound... Bemidji State (4/27): Allowed one run off three hits and two walks, retired four batters and struck out two over 2.0 innings of work... Northern State (5/2): Recorded a hitless inning striking out one batter, retiring two and walking one... NSIC Tournament (5/14): Pitched in relief allowing one run off three hits against Minnesota State to help the team in the NSIC Tournament..
2022 (ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Earned Third Team MCAC All-Central Division honors after anchoring the Cyclone weekend rotation, spending much of the year as the staff ace…went 5-4 over 11 appearances and 10 starts, firing 59.2 innings to the tune of a 3.32 ERA and a 2.97 FIP…threw a pair of complete games with one shutout…struck out 59 and walked just 19…maintained a 1.21 WHIP while recording a ridiculous 212 ERA+…limited opponents to a .235/.316/.314 slash line for a .631 OPS…held a 23.0% strikeout rate and walked just 7.4% of batters faced…completed at least 5.0 innings in nine starts…dealt five quality starts…pitched through the seventh four times…allowed more than three runs just twice in 11 appearances…won both of his postseason starts, logging a 1.40 ERA with just three earned runs allowed over 15.0 innings and a 13:3 K:BB ratio…earned MCAC All-Academic honors…
Southwestern (3/8): Struck out five over 5.0 innings of work in his season debut, taking a no-decision after allowing just two earned on three hits and five walks… Indian Hills (3/15): Was brilliant in a complete game loss, allowing a lone earned run over 8.0 innings of seven-hit baseball…struck out a career-high seven and walked none… Hibbing (4/2): Struck out a career-high nine batters over 6.0 innings of five-hit ball, earning the win and allowing a lone unearned run while walking a pair… Ridgewater (4/10): Hit with a hard-luck loss, allowing three runs on four hits and five walks over 5.1 frames with three strikeouts… Minnesota State (4/16): Took a no-decision after allowing five runs on seven hits and a walk across 5.0 innings of work, striking out eight… Anoka-Ramsey (4/24): Struck out seven and walked none, earning the win with 5.1 innings of two-run ball while scattering five hits… Central Lakes (4/29): Tagged for six runs – four earned – on four hits and two walks while striking out four across 3.0 innings to take the loss… Anoka-Ramsey (5/4): Was simply masterful in a complete game shutout, striking out three across 7.0 innings of three-hit ball while walking none… Rochester (5/7): Did not retire a batter out of the bullpen, taking the loss after allowing two runs on three hits and a walk… NJCAA Region XIII Tournament (5/13-21): Started the Tournament Semifinal, beating Rochester with 7.0 innings of two-run ball on seven hits and a walk while striking out eight… NJCAA DIII College World Series (5/28-31): Started the Cyclones’ first elimination game against Niagara County on May 29, earning the win and keeping their CWS run alive with 8.0 innings of five-hit, two-walk baseball and striking out five…allowed just one earned run…
2021 (ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Began his collegiate career at St. Cloud Tech, serving as a member of the weekend rotation and making six appearances with five starts while helping the Cyclones to a NJCAA DIII College World Series appearance…went 4-1 with a 3.80 ERA over 23.2 innings, striking out 20…threw two complete games with one shutout…logged a 1.61 WHIP…limited opponents to a .289 batting average while posting a 18.0% strikeout rate and a 9.0% walk rate…completed at least 5.0 innings in three starts…earned MCAC All-Academic honors…
