(pronounced HOE-ck)
Career Honors
Dean's List Honors (Fall 2016)
PSAC Championship Performances
2016 Indoor - Shot Put (18th)
2018 Indoor - Weight Throw (9th), Shot Put (11th)
2018 Outdoor - Shot Put (7th)
2019 Indoor - Weight Throw (16th), Shot Put (6th)
2019 (OUTDOOR): Set a new personal best that put him fourth all-time in the Shot Put with a 52-5.25 at the Paul Kaiser Classic (4/27)...Threw for a personal-best 51-1, ranking sixth all-time in program history, winning the shot put at the Greyhound Invitational (4/20).
2018-19 (INDOOR): Earned KU three points with a 49-11.75 in shot put at the PSAC Championships (2/23)...Posted a new PR of 49-8.25 in the shot put and placed third at the Bison Open (1/26)...Placed inside the top-five with a new PSAC-Qualifying and personal-best mark of 48-5.25 in the shot put at the Fast Times Before Finals meet at Lehigh University (12/8).
2018 (OUTDOOR): Career-best seventh-place finish in the shot put for two team points at the PSAC Championships (5/5)...Second place in the shot put at Moravian's Greyhound Invitational (4/21)...Career-best throw of 48-1.75 to place third in the shot put at a Quad Meet at West Chester (3/31)...Opened the outdoor season with a throw of 45-7.25 in the shot put for a PSAC mark at the 49er Classic (3/17).
2017-18 (INDOOR): Ninth place with a PR of 47-8 in the weight throw, and 11th in the shot put with a career-best throw of 46-10.75 at the PSAC Championships (2/24)...Finished third in the shot put at the Golden Bear Invitational (1/12)...Threw two PRs at the Bison Opener - 46-9 in the shot put and 46-3.25 in the weight throw (12/2).
2017 (OUTDOOR): Did not compete.
2016-17 (INDOOR): Posted a season-best in the weight throw (40-9) and shot put (46-6) at the Bison Opener (12/3).
2016 (OUTDOOR): Posted a season-best in the shot put (13.25m) at the Greyhound Invitational (4/16).
2015-16 (INDOOR): Tallied a throw of 43-5.25 in the shot put at the PSAC Indoor Championships for 18th place (2/27-28)...Posted a season-best in the shot put (44-11.75) at the Bison Open (1/30).
TFRRS Performance List
Personal Bests |
Event |
Indoor |
Outdoor |
Shot Put |
50-05.25 |
52-5.25 |
Weight Throw |
47-8 |
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Discus |
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122-10 |
The Hoch File
Nickname: G Puff
Why Kutztown: Why not?
Favorite Place on Campus: Chick-Fil-A
Place I’d Like to Visit: Cancun
I spent the summer: Working a lot
Greatest Non-Sports Accomplishment: Becoming a God Father
Favorite Show to Binge Watch: The Office
Hidden Talent: Balancing things on my finger
If I had $1 million, I would: Start my own gym
If You Could Choose any Superpower, What Would it Be: Flying
Best Advice Ever Received: “Don’t be bad at what you do”
Goal for 2018-19: Finish my college career with great grades