Kutztown University Athletics

One of the best hitters in Kutztown University and PSAC history, Shayne Houck is also among the most decorated as a two-time PSAC Athlete of the Year, 2010 ABCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year and 2010 NCBWA All-America First Team selection.
 
Houck, a Boyertown, Pennsylvania native, graduated with 13 school records that have yet to be broken. A career .389 hitter for the Maroon and Gold, Houck holds the PSAC's single-season record with 74 runs scored in 2010. He ranks among the conference's career leaders in most major offensive categories.
 
As a freshman in 2009, Houck was voted PSAC Rookie of the Year. He went on to earn All-PSAC and All-Atlantic Region First Team honors in each of his final three seasons. Houck played outfield and third base and his play was at the forefront of one of the most successful eras in KU baseball history.
 
Houck set career records at KU for runs scored (216), hits (255), runs batted in (202), doubles (64), home runs (44) and total bases (457). His 44 home runs stood as a PSAC record until 2017 and now rank third all-time in the conference.
 
Houck's 2010 campaign stands alone as the best offensive season by a Golden Bear. He batted .449, the second-highest single season average in team history, while generating school records of 83 hits, 24 doubles, 17 home runs, 77 RBIs, 74 runs scored, 160 total bases and an .865 slugging percentage.
 
Kutztown posted a 134-69 record (.660) over the course of Houck's four years with the team. The Golden Bears advanced to, and hosted, NCAA Championship tournament games in three of his four years, winning the Atlantic Region title and advancing to the National Championships in 2010.
 
Houck remains the program's most recent All-American. He was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 29th Round of the 2012 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. He played two years in the Giants organization, advancing to Class A in 2013.
 
Houck spent the 2014 season as a member of the Frontier League's Evansville (Ind.) Otters, where he batted .307 while hitting 23 homers and driving in 66 runs on his way to being named the league's Most Valuable Player.