Hibbing (3/11): Made his collegiate debut on Opening Day, tossing 2.0 innings out of the pen and allowing two earned on three hits and three walks with three punchouts… Hibbing (4/3): Fired a complete game shutout in his first collegiate start, scattering five hits and two walks over 5.0 scoreless with three strikeouts… Minnesota State (4/10): Earned the win in a run-rule game with 3.0 innings of two-run ball, scattering four hits and two walks while striking out a pair… Anoka-Ramsey (4/15): Struck out four while allowing two runs on six hits and two walks across 3.1 innings of work, earning his third win of the season… Northland (5/1): Picked up the win with a complete game effort, allowing one run on two hits and walking none over 5.0 innings while striking out four… NJCAA Region XIII Tournament (5/14-22): Started game one of the Championship Series against Century, hit with a loss after allowing three earned over a career-high 5.1 innings of work…scattered eight hits and walked one while striking out four…
Prep: A 2020 graduate of Paynesville Area High School…
Personal: The son of Ron and Michelle Fuchs…Land Surveying major…plays in the Minnesota Baseball Association with the Paynesville Pirates alongside his brother Grayson while his dad Ron manages the club…
Academic: Two-time MCAC All-Academic honoree (2021, 2022)…
Athletic: Third Team MCAC All-Central Division (2022)…
2024 (SENIOR): Made one start and 12 appearances out of the bullpen in senior campaign, posting a 1-2 record and one save with a 6.03 ERA and 1.51 WHIP … Had 24 strikeouts over 34.1 innings pitched with holding opposing batters to a .237 average … Made longest outing of the season at Missouri Western (Feb. 9), pitching five innings of scoreless baseball while only allowing two hits with five strikeouts … Had a scoreless outing against Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 18), going 1.2 innings while not allowing a run or hit with one strikeout … Went two innings against Minnesota State (March 21), allowing only one hit and one walk … Pitched in relief at Northern State (April 4), going 2.2 innings while only allowing one hit … Made only start of the season against Bemidji State (May 3), lasting 5.0 innings with only one earned run on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
2023 Season: Began his career as a Husky after transferring from the St. Cloud Technical and Community College... made 17 appearances and went 1-0, striking out 23 batters and issuing 12 walks after firing 24.1 innings working to a 6.66 ERA... limited batters a to .277 AVG, striking out 24.4% of batters faced... maintained a healthy 1.56 WHIP... delt 7.2 hitless innings and completed 13.4 innings with zero runs surrendered... Missouri Southern (2/3): Made his debut as a Husky by tossing 3.0 scoreless innings... Ark. Monticello (2/11): Allowed six runs on seven hits and one walk, retired five batters with three strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work... Nova Southeastern (3/9): Pitched a single inning allowing a lone run and put away three batters... Caldwell (3/13): Shut down the cougars after throwing a hitless inning... Pace (3/15): Recorded 1.5 scoreless innings after retiring two batters and striking out three... Southwest Minn. State (3/23): Served as the closer in a doubleheader against a conference opponent, threw back-to-back scoreless innings to ensure the sweep... Augustana (3/25): Shut down the Vikings with 1.5 hitless innings of relief... Upper Iowa (3/28): Threw two more hitless innings of shutout relief, striking out three batters and walking one... Winona State (4/2): Logged two scoreless innings, striking out three batters and walking one... Concordia-St. Paul (4/7): Pitched one innings of relief, allowed two runs and retired three batters... Minnesota Crookston (4/13): Tossed two innings of relief, allowing one run off one hit, put away five batters and stuck out one... Sioux Falls (4/16): Pitched one inning of relief... Mary (4/23): Pitched one inning allowing one run and retiring three batters for his first win from the mound... Bemidji State (4/27): Allowed one run off three hits and two walks, retired four batters and struck out two over 2.0 innings of work... Northern State (5/2): Recorded a hitless inning striking out one batter, retiring two and walking one... NSIC Tournament (5/14): Pitched in relief allowing one run off three hits against Minnesota State to help the team in the NSIC Tournament..
2022 (ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Earned Third Team MCAC All-Central Division honors after anchoring the Cyclone weekend rotation, spending much of the year as the staff ace…went 5-4 over 11 appearances and 10 starts, firing 59.2 innings to the tune of a 3.32 ERA and a 2.97 FIP…threw a pair of complete games with one shutout…struck out 59 and walked just 19…maintained a 1.21 WHIP while recording a ridiculous 212 ERA+…limited opponents to a .235/.316/.314 slash line for a .631 OPS…held a 23.0% strikeout rate and walked just 7.4% of batters faced…completed at least 5.0 innings in nine starts…dealt five quality starts…pitched through the seventh four times…allowed more than three runs just twice in 11 appearances…won both of his postseason starts, logging a 1.40 ERA with just three earned runs allowed over 15.0 innings and a 13:3 K:BB ratio…earned MCAC All-Academic honors…
Southwestern (3/8): Struck out five over 5.0 innings of work in his season debut, taking a no-decision after allowing just two earned on three hits and five walks… Indian Hills (3/15): Was brilliant in a complete game loss, allowing a lone earned run over 8.0 innings of seven-hit baseball…struck out a career-high seven and walked none… Hibbing (4/2): Struck out a career-high nine batters over 6.0 innings of five-hit ball, earning the win and allowing a lone unearned run while walking a pair… Ridgewater (4/10): Hit with a hard-luck loss, allowing three runs on four hits and five walks over 5.1 frames with three strikeouts… Minnesota State (4/16): Took a no-decision after allowing five runs on seven hits and a walk across 5.0 innings of work, striking out eight… Anoka-Ramsey (4/24): Struck out seven and walked none, earning the win with 5.1 innings of two-run ball while scattering five hits… Central Lakes (4/29): Tagged for six runs – four earned – on four hits and two walks while striking out four across 3.0 innings to take the loss… Anoka-Ramsey (5/4): Was simply masterful in a complete game shutout, striking out three across 7.0 innings of three-hit ball while walking none… Rochester (5/7): Did not retire a batter out of the bullpen, taking the loss after allowing two runs on three hits and a walk… NJCAA Region XIII Tournament (5/13-21): Started the Tournament Semifinal, beating Rochester with 7.0 innings of two-run ball on seven hits and a walk while striking out eight… NJCAA DIII College World Series (5/28-31): Started the Cyclones’ first elimination game against Niagara County on May 29, earning the win and keeping their CWS run alive with 8.0 innings of five-hit, two-walk baseball and striking out five…allowed just one earned run…
2021 (ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Began his collegiate career at St. Cloud Tech, serving as a member of the weekend rotation and making six appearances with five starts while helping the Cyclones to a NJCAA DIII College World Series appearance…went 4-1 with a 3.80 ERA over 23.2 innings, striking out 20…threw two complete games with one shutout…logged a 1.61 WHIP…limited opponents to a .289 batting average while posting a 18.0% strikeout rate and a 9.0% walk rate…completed at least 5.0 innings in three starts…earned MCAC All-Academic honors…
Hibbing (3/11): Made his collegiate debut on Opening Day, tossing 2.0 innings out of the pen and allowing two earned on three hits and three walks with three punchouts… Hibbing (4/3): Fired a complete game shutout in his first collegiate start, scattering five hits and two walks over 5.0 scoreless with three strikeouts… Minnesota State (4/10): Earned the win in a run-rule game with 3.0 innings of two-run ball, scattering four hits and two walks while striking out a pair… Anoka-Ramsey (4/15): Struck out four while allowing two runs on six hits and two walks across 3.1 innings of work, earning his third win of the season… Northland (5/1): Picked up the win with a complete game effort, allowing one run on two hits and walking none over 5.0 innings while striking out four… NJCAA Region XIII Tournament (5/14-22): Started game one of the Championship Series against Century, hit with a loss after allowing three earned over a career-high 5.1 innings of work…scattered eight hits and walked one while striking out four…
Prep: A 2020 graduate of Paynesville Area High School…
Personal: The son of Ron and Michelle Fuchs…Land Surveying major…plays in the Minnesota Baseball Association with the Paynesville Pirates alongside his brother Grayson while his dad Ron manages the club…
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 4
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 3
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 2
Thursday, March 13
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 1
Thursday, March 13
